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    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    Sorry to hear - and yes it is SCARY looking isn't it! My Shadow had to wear a cone but she couldn't clean herself.....I gave her antibiotics, and pain medicine........the vet checked her a few days later and decided to take the cone off and leave it off as she was getting too dirty back there. I...
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    Two Cat House (one cat recently died) Litter box Question

    Have (or had) two strictly indoor cats. Leo and Shadow. Leo recently died (so sad :(   - Now I've always had two litter boxes and use the pine litter (feline pine) which is awesome. I keep one litter box in the spare bathroom and one in the bedroom where I stay and she always hangs out with me...
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    Leo

    Leo was approximately 10 years old when he passed and his passing is quite a mystery. He went from a normal acting cat to dead in less than 48 hrs. He was rushed to the ER MED VET twice where he died the second visit at the vet. I gotta tell ya, this has been one of the most difficult things...
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    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    Thanks everyone for the words. They help! I think I have been and still am a decent cat parent........It's unbelievable how close you become to them. Over the past few days after his death, I don't ever remember going through this kind of pain and void......even when my mom and grandma died...
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    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    Yes they took his temp, it was normal and urine sample was normal. The first night. He didn't start salivating UNTIL he got to the vet the first night. The next morning when he returned home I wiped the saliva off and he didn't really salivate much the entire day after that. The vet said cats...
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    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    He weighed 18 lbs! The vet said the first night when his blood was normal, his was very slightly elevated which could be simple stress. Not sure what the # was on his sugar. He was Very muscular and energetic. We don't have mice. I've never ever seen a mouse in my house. I use Electronic Cigs...
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    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    Well a few days later and I am not crying as much. I just can't understand what happened. I talked to his primary vet who is connected with the ER vet.  The Vet says it being bizarre is an understatement. I've wracked my brain trying to think of anything he could have gotten into. He's never...
  12. My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

  13. markvs

    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    Leo passed. I've been crying non stop for the past hour. I just can't believe how fast this came on out of no where! We had him since a kitten and he was around 10 years old. I knew something wasn't right with him today. I didn't care if their x rays and blood work was normal. He was so...
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    My Cat Leo - what is wrong with him?

    Wed afternoon he threw up and then acted really funny afterwards instead of going on about his biz. He is a very healthy indoor cat but his personality is like a big bad cat unless something scares him, and he freaks out when it rains, storms, or some certain noises just spook him.....but other...
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    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    How common is kidney disease in cats? Gosh I hope neither of mine ever get that.......But I guess it's a possibility...... She's doing so much better. The thing I couldn't understand was this: If she wears a cone, she can't clean herself. That's an area that is dirty and you have a dirty butt...
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    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    Well the mobil vet waggin (a vet who drives around the Lexington KY metro area) in a state of the art mobile vet hospital (really cool) came by the check her today.....He said he wanted her to take the cone OFF because she was getting too dirty back there (DUH!!) She can't clean herself and the...
  17. markvs

    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    Uh oh! Again, I learn something AFTER the fact. Just before I read this, I just gave her the antibiotic and probiotic at the same time, although yesterday when I gave her her first probiotic, it wasn't the same time as the antibiotic. Today she has had 2 bm's and they were very loose and as soon...
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    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    Oh, I'm so happy! She had a bm, and she did it WITH The cone on......It was not total diarrhea, but between normal and diarrhea, soft.......and it was a good movement I would say. Now she is DYING to lick her butt. I tried to clean it for her, and noticed red blood, but not what I would consider...
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    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    Honestly , I don't know. I had never heard of this until this happened. It's only been AFTER the fact that I've been researching it......Today, I bought some cat probiotic chews and also some wellness wet canned catfood which she LOVED!!! I really hope it's okay to give her the proboitic.....I...
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    Experience with Ruptured Anal Glands?

    Thanks - I'm not sure it's quarter size, maybe 1/2 that. I'm not good at gauging it. Maybe I can try to take a picture. She went and drank water for a bit just now. She is licking her butt but from what I can see, she's not licking the actual area, but more around it.....There is no smell. The...
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