How can I medicate my cat without torturing her?

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My kitty is 17 and has always been very healthy and very affectionate — she follows me everywhere. About 6 days ago, she stopped following me around and stopped eating her favorite canned food (and any food at all). I took her to the vet, and after lots of testing it was revealed that she has mild hyperthyroid (HT) disease and a bit of heart disease and fluid in the lungs. The vet prescribed a pill for the heart, a pill for the HT and 0.2cc of a liquid diuretic to get the fluid out of the lungs. The vet says she could get better and that the heart…

How can I make my tiny apartment a good kitty home?

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: When I was seven years old, my parents surprised me by adopting a chocolate-brown Burmese kitten. They had always told me that I could not have have a cat of my own until I was eight (no matter how much I begged), so I really wasn’t expecting this at all. I was so happy on that day, I actually cried tears of joy when they put my kitten in my arms, and we were best friends for all 18 years of his life. We were so close that, whenever I was home, I had to carry him around in one arm whenever I went about my daily tasks. He…

My beloved cat died suddenly, and I’m in shock. What happened?

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I had the shock of my life today. My cat, Zoe, was only 5 years old and she was the most beautiful cat I ever laid eyes on. She was a large cat, not fat at all, but large and quite heavy. Yesterday, I picked her up and noticed that she looked the same but felt lighter in weight. She was fine, ate with no problems at all. Slept a lot. This morning I saw her sitting in the laundry room where her littler box is. She did not act right, I picked her up and she was making a type of gagging noise. Not like choking noises, but…