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Arghhhhh! My 18 year old girl licks her lips sporadically every so often - and in an odd way - not in the way they would lick to get food off themselves. These are quick little licks. My vet says her teeth are bad but unless they are causing her real problems she wouldnt advise a dental. But Im conv...

Thanks Crewella.

Thanks Jan.

Im getting a bit worried here as my vet hasnt mentioned anything about a urnine test - maybe because my cats bloods have come back ok? I wonder if I should have one done anyway? I think she is drinking more water - but hard to tell as she demands I get it from the bathroom tap and then sometimes doe...

Hi TJ, All I know is, my Tezzy (almost 18) had to go in for a dental as there was pus coming from her mouth and she had stopped eating. To save money I didnt have bloods done. She came home after the op and was ataxic and not eating. Went back and she had bloods done and came back kidney failure. Sh...

Tracey, I have my old girl here at home and she is being cremated next week. Its weird but her being here is comforting to me. I even thought about having her freeze dried but decided this wasn't for me. Someone was telling me yesterday they have a 3D photo of their passed over dog which helps him f...

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My 18 year old cat had her bloods done this week and they have all come back pretty much ok. I cant really remember what the vet said as I was so happy but one thing I do remember her saying is that my cats bloods were one number down from the very early stages of kidney disease. So she doesn't have...

Tracey, I too have depressiona and was thinking about topping myself when my cats went. I lost one two weeks ago and have one old girl remaining plus a stray boy. What I have found by reading this site, is that some people feel just as we do, but getting another cat seems to help them. I have two fr...

Thanks Mark. Janey, they were on a drip before the op?

Blimey - thanks - I had no idea.

Thanks Kay. Do you mean put on a drip BEFORE any anaesthetic?!! I have never heard of this?

Thankyou Alanc and Mayday21. My cat is a lot better in herself. Am giving her loads of attention and things to do. Our cats are so lucky to have/had us.

Thanks Cussypat, I agree with you. It was easy to have her pts. Still dont know why she started walking with her back legs splayed - very weird to watch - my vet had never seen anything like it before. But it was a peaceful end for her. The cathetar was already in - she just faded away - it was so l...

Hi Wanda,

How are you now? Does it get any easier?

Thanks Kay, but I had to have my Tezzy put to sleep last week - she had two teeth out and the anaesthetic or drugs she was given made her ataxic and stop eating. She had kidney failure and I am just worried about my old girl Oody here. I am going to have her bloods done but even if she comes back cl...

Shes also been dribbling slightly from one side of her mouth for the last two months. I took her to the vets a few weeks ago and they couldnt see anything wrong - they looked in her mouth and saw nothing wrong apart from elderly teeth.

When my cat Oody eats something, she starts to grind her teeth - its as if she has something stuck between her teeth and she cant close her mouth properly. She sometimes gags and paws her face and Ive noticed she is making slight nasal noises lately. She also seems "off". I am going to tak...

Thanks everyone. Have decided my old 18 year old will not go on a drip if her bloods come back next week and she has kidney disease. I don't think so anyway - never know until the time comes do we but I'm pretty certain.

Oh God, your post gives me hope.....thankyou. Crying myself now - for your loss and for mine.

My current old girl Oody never had much time forTezzy (now passed over), but since Tez has gone, Oody has been very needy with me and seems down. I am taking her for bloods next week to make sure all is ok with her.....but I wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this and if so, how long did ...

My Tezzy used to do this a lot. She would paw the side of her mouth and gag. Took her to vet and an x-ray showed a hairline fracture on her jaw. The vet wired her jaw together for 6 weeks in the hope that the bones would gel together but they never did. Ive never heard of the disease mentioned in th...

Jamesie, its tough isnt it. Half wish I didnt give a hoot you know.....

Do you have any more animals? Sop sorry about all your losses - wish they could live with us forever. Maybe they are.....

Hi Wanda, I read part of your story on here when Tezzy was ill last week. I wanted to ask you - do you think you can love Molly as much as your boy? I cannot ever imagine feeling as I do about the old girl I have left now Tezzy has gone. I thought about getting an old girl from an animal rescue plac...

Thanks all. Keep expecting her to be there - I forget for a few seconds every now and again.

Thanks AndyMac.

Oh yes Ive got it now - thanks a lot.

Unless I hear of success stories where cats have lived healthily for at least a year or so, Ive decided not to put any of my animals through an IV drip again. For me, its not worth it to give them a few more months I dont think.

Also - way off topic but how do we get email notifications for threads we subscribe to? I have to keep coming back to see if anyone has replied even though Ive subscribed - well it seems when I post I am automatically subscribed - but still no email notifiaction.

I've been reading about feline kidney disease and see a lot of cats are put on IV drips for a few days to see if it can help. I wanted to ask - how successful are IV drips for cats with kidney disease - has your cat been on one and come off better and lived a fruitful life - or, has it made matters ...

I wonder why they sometimes dont show themselves in full. I often hear about people glimpsing human ghosts out of the corner of their eyes. Weird, but we know very little I think - and we are all energy and atoms. I dont understand it but I know there is definitely something out there HUGE that we d...