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    2 new kittens now my 13 yr old cat got sick

    Thanks so much! Yes, she is my girl, I got her from a shelter when she was 9 months old, and she & my cat who passed have been through a lot. (both 9/11 survivors when I lived in NYC, Manhattan) I make sure she gets extra attention and time. she has been through a lot. I had no intention of...
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    Cat - Chronic Diarrhea

    there is definitely something medically wrong, and it's very lucky he has you as an owner willing to find out what it is. That poor cat. Vets are like doctors, you have to push them, then drop them if you don't get results or answers. Is there a larger better equipped hospital close by you? I...
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    Chronic URI but negative for herpes? Can that happen?

    The two cats I adopted were just at the shelter's vet in April to get updated shots. i checked the place out-looks pretty top notch, big hospital the shelter gets a discount at. I kept them separate from my resident cat for over a week, then the next week, my first cat got some virus and is...
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    2 new kittens now my 13 yr old cat got sick

    Thanks, my vet did prescribe an antibiotic, Lola had some green nasal discharge, but her lungs were clear and she never had a temperature during all of this. The vet said the nasal thing was most likely secondary and she's fighting a virus which made her more susceptible to bacterial things...
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    Adapting cat

    don't let this go on very long.  48 hours of not eating/drinking and you could have some big issues. sometimes when they stop eating, it goes into a spiral and they just get sicker. watch his hydration level closely
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    2 new kittens now my 13 yr old cat got sick

    Hi, All, I recently lost one of my cats to renal failure, and his companion, my cat, Lola, has always been with him for company. I'm gone 10 hours a day due to a very long commute. She's a goodnatured cat, so I decided a couple of older kittens would be good, and they'd have each other to play...
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