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  1. manemelissa

    Odd Hair Loss

    Hi all, I'm posting for a co-worker who was asking me about his cat. This cat was a stray about a year ago, my co-worker's family decided to keep her, and at first she had to live in the garage (yeah not ideal at all) due to many in the family having allergies from the cat. Eventually they...
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    How to Feel For a Lump

    Hi everyone, I just had my cat vaccinated last Tuesday. Last time she was vaccinated (which was when she was adopted) she had a small lump that took about a month to go away. So my vet and I had a discussion, and decided to give her the rabies (it's the law here) and the feline distemper combo...
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    Vaccine-related sarcoma question

    Some background: When I adopted my cat, Belle, back in December, she had come to the shelter with day-old kittens, been put in foster care, the kittens adopted out, and then put back in the shelter. When I adopted her she was spayed and given vaccinations. She was shedding like crazy (have since...
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    Um... Blue Buffalo?

    Yeah, so I really wish I would have joined this site before I adopted my cat, because now I'm worried that starting her on BB dry food was a bad idea... I had no idea so many people were having urinary health issues that were feeding Blue.  I am confused though, is it a problem with the cat not...
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    Very Small Ear Scabs, Mites? Fleas?

    Luckily, I'm taking Belle to the vet on Tuesday for her first appointment/checkup so I will ask them about this then, but I thought I'd ask on here. About a week ago I noticed a few very small bumps on the back of Belle's ears, which upon closer inspection, appeared to be scabs. I just assumed...
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    Peeing Around the House

    Okay, here's the deal: My brother's cat was put down about six months ago, and for the last week of her life, she had lost control of her body functions and basically was just peeing wherever she was laying.  We tried to clean what we could, but there was so much going on with her care at that...
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    New Around Here!

    Hi, I just adopted a cat from one of our local shelters, and am already in love!  Her name is Belle, and she's a DSH torbie (tabby/tortishell).  She's supposed to be about 2 years old (according to the shelter).  My brother lives with me and owned a cat that just had to be put down back in June...
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