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Originally Posted by Kenzie

Nutrition

My cat won’t try any foods.

Hello! I have a cat that’s been a particular pain to feed. When I first got her, the previous owner had fed dry food with a specific flavor of Friskies wet food. Over the years, I had gotten her to eat a different dry food, but until recently, no other wet food. Late last year I finally found a dif...

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2 years ago

Dr. Aisling O'Keeffe MVB CertSAM ISFMAdvCertFB MRCVS

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Originally Posted by Nicole

Health & Care

I'm not sure if my cat has CKD or some other underlying problems

Hello, Sorry to send this msg; I do have some questions regarding the CKD of my cat. I am located in a small city in China where the Vet can't really build trust with me. A week ago, I realized my cat's appetite started to decrease a lot, and in a severe dehydration state, so I took him to the vet...

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2 years ago

nicole c

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Originally Posted by mreg376

Health & Care

Avoiding Boutique Cat Foods

I have been a cat owner for a few years now, and I am consistently hearing from veterinarians that it is a mistake to use "boutique" foods -- sold by companies whose foods show the "species appropriate" ingredient lists, which are all the fad now, and which may have a veterinarian or nutritionist or...

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2 years ago

mreg376

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Originally Posted by Kristine Crocker

Health & Care

Experience with Solensia for arthritic cat?

My vet is suggesting trying Solensia for my arthritic cat, Zevon. I am wondering what experience others have had with it. It would be an additional financial burden for me since he is diabetic and insulin, special food, more frequent vet bills, testing and on and on is already a lot. Yet I feel guil...

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2 years ago

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Originally Posted by Julie Steinke

Behavior

I think my cat has PTSD

my 3 yr old female tuxedo was beat up by a cat twice her size. On our deck no less. Black and white fur everywhere. I got the other cat to leave but Rosie disappeared. Hours later she literally crawls on her belly into the house. She lost hair but thankfully had no injuries. Now she is extremely s...

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2 years ago

Melina Grin

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Originally Posted by Greg Butts

Litter Problems

Litter Robot 4 use after a stroke

I recently have had a stroke and lost the use of my left side, my question is if its possible to take care of and maintain the litter robot 4 with just my right arm?

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2 years ago

Mallory Crusta

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Originally Posted by Catherine Laplace

Nutrition

How to feed two cats? (one eats faster and more than the other)

I have 2 young cats Plume and Clementine, both about one year-old. Clementine has a little belly and I am trying to keep her food intake to the vet-advised daily limit, but she eats faster , finishes her dish then gently pushes my other cat, and steals the rest of her food. I feed them in separate ...

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2 years ago

Catherine Laplace

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Originally Posted by Yuliya K

Nutrition

Home Cooked Meals for Cats

Hello, I started feeding my cats home cooked meats (chicken, beef, fish and sometimes turkey and pork). I love how small portions go a long way - my cats finally stopped begging for food constantly and they do get full. However, although I bake all these items and give cats the broth/juice where the...

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2 years ago

Mallory Crusta

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Originally Posted by taylor arambula

Litter Problems

Is Ever clean super premium Crystals Good Cat Litter?

Hello! Earlier today I sent my partner to buy our cat litter, which is usually Fresh step crystal litter, but unfortunately was out of stock and came back with Ever clean super premium Crystals. They had trouble ringing up the bag saying it wasn’t even in their system which was very weird. I then at...

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3 years ago

taylor arambula

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Originally Posted by Michelle Hoover

Health & Care

Can you get a female cat spayed while in heat?

A starving 6-month old kitten recently showed up at our rental house on the island of Cyprus, and we’ve been getting her healthy again. The vet thought we should wait two weeks to get her spayed because of this. But now she’s in heat. I’ve seen some articles say that you should wait a month after th...

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3 years ago

Dr. Aisling O'Keeffe MVB CertSAM ISFMAdvCertFB MRCVS

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Originally Posted by Raymond Randolph

Litter Problems

How to train older cat to use litter box?

