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by Suzynick
Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:05 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

Thank you both ๐Ÿ’— Alfie is back home again. Pet crematorium were amazing, my partner watched Alfie go in and come out again so there is absolutely no doubt we have him back.
by Suzynick
Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

He's gone ๐Ÿ˜ข He spent such a lovely day on the bed with my partner today, they were the best of friends โ™ฅ๏ธ Apart from a stressful 20 minute wait outside the vets whilst they'prepared' him, we got to spend time with him before and after and it was quick and peaceful. We're going to a pet crematorium i...
by Suzynick
Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:18 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

If it helps, black stools usually indicate bleeding in the intestinal tract, even if Alfie isn't in pain this is not a good development. It sounds like your family is in a great deal of stress over poor Alfie, which in itself isn't giving him the peaceful ending he deserves. So sad when two of you ...
by Suzynick
Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:45 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

Thanks both. It's so hard and made even harder when there is two people involved in the decision. I have booked the appointment again for this evening. He's had recovery food but he's not actively looking for his food you have to keep shoving it under his nose. He seems comfortable but his liquid st...
by Suzynick
Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:30 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

Even Buddhism recognises that taking a life to alleviate suffering with love in your heart is a kind thing. Alfie will be at peace, a deeper peace than you are able to offer him now. Your doubt is whether it's right for you or whether there was any way to delay the very final moment, or whether the...
by Suzynick
Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:24 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

It is such an awful situation. I have so many doubts of not making the right decision, should I leave him at home in peace, is there something that can be done for him! He seems to try and pick food up but can't, is there something wrong with his teeth for instance!? I am absolutely dreading this, i...
by Suzynick
Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:45 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

Thank you. He has been laying on the bed all morning. He keeps nodding off but then jolts upright again. We're not in the vets until much later so we've pretty much spent the last three days with him so I am very thankful.
by Suzynick
Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:02 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

Alfie is still with us, but still not eating and his back legs seem weaker. We have spent our whole weekend with him and he seems alert and comfortable. Much as we want him to pass at home, I don't think he will. I'm pretty sure he hasn't slept at all, he must be exhausted. I made the worst phone ca...
by Suzynick
Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:47 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

fjm wrote: โ†‘Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:00 pm Good old Lick e Lix - always a reliable stand by!
Definitely! I'd been using it for Alfie's brother who has kidney disease. And I used to put it on his renal food to try and get him to eat it. I've given up with it now, he's on Felix with a phosphate binder mixed in instead.
by Suzynick
Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:01 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

I have had some success giving mine very tiny (half a teaspoonful) portion of raw liver when they have not wanted to eat. If he is able to absorb B12 it may help. Lamb's liver is perhaps the highest in B12, and is readily available. Popped in Sainsbury's earlier and no lambs liver left ๐Ÿ˜” He's been ...
by Suzynick
Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:07 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

I have had some success giving mine very tiny (half a teaspoonful) portion of raw liver when they have not wanted to eat. If he is able to absorb B12 it may help. Lamb's liver is perhaps the highest in B12, and is readily available. Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š When we returned from the vets he was very vocal and a...
by Suzynick
Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:09 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

Kay wrote: โ†‘Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:06 am will he eat raw meat and liver to boost B12? ground into a liquid paste perhaps?
Possibly, if his treatment this morning gets his appetite going again I'll definitely give it a try. We blended cat food for him last night as he seems to like licking up 'sauce' as opposed to chunks of food.
by Suzynick
Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:10 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

Thanks. Blood results came back last night. He hasn't got EPI nor does he have pancreatis. His vitamin B12 levels are extremely low though. So frustrating that there are no injections available! He is going in vets this morning for fluids, and anti nausea/appetite simulant. As he's gone from having ...
by Suzynick
Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:23 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

sorry forgot to thank you too booktigger
by Suzynick
Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:23 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Re: Very poorly Alfie Cat

Thank you for the very helpful reply Mollycat :)
by Suzynick
Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:17 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening
Replies: 31
Views: 3106

Very poorly Alfie Cat, being PTS this evening

Hi My elderly cat has had digestive issues for a good few years now, it started as needing to have his anal glands expressed every now and again, and after he started having bouts of sickness and diarrhea we moved him to another vets who said he most likely had IBD or cancer. He was put on long term...
by Suzynick
Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:18 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Laboratory testing
Replies: 2
Views: 469

Re: Laboratory testing

Hi Mollycat Thanks for your reply. Personally I don't think its lymphoma, I think it is IBD and something he's had for quite sometime but my previous vet hadn't bothered to look into the issue of him having his anal glands expressed so frequently! Alfie is also 15! And like you we decided not to tes...
by Suzynick
Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:40 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Laboratory testing
Replies: 2
Views: 469

