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Hello, there are many things that can be done for kitties with lymphoma to make them more comfortable. Have you visited the IBD kitties web site? I know Moxley has other things going on, but so do many of the cats affected by intestinal disease For starters, I would get him off of all dry food...

Our vet has prescribed Tylosin for my ailing kitty. I can't get her to take it in food - she's barely eating as it is. Has anyone had luck with using the smaller gel caps (I'd transfer it myself) or with the compounded liquid through Diamondback Drugs? Thanks for any and all advice!

Mine are fairly predicable also; my IBD kitty goes twice a day - usually early AM and mid to late afternoon. Her brother goes every-other-day, which is odd as they pretty much eat the same thing at the same time. They are close in weight also.  When Carly was diagnosed with IBD I immediately...

For what it's worth.....my long haired kitty went through a bout a couple of weeks ago with vomiting large hairballs that included blood. He's 14, so puking up a hairball once in a while was nothing new but all of the sudden it was every day and they were huge. And the blood! I panicked. Took...

Hello, I am hoping to see if anyone has had to resort to shaving their long haired kitty due to frequent hairballs. My 14 year old boy has been throwing them up nearly daily for nearly 2 weeks. For most of his life this has happened once or twice a month, but all of the sudden it's gotten so...

Hi Greg, The subject of coconut oil is of great interest to me as one of my kitties absolutely loves it. I discovered this while rubbing it on my hands one evening, and she begged to lick it off. Since then, she gets a little every night. Consequently, I have been doing extensive reading about...

Sounds like it could be IBD, has your vet mentioned that? is your kitty eating canned or dry food? There are a lot of potential causes to diarrhea, and many remedies so I hope you can find something that will help. If it is suspected IBD I would recommend the IBDkitties facebook page. That has...

This is an interesting subject to me as I have been using coconut oil in cooking and as a skin care product for a few years. Recently I discovered one of my cats LOVES the taste, so I have been letting her lick a bit off of my fingers when I rub it into my hands at night. She used to vomit...

My 13 year old was suffering from regular diarrhea and vomiting, and has been diagnosed with IBD (has that been suggested by your vet?). Anyway, instead of starting her on meds right away I did a lot of reading and made some changes to her diet and it has helped a lot. I cut out the kibble (very...

Hello Everyone, On the popular (and often frustrating) issue of food; I was wondering if others rotate between homecooked and canned? Or even add a third - some raw? 

Wellness is mentioned a lot on this forum, as well as others I visit so it must be a reliable and quality product. However, it contains carrageenan which I have read a lot of concerning things about. Interestingly, the Fancy Feast Classics do not contain it. Would be interested to know what...

Your reply is appreciated!  I have been cooking the rabbit meat in a slow cooker with a little water added. When I grind it I do add all of the liquid from the pot - rabbit meat sure doesn't contain much fat or produce many cooking juices. I also drizzle a little water on the medallions (which...

Thank you for your input! I think I need a precision scale, though, as I realize you can't convert mgs to teaspoons. What I did today was add about 1/4 teaspoon to a pound of the cooked rabbit (along with the Alnutrin).  Does that sound like how much you add?

I have been feeding my kids canned and homecooked food  (eventually would like to do mostly homecooked) and currently add Alnutrin - after the food is cooled and before freezing. What I am wondering about is adding a little more Taurine, as I know how important it is for them. I understand that...

Hello All, Just read that Nature's Variety has a recall out on their Instinct Raw Chicken Formula for dogs. Great. I am assuming they make this stuff in the same facility as they do the cat food (which wasn't mentioned) so I am wondering if that is safe to feed. I am going through a conversion...