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Buffy the kitten has watery eyes

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Buffy is 12-13 weeks old now. For the first two weeks I had her I did not give her the eye medicine the vet sold me, cause I hated to make her so upset by putting in her little eyes. Then a friend scolded me and I started doing it once a [...]

Rodent's Ulcer ? Cure?

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My cat keeps on getting what I can only describe as a marble sized growth on her tongue. According to the vet it’s a rodent’s ulcer. She treats it with a cortizone shot, which reduces it to being very small, but only to return after a few weeks. The vet has [...]

Cat over relationship

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Wait a second. I come here for help and you go ahead and bash my GF who is generally a good person. I know she would never harm my cat or even ask me to get rid of Isis. She used to have a cat herself. – Hide quoted text — Show [...]

This group…

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>I’ve posted in HTML before and had tons of answers (its off now for >the sensitive).
It still doesn’t mean that it’s ok to post in html. A lot of people set up their newsreader not to download posts over a certain size, and in addition a lot of newsservers (like [...]

Pet insurance recomendations?

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Hi Phil, Thanks for the info.  I tried to call them today to tell them the error about the cat’s coloring but they said to call back in two days for it to get into the computer. You mentioned that you have to have both insurance companies because of your [...]

Pounce's Fundraiser

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There is so much irrelevant noise on this newsgroup from time to time that I can’t see where that’s the point at all.  Why was her request "inappropriate"? Perhaps there is a caveat about fundraising in the charter. I don’t recall. Pam – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [...]

messin' where she shouldn't be messin'

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I quite agree. You wouldn’t do it to a human, why do it to an animal? In fact, rubbing an animal’s nose in its faeces is extremely dangerous, if the animal breathes in at the wrong time (which is quite possible given its fear) it can inhale the faecal matter and die. [...]

Advice on cardiomyopathy in cats

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My cat has this, and has been on meds for 2= years.  He is still the alpha male, he had no symptoms, and still doesn’t.  His murmur is almost non-detectable now. His heart squished a lot before, but not now.  His heart muscles have improved, so he got better all around. He [...]

Symptoms of blockage in males?

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The answers you have been given are very good ones.  I have 2 cats that get infections from time to time. The male gets so upset.  Wanders around the house crying for hours until the medication starts to work.  It’s upsetting for all. The female does the same including trying to [...]

CRF +Home Recipes (Long)

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> Hi, Mitzy my sweet 16 yr old was just diagnosed as being in the early stages > of Renal Failure.
Hi Jo, Placing Mitzy on a diet that has lower levels of protein, yet a high quality protein and lower levels of sodium and phosphorus is essential to slow [...]