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Jasper is an orange tabby, and short haired, but he does have an M on his forehead.  At least, my husband says he does.  I kind of see it.  Is it possible he's part Maine Coon?  I never saw his mother, and who knows about the father...

My vet did give me a probiotic. I could only afford 3 days worth, and the dog and adult cat were eating the food too. He still has diarrhea.

Some advice I got was to put some of the poo in the litter box and put her in it. Let her smell herself in there. If it's diarrhea that might be difficult. Moving the box sounds like a good idea too. Just keep putting her in the box, taking her paw and scratching with it, and gently...

What kind of food is best to feed my 10 week old kitten? Right now I'm giving him Purina kitten kibble. The vet told me not to give him canned because he has diarrhea and canned can make it worse. I don't have a lot of money to get expensive food.

My girl vomits, mostly at night. The vet suspects IBD, and suggested prescription hypo-allergenic food. I don't have the money to get it, so I don't know if it'll help, but it's a thought. Steroid shots helped for a little while, along with switching her food to Purina One for sensitive systems.

Have you had him checked for inflammatory bowel disease? That's what my Rista has. She started throwing up as a kitten, and for the longest time no one could figure it out. She was on probiotics and stuff for nausea and hair balls... My usual vet had her on depo steroid shots for a while...

I've also had good luck with the Comfortis pills. I had to give two doses to my animals this last time, but all seems fine now. Someone told me you could set out bowls of water with apple scented Dawn dish soap. For whatever reason the fleas will hop in and drown themselves. Something else...

So, as some of you already know, I just adopted a kitten, Jasper. I also have a 7 year old, Rista. Rista has a history of not getting along with other cats very well. When I first brought Jasper home she greeted me at the door with him, saw him in her carrier, hissed and ran away. When he...

My new kitten Jasper.

I have a similar toy with a little plushie mouse at the end of a stick on a string. He doesn't really play with it. The mouse squeaks, and I think the noise scares him.

I just adopted a 9 week old kitten. Right now he pounces on stuff and bites, and climbs up my leg and chews on me. I've read that this is all normal behavior, and he'll grow out of it. I'm sure hoping so! What I want out of Jasper is a loving, cuddly cat, like my 7 year old, Rista. Is there...

My kitten Jasper is 9 weeks old now. We really don't want him to start spraying. That may get us in trouble with the landlord, and my husband certainly won't tolerate it. Getting him neutered is supposed to be the best fix for that. But when is the best time? Is 6 months okay, because I...

Something a friend suggested to me is scent marking. Take a rag or wash cloth and rub it all over the mother cat, especially her scent glands in her face. Then rub it all over your boys. Rub it all over the mother cat again after that. Somehow the mixing of the scents is supposed to help.

When I had Rista spayed and another male kitten neutered my vet didn't put cones on them, and they were both fine. Rista did pull some of her stitches out, but it didn't seem to cause a problem.

Here are the kitties. The picture of Jasper is a little blurry for some reason. The bottom one is my brat Rista.

My 7 year old is on a special diet for inflammatory bowel disease. However, she's been eating the kitten food! I have to fill the bowl like twice a day. And the kitten is supposed to be getting probiotics sprinkled on his food for his diarrhea, but he's not getting the full dose because the...

I have a 7 year old cat, Rista, and a brand new 9 week old kitten, Jasper. Well, Rista is not happy about Jasper. She hisses and swats at him. She wouldn't use her litter box when it was too near to the door of the room Jasper was in. I had to move it. We let Jasper out of the room so he...

9 weeks.

My new kitten has been having bad smelling diarrhea and gas. He just went, and this time there was blood in it! The lady I got him from said she wormed him 3 times. I don't have the money to go to the vet right now either....

Yeah, I called the vet when they opened. Her blood panel showed high titters, which I guess means that she was at least exposed to the virus, not that she has it, which is kind of a relief. She might have it, but there's no way to tell unless she develops FIP, which she hasn't.