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This is a difficult topic, but I believe it may be time for me to think about putting my 14 year old cat down. I've had her for 13 of her 14 years, adopted her from a shelter when I was 13 years old. (Thanks mom! Best b-day present ever!) She's always been a clingy cat, always sitting on my...

Greetings! My large, grumpy, 14 year old cat has bad arthritis and bone spurs. Cosequin worked for many years, but it's effectiveness seems to have fizzled. Vet gave us tramadol, which is so so difficult for me to get in her... I foster cats and have pilled many cats in my life, and this cat is...

Hello! I've been wondering about something and it's driving me absolutely crazy, and I thought someone here might know the answer. I occasionally scour the internet for pet food coupons that equate to nearly free bags of food (Iams is particularly good about coupons). Last month I managed to...

My kitty has been dragging her butt on the carpet, so I took her to the vet maybe two weeks ago. Anal glands are fine, they gave her a de-wormer. About a week later I've noticed she's constipated... she's eating less and she goes in the litter box, strains, produces a small poo, gets out and...

Jeza has itchy butt. After she uses the litterbox she gets out and drags her butt on the carpet and then licks herself. Never done this before and it's been going on for about a week! She's had two UTIs before, and she peed everywhere but the litterbox, so I can rule that out. Also, no diarrhea...

I have two cats... one very fat cat... I think she is 15lbs, not a large frame, but in her defense she does have huge paws. She is 9 years old. The young one turns 1 in June. I'd like the fat cat to lose some weight. My first attempt was by adding wet food into the diet to speed the...

My 9 year old cat has a bone spur... so the vet says from the x-ray. Unfortunately, my friend had an elderly cat who also had a 'bone spur', which turned out to be cancer... I supposed I'm worried about this being cancer... from what I understand, the only treatment for bone cancer is leg...

My cat has dandruff. Vet says it's not anything serious, but if I wanted to get rid of it I could put some fish oil on her food. I typically feed her chicken food (Nutro Chicken- thanks Sharkey!) Would it help if I gave her a can of wet fish food once or twice a week instead of fish oil? I know...

Had an experience today, thought I'd share it in case it helps someone in the future. A good friend of mine's cat swallowed a rubber band this morning. She called the vet, who told her in induce vomiting by pouring hydrogen peroxide down her throat, two teaspoons at a time until she threw up...

My kitten- she's 7 months- has always had this separation anxiety. Mostly, she cannot stand to be on one side of a door with me or my roommate on the other side. She's also one of the alarm clock cats- waking me up before I get up- so I've tried two things: I shut her out all night, or get up...

I have two cats, one is 10 years old, and 15lbs and long hair. She's obviously overweight, and has been for the last 8 years. I also have a kitten, who's 7 months and also long haired. I feed Science Diet Hairball Light, which the older cat has been on for all her life. I can't switch the dry...