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I found out my old vet is helping another practice here in town, so I made an appointment. I was very excited! Daisy is a very squirmy cat, and her vet thinks she probably squirmed while they were giving the rabies shot, and they either had to do a second injection to give the full dose, or it...

Yeah, from what I've read they tend to show up several months later, and all the descriptions I've read have been of a single bump that grows dramatically over the course of a few days. That's kind of what I was thinking - this needs to be checked out and I know him and know he's a good vet. I...

They're deep enough that they can be felt but not seen. Plus she's fluffy. There's really no way for me to take a photo.

Hello, everyone! My cat Daisy got her rabies shot on May 16. I noticed a small bump (maybe the size of a small pea two weeks ago. Another cat had a similar reaction that resolved on its own, so I followed the drill from that - note the size, shape and location, and monitor. It definitely...

Thank you all for the advice! I will try some of these. I'm a little nervous with the Nature's Instinct, as I've had some bad experiences with their food, but I might give them a try anyway, because when it's a good batch the cats love it. I'm just a bit worried because she's been so fickle...

I have talked about my IBD cat here before. We've discovered that one of her big triggers is chicken, and that beef causes much milder but still noticeable upset. She can have turkey, but it seems to be too close to chicken for her to have large amounts. I try to avoid feeding them fish because...

Oh, good to know. The vet had suggested a low fiber dry, but I will see if I can find something with rice like you suggested. I did order a grain-free turkey wet food to try; if she eats that well, I won't even give her the dry for a while. She went again a good amount today, so hopefully...

tdonline, thank you so much for the suggestions! I will pick up some turkey food (she loves turkey) and try feeding her away from the others for a few weeks to see if that helps. She was doing alright when they were all eating duck, but they all started refusing to eat the duck and I switched. I...

One of my cats (Klio) has chronic constipation related to being on fluoxetine. Off of it, she's fine in the poo department, but has horrible mood swings and all the other psych medications we tried either made her worse, or had much worse side effects (like making her "drunk" and sedated). None...

I fed Hill's i/d with a lot of success for years, but when I started learning more about cat food and she started showing signs of a food allergy on top of the IBD, I switched her to a grain-free, all-canned limited ingredient diet. First I used Nature's Variety, but they were expensive and the...

Thank you all! The lump is still gone, and she seems to be eating normally again, so I think we're out of the woods for now. Her lymph nodes are still up and down, but that's very normal for her this time of year because of allergens, so I'm not going to worry about it aside from regular checks...

It is! The lump seems to be entirely gone, and neither I nor the vet can even feel the spot where it was anymore. I'm keeping an eye on it in case it comes back and keeping an eye out for any other symptoms that might mean something like valley fever (she's on inhaled steroids for asthma, which...

Thank you, I'm thrilled. I've been so worried about her!

Seconding the flea allergy. My old cat Ditto used to get "hot spots" whenever she got fleas, and one of my current cats loses fur around the base of her tail whenever she gets a bite - even if we can't find a flea on her, a dose of Advantage usually clears it up (they only get doses when they...

Thank you for the well-wishing! I spent the last week hoping it would turn out to be nothing serious, and on Friday morning it felt a little smaller to me. I thought maybe it was wishful thinking, but on Saturday morning it was noticeably smaller, and by this morning it's almost completely gone...