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  1. iluvcats4ever

    Does This Look Like Mast Cell?

    My son's cat had this growth on it's paw. He thinks it has gotten bigger over the last few months. He has a vet appt next week. I was thinking it may be mast cell. Has anyone seen anything like this.
  2. iluvcats4ever

    Sedating a cat before taking her to vet for euthanasia.

    This is a depressing sad question, I am sure it has been asked before..  I have a 17+ year old cat that has gone into congestive heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, kidney failure.  She has had hyper thyroid and other issues for some time. There is no cure for anything and the medication...
  3. iluvcats4ever

    Hyperthyroid 17 year old not doing well - the last of my senior cats.

    Skye is 17, she is the last of my senior cats.  She was diagnosed with hyperthyroid and treated with medication via cream in her ear.  That helped but sent her in the other direction and she wouldn't eat.  So she is off the medication, has been for a while.  We tried the thyroid food and she...
  4. iluvcats4ever

    Calicivirus with ulcers. Will not eat, how often to syringe feed..

    My 4 year old cat Tini started drooling very heavily and I took her to the emergency vet.  After ruling out chemical burns and electricity the diagnosis was Calicivirus and she has ulcers on her tounge.  They gave her pain medicine, something to coat the ulcers and subq fluids. I rescued a...
  5. iluvcats4ever

    I lost my beautiful 17 1/2 year old baby today.

    My heart is broken and my soul is crushed.  My boy, Munchkin, developed acute kidney failure.  He was not improving on antibiotics and fluids and had quite urinating.  I made the decision to let him pass this morning. This was the worst euthanasia I have ever experienced.  When the vet gave him...
  6. iluvcats4ever

    Kidney infection vs kidney failure - how soon should I see improvement?

    I took my beautiful, 17 1/2 yr old, boy to the vet yesterday suspecting kidney failure and I was right.  The vet, as a last ditch idea decided to treat him for a kidney infection in the hopes that is what it is.  He said in 20% of these cases it can be kidney infection. He gave him a lot of...
  7. iluvcats4ever

    Mother cat returned after 10 days - what to do.

    Last Saturday I picked up 4 kittens that were two weeks old.  The mother cat had been missing for over 48 hours and the girl that had them could not take care of them.  I have taken care of them for the past 7 days and they are thriving, they had their first vet visit and he said they look...
  8. iluvcats4ever

    17+ year old will not wake up today, vet appt in one hour - scared

    Last night my cat was 100% fine, today, I can't get him up.  He is just sleeping.  I picked him up and put him on his feet and he went right back to the blanket and he stumbled a couple of times and went back to sleep. This is not normal behavior for him at all.  Usually he is meowing for...
  9. iluvcats4ever

    Three senior cats with IBD

    Hello all, I am new to the site and am here out of desperation and for support.  I have three cats 17, 16 15 and they all have IBD.  I really thought the vet was nuts, there was no way that they all could have that, the symptoms started for all three within 6 months of one another.  I truly...
  10. iluvcats4ever

    6 kitties ages 17, 16, 15, 13, 2 and 18 mths

    Hi, I have been out searching for help with the challenges that come with my kids getting older.  My three oldest have IBD and one is really have a tough time right now.  I am hoping that by joining that I will be able to get answers and support from people who have experience with this...
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