Cat Health

NO NAME asked:


And had diarrhea with it, he is a 6 year old male who has all his immunizations. He is also sneezing alot and throwing up, does anyone have any suggestions? and yes I will take to the vet it is just after hours and need to see if it is worth the emergency clinic office call, thank you

Jillian

Jamie asked:


Our vet is trying to get us to clean our cat’s teeth, or suggested it at least. It isn’t cheap…like nearly $300 (he is knocked out for the procedure). How did these cats get by before we were around?

Madisyn

petlady asked:


I have had several older cats with health problems & they have urinated in spots on carpeting & it has soaked into the old wood floors. I need to replace the carpet, but don’t want to put new over the smelly floor, & can’t afford to replace the floors.

Armando

Nightingale asked:


I decided to switch to this over Purina Indoor formula due to hearing corn based products are not good to feed cats. Anyone have any feedback on this product??? Thanks!

Ana

__A_YAHOO_USER__ asked:


My cat’s ears have been verry dirty lately and i have been having to clean hem out every day with like 2 q tips per ear. Please give me awnsers im worried about my kitty. she also goes outside.
the substance in her ear is like brown earwax and its grose looking im not sure its ear mites it just looks like a lot of earwax is it common for cats to have a lot of earwax?

Kyler

LPN in NEPA asked:


My partner and I have 2 cats, Barney (age 7) and Blake (age 14). Barney is perfectly happy with dry food, though he will eat wet food if he has no other choice. Blake, on the other hand, only likes wet food and will throw a temper tantrum if only given dry food.
Here in lies the problem. We have determined that the wet food is causing Blake to have diarhea and bloody stools, which he doesn’t get with dry food. So, we switched to dry food ONLY about 2 months ago. Barney LOVES it, but Blake is not happy. So, to appease Blake, my partner started giving him wet food on Sundays as a treat, and it doesn’t seem to bother him. But now Blake is protesting the dry food during the week.
He wakes us at least 2 hours before our scheduled wake up times DEMANDING wet food, every day. I say we give in and give it to him. After all, he is 14. Let him be happy in his old age. My partner says no, only on the weekends. Or maybe we should stop it altogether? HELP!!
Also, I have just started nursing school and I need plenty of sleep in order to be alert and ready to learn. I can’t do that with a whiny cat waking me up at 3am every morning. Sometimes he will just meow alot but other times he gets downright cranky and swats at my face with his claws out or tries to pull me out of bed with his jaws lightly clamped onto my hand.
Don’t say to close the bedroom door because we don’t have ANY doors in our apartment besides our entrance/exit.

Another part to this question is that Blake has been pulling out the hair on his stomach and tail ever since we stopped giving him wet food. I think its a stress relief for him, or, a nervous habit, such as biting one’s nails. How do we get him to stop this? If we go back to wet food every day, will he stop pulling out his hair? Is diarhea and bloody stools a major problem in an elderly cat?

I love Blake more than life itself and I only want him to happy. Please help.

Samantha

oneplus1is4 asked:


how rare is rare for a female cat to have crystals that cause a urinary blockage?

what happens to cats that have a damaged nerve that prevents them from passing urine?
have i taken her to a vet? pls…she is in surgery.

do you know the answers to my questions? cause the vet wont say yet. pls dont just say to wait…regardless of what she has, the original questions can still be answered, so if you know pls do say.

Fabian

Kasumi678 asked:


My neighbor has a cat and she told us today (7/9/08) that her cats fur as been falling off on her nose and its turning pink. She says it could be Eczema, but I don’t know if cats could get that. I told her that I can look up some information that might has to do with this situation. If you are experienced cat owners or vet, could you please give me some information that has to do with her cat. Her cat is a female tabby (Black and White) with hazel eyes.
The cat does not have any bugs at all its just her nose and she doesn’t scratch that much.
She rarely goes outside and she stays inside. She doesn’t dig up things or play in dirt.

Riley

Tac_aipes asked:


I’ve heard you need to give cats a shot when they eat birds or else they get parasites that can kill them.

Beau

Isis Is: PLEASE HELP MY KIDS!! asked:


i know my daughter in law posted a question not long ago about her cat peeing on her bed. someone suggested butter on the cats feet as a way to clean and relax (it didn’t work).
the cats been moved quite frequently. and spent sometime riding cross country in a big truck.
but the cat also vomits frequently. he was vetted just before they moved here to TN and had a UTI which has cleared up.
the cat is about 2 1/2 yrs, and she got him from a pet store (yuck i know, but she didn’t know how bad that could be). he’s never been tested for Feline Leukemia.
he has a beautiful velvety coat.
what are the symptoms for Fe. luke?
we’re going to have some blood work etc done, but right after the holidays plus my car breaking down, has limited our funds until next week. he doesn’t seem distressed. eating and drinking normally. other than fe. luke, what should i ask my vet to test for?
the cat has never been outside except on a leash when they were in the truck. he’s not in a truck anymore. they moved here a few weeks before Christmas.
and “K” keeps the litter box immaculate.
because he also used MY bed as a litter box, he’s now restricted to their room.

Tatiana