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A week ago, I lost one of my babies to effusive FIP.  It was about a week long battle, but as you all know, there is nothing that can be done once it starts.  The doc thought it was pancreatitis up until close to the end.  But the fluid accumulation in the belly just was too big of a red flag to...

My 11 month old kitty is currently hospitalized with our vet.  We noticed that he was losing weight and wasn't eating, so took him in yesterday.  Tests were ran for FIV/FeLV just in case (both neg), xrays and bloodwork done as well.  The xrays showed a ton of fluid in his abdominal cavity, and...

I am considering adopting a Manx kitten from a rescue organization. He's still too young to meet friends yet, but I wanted to look into the breed before we got to that point and fell in love. He is a nubbie. I keep on reading horror story after horror story of shorter lifespans and...

We recently adopted a little kitty boy from one of our area rescues (born 9/25). The foster mom said she was confident he was ready to come to a home, but now I am seriously doubting her. He came to us with a cold about 11 days ago. She said once he settled in, it would go away. Took him to...

We just bought home a new little guy. He has had a really rough start (was a bottle baby) and came to use with a URI, which the foster mom thought would clear up soon. He has been to the vet, who wasn't too worried about the URI, but gave him meds for a bacterial ear infection. Anyway, I know...

First off, yes.  My kitty (Oliver) does have a history of a urinary blockage.  And yes, the vet checked for crystals again last time we were in. No crystals, but we are keeping him on the prescription diet just in case.  I know my kitty, and I'm going with 95% sure this isn't a health issue. I...

My 2 year old kitty, Oliver, has been peeing and pooing in the sink for about a month now.  He's had a stressful couple of months - shots at the vet, and we lost our 18 year old kitty.  Plus shortly before that, we bought home a 4 month old terror of a kitten (he's sweet, but NUTS). He does...

We have a new kitten, joining our 2 year old and 18 year old.  All neutered males.  Everything is going great - they are all happy, the obligatory hissing is over and the two young ones now play happily. My trouble is - when we got the kitten, we started him in our bedroom to separate him from...

My 12 year old male kitty (Merlin) suffered what our vet is pretty sure was a retinal detachment a couple of weeks back.  Very suddenly, his vision was poof, gone.  We tried all sorts of things to bring down the swelling in his eyes - in case they weren't fully detached, but no luck.  The...

So I took my fuzzy man back to the vet the other night, as he has been avoiding his litter box again.  As background, he had a urinary blockage back in November, and had a rough recovery (uroabdomen).  He was still peeing, so I wasn't worried about another blockage, just something was off. The...

My youngest kitty, Oliver, had a bout with a urinary blockage back in November.  We've been having litter box issues ever since.  The only real good spot in our house for the boxes is the basement, and he really just doesn't want to go down there unless we go with him.  I don't think he is...

I have three kitties at home - they are 16, 11 and 1.  All neutered males.  My 1 year old recently went through a urinary blockage.  He had a hard time, but is doing so much better now!  But I do have a question...last week, he started peeing outside the litter box.  I took him to the vet, vet...

Hello all!  I am an avid cat person, but have never really thought to log into one of these sites for help.  My three buddies are usually as healthy as can be! But our luck ran out - our 1 year old Domestic Long Hair suffered a urinary blockage last Friday night.  It snuck up on us, totally...