Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Our cat, Guy, is nearly a year old now. We found him when he was a kitten, 2-3 weeks old, in the lagoon area in southeast Nigeria. I had to feed him with a dropper and massage his belly; he was to young to do number one on his [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat Zekey was diagnosed with sky-high creatinine phosphate levels. He constantly shakes and trembles. I’ve had him 10 years; he has never been sick, always been indoors, and everything else on his blood work and urine samples were perfect. We got a corticosteroid Saturday and his back legs [...]
View Article dehydration, kidney disease
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat is 18 years old and on medication for blood pressure and kidney trouble and her back legs seem stiff when coming down stairs. The problem I have is with her peeing and pooing. She has access to the garden and has always gone outside through the cat [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Last year, my cat Kravitz underwent treatment for hyperthyroidism and a bladder infection. He was cured of the hyperthyroidism, but was diagnosed with mild kidney failure. He was switched to a renal support food, and he was fine for a while. Last week, he stopped eating a lot and [...]
View Article chronic illness, euthanasia, grief and loss
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have five cats, four females and one nuetered male. All have been introduced at different times over the past three years. All of them have gotten along just fine. Niko is my second oldest and female. Over the last month or so she has begun hissing any time [...]
View Article aggression, multi-pet households, signs of illness