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Cats Health FAQ

Tips on switching to canned food

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My vet suggested I switch to canned food for various reasons, but I need some tips on the switch.  I’ve been emptying one of those small pull tab cans into their bowl and chopping it up, but they only eat a little at a time.  Is it okay to leave that wet [...]

Re-Socializing/De-Traumatizing my adopted cat. [LONG]

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I have no particular suggestions for how to deal with this situation, but something in your post did catch my eye: Your attempts at "olfactory bonding" will probably be more successful if you give your cat one of your unwashed sweaty stinky T-shirts to sniff, and not just a towel that [...]

Geriatric Cat

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I think the old boy should be kept inside, before annoyed neighbors or wouldbe rescuers make away with him.  He may be quieter, inside and near you. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats www.campuscats.org

Response:
For info on geriatric cats:- http://www.messybeast.com/towards-end.htm For info on choosing euthanasia and coping with [...]

I need your advice on FLV+ cat. Help! (long)

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>Augie’s death was not in vain though… It brought me a to higher awareness >regarding what it really takes to protect and care for our little furry friends.
It is hard to understand why not everyone feels that way.   My neighbor had a cat a few years ago – knew she was [...]

Foster Kitty Goes To New Home :(

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 >  >> Well, I suppose I should be glad. I took in Dave the foster kitty  >> some time ago (I posted about him, ‘Foster kitten in Portland, OR’)  >> to find him a home, and no one bit, so to speak. In the meantime he  >> weaseled his [...]

Giving my kitty a pill

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>I always wonder if there’s any danger of the pill going down "the >wrong way" in cats … though I understand their airways are >differently connected from ours, any comments? >Jim > I gave liquid medication (clavamox) to a cat once while he was inhaling and he > nearly drowned. Spent [...]

declawed cat update again…

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> I’m amazed at the difference in our cat’s behaviour – giving them an option > to go *up* has mellowed them all out noticeably.  So we’re close to a > happy ending.
I hope so. > I guess some of you will think that our Vet is still [...]

Colonectomy and bad vomiting/pooping problems

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Hello – my 11.5 yo cat Newt has been diagnosed with a rare cancer of the colon – a leiomyosarcoma that is malignant and had metastasized to lymph nodes.  Folks at the oncology center at Ohio State vet school are interested in her – they haven’t heard of that kind of cancer [...]

Quicky Shadow update

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> Anyone whose pet needs a transfusion needs it done in a hurry. You can’t > even ask for a test to be run while you wait for it to be done. Phil said > there is a test for the blood, but the vet says there isn’t.
Why am I [...]

Anvil and WNV

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I was sitting around mourning the disappearance of the birds in Evanston, IL, when I decided to look up the pesticide that they have been spraying around here. It’s called Anvil and it contains a synthetic chemical called sumithrin. The web site for the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District claims "there is no evidence that [...]