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  1. momof6

    Cat with severe weight loss

    Update on Bear. My friend has beein introducing raw food and looking into a grain free dry food and Bear has put on weight! He has the energy to follow her around the house now so it seems like he is getting better!
  2. momof6

    vet charge

    In the area of Texas where I live the vet charges $38 for the vet visit, but that includes temp. check and checking the cats weight. I've only been to this vet twice. Once an urgent trip for my senior cat Lucky because he had an abcess burst on the side of his face. I get paid monthly and it was...
  3. momof6

    Poll: Do your cats wear collars?

    Two of my three cats wear breakaway collars. Lucky my senior kitty will have nothing to do with a collar. He doesn't struggle to get it off, he just lays down and refuses to move. When I first tried the collar on him he didn't move for over six hours! I think he feels like he is caught on...
  4. momof6

    Cat with severe weight loss

    Thanks everyone for the advice and I will be passing it on to my friend. Hopefully she can get Bear into the vet tomorrow and see what's going on with him. @Finnlacey : I'll have her ask the vet about the inflammatory bowel disease. If it turns out to be treatable with a special diet and...
  5. momof6

    Cat with severe weight loss

    I will recommend her taking him back and trying the x-rays. She asked for a complete panel of tests on Bear to try and find out what was wrong but the vet didn't do x-rays. I honestly don't know if the vet has an MRI machine...he mainly focuses on large animals/ livestock even though he does...
  6. momof6

    Cat with severe weight loss

    Hello everyone. I'm posting on here for a friend of mine. Here is a little background, due to circumstances my friend took in her mothers two cats about 4 years ago, she has been the sole caretaker of these two cats since then. When she got the cats they were overweight and had trouble adjusting...
  7. momof6

    Hello!

    I just found this site today and decided to join because I feel like you can never have to much good information about cats. I have three cats, or they have me it can be confusing sometimes. The cats range in age from a 17 year old white and orange tom named Lucky that I have had since I was 6...
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