Cat Health

spcglider asked:


For a venerable cat, he’s doing pretty well. He’s missing quite a few teeth, and has pretty much lost most of his hearing. Hey, he’s OLD…whaddya expect? He is hyper-thyroid but consistently medicated for the condition. He also gets food additives to help with his urination and to maintain comfort against arthritic-type pains.
We know he has seperation issues. We got him “second hand” and he was already well into his adult life.
We take exceptional care of him, we give him as much attention as he’ll take when we’re around (both of us work days). He gets fed plenty. We let him outside every day multiple times a day.
But when he notices us, say he walks into the room, he’ll immediately start in meowing. It ranges from simple meows to all out yowling until we pick him up and cuddle him and rub his tummy.
Is this just an attention thing? Boredom? I suspect he might be very insecure about his hearing loss, yet it doesn’t seem to keep him from exploring when he goes outside.
Any ideas?

Regan

lateknightucd asked:


Our cat had a urinary blockage a few months back and at our vet’s suggestion we purchased Purina One’s Urinary Tract Health Formula. This took care of his strained (sometimes non-existent) urination, but he has now developed fairly frequent diarrhea. He doesn’t exhibit any other signs of distress/illness, so I’m fairly convinced that this isn’t the sign of something more serious. I’m wondering how serious the diarrhea itself is and if there’s anything simple we can do to treat it. I have considered switching the food, which I’ll try after this batch runs out. Thanks in advance!
This isn’t the recalled food. It’s dry food, and to the best of my knowledge, the recall is for wet food only. Plus, the Purina One brand wasn’t affected. Thanks for the answer though.

Carl