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I'ts difficult having some medical knowledge because if I open my mouth the vet thinks that I am getting into her business. Despite this, I've suggested that an abscess might be the cause. I really try to trust the vet's knowledge and let them do their jobs without interfering but this problem...

7 months ago my son found an abandoned tiny kitten near his house. He asked me to take care of the kitty instead giving the kitty a death sentence at the local animal shelter. I've been through the bottle feeding routine before and in several weeks the little cat was playing and following me...

I'm fairly new to the fourm and I am sorry to have made only negative posts concerning the contiminated catfood issue instead of being able to write and share the pleasure of living with a gang of beloved cats. I watched the ABC news tonight and the news wasn't good. Some of the researchers...

Where is the most current list of contaminated food? I was in WalMart last night and they have many brands on the shelves including speciak kitty and Iams. This is very confusing.

Techiegirl, Where are you getting this information? It seems possible that a cat could get a low exposure to the toxin and not have "acute renal failure" but have enough damage for it's nephrons to start a gradual progressive decline in kidney function. The problem with nephrons (kidney cells)...

I baked "the gang" a fresh chicken tonight and the cats let me have a drumstick and a wing. They are loving the change in diet but they better not get used to nightly baked chicken. OMG somebody somewhere on a chicken forum is hating me now!!!

Does anyone seriously think that only 10 cats have died from this problem? Just reading through the posts here in the forum I've seen some things written about kitties that have become sick and died. I'd bet the numbers are grossly understated. The cats on this forum are lucky to have well...

Over the past couple of days, I've started weaning the kitties off moist food. THis afternoon I fed one can of tuna and all hard food to the "gang". It seems that they are tolerating the change well and none are starving. I still think there is more to the kidney issue than we'll ever know...

At this point, I don't know if anyone knows the cause of renal failure other than it is something related to certain brands of food. Maybe it is glutens and maybe not. From my understanding the moist foods are suspected as causing the problem. Please post if you find something different. Renal...

2 years ago I was in South America for 6 weeks and was happy to return and see my family and of course Dusty a 4 year old beige tabby that had more personality than most people. The minute I stroked Dusty's back I knew something was wrong. I was able to feel his spine indicating that he was...