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I did join the Yahoo Pancreatitis Group and instantly remember my exasperation with the mechanics of the Yahoo Groups. It is just so hard to follow.

Wow, 9 oz. is a big 6 oz. can and a half of a second. That's a lot for a little kitten! I have had cats for decades and my guys eat 3 oz. (1/2 a can) per day divided into two servings (1 1/2 oz. or 1/4 of 6 oz. can.) They do get some supplemental kibble, but I dole it out sparingly - maybe...

I had a female years ago who got mammary tumors twice. The two occurances were many years apart. They took out the entire row on the one side (maybe age 10), then the entire other row when it came back on the other side (age 15?). She lived to 19 years old. She was spayed sort of late in...

I was already a member of the feline lymphoma yahoo group from years ago. I just sent a request to join the feline pancreatitis yahoo group. Both the vet and the ultrasound doctor said they did not think Keegie has classic pancreatitis symptoms currently (not throwing up or not eating), but I...

I ended up adding a 3rd cat with a history of crystals to my brood after a friend died. He came with special UTI kibble which he hated, but he loved the non-UTI kibble his two room mates were getting. Plus he is a bowl stealer, so I thought the special food was not going to work. I had heard...

Right, white shadow.. I got a bunch more articles from Google with "pancreatic cysts in cats" than with "feline pancreatic cysts". You would think Google would be smart enough to substitute "in cats" for "feline". None of the articles I looked at sounded very hopeful. I just can't imagine...

Back when I have had 8-10 pound males with CRF, I was giving 100ml of Ringers Solution about 2-3 times a week. So giving a 5 pound cat a 50ml maintenance dose would be similar. If you are giving fluids on a continual supportive basis for a CRF cat, you will develop a feel for how hydrated they...

Just a thought. You said your male cat has chronic cystitis. I had to verify that cystitis is usually in female cats and in males is more like bladder crystals. Which you sort of confirmed by saying that you feared his bladder was blocked. If you have a cat in which you fear a bladder...

I would think about 1 1/2 oz. of canned food per serving per animal would be more like it. That would be about 1/4 of a 6 oz can or 1/2 of a 3 oz can. Probably an equivalent amount of dry food would be about 1/8 to 1/4 cup. Does the tummy swelling in your eager canned food eater go down a few...

My 10yo male Kee-gee started blimping up mid-January until one day I was looking at him and he looked like a walking cantaloupe. I took him in to my vet who identified his abdominal swelling as a giant accumulation of fluid. The vet performed: a blood panel (came back normal); an x-ray...

Right, I always balked at almost $7 lb. for Primal chicken and over $11 lb. for the rabbit, yet the fancier canned foods are about equally priced on a price per pound basis. You would think you could be feeding them fine grade meats for $7 lb. and at least you would know what was in it.

In the end, I could not re-serve any of the suspect bags of Primal - now that everyone has recovered from our mini-pandemic. I took the four almost full bags of Primal back to the originating store for credit - which I spent up on a whole grocery bag of Wellness cans. I felt somewhat defeated...

Isn't fortiflora a powder? Can't you mist spray his kibble so the powder will stick and shake some onto it. I know there are a bunch of probiotic fans out there, but I don't think you need to constantly take it. If the stools are OK, probiotics probably are no longer necessary. I have my own...

Well, leading into them taking the metro - we were down to all 3 of them not having eaten much of anything for 3-4 days, so it took a while for anything to show up. I had them split up, so remember waiting on the one to make a poop at all and thinking maybe he was constipated. It took almost a...

Not to get too graphic, but... As far as how the poops were on the metro, I can't be sure. It took multiple clean-outs of the litter box for me to realize I was scooping out these weird blob-like shapes but no perfect torpedoes. I think I originally thought they were pee clumps until I broke...

I fed the Primal all through the metro dosing, then noticed that the stools were still not solid after about 3 days past the last metro dose. Also, there was a few more episodes of vomiting post-metro. It was at that point that I switched over to the Wellness, which we are still feeding now 3...

There have been a few threads on here with vomiting, diarrhea pandemics. Please Help! All 6 Cats Suddenly Sick S.o.s. All Three Cats Sick It can take a while for recovery when there are multiple cats in the house. I had the vomiting problem and it was very violent. (s-o-s-all-three...)

I have a boy that ate a long Christmas ribbon when he was little, got very sick then pooped it out about 2 days later - it was about 2 feet long. I keep stuff like twisties and rubber bands and strings away from him - he is much older now, but he still gets that look in his eye when something...

A couple of kittens should be a breeze, except that they came from a shelter environment - which can be full of contagions. Cat flu is a miserable illness, but should have been in their baby shots. Probably after they settle down, all will be well. They're pretty cute! I've had 5 boys...

My old test is Gerber's meat baby food (chicken, turkey, beef, ham). I always keep it in stock. If they won't eat it off your finger, time for the vet. Happy is the day when everyone eagerly gobbles down their food. How frustrating it can be when they won't eat.