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Hey Ariess, how did it go? Agree with Fjm. Good on you for rescuing poor Bean and hope Baby Bean is ok - please let us know.

Makes sense to me, Mollycat and Booktigger too. I had this situation with my Emily a year ago, with ckd, and now Mouse is doddering about, six months younger than Emmy, who was 17 when she left us. Mousey's an old crock now, deteriorating, skinny and starey coated, but still damn cheerful and bright...

Oh boy oh boy, Andy, you are a marked man! I would certainly contact the CP and every no-kill shelter in your area ... joking apart, when will it end, these poor needy cats, begging for food and depending on kindness from people like you? :( And everyone on this forum who feeds, rescues and rehomes....

Lol yes, like the Rum Tum Tugger

Nameless, I do sympathise, sounds as if Madam Marshmallow is turning into a right little diva!

Hi Magentawitch and welcome. Yes, you get these evil little horrors springing up - I have one myself; she's 8 now and just as evil. I do love her dearly by the way and she's very possessive of me. I think she comes of Burmese stock, though she's ginger. I used to breed Siamese but she's far wickeder...

Very sorry to hear; you must feel powerless, but you can't put your own cats in danger. :( Is there a friend who could take this kitten in, temporarily, and you could nurse it through the infection? Even bathing eyes with salt water can make a huge difference - and of course disinfect thoroughly bef...

Oh the naughty one. Is there another vet who you could ask for a second opinion? No single vet knows everything (the vet treating my poor little boy, described above, was prescribing antibiotics but never warned me about dehydration (and this was a good experienced vet.) The preference for dogs is a...

Hah. That's cool - a bit like one of those flexible garden trugs and undoubtedly very easy to carry. Though any cat swiping at the litter would soon dislodge the scoop hanging inside ... you know the sort of cat I mean, with telescopic arms that rake everything but the kitchen sink into the tray (an...

Hi Andy, sounds as if word's got round and your address has been noted as a likely soft touch for the local strays, but I see your dilemma; if your routine's changed and you can't always be home to feed a cat, then you do need to do something. Leaving supplies of dried out could be an answer or mayb...

OOOOOOh, Owly eyes!

I think things are gradually changing by the sound. It would be great if they could all integrate. Not an impossibility; cats are social animals as you of all people will know. Lucy might even come to appreciate the company? If only at a distance.

Aren't they awkward? I see your problem. But yes, I'd let her have whatever fills her belly. I once had a rescue kitten who was very weak but wanted to drink out of a pan of cold gravy when he'd refused all other food. I thought it was bad for him and wouldn't let him. He died. I learned later that ...

Hi Donna, I posted on 'bereavement' but am just adding post on here. It's bad enough losing a cat when you know their time is coming but a sudden loss is dreadful. I feel for you and the remaining cat. About 20 years ago one of mine, at 11, began to lose weight and look fine-drawn. I knew she was on...

Hi Joe :) I think you need to ring your vet about this. If all your guys are up to date with shots they ought to be immune, and kittens, especially neglected ferals like this one, can be prone to sticky eyes due to teething/low grade infections - but of course there are always rogue viruses, new str...

Hi, bacon and ham contain salt because of curing etc - raw fresh pork doesn't, unless it's sold with a savoury coating or marinaded before cookery. I've just googled my local supermarket to make sure lol. Right at the moment I'd let her eat whatever she wants, just to keep her going. I've thought th...

They just began to slow down ... I never got a proper diagnosis although the vet was very good, no complaints there. First the boy and then the girl. It was as if they became old before their time. I had their mother too and she lived on into her teens ... a mystery. They didn't stop eating, but the...

If she’s not happy then should I take her back? She always used her litter tray there. I’m honestly worried to come home in case she’s done something. I can’t keep doing washing and scrubbing my mattress at midnight and later. I’m so so so frustrated and really upset like nothing I’m doing is right...

Hi and welcome and congrats on KiKi :) Many kittens of this age are teething, and may have loose smelly motions. It's frustrating though - you feel as if you're doing something dreadfully wrong. Hopefully she'll grow out of them unless there's some other cause - I have to say that because I'm no exp...

So would I be - mad mad mad grrrr! Don't blame you.

Do hope you find a solution soon!

Oh what a sweet girl, and so pretty! I don't think she's necessarily in pain; I had two cats, brother and sister, Siamese I'd bred myself, on steroids, because they seemed to 'fading' at age 7-8. This was back in the '90s and the vet never told me what the diagnosis was, but they were very placid an...

Oh Donna, so very very sorry to hear! Love and hugs, Lil x

Yes, that's the trouble; steroids only pick them up for a little, or so I've found. And true, she'd have to be sedated and scanned for a proper view of her oesophagus and stomach. Do you think she'd eat the pork very finely minced/blended, perhaps with a little liquid, to make it slip down? Of cours...

Hi and welcome, and I'm so sorry to read this. There are the soups for cats varieties of food and there is a high calorie paste - 'Nurish 'Um' or 'Nutri-Vit' that provides vitamins and calories - you wipe a bit on the cat's lips. https://www.amazon.co.uk/VetIQ-001384-Nutri-Vit-Plus-Cat/dp/B000RXWXQ4...

Hi, that is just how some cats are, some like to play, some not. Some just don't recognise the designated kitty toys and prefer the rip hell out of the staircarpet instead ... grrrr. If the worry is about your pc and cables, and the little horrors are always fascinated by forbidden fruit, I have a r...

Ugh - and so would I be stressed. Hopefully other people will be along with more advice as to the whys and wherefores but although I've no experience of this myself (I've had some champion sprayers, both male and female, and illicit piddlers in my time, but nobody has used the bed) I do have a royal...

Lol, I don't remember at all, but I haven't watched TV since 1994 so perhaps that's why. Hah, typical Yorkshireman. One of my favourite jokes is about a Yorkshireman who rings up the doctor - YM - It's my missis, doctor, she's been taken badly. Dr - What seems to be the problem? YM - Eh well, it's ....

Now if it had been 30 years ago, he might well have been - I had legs like a chimpanzee's, and as for my armpits ... he used to threaten me with the Forestry Commission ...

Errrm, who's Arkwright?

I've always thought that my friend (and former OH) Adrian has a liking for stating the obvious. Today, during a pause in the conversation, he studied Molly, lying at my feet, and said:-

'She's got hairy legs.'

Had he only just noticed?

I think they're settling ... taken a while and a lot of trial and error (the ungrateful little horrors) but by the look of it they're making themselves at home at last. Great photos

Aww, so glad the lad's recovering

Morgana reminds me of my Molly and a Siamese I once had, known as 'the Annie-Mouser.' A mouse is a mouse even if it is a big toe. Ouch!

Hi and welcome, and you've come to the right place, though sorry to hear your boy's hyperthyroid. Many of us on here have hyperthyroid/ex-hyperthyroid cats - here are three links that I can recall off the top of my head, but there will be others. They deal with both regular meds and radio-iodine tre...