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Please see my post (#7) here about my 10 year old cat Lion who also has osteo-arthritis. It may help you with your decision. http://www.thecatsite.com/t/245259/article-from-avma-on-cats-and-arthritis

My 10 year old Maine Coon, Lion, was diagnosed with spinal arthritis last year when we were trying to find out the cause of him getting hyper and trying to attack his tail and hind paws.  The first obvious sign from the x rays was that he was constipated.  The second observation was that he had...

Ok then,  I just thought I would suggest it as another possible option to explore.  I hope you find out what the problem is soon.

I had a similar experience a few weeks ago with one of my 10 year old cats, Lion, that might provide you with another option to explore.  Your poor kitty has had some pretty stressful experiences with her earlier injuries.  It may be that something is happening to her now because of those...

I have two cats who are highly allergic to their shots as well. One nearly died several years ago and since then he has received antihistamine shots prior to getting his rabies which has been successful. This year - 4 years since the shots he nearly died from - the vet suggested we try the...

I agree 100%. The cat wants to scratch the carpet - give him something in the place he wants to scratch that is safe for him to scratch. It may not look attractive but it keeps the carpet safe - use the scratch mats like above - or you can purchase the inexpensive cardboard scratchers like we...

You are dealing with re-directed aggression. Mary is reacting to having the Tom in the yard. She can't get to him, so she is taking her aggression out on the cat she can reach - Seldon. I had the same thing happen with an outdoor cat trying to attack one of mine through the window - three of...

You are dealing with re-directed aggression. Whether or not Teddy was hurt, he was very frightened by what happened. He now ties in Erin and you with the being frightened yesterday. He may have been injured and Erin is sensing that in him as well so she may be aggressive to him because of...

All five of ours do this. The eldest Tristan likes to take the cat dancer and walk around the house kneading it with his hind legs in place every now and then, then walking some more dragging it behind him and then stopping to knead. He merows the whole time as well, that 'mouth full' sort of...

Take it slow. He is tripling the amount of space he is used to. The best idea would be to confine him in a smaller area for the first little while rather than let him have access to the whole house. You can also use these days to get down on the floor and view things from kitty eye level to...

You could also investigate feeding a better quality high fiber food such as is offered by Royal Canin or Proplan or Max Cat. I have a very long haired cat who likes to taste all sorts of things around the house and develops very long furballs whenever I slack off of combing and brushing him...

I have this camera as well. My husband gave it to me for a combined birthday/anniversary gift last month so I am still getting used to it. I really love it though and highly recomend it. My Dad has one and loves it which is why we chose this one.

The itching may be related to their vaccinations and not to the flea treatment as well. One of my cats had a similar response to his annual vaccinations - couldn't stop scratching. It progressed quickly though- his face next swelled up, he became hot and he started vomiting. I hadn't realized...

Nice photos. Yeah, the first one is the Highland breed of cow. www.calhighlandcattle.org

Frames look good. Nice choice

Happy Canada Day, everyone!

I can sympathize. I am not lactose intolerant but I have type 1 diabetes. I have ordered diet soft drinks in restaurants and they have brought me non-diet before saying they are diet. I don't know if it is deliberate or just laziness on their part, however, if I end up drinking enough before...

I used to live in an upstairs half of a house without air conditioning and it held in the heat when it got hot and humid. There were few windows to get a breeze so fans definitely helped. What I did for the cats, though, was to take towels, wet them down, wring them out and keep them in the...

Generally I have tried to work in from the bottom of the clump, holding the front of the clump so it doesn't pull too much, but occasionally I have had to just cut it out.

I had my five microchipped 2 years ago and my vet uses Home Again. I liked the website and I felt comfortable with the level of service offered. It eases my mind knowing that they have the chips in case they do get out and picked up somewhere. I had two other cats microchipped years ago and...