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My eight year old Maine coon, Lindsey, has had episodes of constipation -- repeated litter box visits, little pieces of poop left outside the litter box, and more rarely straining to poop so much that she vomits -- for most of her life. She will not drink water from a bowl, so I add it to her...

My cat Lindsey, an eight year old Maine Coon with no known health conditions, has developed a small pale bump at roughly the 3 o' clock position just right of her anus. She's a happy, confident cat whose tail is often sticking straight up, so I'm aware of how her backside usually looks and this...

Yesterday, I took my 16 year old male cat Casper to the vet for treatment of an infected wound on his right back paw. I was nervous about any sort of anesthesia because he has stage 2 CKD and has reacted badly to anesthesia in the past, even before his CKD diagnosis. However, antibiotics...

About two weeks ago, Casper was injured on his front right paw. I don't know what happened to it, since the injury occurred when he was outside. It looked like a very minor wound, with a little bleeding around one nail, so I rinsed it in warm water and didn't worry about it until two days...

My 16 year old neutered male cat, Casper, is mostly a great guy to have around, but he has a few bad habits that have gotten worse with time. He marks territory the old-fashioned way, with a healthy spray of urine on vertical surfaces. For about 2/3 of the year, it's reasonably warm, and he...

Three days ago, I made the decision to have my incredibly sweet, gentle, playful cat of 16 years put to sleep at home. As much as I loved her, it was not a hard decision. She was at the time lying stretched out, ramrod straight, panting unevenly, and unresponsive to my touch or voice. I had...