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    Cat obsessively licking fur off rump?

    I don't think it's food allergies.   He's been eating the same food since he was 8 weeks old (an all life stages turkey formula that all of our cats eat) and has never had any issues until now.  I'm very familiar with allergies since we have a Labrador with severe skin allergy issues that he...
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    Cat obsessively licking fur off rump?

    Hi everyone, One of our younger cats, Ezra, who is almost 16 months old, has been compulsively licking his rump/very top side of his back legs on both sides for about the past month or so.  He has licked these areas so much that he is now missing a patch of fur on each side.  No, he definitely...
  3. Worried about our 8-month-old

    Worried about our 8-month-old

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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    Just thought I'd come back and post a quick update. Ezra has made a complete recovery and is back to being a total piglet and naughty boy. We still aren't 100% sure what made him sick, but we're guessing either he ate a small piece of the mini rose plant or part of a Hershey kiss. Either way...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    I saw and heard him batting something across the floor on Thursday night/early Friday morning and I didn't think much of it, thinking it was just a cat toy or some other insignificant object, but it must have been the Hershey kiss.  I had a small bag of them on my desk and he or our other kitten...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    We actually discovered another possibility of what made him sick.  We found a half eaten Hershey kiss on the floor.  Half of the wrapper and half of the chocolate was gone and had teeth marks in it.    
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    I'm happy to report that Ezra is 100% back to his old self today.  :)
  11. J

    Worried about our 8-month-old

    Okay, now he just ate a good bit of dry food!  I'd say my boy is feeling MUCH better now!  
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    These flowers actually didn't come with any food, which I thought was strange since the last time my husband ordered me flowers from there (1-800-Flowers) back in September on my birthday, they did come with a food packet.  These ones just came with instructions to water them.  However, I'm not...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    Wow, I just went back out to the living room and he was actually PLAYING with the catnip sock I made him!  He was rolling around the rug while holding onto it and biting and sucking it.  I think he feels better now that he ate, or he is just REALLY stoned!  
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    I think we finally may be out of the woods!  I just offered him the rest of the wet food and he finished almost all of if!  This time, he ate for well over 5 minutes and didn't leave much at all.  I'd say he ate over three quarters of the can.  Soooooo relieved!  Maybe I can actually sleep tonight!
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    Diatomacous Earth safe to use?

    I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "still poop in her stools," but, yes, diatomaceous earth is completely safe as long as you buy the food grade, which is extremely important.  Honestly, though, if it is tapeworms, you're much better off getting medication from a vet as there is no guarantee...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    For the most part, he has just been laying around all day and not wanting to eat, but not vomiting anymore either.  I did manage to get a good amount of Pedialyte into him with a syringe.  His stomach is probably still trying to settle after an entire day of vomiting yesterday.  I remember about...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    He has been quite stable all day today with no vomiting since around 9 this morning.  He's had 2 doses of ranitidine today.  He just peed about an hour ago.  He finally just ate a little bit of wet food for the first time today.  He ate maybe about a quarter of the can, give or take a little...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    We tried giving him some of his Fancy Feast wet kitten food, which he normally loves, and he did lick it a little bit, which is more than he was doing this morning or last night, but then he stopped, so I just let him be and picked it up.  We will try it again a little later after he's had some...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    Zantac/ranitidine is perfectly safe for cats.  The dosage for cats is 0.25 mg/pound.  We lost our 12-year-old cat to renal failure last year and Zantac was one of the meds our vet recommended for his nausea, which helped him a great deal and it has also clearly helped Ezra as he has now gone...
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    Worried about our 8-month-old

    Yes, I am positive there is not a closer ER vet.  I know that it is not a bad batch of cat food as none of our other cats are sick.  I called all of the local vets that have Saturday hours this morning, but none of them could get us in today as they are all only open for a few hours on Saturdays...
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