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I adopted a 1 y/o neutered cat from the shelter in late August. He had a bad cold, and immediately went on antibiotics. We have 3 other male cats, and already had 3 Tidy Cats breeze litter boxes (which we loved) in an upstairs bathroom and bathtub (the "cat room" ). We introduced the new one...

My mom has just noticed that our 16 year old crf cat has started licking the metal fireplace grate. She thinks it's probably painted aluminum. As far as she can tell, this is a behavior that started in the past few days. My first thought is a deficiency of some sort. She's been on the...

I had a good scare tonight when Sammy decided to bolt out the door, making this my 3rd heart attack in the 3 years we've had him. When we adopted Sammy, he came from a home where he was allowed to be an indoor/outdoor cat. Since he has been outside before, he knows what to expect and runs as...

My 16 year old was diagnosed with CRF a few months ago, and of course the vet prescribed Science Diet . Copper has been on either Evo or Core for a number of years and and was doing excellently on it. She free feeds and has always been slim and a good weight. Against my wishes, my mom (who...

Oh what a jumbled title... I'll try to explain myself better. My 16 year old was just diagnosed with CRF. The vet's only advice was to change her food to something like Hill's k/d. Copper has been on a high quality food her whole life, and grain free for the past 5 years or so. She currently...

I feed a variety of grain free dry foods to my three cats, and I try to include wet food as often as I can (every few days right now). My biggest problem is that with 3 greedy boys high quality wet foods add up super quick. Can anyone give me some new ideas on the least expensive, but still good...

I've got a 14 year female persian who's getting crabbier by the day. She's never been particularly friendly or outgoing, but she's just been unbearable lately! And yes, she was checked out by a vet about 2 months ago. For example: this morning my girlfriend held a treat out for her, she...

I've been giving my old kitty the wellness cat vitamins since she doesn't eat nearly as much food as she used to, but they are driving me crazy! They say to give 4 a day for a cat her age! Of course I can't just feed them to her (they smell awful!) so I have to crush them up, dissolve them in...

My 14 year old kitty, Copper, has been having some problems over the past few days. About two weeks ago, I took her to Bark in the Park to get micro chipped and have her rabies shot and unfortunately, they did them both in her shoulder. She was extremely sore for about 3 days and laid like a...

I've really got two opposite questions. I was brushing my 14 year old Persian today and noticed that she has quite a bit of dandruff coming off. What might be the reason for this? I've never seen her have dandruff before? Anything to do about it? On another note, Copper's coat has...

Over the past 6 months or so, my about to be 14 year old cat Copper has been throwing up her food. It started out very rarely, and I just discounted it as the occasional upset tummy or whatnot. Over the past month or two, Copper's been throwing up food more often (maybe once every two weeks?)...

I've got a coming 14 year old Persian, Copper, who's starting to get scruffy looking. I was wondering if anyone had any tips for keeping older cats looking young. A little background: Copper was on fairly good food most of her life (on Iams before they were bought out) and in the past year, I...