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My mother lives in Austin, TX in an apartment with two mature cats. She has SEVERE COPD and recently landed in a nursing home. I live in Burbank, CA -- my sister lives in Austin and has been going over to Mom's apartment daily to feed and visit with the kitties. One of them does not come out AT...

We have a ten year old tiger kitty that my husband adopted right before we got married -- she's about 10 years old now --about a year and a half ago, she was diagnosed with hyper-thyroid and has been on meds. Her weight seemed to get better, coat improved, etc. We've recently noticed that she's...

Well...turns out it was a good thing I followed my instincts...Lois has great blood work, lab work was great, etc, etc, etc,...put her on the laxatives, etc, etc, etc,....but I still noticed the mouth "smacking" -- took her in for x-rays today...the vet examined her beforehand...felt her tummy...

So - after we got the bloodwork back and the vet said all was well, turns out she was a bit constipated - it seemed like things were heading back to normal with Lois. Started the wet food, finished the I.V. fluid, she's still on the laxitive twice a day...but now she is "smacking" a lot again...

I am blessed enough to have a vet who makes "house calls" -- I discovered her last year when I had to put my beloved older cat, Hemingway, to sleep --it was so much better to be able to be with him at home. Since then, we have retained her as our regular vet for our two remaining kitties, Lois...