What’s the best diet for a cat with kidney disease?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
My cat is 18 years old. I recently found out that she has kidney disease. She was in the hospital for 3 days a month ago. The vet gave me an antibiotic and a supplement; she finished the course of treatment and now she’s eating quite well. I’m feeding her [...]
Can my FIV-positive cat be saved?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
I am disabled and a Vietnam veteran and my cat, my best and only friend, has FIV and stomatitis. One vet says he can be helped and one vet says to put him to sleep. Can anyone help me keep my friend with me?
~J
Siouxsie: First of all, J, we [...]
What can I do to prevent my cat from getting diabetes?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
My cat is about a year and a half old. I’m very concerned about diabetes — it seems extremely prevalent, if not inevitable these days in older cats, and it doesn’t just strike the obese. I don’t remember dogs and cats getting it often when I was younger.
It has to [...]
