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Hi, thank you for the reply. I think I am going to be taking her to the vet, probably Sunday (thank God for an animal hospital open on weekends!). I just have to wait until I can take her by myself, because if one of my parents goes with me they are going to push for the putting her to sleep...

My almost 15 year old cat, Thomasina, can no longer get up and down into her litter box or onto furniture. Her hind legs somewhat gave out. The thing is, I do not want to have her put to sleep because she is acting completely normal other than not being able to stand up properly. Her back legs...

She has not been using it that I can see, but this is probably because she's having a hard time moving around, much less stepping up into her litter box. Before this happened, she had wet on a bed a few times, but those incidents were about a month apart each, and she was still using her...

Okay, so the vet gave us Prednisone. She's supposed to get .8 mL a day for a week, and then the same thing every other day until it runs out, same as before. She got her first dose last night, and ate her dry cat food with it. She has also decided to crawl out of her safe room and sit under a...

Thank you all for the quick replies! Last time we took her they ran a blood panel, ruling out a lot of problems. They also took x-rays though, and apparently she has deterioration going on in her spine. They said it was very common and that the anti-inflammatory was all they could do. I would...

Hi all, I have a 14 year old cat, Thomasina. She has never had a health problem in her life until a few months ago. We came home one day and she was walking around, but holding her back legs very stiffly, kind of bouncing on them when she moved. We took her to the vet, who gave us medication...