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feline question:9 year old cat has stomatitis. She is NOT FIV positive. She has had all her teeth pulled as a last resort. She received a depomedrol shot every three weeks for pain. Have had her on Atopica for 5 ...
Domesic Shorthair Si question:I moved from Los Angeles to St.Louis with my cat. For a few months now I've noticed my cat is obsessively licking her hind legs and now her front legs. She's licked the back legs to a point where the...
dsh question:My 18 year old cat was given a shot of cerenia and then 12 hours later I gave her .06 ml of buprenorphine.Will the two meds together cause her to be oversedated? She weights 4.4 pounds Can she pass out because of these two meds and can respiratory arrest occur at her age as I have read online. Is there a proper way ti handle sedated cats while on these meds.
siamese question:I was told for cats with splenic mastocytosis, the treatment of choice is splenectomy. This is the approach the oncologist I just saw for my 15 year old male siamese cat. They also told me to give h...
tortie calico question:Cubbie recently (1 week) developed two fibrous (?) lumps, one on each side of her lower abdomen. They appeared at the same time, and suddenly. She has had no trauma that I know of. She is an unspayed ...
Short Hair tabby, al question:Recently my cat, who is a little more than 15 years old, has stared excessively drooling. I believe I only noticed it yesterday, but it has continued. She has eaten some dry food and I saw her drink w...
domestic short hair question:My 19 year old cat, Lily, has chronic arthritis pain. We have tried Cosequin and it worked for a while but she won't take it anymore. Vet gave Metacam but after two doses she vomited. She is 9 pounds...
American Short-haire question:My cat has suddenly been licking her back paws consistently and thumping them against the floor in a very fast, repeating manner. This started yesterday. She eventually stopped but today she's doing a...
Domestic Long Hair C question:Hi Dr. Marie, I need a second opinion. My 19 year old male cat was recently diagnosed with anemia. Here are the blood results: Red blood cell count: 3.94 Hemoglobin: 5.5 Hematocrit: 15.7 The...
DSH question:Hi Dr. Marie. I took my cat to the Vet on Thursday for 6 month blood work. She is on methimazole for thyroid. All returned normal except thryoid level slightly elevated. She seemed fine when she re...
N/A question:Dear Dr. Marie, I have a question for Fei Meow again. As Fei Meow is very happy to eat wheat grass, I am trying my little effort to see if it is ok for him on l/d diet. On July 2012, ALT from ...
Domestic shorthair question:I have a question about asthma and heavy breathing General background: Okara will be 10 years old this fall. I've had her since she was about 5 weeks old. She was a semi-feral rescue from a dog po...
Mixed Breed question:My female cat, Patches, has been with me since I was young. She has never been to a vet and only went outside before I got her. She is about nine or ten years old(I'm not sure since we never really ce...
Domestic Shorthair question:My 16-hr-old neutered male cat is diabetic (since 2008) Was recently prescribed Metronidazole for treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Can Cerenia be used in place of Metronidazole - he REALLY hates it - makes him drool and slobber for several minutes after I administer the oral liquid. Thanks. Or any other medicine similar to Metronidazolel
Calico question:About 2 weeks ago, I started noticing that Mietzi's right pupil would always stay quite large, even when the left one was narrowed. She never paws at her eye or acts like she is experiencing discomfo...
Siamese mix question:I adopted my cat about 1.5yrs ago. When I adopted her I was told she was 3 yrs old; however, I have had two vets tell me since she is actually around 8yrs or 9-10yrs. She had mites when I adopted her ...
FEMALE/TORI question:Hi, I tried to send email this morning but some how pay pal didn't take me to right page so I typed my question on the free one,,i finally got an email back from paypal giving me this link so just ign...
Mixed domestic breed question:Hi Dr Marie, Hicks is 17 years old now. Still moderately active. 2 years ago, she was diagnosed with marginal kidney problem through a blood test. Unfortunately, she is very fierce and impossible t...
Persian question:Charlotte is constantly squatting as if she has to go, but nothing is coming out. I did see a little blood at one point when she squatted and only a drop came out.
Bengal question:Rebel has had some undiagnosed rear end lameness and weakness intermitantly since quite young. Symptoms were a strange flexion to his gait when walking which didnt seem to bother him and didnt happen ...
Maine Coon question:My Maine Coon, Nino has had flaky skin for quite awhile. I had him at the vet a few months ago for crystals (now all cleared up) and I had the vet do a skin scraping to see if there were any creepy c...
Tuxedo question:My cat sam is 9 yrs old. he weighs about 16 pounds. He has coughing spells about 3 times a year. He sneezes too. I would take him to the vet and he would get a steroid injection and prednisone 5mg onc...
black tabby question:Good morning...this may be lengthy...sorry. Despite my cats advanced age of 17, she has always been in excellent health. She plays laser, travels with us, is constantly at our side and very engaged...
Shelter kitty :) question:Our almost 10 year old kitty has had three recurrent bouts of uti or cystitis in the last 7 weeks. Antibiotic shot given every two weeks but still came back. Clear bloodwork and x ray on second visit...
cat. that's all I kn question:My cat is despondent. I don't think she's sick. I'll try anything to get some life back into her. I, myself, tend to be holistic. But someone like you might have more experience with a despondent. Vitamins, maybe or something like that. Thank you
Siamese- Apple head question:Hello. My active, normal weight and wonderful female Siamese began coughing about a month ago. There has not been any noticable changes in her activity, eating or litter box. The cough recen...
British Shorthair question:I have a 17-year-old male cat (British short hair). He is in good health, eats and drinks well, and seems happy and contented. He is not taking any medication, apart from Arthriti-UM plus, for a mil...
female calico question:Hope you can help with my question. I have a 11 year old cat named Emma, that has been having upper respiratory problems for the past 3-4 years. She would have discharge from her nose that would dry ...
Domestic LH question:Hi Dr. Haynes Thank you for offering this service and reviewing my question. My 10-year-old long hair tabby has a slight history of allergies. He is an indoor cat that weighs 14.5 lbs. When he w...
cat male question:hi ya i was playing with my cat and it scrap me bad so i slapped him on the head he was ok eat food and played with him for a week after. He was asleep on the bed and i say hello to him and put my han...
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