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Hello cat people I have a 10-year-old, neutered male DSH with no current health issues. He is indoors only. I have to attend an event in a town 90 minutes away from home next Tuesday (I will be gone a week). Normally, when I travel, I have a cat sitter to stay with Snowball. Unfortunately...

Hello people. I’ve noticed a red sore behind the ear of my 7 year old neutered DSH male, Snowball. He is indoor only so I doubt he could have gotten into a fight. Any ideas? Please see picture. Thank you. Ps: he has chronic kidney disease stage 2 and is asymptotic.

Hi, I have a 6 year old neutered male kitty, who is very shy around new people and who hides a lot with unfamiliar faces. He is however very normal, playful and cuddly with us, his family. He has however, taken a liking to one of my female friends (he is scared of men and children). Anyways, I...

Hi people. So my 6 year old kidney disease cat has had a rough few days. Last Friday was his 6 monthly vet checkup. All was clear, his condition was stable. Over the weekend, he stopped eating so I took him to the vet yesterday early morning. They did a number of tests and an abdominal scan and...

Hi all In November 2016 I signed up to this site to get advice about my cat who was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He was given 3-6 months to live. Now, 15 months later, he is still with us. He had an echocardiogram last November and amazingly, his scans showed a totally normal...

Hello cat people My male DSH Snowball had an episode in November 2016 (see my other threads) which was diagnosed as CHF because of HCM. He was put on lasix, fortekor, plagrol and atenolol. He was given a “guarded” prognosis of 3-6 months. It’s now over a year later. Something very strange has...

Hi My male DSH cat Snowball was diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in November last year. On the sheet we were given after his two day hospitalization, it said "Severe" so we didn't have high hopes. He has however, been doing well on lasix, atenolol, plagrol and fortekor. It's been 9...

Hi people My kitty, 4year old DSH male, was diagnosed with CHF last November. It's been 6 months without any further incidents. His meds: furosemide/lasix - 10mg a day, atenolol, clopidogrol, and fortekor, also once a day. He has half a teaspoon of potassium gel supplement twice a day. He's...

Hi there My 4 year old DSH boy, Snowball, was diagnosed with CHF in November 2016 (See my other posts). Almost three months later, he is doing rather well on Lasix, Fortekor, Vetmedin and aspirin (once every three days). He is playful, manipulative, spoiled, eats well and is generally living...

Hi people. I last posted early November after my dear 4year old Snowball was diagnosed with CHF.. he had some ER treatment, was hospitalized for two days and put on a regime of lasix (10mg once a day), vetmedin twice a day, fortekor once a day, with 1/4 baby aspirin every three days. He has...

Hello fellow cat lovers. My gorgeous loving DSH boy of only 4 years old was diagnosed on Tuesday afternoon with CHF - he was hospitalized for two nights and came home yesterday afternoon. He's on several medications, including lasix twice a day, and a blood thinner every two days. He's been...