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- Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:50 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: I Have the Best Cat In The World Because ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 999
Re: I Have the Best Cat In The World Because ...
Agreed, but perhaps it's not a coincidence that our most traumatised and interesting are also the ones we are most grateful for and most in awe of. After all, they are our greatest teachers, and give us our proudest achievements while at the same time keeping us humble. Molly now sometimes gets up f...
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:41 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: I Have the Best Cat In The World Because ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 999
I Have the Best Cat In The World Because ...
Just a bit of fun - everyone has the World's Best Cat, but why? (Just one reason per cat if you can, to make it really tough!)
Mine is the best cat in the world because she squeaks at me when I'm stressed to make me stop and relax with her.
Why is your cat the best cat in the world?
Mine is the best cat in the world because she squeaks at me when I'm stressed to make me stop and relax with her.
Why is your cat the best cat in the world?
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:35 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Inflammatory Bowel disease
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1625
Re: Inflammatory Bowel disease
As much as we all wish there was a silver bullet to cure IBD or any other gut dysfunction, there isn't. Sadly IDB or lymphoma in cats can be managed with more or less success and with lots of ups and downs, but in the end we don't win, and giving false hope of a miracle cure just causes more pain an...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:05 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Hyperthyroid cat on Felimazole gel not eating
- Replies: 3
- Views: 589
Re: Hyperthyroid cat on Felimazole gel not eating
The reason I ask is because my girl had some kind of crash and the tests were how we discovered her hyperthyroidism, she was if anything overweight and not especially desperately hungry, but the crash was vile stinky diarrhoea, often yellow or orange in colour, and then a frightening weight loss. It...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Hyperthyroid cat on Felimazole gel not eating
- Replies: 3
- Views: 589
Re: Hyperthyroid cat on Felimazole gel not eating
Have you considered the Hills y/d diet instead Felimazole?
Whereabouts are you in the EU with no radioiodine centres?
Oh and by any chance was her bilirubin high in the full blood panel?
Whereabouts are you in the EU with no radioiodine centres?
Oh and by any chance was her bilirubin high in the full blood panel?
- Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:45 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: My eldest cat has nasal cancer.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1534
Re: My eldest cat has nasal cancer.
The trouble with these miracle cures is they give false hope and prey on the most vulnerable.
For anyone who likes to research the facts, here's a bit of science: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580766/
For anyone who likes to research the facts, here's a bit of science: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580766/
- Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:24 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Poorly cat with ibd
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1399
Re: Poorly cat with ibd
Ok so anything is possible from a congenital issue upward. I'm not certain on this but would he have got this far if it was lymphoma? IBD is manageable up to a point, but only up to a point sadly. From what my vet told me at the time I got the impression the two diseases are almost identical in both...
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:16 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Poorly cat with ibd
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1399
Re: Poorly cat with ibd
Is that correct 2009? You've been struggling with this all these years? Also can I just clarify, when you say you want him to be comfortable, is that comfortable with the hope/aim to make his bowel better, or comfortable for the time he has left in palliative care? I lost my Boo 3 years ago to which...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:43 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Please meet Teddy
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12176
Re: Please meet Teddy
This all sounds really good Ruth. Molly and Boo used to play chase - in my very small flat - thump-a-thump-a-thump Molly chasing Boo into the bedroom, then a pause, then thump-a-thump-a-thump Boo chasing Molly back into the living room. Molly also used to be the doorway sitter but not maliciously, a...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:29 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Feral Tom with front claws that look like thin roots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 255
Re: Feral Tom with front claws that look like thin roots
Sure. He has dry grass caught up in his claws probably from burying his poop, and his claws are neatly tucked away inside his toes where they go when a cat retracts them.
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:27 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Advice for FLUTD/Idiopathic Cystitis Kitties
- Replies: 4
- Views: 417
Re: Advice for FLUTD/Idiopathic Cystitis Kitties
Sounds like you've been lucky there and you obviously know what you're doing, but please be careful increasing water intake too much as urine should be strong and acidic enough to kill infection causing bacteria. Remember the cat is descended from a desert animal that got all its water needs from it...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:15 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Post surgery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 189
Re: Post surgery
Poor love. Do check with the vet if you're at all concerned but my guess - and it is a guess - would be more bandage than pain. I presume the vet put her on pain killing and antibiotic medications?
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:47 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Cat occasionally stumbling
- Replies: 95
- Views: 7208
Re: Cat occasionally stumbling
A little good news at least, but quite baffling.
- Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: LOW BLOOD PRESSURE & HIGH HEART RATE & hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 412
Re: LOW BLOOD PRESSURE & HIGH HEART RATE & hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Not sure it's possible to do BP at home, as Booktigger says getting a cuff that small would be one obstacle, and perhaps your cat is very docile and tolerant but I wouldn't fancy my chances of getting a cat to tolerate it. Low blood pressure can be a consequence of the heart not working so efficient...
- Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:08 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Can Stage 2 Kidney Disease Be Managed And Prescription Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: Can Stage 2 Kidney Disease Be Managed And Prescription Question
I think it's a matter to discuss with your vet - alternative meds, or what happens if meds are stopped. It's an important decision and you should be armed with all the facts as well as good support whatever you decide. There will always be difficult emotions in deciding to continue or stop any impor...