My cat is a former stray, approximately 7 years old, and her routine has always been to go outside to do her "evacuative" duties as she had her entire life. But as she is getting older and we are having issues with coyotes roaming around at night, I would like her to get used to using a litter box. ...

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3 years ago

Dr. Aisling O'Keeffe MVB CertSAM ISFMAdvCertFB MRCVS

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Originally Posted by Alexandre Charbonneau

Health & Care

Is it ok Mixing two brands of cat dry foods?

Hello! I have a little question. I'm trying to give my 10 years old cat better food. I use Royal Canin but a lot of people seem to think it's not the best cat food. So I give him Tiki cat food, sometime he eat, sometime he like, sometime he just let the food. I think he like to eat it when it's...

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3 years ago

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Originally Posted by Rachel Max

Health & Care

already vaccinated cat, vaccinated again 3 months later

Hello all - my kitten (now 6.5 months old) had her first Rabies shot in October. I considered this carefully and sought out a vet that used Purevax with no adjuvant. She got that shot and her FVRCP. Everything went fine. Yesterday she was neutered at a clinic. I dropped her off with the require...

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3 years ago

Dr. Aisling O'Keeffe MVB CertSAM ISFMAdvCertFB MRCVS

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Originally Posted by Kat Canz

Health & Care

Hyperthyroid cat that cannot be on thyroid meds and not ideal candidate for radioactive iodine treatment. What should I do?

Like the title says, my 15 year old cat is kind of between a rock and a hard place right now. He was on methimazole for over a year and did fine on it. A month ago his T4 levels were slightly elevated so our vet increased his dose and ordered a CBC to be done in 3 weeks. In those 3 weeks his white c...

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3 years ago

Mallory Crusta

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Originally Posted by Melanie Guiliani

Health & Care

My 2 cats are vomiting intermittently for 2 weeks but otherwise fine?

What can cause my 2 cats to be vomiting almost every day for jsut about 2 weeks now. They eat well, drink well, use the littler box great no diarrhea, they dont fight over food, the bowls are cleaned well, they act normal nothing out of the ordinary. I come home from work at a vet clinic and there w...

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3 years ago

Cindy Maggio

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Originally Posted by Catherine Bowser

Health & Care

Changed to wet cat food but now my cats has very loose stools?

I have 2 16 year old cats. They are litter mates, male and female. They were always on dry food but about 2 months ago I decided to switch them to wet. I still have the dry available for them to munch on throughout the day and feed them each 1/2 of wet (regular sized - not those small ones) 2x per d...

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3 years ago

Dr. Aisling O'Keeffe MVB CertSAM ISFMAdvCertFB MRCVS

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Originally Posted by WJ Gomez

Nutrition

Advice Dry or Wet Food...

Hello, Since adopting my first cat, I have been an avid viewer and reader of All About Cat’s community content. I've learned so much, and it has made me a well-informed paw parent, so thank you for all the research and time to provide us with such fantastic content. I recently added another fur bab...

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3 years ago

WJ Gomez

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Originally Posted by Birdie

Nutrition

Which Wet Cat Food is *Actually* best?

Hello! I was reading the ranking articles on here and saw they recommended two different wet foods for weight loss. I have a 4yo 14lb tuxedo who is strictly indoors, his vet stated my cat’s ideal weight is 12lbs and is recommended to lose weight. I looked at two articles on here, the first one “...

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3 years ago

Seabreeze

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Originally Posted by Celeste Little

Health & Care

What else can I feed my hyperthyroid cat

Hello everyone My 13yr old cat has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Unfortunately, radioactive iodine treatment is not available in South Africa that I know of as this would have been my first choice. She has lost quite a bit of weight and has been on the Hill t/c diet for just over a week an...

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3 years ago

Seabreeze

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Originally Posted by WJ Gomez

Behavior

Cat Intro…Gone Wrong?

Hi! I have a resident cat (Russian Blue/female) who I adopted last year. She was my first cat, and she’s done well in our home after settling in. She is sweet and shy. However, she seems to scare easily. I’m not quite sure what her prior home environment was, but I thought adding another cat would g...

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3 years ago

WJ Gomez

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