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Thanks much! See my thread in the health section about Snickers and Clindamycin ... the medication sure WAS making him feel off ... a LOT off! ;o)

Well, we saw no evidence of Snickers pooping at all Saturday and Sunday, but we know he must have at some point. We didn't see him use the litter box at all, and we know he must have at least urinated. But he seemed to be feeling so unwell (URI) and felt a little hot to me, that I decided to...

Ok then here is my plan. I am going to wait for his next bowel movement (which, by the way, it's 10:01 p.m. and he still hasn't gone today, to my knowledge). If he HAS gone today, then it was normal because when it's diarrhea, nobody will bury it and the boxes have no diarrhea in it. I was...

P.S. The new antibiotic is Baytril. Does that seem appropriate? He was on several rounds of it when he was about 8 months old for a URI and did fine on it.

OK, yes ... my husband picked up Bene-Bac in gel formula (they didn't have powder). By the time he got home with it, it was noon and Snickers hadn't gone yet today. He had eaten and drank several times, so I'm thinking it's finally resolving itself. It is now 2:18 and he still hasn't gone...

Wow, you guys have a lot of great advice! I read somewhere about that bark stuff too. I will start with the Bene-Bac....I don't want to do 2 new things at once because I want to see what effect each one has. We have a Petco near my house and my husband is going to buy it first thing in the...

OK thank you for the link! I will go buy it tomorrow morning. Is it something that can be mixed into moist food? When you say "full dose" will it give me the full recommended dose for a cat? He is 12 pounds. Do I need to check with the vet first? Can this harm him in any way? Any side...

Oh dear. Snickers, after all he has been through, is now going through a whole new set of problems. Please read his story in the S.O.S. thread (Lost Bengal) for background information. I took him in to the vet yesterday morning because he was gagging and I thought maybe his upper respiratory...

Thank you so much for the advice; I will go take a look around at other forums if I have more posts that are off-topic. But for the record, I took him to the vet today and he has a fever so they are assuming it's because of the upper respiratory infection still. He put on weight ... up from 10...

Ugh, NOW WHAT?? Snickers today has suddenly started gagging ... at about 5 minute intervals when he is awake, none when he is sleeping. I noticed it since I came home from work. He acts as if he doesn't feel well and then lets out a huge gag. I think he will throw up, but he doesn't. Then...

Hahah, I'm laughing at the part about Simba being unhappy that the torturer is back ... yeah, that's most likely it. That and the fact that the torturer also SMELLS now. LOL! Today Snickers was SOOO much more animated. We all noticed it. He opened the bathroom door (using the handle/latch)...

Tried the vanilla extract thing; didn't phase anyone. So my husband bought this Natural Chemistry "Waterless Bath" spray from the Humane Society. It's a gentle formula spray that you are supposed to spray on the cat, then towel dry. I didn't want to do that directly on Snickers because we...

Thanks again! I may try the chamois thing if Simba doesn't come around soon. Today, he was actually in the same room with Snickers several times ... so he seems to be letting his guard down in the way he normally does around a new cat. I have to remember that to him, right now Snickers is a...

I accepted a friend request ... I got another one that I didn't recognize so I ignored, then I realized what "TCS" was and so I went and requested them as a friend because I realized that's who was friending me. Sorry about that, accept please! ;o) I am going to put the pics up somewhere else...

Oh! I hope everyone can see these photos from my facebook ... these are pictures of Freddie (new kitty, 6 months old), Snickers since he's been back, and Simba. All pics were taken in the past 2 days. Snickers is 2 years old, Simba is 3 years old. I tried to get pictures showing Snickers'...

I thought about the bath option and even looked online for the best way to go about it ... I don't bathe the cats, and I don't think I want to take the chance of traumatizing him by trying it now. I did see several suggestions for variations instead of a full immersion ... like just using a...

Aghghghgh! As soon as I post something, Snickers corrects himself ... he has now used the litter box just fine. Whew! He came out and spent more social time with us today so I know he will be ok. He watched the new kitty for a while, even got excited and joined in some play for a minute or...

Oh my! I took a gift certificate to the people who found Snickers and talked to the man a little more. He said by his estimation, Snickers had to have been in his garage for 7 or 8 days!!! No wonder he got so thin and dehydrated. He had no access to food or water for over a week! Awww, I...

VERY INTERESTING idea, with the vanilla extract by the tails so all the cats have the same scent. I feel bad for poor Snickers! The little one hissed at him a couple of times and the older one hisses at him and runs away. It's like you GUYS! The poor cat has been freezing and starving for 12...

I don't know how/where to post pictures for you guys, but there's a pretty cute one on the Wisconsin Humane Society site at this location: http://savinglives.wihumane.org/site...e=lostandfound I love the new addition . . . "FOUND!" Also more pics here...