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He is doing o.k, thanks for the information. Unfortunately, he already had a lot of those symptoms to start with, so I had a long and worried night! But he slept it off and we waited before doing more fluids. I think come tomorrow he won't need them. Also unfortuniately, we live in a small town...

Thanks for the reply, Tippy is doing o.k. we held off on more fluids for a day and watched more carefully when we did them today. She is eating, though not as much as usual, and seems to be getting a little better each day. I hate having to do all this myself, but we live in a small town in the...

Hello again wonderful people. I am hoping someone can give me a few thoughts on my current woes. My 10-12yo neutered male,Tippy is quite poorly - what started as a sneezing fit a week ago has turned into nausea, fever, dehydration, etc. All the trappings of a nasty flu only cat style. Took him...

Thanks for the reply. And yep, one of the first things I did when I could get a poo fresh enough. I had to request the poo be tested, the vet didn't think it was necessary. They told me they would contact me if they found anything of interest and that they wouldn't if they didn't. Because I've...

Well, poo. Literally. Now Cornflake has diarrhea of epic smelly proportions. Mr Black, still, too. More than seems proportionate to the amount they eat. I called the vet and got the whole "oh, the Science Diet doesn't do that!" speech and a promise to call back with what to do that never...

Well, they are different. Cornflake has me confused - he seems a little better all on his own, is eating the Science Diet and drinking water sparingly, and having firm but weirdly colored putty-like poop that stinks the house out. No diarrhea from him, eating tiny amounts and happy to spend most...

I don't know what's up with food and vets these days, but your story reminded me of my two childhood cats I took with me when I moved away from home - they went to the vet maybe half a dozen times in their lives, ate Cat Chow from the grocery store and a can of Friskies every night and they...

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Thank - you, I will look those up. I already order most of my food through chewy, so if I can find it there I'll give it a try. Getting him to eat at all is different right now.

Thank you so much! I will ask the vet, though I am tempted to travel 30 minutes to a different one and just hope the stress of travel doesn't make everything worse.

Thanks so much for the input, I find all of what you have said to be fascinating, especially as our vet has reported that there is no test for pancreatitis, only diagnoses by symptoms! I am thinking he could use the shot you describe no matter what,and I am annoyed that it was not offered until...

We applied nematodes in the spring when we had a week of rain - who knows what the neighbors thought, me watering the yard in a downpour. But since then we have had a dry summer with heat indexes up to 117⁰ and I can't afford to water the yard all summer long. And yes, even though our guys are...

Thanks for the advice - I'm sticking with chicken and rice (that is mostly chicken) with Mr Black for now, and have baby food in the cat cupboard that I can add. The old boy just doesn't eat much in a sitting these days- I tend to feed him wet food by the spoonful whenever he asks. No to the...

Thanks for the reply and link! We use nematodes successfully but either the heat or the drought that's come with it seems to have stopped them this year. We use a spray around doorways and windows just on the outside. We haven't had fleas this bad in years. Our cats have a large catio with grass...

Yes! The hot water dawn and flea comb method is what I am doing thought it feels as though it takes forever and my oldest guy hates being groomed. If the royal canine is a prescription food, I have no way to get it. Local vet only carries a tiny variety of science diet and won't let me have...

Thanks so much for your reply and well wishes, the furkids appreciate it- unfortunately where I live there is enough wildlife to make it possible to track fleas inside even if the cats stay in. We spray the yard and around the outside of the house because of this and don't usually have a...

Hello everyone. Long time cat owner here to rant a little and hopefully get a little advice. I've been taking care of cats for a long time and almost all of them have lived to be teenagers. We have four cats, two "euthanasia list un-adoptables" Tippy and Cornflake, ages 11 and 6 and two peaceful...

Thanks - it is frustrating. I didn't separate him last night, but he's in a bedroom by himself now just to see if he's pooping and peeing alright. I think most of the grass came out with the vomit, but you never know. I am wondering if he has something else going on, but he seemed perfectly...

To update: Cornflake seemed better this morning after having a little wet food last night. Early this morning he was acting like his old self and playing with the other cats. I thought he was on the mend, gave him some more of his wet food and a little slippery elm and went off to work. He was...

I read all the VCA page and just like most write-ups, they say bad reactions are rare - but reading reviews on sites like Chewy or Amazon, I find many complaints like mine - immediate bad reaction and a very sick cat. I get so frustrated with labeling on pet products in this country - they all...