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My current girl is a rescue (thrown out of a car when she was about 3 yrs. old), and she's the only cat of mine who 'hid' when she arrived--for two weeks. The people on this board were enormously helpful in getting me through that time. It was 'treats' that eventually won her over, and she's...

My girl is 9 years old and weighs 14 lbs (she gained a half pound this year). My vet says he's prefer her to be 12 lbs, but she's healthy, and he says it's not really an issue for him. But I don't want her to develop problems because of her weight, so I'd like to slowly lower it. She eats...

My current cat (about 9) is a rescue, and many of you helped when she first came to live with me 6 years ago--and hid for 2 weeks! I'd never had a cat who did that and was frantic. As it turned out, she's a lovable lap cat (on her terms), and the only problem is that she will NOT be picked...

My cat (a rescue) had a traumatic 'childhood' and is quite skittish. I have a mobile vet who visits, and it's very difficult to 'prepare' my cat for a visit because she resists being held at any time. Every visit has been an 'event.' At the last visit, the vet gave me gabapentin to try to see...

I hope someone has advice for me. I adopted my very sweet cat about 3 years ago. She was in a shelter--after having been thrown from a car and rescued by a cat-lover who saw it happen (but had 3 cats of her own and could not take another). She brought her to my vet, who had a small shelter in...

I feed my cat only wet food and only meat. I've been trying to get her to eat something better than Fancy Feast (especially since it includes 'fish' as an ingredient in its meat flavors), and I tried Wild Calling turkey trot--and she deigned to eat it. But it contains liver, and I've read...

I adopted my Molly 5 months ago from a rescue organization. She is 4 and clearly had some trauma in her previous 'home,' and she was thrown from a car at age 3 and fortunately rescued. When she came home with me, she hid for just over 2 weeks, but since she emerged, she is an adorable and...

Background: My Molly Brown is a rescue who has been with me 3 months. After 2 weeks of hiding initially, she has become a total love--sleeps with me and jumps into my lap when I'm in my chair to watch TV. She is 4, and was 'rescued' after being thrown from a car a year ago (and spent a year...

Here's my dilemma. A couple of months ago, I adopted a rescue cat (4 years old) who, the previous year, had been rescued when she was thrown from a car! She was with the rescue group for a year (in a large cage) and rather unadoptable because she was so fearful and would not interact with...

Can I add salt to my girl's wet food to encourage her to drink more water? Background: I adopted this 4-year-old (Molly Brown) a little over 2 months ago, and she was producing normal stool. But she soon became constipated (dry, hard, pebbles), and I tried all sorts of remedies (pumpkin, a...

I recently adopted a very shy 'rescued' cat. She hid for the first 2 weeks, but she's been doing really well recently. My major concern is feeding her. I brought home some of the awful dry food she'd been fed at the shelter, but I offered that along with quality wet food--and she immediately...

On another thread, I've posted how my newly adopted 4-year-old female is hiding (been a week now). My last two cats would eat nothing but Fancy Feast, even though I tried multiple higher-end canned food. Since this girl didn't eat for the first 24 hours, I was eager to entice her to eat, so I...

I lost my last cat to CRF on 30 June, but I'd already scheduled foot surgery, so I knew I would not be able to care for another cat for a while. This is the longest I've been without a cat for 30 years! But I'm now about 85% recovered, and I know I can care for a cat. Today I went to my...

I had my cat euthanized last week, and I'm still troubled. I know it was necessary (he was suffering and not eating and SubQ wasn't enough), but I wonder whether we escalated his end. Background: I adopted Sunny only 2 days after I lost a cat to CRF (lived 7 years from diagnosis). I had gone...

My boy began drinking a lot of water and producing excessive urine. Vet suspected renal failure, and he's had regular blood tests since June, but although the creatinine was high, the BUN remained in normal range. His tests are all similar numbers. We visited a specialist who ran a contrast...

My 6-year-old male, Grigio, is having kidney problems (still being tested to determine whether it's CRF or something that can be arrested), and my vet suggested putting him on k/d. Grigio resisted at first but seems to be adjusting to it. My question is whether anyone knows a better food...

My boy Grigio is just about 6 (adopted from a shelter 2 years ago), and is a real sweetheart. Last month, just a couple of days before his scheduled annual check up, he started drinking a lot of water, and urinating much more. When I took him in, I told the vet and asked for urine and blood...

Anyone have experience with this battery-operated nail trimmer? We got one for Christmas (NOT my idea), and so far I'm trying to get my boy used to seeing it and hearing it operate. It doesn't look promising. However, I can clip his nails, and I'm obsessive about watching for the quick (I...

Here's the question. My sister gave me one of those battery-operated nail trimmers for my boy. I know he needs to be acclimated to it slowly, and I plan to take a couple of weeks for that. But has anyone used one of these? I use clippers now on his nails, and I like being able to see the...

As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I'm taking my boy on a 2-hour (road trip) to visit relatives for Christmas. I have some Feliway spray that I bought some time ago, and I want to spray the interior of my car before we leave. Does anyone know how much time I should give between spraying and...