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Lorelei passed peacefully. The vet confirmed her muscles were already weakening, and her blood pressure was so low they had to finish the euthanasia in an operating room because she didn’t have usable veins in her legs anymore. But I held her as she fell asleep from the sedative so she knew I...

I didn't realize how much the anticipation would hurt. I'm trying to keep her close without forcing her to engage when she's in pain and hiding. Sometimes she seems so lively... and then I panic that I'm doing the wrong thing. But then the pain starts. I saw her leap onto her little...

I made her appointment. She’s still slipping. She’ll perk up a little bit but... ... she’s lost her purr and her smile. Along with the fact it’s obvious from her movements... I can’t let her stay in pain. I’d rather not watch her waste away. I keep second guessing myself now - maybe she’s...

I used to be a semi-active member of this site about ten years ago, when I first got my “kids”, Carter and Lorelei. About six months ago Carter died suddenly of a heart attack. I was devastated to lose him, he was my buddy that shared the spot under the covers with me every night. The only...

Oh, and Lorelei ate most of a can of the stuff Carter refused to eat this morning, lol, little does she know that's also healthy for her mwahaha

Well he just ate most of a can of Fancy Feast Medley, so I’ve confirmed he’s okay with wet food again. Next step, tricking him into eating the wet prescription food. Tomorrow when the stores open up again, I’ll get some Tiki Cat pouches and try sneaking in spoonfuls of the prescription diet.

The worst part is for a long time Carter was wet food only because he had constipation issues! Then it started getting to a point where he would have soft stools after being on wet too long so I eased him onto dry and then of course this happens instead. It's nuts though, he's never been a...

Long time no post. Carter recently went through a near total urinary obstruction requiring hospitalization with a catheter to unblock him. He came back with orders to eat only Hills c/d wet... which he sort of ate for a few days before giving up on it. He also got a UTI from the catheter and...

So, backstory. I recently moved in with a roommate in another part of the country. He loves the cats to death and up until yesterday, they both loved him. Lorelei in particular is usually outgoing and people hungry to the extreme. Unfortunately, yesterday when he was coming into the...

I'll be calling my vet about this tomorrow, but I need some advice. Carter, as I've posted in the past, has ongoing skin allergies. We have tried so many different things for him but he shrugged off every last one of them, all the way up to putting him on Atopica. The next step would have...

Carter's currently taking Science Diet z/d. At the moment, he hasn't finished his trial. The Prednisone he's taking was intended as a quick fix to help him out early in the diet, but with a month to go, you've got me thinking I need to find out when they want me to take him off of it, because...

To answer a few questions... 1. The vet called back and actually mentioned the shirt idea too. It's not going to cover all his spots, but I'm going to check them out tomorrow anyway. They also suggested using masking tape on the shirt to get it to fit right. 2. When the vet called, they...

Carter has had a skin problem since sometime early this year. We finally, finally think it was allergy related because after we put him on Prednisone (because he even shrugs off depo shots), he started getting a lot of hair back but still kept licking all the hair off his underside and parts of...

Well, he's coping so far but he kind of slouches everywhere. I think he's embarrassed

I've posted a few times about the endless saga of Carter and his allergy-related hair loss. Well, he's two months into his allergen-free diet (Science Diet z/d for now) and after I had him looked at again, the vet prescribed him Prednisone, which seems to finally be clearing up his skin and...

Carter's skin allergies have been a nightmare to deal with. His sister Chantel had them too, but I don't think she pulled at them the way he does. I know it was part of the reason she was at the shelter until she died With luck, it turns out to be a food allergy and Carter will finally stop...

Carter's ferocious panther roar! I do have a larger version archived both on my flickr and my computer.

Only a year old, just barely. The shelter director was really broken up about it too because she raises all the bottle babies. A question to those out there: should I be getting Carter checked out? He's had checkups since I got him and he's do for his annual shots and health check in a few...

I was just informed today that Chantel, one of the kitties at the shelter, passed away last month. She had a sudden heart attack and couldn't even move. She had to be put down. Chantel was Carter's sister, and a very shy, but friendly cat. She never got a forever home - she was raised as a...

In my experience, you can ask six different people what the ideal kitty diet is and get six different answers. My opinion is to make sure that whatever diet you choose is meeting their nutrional needs - i.e. if you're going for a dry diet, make sure they have enough water, a wet diet needs to...