My 10-year-old cat was recently diagnosed with diabetes. The vet prescribed a special diabetic food, but my cat doesn’t like it and refuses to eat it.
Does anyone have any suggestions to help get my cat to eat her food or at least to eat better?
I’m tearing my hair out!!!!
Bruce
How often do dogs and cats need to have their teeth brushed? To be truthful I don’t get this done for them that often and I feel a little guilty.
What is a minimum frequency you recommend?
Do dogs actually suffer depression like humans do? If so, what are some signs of depression in dogs?
I’ve heard stories about dogs being treated with antidepressants and that made me curious. I discovered there are animal psychiatrists and I was wondering what your thoughts are on animal psychiatry? Is it real?
We lost our 24 year old cat 4 months ago and since then my 11 year old beagle has not been his usual self, acting listless and depressed.
What other options are available for sad pets?
Thank you,
Julie
I have a cat that is losing weight. He eats fine. His brother was losing weight and I took him in for blood work and they found nothing, this one seems to be putting the weight back on.
What can be the cause for the first one to be losing?
Bonnie
My cat has a red mark on her shoulder and she has kind of a bald spot around where it is.
Do you have any ideas on what this could possibly be?
Thank you,
Kim
Our 23 year old cat has a severe cough and is sneezing, she has been on azithromycin for ten days and then vibramycin ten days and is deteriorating and loosing her appetite and is not drinking a lot. She had 2 I.V.’s about a week ago, and blood work. x-ray did not show pneumonia. I need holistic help. She is in delicate health and I hate to take her outside now, because it is cold.
Can I pay for a consultation over the phone or would she need to be seen? The situation is getting very serious. She is eating a little cooked sirloin 4% with olive oil, boiled in water, and Gerber baby food and chicken.
Thank you
I have a question. I’ve been reading on the internet about holistic health care for pets and some of the things I read sound ‘too good to be true’. Of course I want to do the best for my 2 dogs and 1 cat.
When I bring the subject up to the vet I’ve been going to for the past 4 years (and who I really like), he poo-poos any of my suggestions and makes me feel gullible for believing what I find on the internet.
I don’t want to change vets but I would like to try some of the alternatives to expensive vet care. Any suggestions on how to educate my vet?
Thank you,
Anne
St. Paul, MN
My cat has a tumor in front of his larynx. It’s big and it’s getting harder for him to swallow. We found out too late that he had cancer. The vet is afraid to take a biopsy due to making the tumor angry and causing it to grow faster. I need to know if there is anything at this late stage to shrink the tumor so he will stop suffering. I may have to put him down soon. He is gulping when he swallows. I just found out on Thursday that he had a tumor and it’s getting harder for him to swallow. He may have a collapsed lung and pneumonia due to trying to breath harder. The vet is concerned that intubating him will cause cancer cells to break off and go down the throat.
Please help. He is almost 11 pounds and weighed 17 pounds on Thursday. He lost a pound yesterday when I went to get him an iv. He still wants to eat, especially cat treats.
thank you
Kim
My cat seems to be using the litter box a lot (like 5 times in less than one hour).
I have two cats, so I do not know what he is doing in the litter box.
He doesn’t appear to be in pain. He did just eat some food. His ears are much warmer than the other cat also.
Katherine
Hello,
I have a 13 year old neutered male DSH who has IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) for the past two years.
He stopped eating about three days ago (grain free single-protien diet), and has lost a noticable amount of weight. I switched him to a grain free (poultry) soft food this afternoon and although he is still drinking water, Max has thrown up the moist food twice in the past ten minutes. He kept his meal down for about 2 hours, but what I am seeing doesn’t as though he had begun to digest any of the moist food (still wet, still looks like it did in his dish). My vet’s office isn’t open until Monday, and I don’t have anything to give him medicine-wise. Is there ANYTHING I can safely give him to help soothe his digestive tract so he can eat even a little bit? He says it hurts and he’s afraid to eat.
Any help appreciated–I love him very much and am terrified of losing him.
Deaun
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