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  1. btavis

    Post pics of your babies that have passed so everyone can see their cute lil faces

    Ellie May, seven years old succumbed to non-regenerative anemia. She was a queen and will be greatly missed by her family and fur baby friends. It never gets easy.
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  3. btavis

    How to make a cat in heat get OUT of heat??

    My tortoise shell rescue was around five months when she went into heat. The vet said to wait a few weeks before spaying which I did. I had it done about a month later and she is fine.
  4. btavis

    What is the average cost to have a kitten spayed / neutered?

    I just had my tortoise shell rescue spayed and it cost me $199 which included a blood test. The actual spaying procedure was $50 and the rest was for blood work. Needless to say the cat came through exceptionally well and I now know she has no other health issues. There are several vets in my...
  5. how much water is a kitten supposed to drink?

    how much water is a kitten supposed to drink?

  6. btavis

    how much water is a kitten supposed to drink?

    I have a kitten (Kyra) I rescued at around five weeks old. She is now about nine weeks old and has started drinking more water than she did initially. She is otherwise in good health; eats well and is very energetic.  Although when I first rescued her she did whimper a little when urinating but...
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  8. btavis

    how many cats?

    Loving pets and being able to care properly for them is a real issue. It comes down to what you can afford and what is important in your life. I am retired and made a decision to rescue as many dogs/cats as I could afford. My limit ended up being three dogs and five cats. Of course I would want...
  9. btavis

    how many cats?

    I currently have five cats - the most I have ever owned at one time. All are rescues. Two are siblings (boy/girl) at 4 years of age. Two are mother/son at 4 and 3 years of age and one is of indeterminate age (though I guess around 7-8) as he was a rescued stray. They are all indoor cats but I...
  10. btavis

    Cat Addiction

    I have a cat like that.  Smokey will gobble up treats like a crack addict preferring them over regular cat food. So....I switched cat food to Fancy Feast and mixed a few treats in with it. Now he gets both and the nourishment he needs. He was a runt of the litter so weight gain is not a problem...
  11. btavis

    Vet said 5 year old cat needed 12 teeth removed

    There is something rotten going on besides the cat's teeth. My experience with a rescue cat was like this: I rescued this un-neutered cat (DeeJay) from an abusive environment. I guessed his age to be around five to seven. He had bad skin, was underweight and had terribly bad breath. I took him...
  12. btavis

    Puck!!

    So sad for young kitty Puck. Poor babies do not understand the danger of cars. As much as I know cats love the outdoors and as much as I have owned many outdoor cats I will no longer do it. I have lost too many to predators or other lethal mean (I had one cat poisoned by a neighbor). I now...
  13. btavis

    Recurring mouth ulcers--need advice

    Best of luck with Presley. I cannot stand to see one of my pets  in pain. Right now I have a three year old (Ringo) with an ear infection and he has been hanging around me all day crying.  Of course it always happens on a Sunday!! I will take him to the vet tomorrow but I gave him some special...
  14. btavis

    Recurring mouth ulcers--need advice

    Here is an excellent article on LPGS: http://www.manhattancats.com/Articles/Severe%20Gingivitis-Stomatitis.html
  15. btavis

    Need Advice on helping a stray cat

    I took care of a stray feral for about four years. We called him Hobo. He would appear at my front door every morning at the same time (do they have watches?) waiting to be fed, which of course I did. My other cats would stare at him through the storm door as he ate. Then they would look at me...
  16. btavis

    Elderly cat with Stomatitis......good grief.

    Care Credit is great. On year free interest on vet bills. I used it to have my cats teeth extracted. It saved the day.
  17. btavis

    Recurring mouth ulcers--need advice

    I took a cat that was abandoned by some very bad people (they ran a meth lab). He is a black and white of indeterminate age but I am guessing he was about five or six when we got him. Needless to say, he had stomatitis or more correctly lymphocytic plasmacytic gingivitis stomatitis (LPGS)...
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