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Yes, she had pain meds (IM there and butorphanol at home) but it's more than that. She's still febrile too. I wish it were just the pain...

My cats have never been outside. The attack happened in our living room with our dog, who just seemed to snap and attack. She's gone back to the rescue, who already had another home lined up for her, as we feel we could never trust her again (with our cats or our daughter). I need medical...

On Tuesday night our cat Wicket was attacked by a dog. After ALL night at the emergency vet, she was patched up (sort of) and we were referred to our vet the following afternoon. When we got there, he was frustrated because of the poor ER care and because she needed emergency surgery but it was...

First I want to thank everyone for everything. We took her back to the vet this morning and she agreed to try one round of IV fluids (against her better judgement I think, and I didn't want to be more aggressive anyway) but by midday Ripple had shown no improvement; maybe a tiny bit more alert...

Here's the latest; afraid it could be better... Thursday she went to the internist who felt that an ultrasound would not be sufficiently diagnostic. She is so thin he's not very worried about a solid mass, but IBS vs. lymphoma are at the top of his differential. Friday she had an upper GI with...

We've tried that, but she's eating us out of house and home as it is! Although she DOES seem to like that yukky bland stuff...

Vet thinks low chol might be a sign of a fibrotic liver, despite normal AST and ALT. Abd Xray was normal and u/s is scheduled for Thursday a.m. I think absorption is clearly a problem since she's eating a pound and a half per day and losing weight, but I think stomach is OK so more likely...

Thanks for everyone's help. We did do a free T4 by equilibrium dialysis and it's normal, and her thyroid has been all over the map and her kidneys are fine--it's one thing the vet was concerned about too, that because hyperT masks kidney failure that we'd solve one problem only to uncover...

No social changes at all. Same house, family, box, schedule, litter, diet, no new pets, no new people, no family stressors (except having one very sick kitty). I wish it were that easy--but thanks much for the suggestion.

I would be shocked if her urine weren't positive for ketones because of her extensive wasting--but still not sure what to do about it. The labs were run at a "regular" hospital, not at the vet, (you know how picky they are!!) and have been repeated several times to boot. The vet we're seeing...

More stools than normal, but the stools themselves are relatively unremarkable. No mucous, fatty deposits, parasites, etc. She has taken to stooling outside the box about 60% of the time, but not in any one spot and she is not (thank goodness!) tinkling outside the box. I don't know what her...

Tapazole dose is finally dead on. I don't want to make her hypothyroid; too many side effects with possible kidney dysfunction, etc.

Unfortunately, yes, thanks. Forgot to mention that her blood glucose is fine.

Can anyone PLEASE offer any advice on what we might be missing? Our 14-year-old spayed indoor "generic" tabby cat is losing weight so dramatically I know she can not last much longer. She should weigh about eight pounds; right now she weighs just under five. She has lost so much muscle mass...

Not sure bloodwork would have been more revealing, just more expensive. Fluid AROUND the heart (pericardial effusion) is different from CHF (congestive heart failure) and if your kitty's heart sounds were that muffled it was probably a pretty easy diagnosis to make, and also a very, very...

We have now had three Littermaid boxes; each time one would fail we'd replace it. Fortunately the first was under warranty. I think it helped the smell a little, but changing the containers was a pain. It is incredibly noisy to me! And all three were the same! You do get used to it, but it...