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Thank you, meowlook. No rogaine/minoxil or anything of that nature. She is urinating, so no blockage. Injury is very unlikely, she is not a climber (arthritis) and she is an indoor kitty. That is a very daunting list of treatments you described, I can see why it would take a specialist. The vet...

No, we don’t have a feline only vet in our rural area. Saturday‘s vet was a very nice young vet, today’s was one of the owners of the vet clinic who has a lot of experience. I think we would have been better off if he’d been there Saturday. I know for a fact she said 2.5 creatine on Saturday...

Thanks so much for the link, I probably read it a decade ago when our ckd boy was still alive, but had forgotten. Saturday the vet said she was not dehydrated, todays vet said she is slightly dehydrated, therefore we decided on the fluids pending test results. If it was an infection, wouldn’t...

Another update, the vet called with test results and stated her prognosis is grave. Thyroid is normal, but BUN is 130, creatinine has gone up to 6.4, (what could cause that, from 3.1 to 6.4 in 3 days?) urine is dilute 1.016, and phosphorus is high. He said the fluids will help her feel a little...

Another update, no improvement this morning so we took her in to have additional testing done. I am a little perturbed, the 2.5 creatinine we were told Saturday was actually 3.1?? That is a big difference. They are re-running tests, so we’ll see if today’s numbers are different. The vet she saw...

Quick update, she is slowly improving, knock wood it continues. Syringe feeding, plus I made slippery elm syrup which I started her on 3 x per day, and applying the mirataz once a day. She also likes the hot water bottle and heated towels. I have the honest kitchen goats milk powder with...

She is not doing better at all, I think she is worse than this morning. She did drink water and pee but that is about the only positive. She is hiding in the cat playhouse, she usually does not hang out in there. We are trying to decide if we should go to the emergency vet. I am so afraid we are...

Thanks so much for your posts, furballsmom and feebysowner. I was hoping there may have been some sort of advance I am not aware of, but it sounds about the same as a decade ago. I am familiar with Tanya’s site, it was very helpful when I had no clue about crf. Previous crf kitty was crazy for...

Hi all, one of our kitties was listless and tired yesterday, ate in the a.m., but refused her dinner. She was no better this morning, so we took her to the vet and her labs were normal, except creatinine is 2.5. She received a b12 injection and a mirataz injection and ate a bit as soon as we...

Our little guy is gone. I just can't believe it, can't wrap my head around it.

We are leaving in 10 mins. I will update when I can. Thank you for all the moral support.

If he recovers from this i'll ask her about more testing. She is usually pretty thorough and we do trust her. The root cause of all of this is his compromised immune system. It sucks so much, he is the sweetest cat, just an orange ball of love and affection and purrs. He loves everyone, two...

Thank you for the replies, this is so hard. We are going back to the vet office in an hour. His breathing is just not good and he is really out of it. He has been making this weird swallowing sound since this started and I keep telling everyone I think he has a throat infection, but the vet says...

I am hoping some of you with chronic URI kitties might have some advice. Our 8 year old neutered male is negative for FIV, felV and other bad stuff, but he has stomatitis and what appears to be a compromised immune system. We had to have all of his teeth removed shortly after we took him in (he...

Did the vet give you any idea at all as to what could be going on? It just seems really strange that he is okay with the vet and the clinic staff, but aggressive toward you guys only? Did he act normal toward you at the vet clinic? If so, could there be anything at your house that could be...

Wow, that just sounds scary, I am so sorry for everyone involved. I could see re-directed aggression being the issue if he calmed down after a while, but it sounds like he went crazy and violent and stayed that way. Have you had a health exam and blood tests for him? If not, are they going to do...

Updating, she has been inside since last night. Behavior with the other cats is improving, she is using the litter box, and things are looking up. Fingers crossed she completely integrates!

Thanks, Danteshuman. I am still holding out hope she will come around and adjust, maybe she will be more motivated to be indoors when it gets cold. I really worry about her being outside, especially since she does not stay in our yard. Saw her jump into the neighbor's yard this afternoon so she...

We know a lady who lives on the street behind us and feeds a handful of (spayed and neutered) ferals in her backyard. Several were injured by bb pellets, one had to be euthanized because by the time he was sick enough for her to trap him, the infection was too severe. She thinks it was the...

Thanks, Art and Kiki. Yes, trying to convert her to indoors plus introducing her to the others was probably too much. This morning while husband put out bird seed one of our males snuck out the back door. She was waiting for breakfast and they glanced at each other, but no aggression. However...