Search Results

I know cats shouldn't eat beef liver, but what about pork liver? I normally give my cats chicken liver, but I can't always find it in the store, and they are so little that it seems like extra work to rinse and dry them. Is there any reason I can't give pork liver to balance their PMR?

I'm in a position to buy a few things that I can't normally get where I live, and I was wondering if Laxatone is the kind of thing that's good to keep on hand or if something like Vaseline does basically the same thing. Any opinions out there?

Tiramisu has been acting constipated since yesterday. He scoots around on his bum and his stool yesterday was hard and dry. This morning, he threw up and didn't eat breakfast; and just now I see that he has what looks like a blister, or pink bubble, on top of his anus. Could that be caused by...

Poor Honey Pie has been throwing up this morning and can't keep anything down. He threw up early before breakfast and then again about 2 and a half hours after he ate. I didn't witness the first episode, but right before the second he was making strange meows and repeatedly licking his nose; and...

We're finally going to get a grinder! I'll be ordering the Tasin TS 108 and was wondering what else I should include in the order, like silicone spray, extra grinder plates, or any other thing that will make it easier to make cat food. Any suggestions?

Hi all! Thought I'd post here because I'd like some feedback regarding my cats' diet and some changes that I'm playing around with. The recent posts about the consequences of an unbalanced diet have really brought home the need to take care with what we're feeding our pets... My kittens are...

Hi all! Our two kittens were finally neutered today. They are brothers, about 5 months old, and until now were great friends and would do everything together. But now that they are fixed and the anesthesia has worn off, one is hissing and growling at the other, who seems confused about why he's...

To get right to the point, our two kittens are now about 10 weeks old, give or take, and they weigh about 2.5 pounds. I'd like to have them neutered as soon as possible, but everywhere I ask I'm told they don't neuter kittens that young. We even asked at a local university that offers...

A few days after bringing home our two kittens, we took them to a vet to see about having them treated for ear mites since they were continually scratching their ears. The vet cleaned them out and applied a treatment for infections, and told us to bring them back if they continued to scratch...

Her story happened in 1996, when the building where she was raising her litter burned down. The length that she went to in order to save each of her kittens is absolutely incredible and inspiring, and to this day I can't think of her without tears coming to my eyes...

OK, in his mind he probably wasn't giving a kiss, but that's precisely what it seemed like! Tiramisu has a habit of running up to me when I come in the room and he waits to be picked up and cuddled. I was a little busy when he ran up to me tonight, so I picked him up and cradled him in my arm...

After doing the research, here's the basic menu I've planned for 2 nine-week old kittens weighing ~25 ounces. Suggestions welcome. Based on the frankenprey calculator (Excel spreadsheet) from catcentric.org, and working on the assumption that a kitten should consume ~8% of its body weight...

Shoes have become one of the most fascinating objects in our kittens' room. When we come in the door, they often run right over to sit on our shoes (still on our feet!) and if we happen to take them off and leave them on the floor, they are destined to be chewed on, scratched, climbed all over...

We're slowly getting organized to provide our cats with a PMR diet. Here's photographic evidence of our first attempt at feeding raw. It was a hit! These two guys really gobbled it down--well, they gobbled it as fast as they could crunch up the bones. There was even a little growling! I don't...

Monday was the day I've awaited for several years. We finally welcomed two kittens into our home, Tiramisu and Honey Pie: We're not exactly sure how old they are, but they are about 8 or 9 weeks. Both are boys. We couldn't have asked for better kittens.

We'd really prefer to feed our kittens a raw diet, but currently we have some limitations; namely, we lack a grinder and probably won't be able to get a decent one for months, and I haven't been able to find a taurine supplement in my area (yet). Will frankenprey allow us to provide a balanced...

Finally, we have brought home our two kittens. Took them to the vet first, and since we have reason to suspect they have fleas, he gave us a spray that says it contains 0.25% fipronil. According to the box, there are no side effects and we are to apply it all over the body, taking care to avoid...

Turns out, we have to take our kittens home over a month sooner than we planned on. They will be about 7 or 8 weeks old and are still very attached to their mother. It feels cruel to have to do it, but there is just no choice (unless a miracle happens and the owner's heart grows 2 sizes bigger...

I've mentioned in other threads that our landlord's cat had kittens. We've been keeping an eye on them, and have decided to adopt two. When we first talked about this to the landlord's wife, we explained that we preferred the kittens to stay with the mother until they were 12 weeks old--until...

Long story short, yesterday a kitten nuzzled my husband's chin and a few hour later the area started to have a burning sensation and was turning red and irritated. He then washed his face, and he says that the sensation stopped some time afterward. Today it's still a little red, but nothing...