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Thank you so much for the link, I’ll have a good read. Think I’m a bit stunned by it as she doesn’t act like a poorly cat, it’s just the reduced diet and increased thirst. We also lost her brother to cancer in July and they were not hugely old cats, so I’m wondering about some underlying genetic pre...

Hi, our girl cat had blood tests last week due to her losing weight, off her food and drinking more. Shes 11. The tests have shown that she has stage 4 kidney disease and the vet would like to give her I’ve fluids and then repeat blood as well as an ultrasound as she’s concerned that one kidney migh...

Thank you for your reply! Definitely helpful to hear someone else’s experience! She took the death of her brother really hard, but the stressed behaviours she exhibited when he died seem to have stopped for a good 4-6 weeks now. Everyone told us she might come out of her shell more, but she hasn’t a...

Hi, I posted a few months ago when our beloved cuddly boy cat died of cancer, leaving our girl cat (11) who we think might have been his sister (they came from a rescue shelter and 20+ kittens had been dumped together so hard to tell!). Surviving girl cat adored her brother and although loving a fus...

Hi, I just wanted to update you on Arthur as you were all so kind with your responses. The vet confirmed last Wednesday that he has cancer on his tongue. She thinks the fur pulling his because he’s been distressed and the cat flu symptoms were a flare up because of stress from the cancer. He’s been ...

Hi, thanks for you’re reply. The vet has made clear if he has got cancer it will be palliative care only. It’s more that if it is an immune problem she’ll have to research and try other immunotherapy which she won’t try without the biopsy as they come with side effects. I think we’d pretty much deci...

Hi, Just to update you on Arthur’s progress. He’s still pulling out his fur (no change there) but is eating well. He had his checkup at the vets tonight after 2 weeks on antibiotics. He’s actually out on weight (was a good weight to start with too!) and the ulcer under his tongue looks much better. ...

Thank you. I appreciate it’s got to the point now that if the vet is struggling I’m probably not going to find the answer on an online forum, but just being able to talk through the problems he’s had have been helpful, so I really appreciate that. xxx

Hi, thank you for the replies as always! I took him to the vet again tonight as he was due another check up and his eyes had got worse again since yesterday. Saw the original vet who’s first spotted the mouth ulcer. The conclusion is the vet isn’t sure what’s going on. - could be a tumour in his mou...

Sorry, realised that should have read we noticed not much change with steroids, but with antibiotics he really picked up (although was still biting fur).

Within a few days of finishing the course, struggling to eat, biting all over himself, generally looks a mess .

That’s interesting, thank you. I’ve had another google and apparently chlamydophila felis (bacterial infection) is a type of cat flu caused by bacteria, or maybe it’s just a cat flu flare with a bacterial infection mixed in like you say? He’d been on the steroids over a week and I hadn’t seen much c...

Thank you so much again for the replies. We’ve bought him a double sided brush which he seems to like on his back and chest and has had a bit of a purr when using it! We’ve noticed though that he finished his tablet antibiotics at the start of the week and within a few days he’s become picky with hi...

Good idea, I might give that a try. He has zero tolerance for a flea comb, but might have a look at different brushes and see if he’ll put up with a different type.

Hi, thank you for the replies. If I’m honest I think the problem has stemmed from seeing 4 different vets (at the same practice) within the last month. I’ve not been happy with this (and there were other issues too), so I did try and get him into a different practice who have a good reputation with ...

Thank you for the suggestion of the metacam, the last vet told me that he couldn’t have any pain meds due to the steroid injection, apart from this new £80 injection which she advised using as a last resort. Annoyingly, we usually use a cat sitter, but because he was already under the weather, my mu...

Thank you for your reply! I would say it changes day to day, we’ve had a few days where it seemed greatly reduced and others where it’s seemed just as bad. On the days I’ve taken the children out he’s seemed happier when we’ve got home, although he’s normally pretty good with children, especially th...

Hi, just an update as I really appreciated the replies before! We took him back to the vet last Tuesday as over the weekend his sneezing had got worse, had developed runny eyes/nose and was shaking out his legs which google told me was a sign he was in pain. I saw a different vet who said it was all...

Thank you so much for your replies. I spoke to the vet yesterday and she said we could add in a youmove tablet to help his joints which I’ve started him on today. He’s definitely only biting around his bum at present and it’s much reduced. His bum is a bit dirty from the anal gland clear the vet did...

Hi, Thank you so much for your reply. I totally hear what you are saying about common conditions don’t necessarily need to be linked. He seems to only be biting around his joints (tummy, back, rest of legs etc have been left alone?), which I thought seemed odd for an allergy, plus he’s an indoor cat...

Hi, my 10 year old cat had cat flu when he was a rescue kitten. He’s an indoor cat as he once had an allergic reaction to his immunisations. —Two weeks ago he had brown discharge from his eye. Vet diagnosed cat flu flare up and gave antibiotic ointment for his eye which worked. Said he also had a na...