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mytwokitties - I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I went through a very similar situation with my cat a few months ago. She was 8 years old and seemingly very healthy. One day we noticed that she seemed to be breathing a little harder than normal and took her to the vet. After 2 weeks of...

We have not taken my (almost) 4 year old cat Dinah to the vet in about 2 years. The visits we've had before are very traumatic for everyone, she bites, hisses, spits, loses a TON of fur, etc. and because of all that, the vet basically gave her the vaccines, got a little look in one ear and that...

I don't have much to add to what has already been said, but firstly, I'm so very sorry for your loss. Secondly, it does sound like it could have been a seizure, caused by something other than her fall. One of my cats died a couple of months ago, she had been sick for a couple of weeks and...

Thank you so much.

We actually thought really hard about this, just so we could know exactly what happened. But in the end, we just wanted to leave her to rest in peace, she had just been through so much. My husband actually just made her a little coffin and we buried her in my mom's backyard along with our...

We did talk about this, our vet also brought in a specialist from another office to look at her on Friday and he thought it may be toxoplasmosis. They had given us the antibiotics to treat her for that and we were going to wean her off the steroids. He knew it may be a long shot since she was...

Thanks so much for your thoughts everyone. I wish I could say that we finally knew what was wrong, but I can't. I do know that I'm glad she was at home when it happened and that we didn't have to make the decision. Thanks again for reading and the support everyone has shown.

Just wanted to let everyone know that Bobsey passed on to kitty heaven tonight at home with my mom and I. Thanks again for all the help and support.

Thanks Stormy for your kind thoughts! A small update, I took her back to the vet today because she again didn't want to eat much and they have kept her to do a few things... They did another full blood work up and her white blood cells are low, although she is on steroids and they warned us...

One thing I forgot to mention here is her purring changed when all of this came about. It started sounding just like a dove's cooing, not wet or gurgly, but somewhat squeaky. I've tried to find some information, but so far no luck. Any ideas if this could be a clue?

Hissy, thanks for the advice and concern. I've been PMing Blaise, so I should've paid more attention to what I had put here vs. what we've been PMing. The vet actually has done four xrays and two ultrasounds to rule out heart disease, heart worms, tumors, etc. She's done two blood cultures...

Quick (somewhat) update... Fortunately, our vet has ruled out a number of things (heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, feline lukemia, feline hiv, respiratory diease), unforntunately we still have no diagnosis. Currently, Bobsey is on steroids and antibiotics, which have really...

Blaise thanks for your help! Just wanted to mention they did test her for both of these things and they were negative. I'll update tomorrow after her appointment, but again, thanks for you thoughts!!

Hi all, I'm posting for some insight on my cat Bobsey's illness. She is a cat I adopted about 8 years ago and we think she is roughly 9 years old. Bobsey stayed with my mom when I moved out and is a great companion to her now. Recently we noticed she was not eating/drinking as much and then...

Just wanted to update, the kittens went to the vet yesterday and were tested for all of the most common ailments for upset stomach. They were negative on all of those tests. The vet mentioned that it could be teething and also gave them a general anitbiotic to cover several possibilities...

My SIL got 2 kittens about a month ago for my nieces. They are now about 15 weeks old and have been great. However, in the last 2 days one of the kittens (Sam) had a couple of rounds of diarrhea and then vomiting. Today they other one, Grayson, vomited. They have not changed their food...

Thanks for all the responses so quickly. She's definitely had senior blood work done, but it's probably been closer to a year ago rather than 6 months. But everything looked good then. She is also eating senior food, although, my mom changed that not too long before the skin problem came up...

My mom's cat (used to be mine until I got married and moved out) is about 9 years old and has recently developed a serious skin issue. It started on her neck and now goes all the way down her back. She basically has really flaky, dry skin that obviously itches her. When we comb her or scratch...

Re-sizing photos.... Hopefully that's a little better!

Thank you for the welcomes everyone!! So far I'm loving this site, everyone is so friendly and there is some great info!!!!