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    Arthritis Of Lumbar Spine; Pain With Arched Back To Defecate; Arthro-ionx

    Any suggestions to decrease pain in senior cat with arthritis of lumbar spine when back is arched in litter box to have bowel movements? Litter box has very low sides and the cries of pain occur when she arches her back not when jumping in or out of litter box. She is on twice daily stool...
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    Arthritic Cat Refusing To Eat Wet Food With Cosequin Mixed In.

    Help! My senior cat has arthritis of knees, ankles and spine and the Vet wanted her on Cosequin for her joints. I was sprinkling the Cosequin onto her premium cat food and mixing it in twice a day--(1) in a.m. and (1) in p.m. After two weeks my cat stopped eating the food with the Cosequin...
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    Poison ivy oil and strays

    My neighborhood is covered in poison ivy due to birds dropping the seeds after eating the berries.   There is a stray cat that has been living on my block for months now and I would like to adopt the cat and make him an indoor-only cat.  What have others done about potential poison ivy on cats...
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    poison ivy oil and strays

    My neighborhood is covered with poison ivy due to birds dropping seeds after eating the berries.   I would like to adopt a stray that rolls on the ground and has been living outside for months.   What do others do before bringing a stray cat into your home and exposing yourself and other pets to...
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    T.N.R. stray

    I have been caring for a young adult cat for several weeks now and it appears to be a stray rather than feral.  For the past three days the cat meows when she sees me, has purred, come to me, waits for me to put out food and water, rubs against my legs and has allowed me to pet and even pick her...
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    Formerly feral indoor cat is deaf

    The formerly feral cat I adopted after feeding and caring for her for six months has been an indoor cat now for over 3 1/2 years.    She decided early on that the master bedroom was HER territory and she does not like the other two cats to come into the room.  I have recently discovered that she...
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    Help in successful introduction of adult feral to resident cats

    I began feeding a feral cat  spring of 2013 and had fixed a sheltered area out of the rain with clean dry bedding under my deck steps; in fact I trained her to come to the sound of a bell to be fed and given fresh water in her dish.  She would not let me approach her and would run down the deck...
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