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Hello, I just wanted to say thanks again for everyone's kind wishes and let you know that Zara sadly passed away on Friday. She did OK although her appetite and weight never recovered she was well, mobile and happy enough for those weeks until she took a dip and was struggling to walk and making sad...

Hi there Pinkcat, thanks for sharing this. I hadn't joined this forum when the thread started. My cat, Zara had an ultrasound on Thursday which showed a mass on her kidney. I'm still processing this and have not ruled out doing a biopsy and possibly trying chemo if it's an option. She's nearly 18 th...

Hi, more sympathy than advice from me but I have been in a similar situation with a husband recovering from cancer and two cats, one of whom was always a bit vocal at night. I felt very stuck in the middle, the cat would disturb my sleep but mostly by making me feel tense that my husband would wake ...

Hi, so the vet has never seemed convinced that dental issues were the main cause of Zara's loss of appetite, although blood and x-Ray results had been alright. Today she had an ultrasound scan and it turns out she has a mass on her kidney and enlargement on adjacent lymph node. The vet has suggested...

Poor Elvis. Hope he's better soon xx

Hi, just thought I'd give an update although I'm not too sure what the situation is! Zara's doing better than she was but still not eating enough to put on the weight she's lost. She was a lot better and eating really well for a couple of days when she came home from the overnight fluids and antibio...

Hello, just to update, Zara is home, she's eating and looking a bit better although she has just been sick. It does seem that the urinary tract infection is at least her biggest problem and the biggest factor in her lack of appetite so hopefully after more days of antibiotics she'll be a lot better xx

Hi, I've just had a call from the vet. They did some blood and urine tests and the urine tests show she has a 'raging' urinary tract infection. She'll not have surgery today, they're treating the infection with antibiotics and fluids, probably keeping her overnight. The vet thinks this could be a bi...

Thanks so much everyone for the good wishes and advice. @meriad, I will do as you suggest and check about fluids. I was surprised at how effective the appetite stimulant was. It's obviously in no way a long term solution or helping with her pain but it was lovely to have her eating well and being ac...

Thanks @markb. I'm sorry about Clapton. Minuscule fragments of tooth I can imagine being resorped like your vet said but this is a whole tooth. We've been to the vet and had an antibiotic injection and an appetite stimulant. She's still on a low dose of metacalm too. The appetite stimulant is very e...

Thanks a lot for responding guys. What you're saying matches what I'm thinking. I'm terrified of putting her under anaesthetic but I think it's probably what needs to happen. I will speak to the current vet first and tell him I'm worried about this approach and see what he says. Then I'll seek a sec...

Hi, My 17 and a half year old cat, Zara has bad dental pain, thought to be due to tooth resorption (although she’s not had an x-ray). Her appetite had been slightly reduced and she’d dropped a bit of weight, down to 3.6 kg (from 3.9, she is a small cat). I took her to the vet who ran blood tests and...