Recent Content by michmt

Thanks, Cloud Shade, I will definitely bring up the blood pressure issue at her next visit, which is at the end of this month.

Hmm, that could be, because she does stop when she sees me. It's just so strange that she does this only when she's eating or drinking and not at any other time. Thanks for the input!

My 17-year-old female has started howling only when she eats or drinks and not every time. When I go to her while she is doing this, she sees me and stops, and it doesn't happen again until the next time, which could be once or twice a day or maybe once every few days. She has been seen by the...

I'm very interested in reading any replies you get regarding this, as I'm in the same situation. I have two Raggies who both had diarrhea until I switched to all wet food, but I would love to leave out dry for them to graze on. No can do right now....

Thanks for your suggestions. The kittens are not necessarily harassing her, unless you call wanting to play with her "harassing." They like to play with her tail, and of course she doesn't like that and will hiss at them. I always move them away from her when she starts hissing. When they...

Nothing has changed. I did change the kind of litter from regular to clumping when the kittens first arrived, but she has used that without a problem except for this one time. She has continued to use the same litter since she has been separated from the kittens. Her safe spot has always been...

I actually wanted to wait until Lulu was gone before we got new kittens, but my husband's thinking was that they would liven her up and in time she may even be a "mother figure" to them. In retrospect, I wish we would have waited, but like you said, what's done is done.

Hi everyone, I have an 18-year-old cat who I think is suffering from depression. I should preface this story by saying that she has never been a very social or playful cat. We found her as a stray, so we think that she was away from her mother at a very young age and was never socialized...

We were in Freeland last October for a wedding, which I don't think is too far from Midland. I'm sorry that you have gone through so many pets with CRF. It is a devastating disease at the end stages. My buddy BT was diagnosed last July, and he was gone by the end of September.... too quick...

Thanks for the informative post, Pookie! Unfortunately, I have already had to deal with another cat who had CRF last year (ended up putting him to sleep only 2-1/2 months after he was diagnosed ), so I know about the phos binders. In fact, I still have some dried aluminum hydroxide left over...

Hi Sharky, I just looked at Wellness's website, and it has "no more than 1.45%" listed as the phosphorus level and 50% protein for Core -- obviously, too much for Lulu. Actually, Lulu's phos back in April was 4.1, not too bad, but getting to the point that I would need to start watching it...

Thanks, Pookie! I looked at that list, but I'm confused as to what is considered low phosphorus. Would that be anything under 1.00? I was thinking of getting Royal Canin Senior Formula, as I can get that at PetSmart and it's in the 30% range for protein, but I'm not sure if it's too low in...

Thanks, I will look for that.

Hi Sharky, yes, I realize that Lulu should not have any dry food, and she really doesn't eat that much. I put maybe a 1/4 cup in her bowl overnight, and she doesn't finish it. She gets most of her nutrition from her wet food. I have not seen her eat the Wellness Core. Is there any food that...

Hi everyone! Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on what kind of dry food would be okay to feed my 16yo cat Lulu who was diagnosed recently with very early kidney disease (her numbers are just barely above the normal range) and my 6-month-old ragdoll kittens, Maizey and Blue. We are going...