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Thank you for your reply!  We aren't going all the way to the coast. We're going from Western NYS to Idaho. My parents have made the drive several times and that's about how long it takes them, however they haven't made the drive that far into fall. Hopefully winter weather won't hit the plains...

Hello, everyone :) At the end of September I will be moving from NY to the Pacific Northwest. We are hiring movers, and then I am driving out there with my two cats - Zoey and Mishko. Thankfully, my mom will be accompanying us. We plan to drive during the day and stay in pet-friendly hotels at...

Thank you for the tip! I'll definitely give that a try. 

Good afternoon :) My 18 month old Zoey started having unusual itching behavior about two months ago when the weather got cold enough to have the heat consistently on. Her tail would get twitchy and the skin on her lower back and at the base of her tail would twitch a lot as well (similar to how...

Thank you so much for your reply! The next time I'm at PetSmart I will definitely check out what supplements they have from GNC. I know they have an extensive collection there so I imagine I will easily find what you've mentioned.

Happy Sunday, everyone!  My Behr was finally diagnosed with a portosystemic shunt, a condition where a stray blood vessel is diverting the nutrients and toxins absorbed from the intestines away from the liver where they should be going to be detoxified and into systemic circulation. While I am...

For question #2, I have a little experience, but there are some great websites about introducing cats out there, too, just run a Google search. Summed up, it's always a good idea to keep them separated at first. Your questions with that are right on track with the guidance I've read as well as...

For both liquid and pill meds, I wrap my kitties firmly in a towel with only their heads poking out and then kind of straddle them between my legs as I sit on the couch and administer the dose. It doesn't keep them from squirming altogether, but it helps a ton. Always have the meds ready before...

I agree. The last time I wrote, Tuesday night, I had to take him to the emergency hospital and he had obstipation (severe constipation) - poor guy was backed up so badly. I even mentioned to the vet he hadn't gone since Sunday and she said she didn't feel anything suspicious. When he got home...

Well, this morning at about 10:30 his breathing rate and the drool started increasing again. By lunchtime it was back up to 100 breaths per minute and while he was eager to eat, he only sat by his food. I took him into the vet and she gave me two likely options given that all else has seemed...

I'll remember that, thank you!! No need to worry about the litter box anymore, at least in terms of urine. He popped up from his bed and ran over to eat some of his dry food then raced to the litter box and left a lake in the middle, stepped in it, freaked out and ran back to the wet food I...

Thank you for your replies! My best friend's aunt owns a kennel so I may put him there for a little while. I just want him to be relatively back to normal first. I was thinking of switching the litter first. The URI happened about 2 weeks after I changed from the Tidy Cats 24/7 performance to...

I am so sorry this is incredibly long, but I would really appreciate any help you guys can provide... I got little Behr in June when he was three months old. It wasn't long before he developed a URI and then a minor eye infection, both things of course were no big concern. But at the beginning...