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I apologize in advance for how, erm, graphic this may be. It's not a pretty subject and neither my cat nor myself enjoy either the procedure or talking about it. My 9 year old cat Gus had a bout with sepsis last week. Pretty scary stuff. His temp went up to 105.4. Although he had no visible...

I've been noticing lately that Gus' back feet seem to angle outward as he stands (together up by his hips, but at an outward angle further down the legs - think opposite of pigeon-toed). I've done some looking around on the internet and it looks like the stance of a cow-hocked animal, but from...

Hi, I have a question I'd like to bounce off you all regarding a rather complicated situation with my rather complicated cat. Making a long story short, last year she had a severe allergic reaction that almost killed her when she was on a combo of pred, amoxi-drops and flagyl for a dangerous...

One of my kitties threw up just a tiny bit of clear liquid the other day -- nothing else in it. He's drinking/eating and eating/pooping. Today I found a clear wet spot on the floor with fur scattered through it, but not in a hairball form. It looks more like it would have someone had cut his...

(I hope I'm posting this in the correct section. Apologies if not.) With Gus and Liz's sea-sawing health issues, I'm trying to make sure that I'm looking after their health on all fronts. I've always used clay clumping litter with them, but after hearing about the dangers in the dust (both...

Yet another page in the saga of the quest for Liz to be restored to health... Backstory: After she seemed to be all-but-improved with her intestinal/liver/white blood cell issues, she developed a terrible rash around her ears, head, and parts of her body. On top of it, she's extremely lethargic...

After a terrifying few weeks with an unknown illness (low white blood cells, liver issues, intestinal inflammation), Liz started to pull through last week. She was perky and all but back to normal. (She's still on flagyl, and prednisone, but last week they took her off amoxi-drops.) However...

Okay, hang with me here -- there's a bit of a (necessary?) back story. Liz (a bit over 6 years old) had a scary bout of a mystery illness a few weeks ago. Her intestines were inflamed/swollen, her liver wasn't properly functioning, and a couple types of her white blood cells were low to a point...

I noticed a few days ago that Gus has a slight (brownish) discoloration on the split of skin between his nose and lips. It's no bigger than the size of a grain of rice -- if not smaller. At first I thought it might have been dried food, but after holding a damp cloth next to it for a while to...

Hi, everyone. It's Sunday and Liz (4-year-old, female house cat) has been throwing up almost daily for about a week. The vet is not open until tomorrow and I'm trying to gauge what I may be dealing with right now and how much I should be getting upset (if a all). It started when I reintroduced...

Just wondering if I'm overreacting here or if I should be a little concerned. Liz is about three and a half years old, never goes outside, has been regularly vaccinated for rabies all her life and hasn't been into anything that I'm aware of that could potentially be toxic. She's toppled over...

The vet just gave me som No-sorb (black plastic pellets) for Gus's urinalysis. It doesn't even cover the bottom of the litter pan and he looked at me like "you've got to be kidding..." If we're trying to rule out a UTI, making him hold it in because this new "litter" freaks him out seems more...

I hate two indoor cats I keep at my apartment. I just got back from my parents home where I spent spring break. I took Gus and Liz along with me. I brought some of their normal Pro Plan cat food along with us, but they also ate some left over cat foor at my parents house. I think it was...

My 3 year old cat Liz has been heaving for the past few days. It seems like she's trying to cough up a hairball. It's so pitiful. Picking her up seems to trigger it. 90% of the time when she's doing this, she'll just dry heave, but in the past week she's thrown up a few times from it too...

I'm getting ready to move and will be taking my two cats with me to my new apartment. I'm just wondering if someone can give me some tips or direct me to another post on how to gently acclimate them to a new place. They're both about 2 years old and have only lived at home here until this...

The family cat, Big Kitty (8 yrs., male), started making these terrifying (for him and us) hacking noises last night and throwing up both large and unbelievably small piles of white foam. He's an indoor cat whose only time outside are only when he steathily zips past someone out the door, only...

Hi, everyone. It's been forever since I've been on here and Gus and Liz who are about 10 months old now have grown big time. Liz is about 8 lbs. and Gus is right at 11 lbs. He's huge. Anyway, after my cat, Big Kitty, was declawed when I was a child, my family and I learned more about the...

We're having a flea problem here. They seem to be staying on the cats and not bothering us, but the three cats are clearly in distress (Liz, one of the 7 month old twins, is losing hair around her neck from so much scratching). I picked up some flea meds that go between the shoulder blades...

Again, I'm new to cats. My 7 month old kitten Gus's tongue frequently protrudes from him mouth when it's closed. Is this normal? A family member works with people with developmental problems and says that in humans protruding tongues can indicate weak muscles in the tongue. The little guy...

I've always had a thing for kittens. My grandparents lived on a farm in the county and there were always cats and kittens around. Until recently though, my motto was pretty much, "kittens are great...until they grow up to be cats." We got a boxer puppy when I was in first grade and had her...