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I can sympathize.  I have had to reintroduce my cats after one went to the vet. Not only is it hard on the cats, the emotional toll on yourself is enormous. If you haven't already, I would start with completely separating the cats and giving each his own room.  That can be there "safe zone." ...

I wanted to give an update.  I separated the cats, giving each a bedroom to be theirs and the other living spaces had to be shared, albeit one cat at a time in that space.   That worked well and we progressed once again to feeding with a baby gate between them then to no gate, but 8 feet apart...

I think I answered this on another thread, but just in case... I feel Nature's Variety Raw Instinct Chicken Bites.  My vet was very nervous about raw food due to the IBD inflammation and the general worry vets have about raw food and bacteria.    I was searching on-line for information about...

I feed her Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Chicken bites.  So it's a commercial brand.  My vet was wary of a raw diet and this one was recommended for IBD cats by the All Feline Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.  They mention raw diets for IBD on their website and I called to see which they recommend...

Thanks...3 days of good sleep has done some wonders for my ability to handle this.  Good advice and a listening ear (even if that listening is via reading) has worked wonders too.  Thank you and everyone else who has responded. I definitely want the most conservative dose I can get.   I'm...

No worries about it being a while before responding.   I know how other things can get in the way.  I hope Simone is okay in terms of her health and that CKD is manageble. I knew what you meant about feeding the other cat first.  I was remembering an episode of My Cat From Hell where Jackson...

You might look into a Tritrichomonas foetus.   It can be a cause of diarrhea in cats and while it usually resolves or doesn't seem to affect the cats other than that they have diarrhea, in some cases it can be more severe.  It takes a special fecal test (PCR is best) and a very fresh sample so...

Somewhere on the internet, I wish I could remember where-I read about a person who feeds her IBD cat raw, but has to feed only certain proteins, so she has to either make or buy the food being sure of all the ingredients because her cat cannot eat a common protein (I feel like it was chicken...

So I guess now the trick will be-how do I get Isabel to her old personality-and position?  Sigh.  Four days ago, we were there, now...not so much.  Edit: After I went and talked to the vet, Sadie actually hissed at me when I picked her up to cuddle-about an hour after I'd changed clothes--I...

I saw your post after I finished typing their history.  It's nice to know I'm not alone in this.  It's hard to think we'd come so far that they were playing nightly with each other and sleeping together-only to have it taken away so quickly.  I have talked to my vet, who thinks for my mental...

Thanks....I am starting to wonder if in the last true attack  (the one that ended the happy home we'd finally achieved after four weeks) if Sadie didn't hurt Isabel.   When I rub Isabel's right cheek, there is a place I can rub where she lip smacks-I posted about it on another thread, but I just...

Thanks.  She normally does this several times but she was getting tired of the camera. 

.  I tried for a while to let them work it out and only intervene if I thought it was particularly bad.  It seems as though they are getting worse and worse.  To me it appears they have less and less recognition of each other.  I finally stopped letting them in free contact with each other...

I really hope she doesn't need a trip to the vet.  We are 6 weeks into re introductions after non-recognition aggression due to a vet visit!  I have a video of it, but I can't figure out how to upload it.  It about 10 seconds long.

Lately, when I rub my cat's cheeck, she makes this sound like lip smacking coupled with opening her mouth just a bit. Does anyone know what that means?  I don't want to rub her there if it annoys her, but I have no idea how to interpret that.

I hope it goes as well with you cat too!  IBD is no fun for either of you. 

This is a comment more to the original post than some of the ones that follow.  Does your cat like to be brushed?  I have a cat who detests being picked up and petted, but LOVES to be brushed-go figure.  But it is a great way for us to bond and gave me the feel good vibes of cuddling, without...

They do like to make me stretch my problem solving skills.  They spent 2 hours sleeping on the bed yesterday and then several in the same room. But once they walked into the living room, all bets were off.  I try to let them work out their differences-if Sadie hisses at Isabel when she gets too...