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I wouldn't worry too much about using an indoor only dry food, and trying the other James Wellbeloved flavours would be better than Go Cat

Lucy adores lemon drizzle cake, I remember once she was more desperate for my lemon drizzle cake than the fish cake I'd had first!

Yours certainly aren't the only ones who won't eat them, mine don't like them either. Struggled to crumble them too

I would get a urine sample tested to make sure the stress hasn't caused a UTI and maybe a blood test to make sure her kidneys are fine. If that is normal, then look at number and position of litter trays

I would certainly be wanting more investigation, kidney issues are rare in such a young kitten and you need to make sure there won't be long lasting damage

He was improving until yesterday afternoon. He is having seizers at the rate of 3 an hour. The intensity of the seizures has increased significantly. He is now vocalizing during them. The vet says that the infection has reached his brain. He said we could give him a shot of antibiotics to supplemen...

Lucy has to have a tablet once a week that requires 5ml of water stringing after it, she is very good at spitting the tablet out after 3ml! I have to hug her for 5 mins between tablet and water to prevent her bringing it back!

I temember taking one cat for a checkup on the last day of a course of abs, I turned up with a bandaged finger as she'd bitten me the day before, I asked the vet to do the final tablet, she looked at my hand, checked the cat and decided she could cope without it! She was a fantastic vet and apprecia...

I'd speak to the vet, sounds like he might need something like Metacam to help with inflammation but it needs to be done today, cystitis in males gets serious very quickly and can affect kidneys

Honestly, if you look at the ingredients, Felix and Gourmet arent that different, we just think Gourmet is due to the name and their marketing. If she likes Pate type, Felix do one called Meaty Loaf, which is pate type with chunks in pouches. Have you tried Mon Petit which seems different to Gourmet...

Fingers crossed, I tried liquid renatadine thinking it would be easier but it wasn't

I wouldn't say her eyes are sapphire blue though. I always thought colorpoints had blue eyes, but neither of mine have apart from in certain lights

All cats have tabby markings, just most are ghost markings, I thought Lynx colorpoints have tabby stripes across all points. Coco and Chanel have elements of tabby in their faces, and Coco has a neck ring. I do always forget what colorpoints they are though. And as I've told some of you previously, ...

She definitely needs to see a vet, diarrhoea can be deadly in such a young kitten, especially one taken from their mum too young. It can cause neurological type issues due to an electrolyte imbalance. Fur loss isn't normal with diarrhoea, but also not a good sign, what is her background? Has she bee...

I'd double check with your vet, it's a while since I've had a pregnant cat

I'm so sorry to hear that Mark, RIP Lukas

Not all rescues test all strays, in fact, none of the 4 I volunteered for did. You will need to check the shelters policy, some do still PTS

Not as far as I know, although we stuck to tablets, vets prefer that for long term in case they develop anything else - my Molly needed a dental while on steroids and as you said, you can't use steroids and metacam together, so we had to stop steroids so she could have a dental, then wait for the me...

My Molly had steroids for what the vet initially thought was lymphoma but turned out to be IBD, I hid hers in chicken. If they are thinking IBD, its unlikely they will go down the injection route as the aim is the lowest dose possible, as there are side effects to steroids. We managed to get down to...

Most rescues advise FIV + cats should be indoor only, partly because of the risk of them passing it on, partly because they have a weakened immune system so things can affect them more than an average cat. There isn't actually a vaccination for FIV. I'd also be worried about what the lumps on his tu...

A positive snap test should be followed up with a lab test as there is a chance of a false positive. It is also possible to have an FIV+ cat as long as there aren't any fighters

Hi, what does he get steroid shots for?

It is a hard decision, I'd see if he can pick up over the weekend on the steroids but if not, I'd be questioning his quality of life

I'm sorry to hear this, what did the vet think his blood tests indicated?

I've had this with some foster cats and my own, the only fix was to stop confining them to one room, but obviously that brings other issues, especially trying to integrate her with yours

I would definitely try and change to a renal dry, one of my CKD cats didn't like wet food, I changed her dry to renal and her values went back into normal range in 3 months. If he likes Purina, they do a renal diet, NF, I get the wet for Lucy from vet UK,

Fingers crossed Mark, I was only thinking about you yesterday

That sounds a normal set of vaccines, trio is the cat flu vaccine and then the felv

How long have you had him? Normally kitten vaccs aren't started till 9 weeks old, unless he seems very lethargic and floppy, I'd give him 24 hours before ringing the vet

I'm sorry to hear that. I assume it's a Squamous cell carcinoma, if so, Metacam can help, it's a Cox2 inhibitor and helpful with SCC.