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:37 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Help! Poorly cat advice needed
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1751
Re: Help! Poorly cat advice needed
- any ideas why if cat flu is viral the antibiotics seem to have helped? My retired stud boy had a bit of a cough, was a bit sneezy in phases, had runny eyes, and sometimes blew snot bubbles. He also snored, and although he was a bit short nosed he was a Traditional Ragdoll so not exactly flat face...
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:10 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Help! Got new kitten last yr for my Maine Coon now kitten FAT
- Replies: 4
- Views: 340
Re: Help! Got new kitten last yr for my Maine Coon now kitten FAT
I second that, they are brilliant and will also allow you to leave wet food down for them if you want to as the lid shuts tight and keeps it fresh longer. I got mine for 2 cats with different diet needs and one with food anxiety, now down to 1 cat but I still would never be without the chip feeder.
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:05 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Clicker training
- Replies: 1
- Views: 210
Re: Clicker training
None whatsoever here but there are tons of guides on You-tube and at least one clicker-trained cat, Kaiser, with his border collie partner Nana. One video is even called something like anything you can do - they both perform the same tricks. But it's your comment about being older and more sensible ...
- Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:05 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: CKD numbers
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28431
Re: CKD numbers
We have the blood results already. Urea is up a little at 13.3 but she was a little dehydrated and vet is unconcerned. Creatinine which is the main number we look at is down slightly at 162 - at the same lab. And phosphorus at 1.32. Vet's summary: Stage 2 with good phosphorus control. Happy to keep ...
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:50 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: CKD numbers
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28431
Re: CKD numbers
She didn't. She held on for 20 hours until the surgery closed for the night. Knowing if she went the sample would be wasted, I gave her back her trays. Did she go straight in to relieve herself? Not a bit of it. Four hours later she still hasn't been. I had to instruct the vet to send off the bloods...
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:59 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: CKD numbers
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28431
Re: CKD numbers
Yes that is lovely! Molly sometimes doesn't wake up when we come home now. I watch her breathing, less so now that she is more playful, but yes when they start to reach an age when they sleep longer and deeper I suppose it hits a nerve that they are getting old and brings things to our conscious min...
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:22 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: CKD numbers
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28431
Re: CKD numbers
UPDATE 3 month recheck yesterday - I confirmed as suspected that the reaction to being picked up is due to discomfort at being picked up badly. Picked her up with one hand holding her chest and the other under her bum and she curled up like a hedgehog and complained much, much less and did not wiggl...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:34 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Help! Poorly cat advice needed
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1751
Re: Help! Poorly cat advice needed
My girl is very difficult and I have managed to get her used to a medium toothbrush for her fur, by starting with the face and under the chin where she loves to rub, and then sneaking one stroke further down her back every now and then. It's hard to keep disciplined enough not to try and rush but I ...
- Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:12 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Cattery concern
- Replies: 2
- Views: 220
Re: Cattery concern
It doesn't sound as though you have much choice.
How did it go last time, with the dog?
How did it go last time, with the dog?
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:46 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Any Ideas ??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 517
Re: Any Ideas ??
They certainly are! I don't trim claws but well done for getting yours to accept it. Doesn't have to be a toothbrush that's just what I had, but the idea was something small so not too threatening, with stiff bristles that can (once they get used to it) be pleasurable on the face where they like to ...
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:02 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Can Stage 2 Kidney Disease Be Managed And Prescription Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: Can Stage 2 Kidney Disease Be Managed And Prescription Question
She's had a rough few weeks, I just want her to enjoy life again. I hear you. Even my most docile Ragdoll's quality of life began to suffer from daily pills after a few weeks. It's ok to take into account how forcing meds on them impacts their joy in life and their relationship with us, when making...
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:55 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Any Ideas ??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 517
Re: Any Ideas ??
Sounds like it could be. I have been working hard with Molly on accepting some help with grooming, she is 15 and podgy and has a thick coat, so she is vulnerable to getting these patches in the same places. I have succeeded in getting her to accept a toothbrush with quite stiff bristles, as long as ...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Any Ideas ??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 517
Re: Any Ideas ??
Those look very similar to a short haired cat's mats. Do you brush him? If you brush or stroke him firmly, do those areas give up a lot of loose hair and a little dandruff? That is also a classic area where older, fatter or stiff cats struggle to groom properly. Even if you can't feel a bump, if the...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:52 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Can Stage 2 Kidney Disease Be Managed And Prescription Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: Can Stage 2 Kidney Disease Be Managed And Prescription Question
Treating the thyroid doesn't make kidney issues worse, exactly, it's a little more complicated than that. Hyperthyroidism increases blood pressure. This does what vets refer to as "masking" kidney disease, makes it look better than it really is. But high blood pressure can damage the heart...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:03 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Teenage cats
- Replies: 5
- Views: 330
Re: Teenage cats
Ah I see, well the arrival of the baby might make some difference. It's been a very long time since I last had a kitten, and I've never really worried about whether a cat is cuddly or less so, so I can't really comment. But my current Molly prefers to lie next to me more than to be fussed and cuddle...