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Good point about mixing the food. I'll pick up a bag of the Nutro today - that's what I've done with my other cats - mixed the foods - I just hadn't thought that far ahead about this one I guess. The shed she is in has been insulated and draft and weather proofed - and I put in an outdoor...

I just switched my other cats over to Nutro Natural Balance based on recommendations and some issues I was having with one of them. As soon as this bag of Iams kitten food is gone I will switch her over to Nutro as well since I would like to bring her in/introduce her to my other cats and my...

When we took our pregnant stray to the vet to have her checked out, he dewormed her and treated her ear mites there. Then again, he also gave her a rabies shot which a lot of people are now telling me wasn't safe, so you might want to poll more than one vet to see if they recommend deworming...

Wow, they even look alike.

I have had several male cats throughout my life - all neutered in kittenhood. My current male, Andy, was neutered at 6 months as well. He is the only one I've had who gets aroused like this and I was starting to think maybe the neutering wasn't "complete". It sounds like others have similar...

We have a cat flap that leads out into our garage where we keep the litter box and if we leave the garage door open, the dead stuff comes in right through the cat flap. We live in the country and our cats are allowed out during the day most of the time and are brought in to stay at night, but...

I think your friend was insensitive to say what he did. Just realize that some people have different levels of what they are willing to do to help their animals. As for others thinking you aren't taking care of your cat, you could always show them your vet bills if they have the nerve to say...

Thanks for moving me to the correct board. Still no kittens but I think she's getting close. I went ahead and put a 100 watt infrared bulb in the little house (I'm afraid to go any larger for safety reasons) and it keeps temps about 20 degrees above the outside temp so far. It has been 50...

Oh, I'm so very sorry about Kirby! He is lucky to have been so loved even though his life was short.

I'm leaning toward PetPlan USA because it looks like even the basic plan covers cancer treatments and breed specific conditions up to $8000 a year. Does anyone on the board use PetPlan? I know it has been in the UK for a while, and now has a USA policy.

I guess I should have done a post search first - looks like some other threads have addressed this, but I'm still interested in hearing firsthand experiences from people whose pets have different American plans. From my experience, just putting the premium amounts into a savings account would...

Not sure if this is the proper place to post this, but I am in the process of researching pet health insurance plans for my 2 cats and 2 dogs. In addition to some of the insurance review web sites, I was wondering if anyone on this board uses pet insurance and how that has worked out for you...

My cat, Panda, had feline herpes. I got her when she was 4 weeks old (didn't know she was that young, but a whole litter was going to be put to sleep and a co-worker begged me to take one so it was a spur of the moment cat rescue grab on a lunch break - long story). She was sickly looking and...

How is Toe doing? I hope he's feeling better. I've always loved cats with extra toes - their paws look like big, soft catcher's mitts. A lot of times if one has them, all the kittens in a litter will have them. A shelter I used to volunteer at had a litter come in and they were all...

Well, I didn't actually have to take her in to the vet. I called and they told me to just pick up some oral antibiotics and some special cleansing wipes to use on her chin. Hopefully this will clear things up.

Yep, Livvy was spayed at 6 months old. She is 4 years old now. She also has a history of being prone to infections when she gets minor injuries and is deathly allergic to the feline leukemia shot. I think she just has a wacky immune system (she is FIV negative - we tested her). Normally she...

My mom had a cat who was diabetic and had some of those symptoms until she got his medication levels figured out. It didn't come on suddenly, though. She noticed he drank excessively and then started being very lethargic and sometimes dopey acting - kind of like what you describe. He had to...

She's so pretty. You could call her Marilyn (as in Monroe). I think she had a beauty mark kind of like that.

I think Daisy, my stray garden cat, is due any day now. I noticed her nipples are turning pink on the tips. Should I expect kittens within the week? We don't know how far along she is and the vet thought at least 2 weeks or more left to go when we took her to see him - and that was 2 weeks...

Thanks for the input. I actually went to Petsmart yesterday and picked up a bag of Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care after talking with a couple of people there and reading some labels. I had fed Nutro Max Cat to a cat we had several years ago and now I can't remember why we switched...