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    transport help needed for diabetic cat at risk- OH to MO 10/19?-10/26?

    cross posting PLEASE SHARE. Ground transport help needed for a one-day transport from Dayton OH to Rolla MO. This is for Penelope, an insulin-dependent diabetic at high risk of PTS. The transport will likely occur this weekend (October 19 or 20) or next weekend (October 26 or 27). This link --...
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    young girl wants to play, older girl does not- do I intervene?

    I have a 15yr old cat Nell and a 2yr old cat Willow. The new girl is very playful. Now that's she's comfortable here (haven't had her that long) she is trying to play with my older girl. She'll run up behind her and jump on her, or run after her if she walks across the room. My older girl Nell...
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    looking for info on heart issues

    11+ yr old cat seen at vet today, new vet vet said that she heard an  arrhythmia and she specifically mentioned PACs she mentioned that the cat might have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and recommended a cardiac ultrasound and EKG now I've never had a cat with heart issues, this is my friend's...
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    help for a friend's cat please?

    got this from a friend, I told her I think she needs a new vet but beyond that, anyone have any ideas? "_________(cat's name) first showed signs that something was wrong Saturday. Wasn't eating, wasn't going outside, just laying there not wanting to be around us. She is a VERY SOCIAL, VERY...
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    it's the big one

    I don't drive and have bad knees and a bad back, so I do a big shopping about once every other month and pay someone to carry everything up to my 3rd floor (UGH!) apartment and it's that time again- to do that BIG shopping. I am really getting sick of the same ol stuff, and was hoping you...
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    long shot but have to ask, transport help?

    is there anyone here in the SD area who might be willing to help a rat rescue transport rats to new adoptive homes? yes, rats! they are wonderful sweet pets, and you can have rats and cats (just don't let them play together LOL) this rescue took in a huge number of rats and is trying...
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    winter stock up food shopping

    does anyone else do this? or is it a Yankee/ New England thing? as soon as the weather turns colder, we run out and stock up our shelves and cabinets with food, just in case we end up snowed in nevermind that being *that* snowed in rarely happens, usually within 24 hrs you can get out to a...
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    wanted to trade.... =^^= for =^^=

    Please, I know that a lot of people will dislike this idea immensely, there is no need to post it. Please, unless you have something HELPFUL to add, do not post to this thread at all. I am looking for someone in Southern NH, preferably Manchester or very close by, to trade cats with. This would...
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    wound healing or not? advice please?

    my 13 or so yr old girl Raven was treated for an infected wound on Nov 4th -She got a shot of convenia antibiotic and a shot of depo she had a follow up shot of convenia on the 10th all has been going well, she's in a soft e collar and doesn't mind it at all but late last week, she...
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    anyone know what BP ranges are for cats?

    I've been able to find out what normal is (160 or less) but have not been able to find out what is considered mild, moderate and severe hypertension, does anyone know? at what point would you expect the cat to be treated?
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    i don't mean to brag

    ok yes i do. i just got my electric bill and i only used 129 KWHs in the entire month (32 days, actually, it says for billing period) or an average of 4 KWH's per day. Last month it was only 3 KWH's per day- but i was away for a week, so i figured that had a lot to do with it. I've been home...
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    cat hisses if i pet her, oh oh!!

    my girl Raven is hissing if i try to pet her! she is usually on the stand-offish side but has never hissed at me for no reason like this before i am thinking maybe she is hurt? i don't know when or how she would've gotten hurt though, she hasn't been doing much but sleeping she has asthma...
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    not enemies but not friends either :( help?(long, sorry)

    i have three cats. i've had three cats for several years but the cats have changed, that is, i started out with one cat Nell- tuxedo girl she was my only cat for four years then i adopted a blind deaf diabetic older cat, and at the same time, took in my sisters elderly cat, so went from one...
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    anyone here work for an insurance company? health insurance

    i need to know if a doctor who is signed up with an insurance company (what do they call that? enrolled? an enrolled provider?) well, what i need to know is, if a doctor is accepting say, XYZ insurance and he decided he doesn't want to accept that insurance any more, can he dis-enroll/leave...
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    long shot- anyone have a cat with heartworm?

    our vet said that they see about 4 or 5 cases of heartworm in cats per year in this area admittedly not very many cases but she was pressuring me to get a $65 test done on my 10 yr old cat, who has a cough and probably has asthma (its a hard thing to get a definitive diagnosis on, basically you...
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    why does she do this??

    my girl Raven likes being brushed, but when i am brushing her, she will walk away, and then expect me to follow after to her to keep brushing her. sometimes my boy Sheldon will do this too. why do they do this? both of them will roll over and want their bellies brushed or rubbed, and they...
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    jealous cat very jealous cat!

    i have three cats one was adopted less than 2 mos ago now i know they need time to adjust to each other but most of the time they are fine, and will even play together, which i didn't expect to happen so soon the problem is my boy Sheldon. he was like this with my old girl Mickie who passed...
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    chronic feline herpes (kitty flu or kitty cold)

    my new cat has a chronic herpes infection. she will get a runny eyes, stuffed up and runny nose, and a cough, anytime she is under stress, or really, any time at all for no particular reason, but stress can affect it i put Lysine on her food, vet said that was a good thing to do and...
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    fostering a cat when you have 3- 2 female, 1 male

    hi not sure which forum to put this question in out local shelter is looking for temp foster homes because they've got too many cats and nowhere to put them all (kitten season) they seldom foster out cats that are not sick or pregnant, so i know things are unusually bad for them to be doing a...
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    gift idea for a very busy young woman

    i dont post often, been too um busy myself, but my daughter's 29th birthday is coming up and i want to get her something to make her life easier, but i'm drawing a blank she just started one job a week ago and is starting a second full time job tomorrow i know what she really wants and need...
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