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You need to bring some of your cat's feces to the vet. Put some in a ziplock baggie, then put it in the refrigerator until the time of the appointment. The stool sample has to be kept, "fresh". You can get the sample the evening before the visit and refrigerate it, in case the cat doesn't...

Ringworm is the skin fungus. Roundworms are long skinny actual worms that look like spaghetti and get in the cat's intestines. I never heard of cats with ringworm throwing up, nor that ringworm robs the body of nutrients. Here is info on ringworm...

Many healthy cats drool when purring when they are kneading at the same time. One of my cat does when she is kneading on me and purring. I guess they get so content and relaxed they relax everything, even their swallowing. If the only time your cat drools is while purring, I would not worry...

What a wonderful picture! Hopefully they will all be back to being happy so close together soon. Redirected aggression due to an outside cat sure can make a lot of problems. My cat, Simon, who is now on the Clomicalm, would redirect aggression to his house mate cats and we people due to other...

One of my cats is on Clomicalm for aggressive behavior. It is working rather well. In the US it is off label use for cats, but in Australia and I think Europe it is labeled for cats as well as dogs. The first week, my cat was like a zombie, so we cut the dose in half, and that was a good...

imachewtoy, does anyone play with him by using their hands? Some people, seems like moreso males, sometimes play rough with cats like they might with a dog. If anyone in the home is playing rough with Boris, they should stop, so he does't get confused about what is acceptable. Perhaps playing...

Oh funicat, I am so sorry about your kitten. You said the second vet found a broken leg, but what about the possible internal injuries the first vet spoke of? Did x-rays show any? I agree with everything hissy said. I don't think the first vet was incompetent. Balconies are very dangerous...

<< I do have a large hard plastic crate that I use as "recovery room" but Tiri didn't want to be there after her spay - she thought a paper bag was a better choice .>> LOL. Oh well, as long as she rested and recovered well. Yes, the time does go fast so one needs to keep snapping those...

Oh, Tamara/Lil Red, that is a great Sherpa bag! (Hello) I have a Sherpa bag, but it is smaller and doesn't have the privacy flaps. Or, a seat belt strap! That's a great feature! I've been worried about the carriers not being secured. I need to rig up some safe way to do that. I also have a...

There are vitamins for cats that come in capules, so maybe you could open the capusules and mix the powder in with some of that tuna juice your cat likes. You could try blending some canned food to make it seem all gravy- well sort of. Maybe she'll eat that. I free feed dry and serve canned...

Have you tried gradually mixing in the new food with the old, starting with just a little bit? Cats sometimes reject new foods, so sometimes you have try to sneak it in. <<my vet said that the cheap stuff is BETTER for her, that all the premium brands are too rich and cause health problems...

"Also, Ragdolls get fairly big, so keep that in mind when buying one. You want one big enough to accomodate them at thier largest size." That is excellent advice about getting a carrier to account for a cat growing large. Or even a somewhat claustrophobic cat. Our first cat was a very small 6.5...

LDG said "Well - I have no plans on not doing just that, but their systems are built to go several days without eating and then feast. Also, they must be adaptable to many types of food or they wouldn't be as successful in the wild as they are." No, cats are not built to go several days without...

If it getting to be less often, and the older cat doesn't mind, I think you should just let the cats take care of it. It sounds like it is naturally tapering off. In nature, kittens will nurse up to about 6 months old, although by then they also eat solid food of course. Your kitten is not...

Great news, Sandy! Your very welcome and thank you for posting an update. I hate it when one never knows how something turned out. Give your kitty some head scratches for me.

I wouldn't leave the canned food out for more than two hours, less if it is getting hard. Since the kittens are just nibbling a little, here and there, maybe you could put out less canned, more often. I wouldn't be in a hurry to cut out the KMR, if they all had been malnourished. It probably...

Oh, Racoooooooon, I'm so sorry about your cat. What a sad thing to go through.

Nippiesmommy, Yes, there are many types of bacteria, some good, some benign and some bad. Different types of bacteria are everywhere, each supposed to be in it's own proper place. The bacteria a cat would ingest from normal grooming after being in normal environmental situation would not be bad...

Catlover2, your cat crawls under the blankets to snuggle with you because she loves you and finds comfort snuggling with you. She likely sees you as her mother, and kittens snuggle up with their mothers when they sleep. Even if she is an adult, sleepy cuddle time is a time when cats, and...

Toilet water is full of contaminents from when the humans have defecated, such as e-coli. Unless you scrub your toilet after each and every time someone uses it, and then rinse it throughly each time to get out every last drop of cleaning residue, no animal should be drinking from a toilet...