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Maisey has been on the Chicken and Green Pea formula ever since it was suggested to me here for my cat's sensitive tummy. It has done wonders for her. I'm not sure how much is sensitivity and how much is food allergy, but she rarely vomits and is doing great. However, I have a concern with it...

Is it true that wet food is much better on the digestive system? I just recently read this but took it with a grain of salt because it was on a site that sells (wet) cat foods. I've always heard that dry is ideal because it helps keep teeth strong. I've been concerned because my cat has been...

This is kind of a 'duh' question and I feel silly calling my vet about it, but... Maisey was prescribed Prednisone for a food allergy. She was biting off a lot of fur around her neck and upper body thus having regular (hairball) barfing spells. She's always been barfy, but lately it's increased...

Maisey is taking prednisone for a food allergy. The vet gave me 5mg pills which she took for the first 3 days. Now I'm giving her a 1/2 pill daily for 5 days, then she'll go 1/2 a pill every other day. My problem is that my cat has been vomity lately. Once she threw up the pill directly after...

You know those plastic cones they put on dog's heads to keep them from biting? I think my cat could use one. She's always been nervous and an overactive groomer. She's had issues with vomiting, but I got in under control after I connected it to hairballs. Grooming daily + a sensitive stomach...

I have a job interview this afternoon for a part-time position at a Goodwill store (30-35 hours/week). I'm not really sure I want it, though I've really been struggling to find work since I moved back to town. I've been substitute teaching and living with my parents, which has been awful. This...

We live in a farmhouse out in the country, and have acquired a small colony of outdoor cats (7). Most have been spayed/neutered, but no shots. I'm kicking myself now for not doing feline leuk on them, but it was a small fortune to get them fixed. Two actually do have the shots. They hang out in...

My cat goes through spells where she throws up her food. It's at least once a month. She'll throw up her food once a day for a couple of days, and it usually ends with her throwing up a bullet-sized amount of fur (big hairball). She's apparently trying to get that fur out of her tummy. I've...

One of our feral cats, Condi, got a virus and died. I was in shock, since I took her to the vet, and the vet said the virus was going around and didn't seem very concerned. I figured since Condi was young, had always been smaller than the other cats in the litter that she was particularly...

There are several cats that live in the fields near my parents' house. It all started with one, Bobtail that I had found as a kitten at my apartment. I had it out there en route to a shelter when my dad accidentally opened the carrier. It now lives on their property and has attracted 2 female...

I have a couple of questions/concerns. My cat bit me a couple weeks ago. She got scared when she knocked over my computer monitor. I have a new flatscreen, and when she jumped up on it (she used to love sitting on the old monitor), she knocked it over. I yelled at her which worsened the...

Is there such a thing? You may've seen my other thread about Maisey's sore places. She has two small ones on her ear and a couple places on her upper neck. I think it is flea bites that she keeps itching at, so they won't heal. I've been putting antibiotic cream on them, but since she'll lick...

My cat has two small scabs on her ear from flea bites. She also had a couple on her neck, but those have almost completely healed. We've treated the fleas, and last week when she was bathed and groomed (she's also had a bad prob with hairballs), the vet found only one dead flea. But, she keeps...

Anyone try these? Do your cats like them? I want to get a cat treat for my kitties for Christmas, but have a hard time finding ones with good ingredients. The gourmet treats are a little over my budget - $7.99 for a 1oz. sack is too much no matter what I'm making! I saw these on drugstore.com...

We have two kittens that are going to be outdoor cats. We've had them closed up in the garage with the mom (the mom has just been spayed) for 4 months. We already found homes for the others, but these 2 are going to remain here. There are fields on our property where they're going to live. We...

My cat has an ongoing problem with hairballs. She will go a month or more with no probs, then vomit her food (most always with fur in it) until she gets a pellet of fur out. Then she'll be ok again - repeats the process in a few weeks. I think the problem is hairballs, not something else, as...

My cat goes through these 1-2 week stages when she throws up her food. I know it's hairballs because there will be hair in the vomit. Also, I will occasionally notice these pellets of fur (look like bullets of hair) that she's thrown up. Usually the problem will go away on its own and she won't...

There is a stray cat (we call her Big Gray) that hangs around my parent's home. She is pretty tame - we believe that she was a pet at one time because she's declawed. She had kittens a week ago, Aug. 11, underneath a bush on their back porch! My dad created a fort of sorts around the corner from...

My parents have a few stray cats living behind their house. One of the cats, Bobtail, was hanging around my apartment as a kitten. I took it out to my parents' house because they own a home out in the country with fields and woods that is safer than the city. They had planned to bring it to a...

I buy Maxx Nutrition (found at Wal-mart) because it's supposed to be better quality than other brands typically found at Wal-mart, but at a pretty good price. I bought a sack a few days ago, and it has new packaging and "better ingredients." I think the top ingredient before was chicken meal...