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- Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:45 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: 1 week old kitten truble breathing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 839
Re: 1 week old kitten truble breathing
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.
- Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:41 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:08 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Abandoned Cat
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2368
Re: Abandoned Cat
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....
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:04 pm
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: Advice for adopting shelter cat
- Replies: 40
- Views: 14551
Re: Advice for adopting shelter cat
Lol yes, like the Rum Tum Tugger
Nameless, I do sympathise, sounds as if Madam Marshmallow is turning into a right little diva!
Nameless, I do sympathise, sounds as if Madam Marshmallow is turning into a right little diva!
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: strange cat from india
- Replies: 1
- Views: 567
Re: strange cat from india
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...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:39 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Would taking this kitten in pose a risk to my cats?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1405
Re: Would taking this kitten in pose a risk to my cats?
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...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:33 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:17 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: new litter box
- Replies: 1
- Views: 563
Re: new litter box
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...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Abandoned Cat
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2368
Re: Abandoned Cat
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...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:49 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Coco and Chanel dilemma
- Replies: 340
- Views: 743387
Re: Coco and Chanel dilemma
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.
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.
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:36 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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 ...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:14 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Weight loss in a younger cat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1482
Re: Weight loss in a younger cat
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...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:05 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Would taking this kitten in pose a risk to my cats?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1405
Re: Would taking this kitten in pose a risk to my cats?
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...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:47 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 6:12 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:58 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Weeing on my bed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3437
Re: Weeing on my bed
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...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:23 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: 11 week old kitten with loose stools
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3080
Re: 11 week old kitten with loose stools
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...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:19 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Weeing on my bed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3437
Re: Weeing on my bed
So would I be - mad mad mad grrrr! Don't blame you.
Do hope you find a solution soon!
Do hope you find a solution soon!
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:50 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:38 pm
- Forum: Bereavement Support
- Topic: I just cannot seem to accept my loss
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2374
Re: I just cannot seem to accept my loss
Oh Donna, so very very sorry to hear! Love and hugs, Lil x
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:43 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Elderly cat does not eat
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8202
Re: Elderly cat does not eat
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...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:53 am
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: Advice for adopting shelter cat
- Replies: 40
- Views: 14551
Re: Advice for adopting shelter cat
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...
- Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:47 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Weeing on my bed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3437
Re: Weeing on my bed
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...
- Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: A Furry Tale
- Replies: 4
- Views: 825
Re: A Furry Tale
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 ....
- Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:52 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: A Furry Tale
- Replies: 4
- Views: 825
Re: A Furry Tale
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?
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: A Furry Tale
- Replies: 4
- Views: 825
A Furry Tale
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?
'She's got hairy legs.'
Had he only just noticed?
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Coco and Chanel dilemma
- Replies: 340
- Views: 743387
Re: Coco and Chanel dilemma
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
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Mia - Chapter 3
- Replies: 81
- Views: 19503
Re: Mia - Chapter 3
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!
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!
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 1:32 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Newly diagnosed 12 year old Male cat with hyperthyroidism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 783
Re: Newly diagnosed 12 year old Male cat with hyperthyroidism
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...