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Hey all!! Savannah was spayed this morning and I brought her home at 5:30pm. She was a very good girl and all went well--though she did start coughing in her carrier while the vet was going over things and she said it's normal. Savannah was exhausted--apparently it was very busy where she was...

Hey folks---I've got a rather perplexing issue that I've never had with any of my kitties. My current girl, who is almost 5 months, has developed a strange anxiety reaction when I shower--she cries and really yowls when I'm showering. Last week, she went as far as to try to jump through the...

Hello all! This is a new post for me as I've always had tabbies! I lost my second fur baby in 4 months, March 21st, 2017 after losing her brother November of the previous year. I was devestated and knew I had to get another bundle of fur. It just so happened this adorable chinchilla persianx...

Hey gang! Skye's initial bloodwork came back---my vet called me Weds evening and I was working, so I couldn't really ask too many questions: Her kidney values are the same as December---high end of normal, which at 17, I'd expect. Her pancreatic levels were down from 44 to 16!!!!! (She showed...

Hi All!! Just updating you on my little girl, Skye. She's 17 and been doing ok---arthritis has been really bad with this crazy weather in my neck of the woods. I got Skye to the vet today for fluids--she's been drinking more than normal, but being on prednisone, I've noticed she does this. Vet...

Hey folks! Hope you are all having a good 2017. It's been ....hard for me. Miss my little Boo. Skye is doing well!! She's 17 and she's got her share of issues--namely arthritis, for which I'm finding a regime for her needs. Skye, for about 2 years now, has started that 'getting older and...

As you all know, my beautiful Skye is 17 and , aside from elevated pancreatic enzymes, is doing very well. I've been giving her cartrophan injections weekly for arthritis and prednisone 1x daily for arthritis but also for those pancreatic levels. She responded well to pred, so we chose to keep...

Hi folks! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Of course, it was very hard for me after losing Bandit at the end of November, but Skye has been a darling. She just turned 17 on December 8th. For a long time, she was very content--I've been giving her cartrophan shots weekly for arthritis...

My beautiful girl Skye (Bandit's littermate/sister) turned 17 this past Thursday. I'd take her to the vet on Tuesday to start cartrophan injections for her arthritis. I had them run more blood work on Skye and I've had her on 1 prednisone daily. Her blood work was fine, other than her pancreatic...

Hi folks! I have an appointment with my vet this Thursday to start Skye on cartophin injections for her arthritis, but I'm wondering if anyone here knows of any massages I can do to help Skye with her joints. I'd been using medicam for her, but when I heard her pancreatic values were high, I...

Hello everyone Today, at around 6:50pm, my vet came to my home and with Bandit in my arms, he was put to sleep. Whatever was going on with Bandit began to progress rapidly, and starting last Thursday, I noticed he was uncomfortable and unable to settle. B-12 helped a bit, but by Saturday, he...

Bandit's had a bit of a few rough days, and I started to notice him groans or 'moans' more when sleeping. Thursday he could not get comfortable, so I gave him some pain meds, antacid and took him to the vet for b12 and fluids. He was looking very lethargic and I was worried. However, he's been...

Hi Gang! Took my two to the vet yesterday for some check up and blood work for Skye. I've started keeping a daily journal for my kitties and I started to notice some signs in Skye that alerted me that things may be flaring again for her pancreas. Laying on the hardwood floor sprawled out, not...

I've been doing a bit of trial and error with Skye---she has arthritis and I had done a 4 day trial with prednisone (this was all supervised by my vet btw), and found it sort of helped. I waited 24 hrs and then put her back on medicam----four to six drop once a day (below what the vet had...

I am utterly shocked at how, 2 months ago, I was told that both my kitties may need to be euthanized ---for pancreatitis and how it played out in different forms. I am here with two happy kitties and I wanted to share my story. All I can say is that I am truly blessed that my family helped me...

Ugh-last night, I noticed Bandit's third eyelid was covering part of his eye----he'd had a cyst on the lower lid last week and it's gone, but I've noticed for awhile his eye was more watery and the pupils were slightly different but I figured it was from his cyst. No pain, vision good etc. But...

Hi again! I wanted to make this a separate thread so I won't repeat Bandit's background, other than he's almost 17. :)  I have noticed recently, that as Bandit eats, he is eating differently. He will tilt his head and on some occasions, he sounds as if he is grinding his teeth. (horrid noise)...

Hello all! I am still trying to figure out what is going on with my beautiful boy Bandit. He will be 17 in December and was diagnosed with sluggish bowel/megacolon at age 2. He was managed on diet, ciscipride 3x daily and lactulose.  When I heard about PEG (Mirilax or Restoralax), I switched...

Hi gang! Bandit continues to do well! I am just a wee bit concerned about his muscle weakness. He is losing muscle tone, but in all fairness, up until this week, he's been very inactive (but was a VERY active kitty prior). He is on prednisone 2x daily and I wanted to get him back to 1 daily or...

Hello everyone. Monday was the hardest day of my life. I had taken Bandit in for sub q fluids and antinausea meds, as he wasn't eating and still throwing up. Pepcid AC did help, but he wasn't interested in food and really not feeling well. The vet and I had to have the talk about the fact that...