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I purchased a Persian about six months ago now. When I first got her she had horrible diarrhea which we figured was from the stress of flying and coming into a new environment. She was on antibiotics on and off for a couple of months, we did the food change, and de-wormings and eventually the...

Thank you!! I think I am going to try it. My fiance's hours were cut at work and he may even get laid off. I am hopeing that doesn't happen since he is our only source of income since I stay at home with our three children. I couldn't make enough to cover the cost of a babysitter. I feed our...

I got a membership to Costco and I noticed they sell dog and cat food. I read some reviews and heard that the food is not all that bad for the price. What are your opinions on it?? What would you compare it to? For example... closer to Ol'Roy (walmart brand dog food) or Purina or Orijen??

hmmm... well, I'll be honest. Different times I have also heard that "grinding" sound when my cats eat. They kind of turn their head to the side a bit while they are chewing and it sounds like grinding. I've seen a lot of cats do this (we rescued cats in the past too) and it only happened when...

When she came here she was eating Innova kitten. She had loose poop when she arrived here but we thought it was just because of the stress of flying and a new environment. I slowly changed her over to Orijen. She continued to have loose bowel movements so finally the vet decided it was best to...

My Persian is now almost 7 months old. She came to us at 2.8lbs the beginning of December and she is now only 4.8lbs. I did have problems with her having diarrhea and we did a fecal test (negative), physical examination, antibiotic treatments as well as a food change. The antibiotics seemed to...

I recently purchased a beautiful Persian kitten who is now 25 weeks old. I have had her for about 8 weeks now. Since coming to my home she has had diarrhea (she even had diarrhea on the way home from the airport in the carrier). My vets first thought was that she developed diarrhea from the...

Thanks guys... This kitten was wormed before I got her and since I got her she has had 1/2 a milbemax tablet (which is what is recommended for her weight) which takes care of tapeworms along with many other kinds of worms. I am thinking cocidia (sorry bad spelling)? The vet has not yet called...

Ive recently had experience with ringworm as well. The vet will know the treatments that work best (meaning. the treatments that will get rid of it the quickest and most effectively) even though there are plenty of options (sulfer dips, shampoo's, etc). She will probably prescribe Griseofulvin...

I recently purchased a Persian kitten and I have now had her for about two weeks. When she came here her stool was loose but the vet and I figured it was from the stress of flying (she was shipped) and from getting use to her new environment. The breeder told me it was okay to give her some...

I didn't read through this thread but thought I would off my opinion. I have had MANY cats throughout my life (from the day I was born until now). Through out this time lots of things had changed (including our financial situation). We were unable to even buy ourselves groceries and so to buy...

Sorry, havn't been on in a few days. Hope he did well at the vets. If your cat has a flat face he could just normally breath loudly. I had a Persian before who had an EXTREME flat face and he snorted and made noise every time he breathed in. The vet said this was normal because his face was so...

I can understand your frustration. I too had a Persian with an URI and because of his extreme face it took ages for him to be "cured". He still occasionally sneezes (all cats do) and some times he has white snot. My vet is not concerned and feels this will be normal for him from now on because...

Thanks for your reply I was thinking that maybe because of the increased energy that they may need more food as well but there is always food left over at the end of the day and I never leave their bowl empty any ways as I believe that they should get to eat if they are hungry (just as I would...

I HAD been feeding my cats strictly Purina Cat Chow Advanced Nutrition. First five ingredients being POULTRY BY-PRODUCT MEAL, CORN MEAL, CORN GLUTEN MEAL, GROUND WHOLE WHEAT, BREWERS RICE. Yes, I do realize this is not the BEST food choice, but better then some by far. My cats all did well on...

I'm sorry to hear about all of this. I know from personal experience how horrible feline distemper can be. My sister use to work at a barn where there were 10 + cats- all of whom has distemper. Being barn cats no one did a thing about it. It broke my heart but every vet you talk to will tell you...

Hi, I have a cat with feline herpes. Apparently most cats have it but only few don't have strong enough immune systems to "handle it". My cat is like yours and he is on L-Lysine twice daily for life. He is doing well on it but before he was on it he was suffering URI's constantly!!! He has an...

Awe, well I hope she can come home today! How is she doing any ways? Starting to feel better I hope. Did the vet say whether or not she was a threat to your own cats or is what she had not going to pass to them? I'll keep my fingers crossed that she comes home today!!

I think it is in momma cats and kittens best interest not to be spayed until after the kittens are weaned. I THINK that by spaying her now her milk production may stop (because all of her reproductive organs are taken out and there for her hormones will be out of whack). I cannot for the life of...

Siobhan- thanks for your kind words. I was a little skeptical at first about posting this because I was concerned people would OVER worry about their cats having this condition. I just wanted to let people know that this condition is out there and it is better to know it is then to not because...