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Our regular vet is trained in ultrasound and he specializes in cardiac ultrasounds, which is why he was interpreting them. He also teaches a course on ultrasound, but I do you're right that if I do do an ultrasound, I will want a second opinion or someone more specialized.

Thanks for this, I am definitely going to consider seeing an internal medicine vet. The vet thought waffles had cancer due to the increased kidney thickeness and inflamed colon. I agree the vet jumped the gun on that one, but he also thoroughly explained the ultrasound images to us with...

That is an option depending on what the vet says next monday, someone suggested in this thread to see a internal specialist which sounds like a good idea.

Hi there, I want to thank everyone in advance for reading through my wall of text because Waffles has a medical history that I thought would be relevant to my current situation. Cat: Waffles, make, 2 years old, ragdoll History of: UTI, urinary crystals, inflamed bladder Ultrasound images...

We've been flushing this litter along with his poop for 2 years. Sometimes the clumps are like the size of a grapefruit so I drop it from a distance so it breaks apart when it hits the toilet bowl, but otherwise we've had no problems with clogs or odor or anything. The bag itself even says...

I currently have a 2 year old male ragdoll, who is super gentle, sweet, and affectionate. I work from home, so while I am with him 24/7, I can't give him attention when I'm working (the typical cat lies on keyboard stuff hehe). I feel bad that he just has to sleep or hang out silently for a...

I have a 1.5 year old ragdoll, and he's a very mellow, sensitive boy. Any toys with loud noises (hard balls, bells) scares him, so I bought an abundance of small poof balls, crinkle balls, wicker balls, bouncy balls, hair ties, crumbled paper, coin rolls, etc. and he is literally bored of ALL of...

My 1 year old male ragdoll just recently been diagnosed with FIC, and the vet put him on gabapentin, 25mg 2x a day for the next couple of weeks to help and to reduce his stress. I've noticed that he gets very sleep on this, and just kind of lays about. He also doesn't purr or do the kneading...

Is there a special thing about being under 5? Also I just posted here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/328767/went-from-uti-to-lymphoma-what-do-i-do Waffles is not better. I'm sad as f* :( Sorry to hear about your boy though! I got a face full of cat pee today.

Our 1 year old male cat Waffles had bloody urine and difficulty urinating, so we took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with FLUTD and the vet wanted to do a urinlaysis to be sure, as he was ultrasounding the bladder for the urine, he caught a glimpse of his kidney and said we should do an...

Some back story: 1 year old male ragdoll, had struvite crystals in his urine early on, switched him to an all wet food diet with water added to his wet food every time and it got rid of the crystals I went away for 3 days and my fiance was home with him, but he's usually glued to my side. I...

Omg, yes TUMBLEWEED is the perfect description. They're not quite clumps or dust bunnies. Waffles is terrified of the hair dryer, so I don't think I can do that, although I have wanted to!!! He's healthy, eats and drinks fine, and his fur coat is good, he just has a lot of excess hair.... He...

I have a ragdoll and he's shedding like crazy, just little floofs of fur EVERYWHERE. I'll pet him and little hairs will come off into the air, I snuggle him and my face picks up hair that I have to spit out of my mouth for the next 5 minutes. I have the zoom groom and a slicker brush and a comb...

After I stopped free feeding my cat, he's become my alarm clock in the morning so he gets his breakfast when he wants it lol. I thought this whole 'cat not letting you sleep' thing was a myth because he used to let me sleep until whenever I woke up to feed him, but now, at 7am he'll jump onto...

Thanks for the replies! Our cat is almost 1 year old, and he's very laid back and relaxed. However, I have no idea how much he likes extended car rides, just that he hates the short ones with a lot of stop and go. He is VERY clingy so leaving him at home for that long is not an option. I bought...

I know cats are territorial, cats hate change, cats don't like new places, and cats don't like cars.  However, we have to go to another city 4-5hrs away next weekend, and leaving him alone at home is not an option right now. We also live in a very rural area so none of my friends can cat sit...

I have come to terms with the limits of which plants I can own and have decided to embrace the succulents and mosses. Who needs flowers anyways >...>

I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but it didn't fit any of the others. I want to add some plants to my house but when I was walking through the garden centers and looking at the toxic plant lists to cats, every single plant is listed as toxic... How do feral cats survive when there's...

Hi everyone, Thank you all for the detailed replies! My breeder had the xrays looked at by 2 vets, and they both confirmed that his heart is normal. She also said that one of her clients did a ton of tests (blood, ultrasound etc) on a ragdoll she bred based on panting as well, and it turned out...

Sorry for posting this again or having another one of these posts you guys must read all the time. Some background: 10 month old ragdoll, male, 12lbs. He had crystals and really concentrated urine a month ago so we put him on an all wet diet and we added water to his food every time to make...