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Great, thanks for that.

She does do the puking motion with her head! But her mouth is closed and nothing comes out. I'll try and get the vet to test her thyroid. I haven't found a fantastic vet where I live, I've been to a lot with her (mostly to see if anyone could help her legs) and with various strays. With the...

I haven't noticed a sugary smell from her urine but she does drink a lot of water. I'll see if the vet can test for diabetes. She hasn't lost weight, she's a normal weight.

I hadn't thought that she might have a deficiency. I'll get her a supplement - it can't hurt to try that! She may have a high metabolism - when she was nursing from her mum, she was greedy then too and would push the other kittens out of the way to get in! I'll try giving her vaseline from my...

Just to add - I put food for the stray cats outside and she eats with them too... and my neighbours also feed the strays and she eats that as well. She's not overweight and maybe she's just greedy but if there is a health problem I'd like to get it treated.

Hi FeebysOwner, Thanks for your advice. I have put vaseline on her fur for her to lick off, but I'll try to get a paste specifically for hairballs. She's two and a half years old. I give her wet and dry - she'll eat a can and a half of wet food, as well as a couple of bowls of dry food in a...

Hi white shadow, Thanks for your reply. Yes, she is the cat born two years ago. And I've been through a few vets with her since then! Her insatiable appetite started earlier than the coughing.

My cat has two issues and I wondered if anyone had experienced either of them or if they could be connected. Around once a day, my cat starts heaving, her stomach contracts, like she's going to vomit but she doesn't. She also has an insatiable appetite. Sometimes she cries for food every half...

Hi jcat - thanks for your reply. She has lots of places to retreat to - but the kittens are fairly independent now and don't harass her or try to nurse. She's aggressive with all my other cats too, which is new, and with the neighbourhood cats as well, and also me! 

Hi all, I took in a very sweet pregnant kitten from the street earlier this year. She had kittens in April and in June I had her spayed. In the last month or so she has become extremely aggressive, unfriendly and mental - a total contrast to when I found her. She used to be the sweetest of all...

I'll try - maybe it would stop them all playing with my shoes/climbing up my legs too! It's hard to live in Jordan and not take in cats - we have really beautiful and sweet ones here, and a lot of them! 

Hi Laylacat mom - sorry to hear about your cat. I haven't got any experience with bentonite clay so hopefully someone else can help you with that.  As to whether the abscess should be closed up - I was sure my cat would need stitches/sutures as the abscess left a deep and wide hole, but the vet...

ha - I wish she wasn't so adventurous then! I'm in Jordan and haven't seen any cat trees here - although I'm sure she'd love one. I bought her some pieces of wood to scratch on and she's enjoying that. 

Oh poor Grisou - I'll think of him when she's howling at the window to go out. I took her in from the street and unfortunately, even though she has plenty of food here, she still has a habit of dumpster diving and coming back filthy so I know she's better off inside for now, but I feel very mean...

Thanks roguethecat - she is very confused and not very happy about being locked up! Two weeks isn't too bad though.  She's not wearing a cone collar - the wound is under her chin/on her neck so the collar would irritate it. 

I have a cat with a burst abscess - my vet cleaned it and gave her injections of antibiotics and pain killers and put liquid antibiotics directly into the wound. I asked if I should keep cleaning it and the vet said no. it's a large gaping wound on her neck. The vet said it would heal in around...

Thanks Stefanz and Howmany - I tried the karo syrup and it seems to have worked very well! Her appetite was much better today. She is no longer limp when I pick her up, and she's walking fine now too. She is still not as energetic as her brothers and sisters, and she still needs to put on weight...

Thanks for your advice Handsome Kitty. She is 10 weeks old so she is already weaned - and I had to get the mum spayed. I have some karo syrup - I'll try that. 

I hope she will be able to - it's a public holiday here this week, so it's difficult to arrange an appointment with my vet. There is another vet I could see, but I once took a sick kitten I found to him, he gave her three injections and she died after that, so I don't want to go back to him. 

I have 10-week-old kittens, and one of them has become very weak in the last two days. She is limp when I pick her up, I feed her separately because she is weaker than the others and doesn't get to the food bowls when they are around. She eats a little and drinks a little but it seems like it's...