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No, I wasn't told what stage she was in. I thought maybe he was prescribing it more as a preventative of further kidney stress/damage. I'd even be surprised if I would even get to see her lab results. Phosphorous binding, eh? I may have to look into getting her some wet food... although I'm...

Well, I occasionally have read this or that about cats and their diets. Obligate carnivore gets tossed around, and so I hear a lot of calls for higher protein, specifically, higher animal protein. Well. I have with me a dear old puss and she is turning 17 this summer. We brought her to the...

Hmm, I guess I will have to change litter boxes.  But we've had the roll over kind for several years without much trouble.  I guess it's the change in behaviour without a change in environment/stimulus that has me the most concerned.  But it would make sense if it 'unsettles' and causes the...

Man, I need a pet psychologist to figure this one out.  But, yes, that is why it's weird.  I can understand random peeing outside because of arthritis, I can understand peeing outside because it's unclean, but pee outside when it's freshly clean?  It is just so WEIRD. I wonder if it is a...

 What I mean by clean is remove waste, and add more litter if necessary.  I have no other cats.  Sometimes if the litter box seems to smell strongly before the scheduled clean/change time, just shaking it around helps a bit. It is a covered litter box, the sort that has a tray and filter, so...

I know cats peeing outside of the litter box has several causes, but I find my cat's situation just a little baffling. She will pee right outside of the litter box, like clockwork, right after it is cleaned.  Now I understood when some of my cats would go somewhere other than the litter box...

I will try to find a better picture of her fur pattern, but she isn't really striped on her body.  Her legs have stripes, and she has spots on her tummy.  She is just a hard cat to photograph because there isn't a lot of contrast between her lighter and darker coloured fur, except on her face...

That is a laughable creature.  I feel absolutely no sympathy for the animal - I am sure it was left out there for a good reason. Especially with a mouth like that.   My my, go grab the soap for that cat's potty mouth. As it is, I used to wait until my cats did something desperate to let them...

I get tired of floundering around when someone asks for the breed of my cat.  Sure, it can be a pertinent question, like say, for medical reasons.  But she's just another random born mutt... actually, is there a term other than mutt that people used for cats? Well, she isn't technically my cat...

Alright.  I will keep her in and give her a day, watching her gait and occasionally examining her leg.  Now just to keep her out of reach of small children. Hopefully it IS just a bit of soreness and she'll be right as rain in a day or two.

I was walking down the stairs carrying a heavy laptop I had borrowed from my mother.  Lo and behold, my 15 year old cat decided to dart in front of me.  My bare foot came down on one of her hind legs, and I felt it shifting under my weight in ways I'm not sure were natural.  I didn't step off of...