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I took my cat to a veterinarian who was board certified in internal medicine for a different problem but the subject of heartworms came up. She said that outdoor cats DO tend to develop an immunity to heartworms. That is why she said that it might not be a bad idea for indoor cats to be on...

I am the one who called the company. At first the woman I spoke to said it would be fine to feed my kitten. Then she said she would doublecheck-she came back on the phone and said it probably wouldn't be good to feed him. She said he should have a specific kitten formula. I think this...

Try going to yahoo.com. There is a forum called feline cancer. Someone there may be able to help you.

It is the amount of magnesium in the dry food that can cause problems. (crystals to form and the cat to get blocked) Cats should be on a low magnesium dry food (they used to say ash content). I think it is .01 or less. Most quality dry foods don't exceed that amount. I used to work for a...

I used Feline Pine when I got a new kitten recently because that was what the breeder had used and I wanted to switch the new guy over to my litter gradually. I really disliked Feline Pine. I thought it didn't control odor at all. It also breaks down into sawdust as the cat uses it which...

I used to work for a vet. Litter on stool doesn't interfere with a fecal check. Tapeworms are generally the only worms that will NOT show up under a microscope. A vet usually has to rely on the owner's description to determine that they are tapeworms. Treating all three cats would be a good...

I feed Max Cat wet food to my guys. That's exactly why I buy it because it has no corn or by products. I am also switching them over from IAMS dry to Wellness dry for the same reason.

What a pretty cat! That poor guy all alone. It's great you gave him a wonderful home!

I think it's really good that you were able to help Bleu without any invasive treatments. We ended up spending an enormous amount of money on Dickens. I know people probably thought we were nuts, but he was a really special cat and we wanted to be able to feel like we'd done everything we...

Thank you, Joyce. It was very hard to lose Dickens because he really WAS better. We were so pleased that we'd "saved" him. He was eating on his own again and all his liver values were back to normal. The internist and the surgeon both told us they had never seen an infection happen after...

My cat, Dickens had Cholangiohepatitis (a bacterial liver infection) AND Heaptic Lipidosis. We did have a feeding tube put in. He had been severely jaundiced and was not eating. He did great and had completely recovered (after the peg tube was in for 6 wks.) only to get a "flukey" (and...

I have a cat that loves to chew on plastic bags, so I have to be very careful to make sure that I keep them away from him. I had another cat in the past, that loved plastic too. I don't think it's that unusual.

Slave2_Ragdolls, I know what you mean. My vet recommends Science Diet and IAMS. He doesn't sell either one. He isn't big on the retail end of things because he has a small practice. I don't think he had a clue when I was telling him about by-products and about corn in th cat food not being...

Thank you Nern. The funny thing is I called Diamond who makes Chicken Soup and the woman who answered said she thought it would be fine to feed a kitten. Then she said "Well, let me go ask our resident vet". She came back and said the vet told her I probably shouldn't feed it to my kitten...

According to the breeders on the forum I was on- cooked or raw didn't matter. It was all supposed to be bad. I'm thinking that I may go ahead and try the Wellness anyway. I'll probably always wonder a bit about the garlic but Wellness seems to be the best food in my area as far as not having...

I called my vet and he said he wouldn't worry about the small amount of garlic in the food. Course, I don't know how well versed he is about cat food either. Vets have so much to keep up on. I liked the ingredients in Chicken Soup a lot but they have no kitten formula. My vet says he wants my...

Well, I had finally made up my mind to switch my cats from IAMS (corn and by-products-yuck!) to Wellness which sounded like a great food. Last night, I happened to be on a forum on Yahoo where they were talking about garlic being toxic for cats. (onions too) It can lead to "Heinz body"...

I have to cast another vote for Siamese. My Siamese usually "attack" me as soon as I sit down-they can't wait to sit in my lap. Only one Siamese (out of seven and he was actually a Balinese) wasn't a lap cat. My husband says they are " an in your face kind of cat."

I use Heartgard on my cats. I have been told (by a vet) that indoor cats (which mine are) are almost more likely to get Heartworms than outdoor cats because outdoor cats can develop somewhat of an immunity to them. I cut the chewable tablets in half and then hide them in a little bit of canned...

It doesn't seem like a cable box could get hot enough to do any harm. You can probably tell by feeling it yourself. If it doesn't feel too hot, it probably is OK. My cats like to lie on top of our computer monitor. My husband isn't too crazy about that, but I told him to get over it. If...