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    Take the risk? Attack cat

    My cat Jack has a history of attacking people.  He hates the vet and he can be heard out in the waiting room.  Unfortunately, Jack has a number of medical issues and has to do that on a fairly regular basis.  Ever since the first time I took him to this new vet (I had one that came here prior...
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    replacing a discontinued litter brand...

    Hey there, its been some time and Jack has been doing pretty well on all his medications and prescription food... unfortunately, I just found out that Fresh Step Perfume and Dye Free is being discontinued. Jack has had some problems with other litters. All the non-clay ones have proven...
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    Vibes for Jack

    I have to take Jack to the vet this evening where he will be staying overnight. He is having several tests while under anesthesia tomorrow including a tumor biopsy. I am nervous about all of it, the trip to the vet in the car, leaving him there, the anesthesia, the results of the tests and how...
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    And finding the right food saga continues...

    The short version of the background is that he has had some diarrhea problems. Here is a link to another thread if you wanna go that far: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=197370 Moving this to nutrition because we are fairly certain its a food sensitivity of some sort...
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    Jack Diarrhea update advice?

    Jack was back on only his normal food for a week (The CN chicken and brown rice dry). Then he had another bout of diarrhea, this time I caught on sooner gave him no food for about 16 hours and went to boiled chicken and rice. Which worked like a champ. Now I am looking for opinions on what...
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    One Extreme to the Other

    Howdy... Here is the thread about Jack having diarrhea for a long time for background if you want it. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=196033 The short version is this... it finally stopped his last poop was Sunday morning at 5:30am... and it was loose but not like it had been...
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    diarrhea over a week

    Jack has had diarrhea for a few days longer than a week. He has seen the vet and I provided samples. The vet gave him a steriod shot... I am not very clear on why he did that... That evening he was sicker as a side effect of the shot. He got better, and mostly he seems normal... I decided...
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    Need a new plan!

    Howdy, After more than a year of eating CN Chicken & brown rice, Jack is back to runny stools. He has seent he vet, but that hasn't resulted in any solutions. It has been a little over a week now, since it started. I am beginning to think it may be a food sensitivity again. I was hoping...
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    Treating allergies without drugs?

    So, Jack has allergies. That isn't news, but I had sort of forgotten what last fall was like. Anyway once again my vet has recommended benadryl but I really don't want to drug Jack. (I didn't give it to him last year either, but he never lost fur from scrathing or biting) He has a line of...
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    Cage Rest Suggestions?

    It looks like Jack will need to have surgery for his slipping knee caps. I am to wait one more week to make sure he doesn't recover without the surgery, but it doesn't look promising. Cage rest was mentioned, I have never had occasion to need to do that with any cat. So I thought I would get...
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    Luxating Patella experiences?

    Howdy, I read a couple posts here after some searching on the subject but I was wondering if anyone can tell me about recovery time after their kitty had the surgery. I am still in the decision making stages with Jack. Short version: He was ona shelf about 3 feet off the ground that he likes to...
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    Jack... the movie

    I meant to finish this sooner and get it posted but well... opps. The video was all taken from about September thru Early November... so its Jack the early days. http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=bde88fec.flv Ah and I got him one of the Da Bird toys... and many replacements cause...
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    Jack in action

    As much as this one looks like I caught him at a strange time... nope he frequently sits with his hind foot on his head or just above his head. Like he was thinking about cleaning and then forgot. I give up already! hehe fooled ya!
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    Food Change

    Greetings, I have a question about changing cat foods, I know that I should be mixing and doing it gradually under normal circumstances. However in this case it appears that Jack has some problems with the food he had been eating and we (the vet and myself) are trying to figure out what in the...
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    Smilin Jack!

    I love this picture of Jack it looks like such a big grin... I wish it had come out better but eh cell phone cameras. The story behind the picture is this I was trying to get a pciture of his face, he saw a moth and was chirpping at it... I just caught him at the *right* time.
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    Can a cat be too dependent? (long)

    I brought Jack home when he was very small, his mom was unfortunately hit by a car soon after giving birth. Jack is the only one of the kittens that made it. He was bottle fed but not by me, when I brought him home he was able to eat food. I did have to teach him other things like litter...
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    Greetings!

    My name is D and Jack rescued me the day after my 18 year companion tubby passed. This is Jack 2 weeks after he came home and this is Jack last week a full month later. I love this site and just had to join after using the posts here to figure out how to teach the little guy to clean...
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