Laboratory testing

Hi Has anyone used a private lab for testing their cats stools? Having such trouble with Alfie. Vet diagnosed r IBD or possible cancer. Gave him steroids and I gave him probiotics. After missing a week or two of his steroids I realised he was doing ok and maintaining weight so didn't carry on with t...
by Suzynick
Sun Dec 29, 2019 6:33 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: 15 year old cat with possible IBD/Leukamia/mixed symptoms
Replies: 2
Views: 635

Re: 15 year old cat with possible IBD/Leukamia/mixed symptoms

Hi, thank you for replying to my post. I'm really sorry for the late reply, I don't remember seeing any notification on my email so assumed no-one had! So sorry to hear about your cat ๐Ÿ˜” at the moment Alfie appears to be doing well. He is on steroids still every other day. I didn't know that about we...
by Suzynick
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:41 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: 15 year old cat with possible IBD/Leukamia/mixed symptoms
Replies: 2
Views: 635

15 year old cat with possible IBD/Leukamia/mixed symptoms

Hi Our male cat has a long history of loose stools and sickness, usually bile, this was an almost daily occurrence. He also had occasional scooting and had regularly anal gland expressions. However sometimes he would scoot and he would have them expressed and there wouldn't be much in them. I decide...
by Suzynick
Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:23 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Flea and Worming treatments
Replies: 3
Views: 828

Re: Flea and Worming treatments

Thanks both - Advocate had a handy chart where you could compare their product to others, I've not used Frontline for years as I'd heard it wasn't very effective anymore so had been using Advantage. One of cats is indoors and goes out for walkies in the garden, but the other is free to roam. More re...
by Suzynick
Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:33 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Flea and Worming treatments
Replies: 3
Views: 828

Flea and Worming treatments

Hi I've just recently got one of my cats a prescription to Advocate as he had possible ear mites. I don't believe he did although we don't know what the issue was but it was treated with drops and they don't irritate him anymore, but I didn't realise that advocate was the only treatment available fo...
by Suzynick
Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:46 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Outdoor cat
Replies: 4
Views: 902

Re: Outdoor cat

Thanks both, yes I read earlier about putting straw in, I have used straw in my rabbit hutch before as I read it was better than hay. Love hedgehogs! Have three hedgehog houses in my garden but sadly I think all empty :( I don't think they'd take offence over the rabbit shelter, although after chuck...
by Suzynick
Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: General Cat Chatting!
Topic: Outdoor cat
Replies: 4
Views: 902

Outdoor cat

Hi My brother and his family own a cat, she was previously owned by his fiancรฉe and before they moved house together with a new baby they debated about rehoming her as they didn't think she would cope with the move. I recommended feliway and something else and she was fine. Although once their baby ...
by Suzynick
Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Claws and carpet!
Replies: 4
Views: 1431

Re: Claws and carpet!

There is a new product on the market by the manufacturers of Feliway, which can be sprayed on furniture etc to stop scratching - I'm going to purchase some as my cat Daisy has basically ruined two carpets, 1 (almost 2!) sofas!: https://www.monsterpetsupplies.co.uk/cat/cat-training/feliway-feliscrat...
by Suzynick
Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:56 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Claws and carpet!
Replies: 4
Views: 1431

Re: Claws and carpet!

Strips of double sided tape are usually very effective, as cats hate the sticky feel when their paws touch it. I've used it a number of times, often at the bottom of the stairs, like your problem area, for various cats and it's always worked. It's well worth trying. Best of luck - hope you sort it ...
by Suzynick
Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:06 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Claws and carpet!
Replies: 4
Views: 1431

Claws and carpet!

Hi My indoor cat Alfie has taken to scratching the hell out of our new carpets :( If I had known how much he would do it I think I would have got laminate! In particular its the usual bottom of the stairs but he is doing it every time he has one of his mad dashes round the house, or wants our attent...
by Suzynick
Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: FAO MARKB! Royal Canin food ethics/blocked anal glands!
Replies: 2
Views: 1164

Re: Royal Canin food ethics/blocked anal glands!

Hopefully Mark B will see this thread as I'm sure he'll be able to advise - the only food I know of is that RC Fibre Response one - and it's meant to be really good. to be honest, I totally get the ethical dilemma bit, but given there are potential health implications with this one I think (in fact...
by Suzynick
Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:25 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: FAO MARKB! Royal Canin food ethics/blocked anal glands!
Replies: 2
Views: 1164

FAO MARKB! Royal Canin food ethics/blocked anal glands!

Hi All My indoor cat Alfie has started suffering with blocked anal glands :( He has been on yarrah chicken chunks wet food for years, did try the grain free stuff but neither cat liked it. For the last year he has also had lilys kitchen hunters hotpot so have been feeding both foods alongside each o...