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It's coincidental that I saw this post because one of our cats has a rather oily coat yet when we were staying with my mother due to some home renovations, he started eating the old formulation of Science Diet's Nature's Best dry food. His coat went from being oily to very fluffy and dry but...

My Louie is 3 and a half. He and brother Willis are litter mates, looking like twins. Originally, Lou weighed 11 pounds. Willis weighed 10. We took them for vaccines in December. We also had some major home renovations before that, which caused us to move out of our home and stay with my...

My sixteen year old calico, Sadie, was prescribed tapazole twice daily in December. She was already on amlodipine formulated into tuna flavored treats for high blood pressure. Two of her thyroid values came back elevated. One was normal. Within days of starting on tapazole, she started to...

Thank you for the reply (and for saying that I'm not neurotic). I'm going to weigh him as you suggested. Also, I've been trying to feed him when he's alone and that seems to be working in that he stays at the plate a little longer. Still, I realize that he's not eating as much dry food as he...

I would second the suggestion of the pharmacy formulating the pills into liquid and also have them add tuna or chicken flavor to the medicine. It's helped us in the past. Sadie was on tapazole for awhile and it was terrible trying to pill her. She also wouldn't eat the treats. The liquid is...

It's the hardest time to experience the loss of our loved ones. I'm so sorry.

Thank you so much. I rarely visit this site but what a treat. I'm almost teary eyed because my husband and I rescued a pregnant siamese that was starving to death back in Sept. '04. She had six boys and one girl on 9/25/04. We have her and four of the boys while my own mother took the other...

We put our cats in our Last Will and Testament. We chose the people with whom they would live and made financial arrangements for their care up until their death. We made provisions for how said money should be spent if they needed treatments that would offer them a normal lifespan should they...

We have eight, all rescues. Hmm. Well each of them get two cans of Fancy Feast per day, so that's 16 cans a day at seven days a week equals 100 plus cans a week. Plus we put a few extra cans out every day for variety, so let's say 100 plus per week. My husband buys the litter at Sam's and I...

Ugh. My siamese rescue had seven kittens. We kept her and four of the boys and my own mother took the only girl and other two boys. They were born Sept. 25, 2004, so they're three and a half now. From the time they were born, Louie and Willis looked and acted like identical twins...

In 1996 my husband and I married and he was the owner of one female grey torti named Guilty (he was a prosecutor at the time). We quickly adopted two other girls: Sadie and Samantha. From 1996 until 2004, we were a "three girl cats husband and wife". Then all fun broke loose when we...

I would ask your allergist about a subcutaneous injectable drug (tiny needle that goes just under the skin, not into a vein or muscle) called Xolair or generic name omalizumab. If your step-son has asthma he might be able to get a tiny skin prick type of injection once a month and won't have...

I do appreciate your feedback. Since you're rather knowledgable about this topic I have to ask one more question. I didn't want to start a separate thread because I thought it might irritate everyone. Something very strange that I've encountered with one of Jasmine's sons, Willis. This...

Thank you for the time that it took to offer such an informative reply. I read every word. I didn't know the lump was a reaction to the gentamycin. I thought it was a reaction to the aluminum in the adjuvant. I don't know why I feel slightly better that the lump is a reaction to an...

I'm just aggravated because I took five cats in there and and they were fine when I walked in the door. Now, two of them, the two who were most frail that day, have lumps in their right hind legs and only time will tell. I wish the laws were different because I'd rather take the one in a...