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I am very sorry to have to tell you that my little baby crossed over the rainbow bridge today. I took him to the vet because he just wasn't acting right even after he had a massive poop a couple of days ago. I nearly cancelled today's appt but thought better of it. When I took him in they...

My senior kitty, who I posted about not long ago because of his chronic constipation issues, has two boxes available to him. One is clay litter (non clumping only) and pine pellets. I noticed that a couple of times he tried using pine pellets because he must have felt uncomfortable in the...

Several weeks ago I posted about what a vet thought was some kind of transient stress episode that caused him to get lethargic, drool etc. He snapped out of it and seemed fine, and was recently to his vet again for constipation issues. They found nothing wrong with him and sent him home. Last...

I had a conversation a little while ago with one of the vets at Pumpkin's clinic. We were going over his medical hx, most notably the constipation issue. Somehow we wandered into the subject of having to let go of our pets. I told her I am not ready and she reminded me of how old he was and...

I posted a thread recently about this and his use of new Corelle water bowls. He likes them now and is not having any problems drinking. However, his constipation persists and I am getting worried. This morning I found a piece of poop in his box that was about an inch in length. He's eating...

My cat's vet and I decided a few years ago that Pumpkin would use stainless steel bowls only. He seemed to have a reaction to plastic. Every now and then, when I replace these bowls (stainless steel eventually gets well-worn with stains) a black residue appears on the paper towel when I dry...

A couple of hours ago I gave Pumpkin his usual medicine - Laxatone with Miralax and his antacid - and had to put it on his paws because he didn't want to take it. He's been giving me a very very hard time about this as of late. A few mnutes after this, he ran in the living room, hopped on...

I just got off the phone with his vet and asked a bunch of questions I asked if an injury could have caused this and she said no, that would be unlikely. I asked her this because he fell from our window sill a couple of times recently. I heard the noise but wasn't facing him, so I don't know...

My senior cat, who's about 14-15 years old, was diagnosed with a heart arrhythmia close to two months ago. For now the vet and I are keeping an eye on his weight, how he's eating etc rather than put him on medication that worried me due to potential side effects. His ekg confirmed the...

Pumpkin is about 14 years old and has a hx of bowel issues. He's been on Laxatone, Miralax for constipation and an antacid for several years and lately he's been steadily losing weight. So, during last year's checkup his vet suggested I take him to get his heart checked. I couldn't do this...

I posted before about some of his behavioral issues, including yowling at night, etc etc. But this takes the cake. I bought my little boy a new toy which he absolutely loves. However, while he was playing with this toy he also played with the tiny box it came in and got into some of the...

I live in a HUD-subsidized apartment building and have been here for about a year and a half. I like it here even though this place has issues. My cat, who is a rescue/emotional support cat, will at times yowl loudly for reasons I don't understand. I doubt it's health related because he's...

I did some re-arranging of my baby's litter this past weekend and hurt myself. i had back and chest pain and went to the ER to rule out anything worse. Fortunately it wasn't a heart attack and just a muscle strain. I was sent home. I've been struggling with the weight of these bags of litter...

I did wash this evening and left the laundry room just as it closed (10pm). When I got back to my apartment, Pumpkin decided to sneak out on me. He never did this before and I had to drop everything and chase after him down the hall in my wheelchair, telling him repeatedly to "please stop."...

I posted not long ago about the colour of Pumpkin's poop and weight loss. I finally got him to the vet's today and found that his thyroid is ok, as well as the rest of his bloodwork. His weight has stablised for now but the vet said it sounded like he had an irregular heart rhythm. Otherwise...

I posted a thread about the colour of Pumpkin's poop not long ago and that seems to have straightened out, whatever the problem was. He's pooping more and pees ok, so I tossed the extra (disposable) litter box and now he's back to using just one. He has another one in storage I can drag out...

I haven't posted in awhile because my cat's been doing well. But this morning I saw something that alarmed me. I found several pieces of his poop that were very dark and stinky. He's had pooping issues off and on over the years but nothing very serious for a very long time He's on Laxatone...

It's been a long time since my last post because of my health and the pandemic. I'm just getting over a bout with Covid. I moved to this new apartment building a couple of months ago. It has over 100 apartments and I was skittish at first about moving into a large place like this because of...

Some of you may have seen a thread where I was concerned about making arrangements for the care of my cat should something happen to me. I'm not in the best of health and was worried sick about this issue after my brother went back on our agreement re. Pumpkin because I'm vaccinated. I was...

I wasn't sure where else to put this message, so here I am. It's been awhile since I last posted here. Not only has my cat been coping with chronic tummy issues, I have been going through some very serious issues myself. I adopted Pumpkin just over 8 years ago after he was abandoned in...