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thanks traci! we were thinking along the same lines. having a young kitten in the house has already gotten him more active then he was before! because we spend time playing with the kitten we have been including him in the playtime too.. our vet didn't seem concerned that he was severly overweight.....

they are both eating science diet adult. our vet reccommended that cooper should eat appx 1/2 cup day. we are also planning on trying to get cooper on the perscription m/d.. we were waiting until the uri's settled down before doing any diet changes.. but now that they are eating each others food whe...

hope no one minds if i add another question to this thread.. i posted here about a month ago about uri questions..glad to say both cats are doing very well..the uri cleared up and they are both very healthy and chasing each other around the house (in a good way :) my question is also regarding feedi...

hey folks..thanks for all your concern and advice.. so just saw the vet..said both cats were doing very well, no fever + symptoms gone aside from the occasional sneeze in both of them. the kitten is finishing her last few days of clavamox..and is FELV/FIV neg. the vet said we could go ahead and intr...

hi mattingly mom, thanks for your reply, both cats have seen a vet (cooper our primary and the kitten the shelter vet) and both have been diagnosed with a URI. in addition to the drooling there was also sneezing, congestion, lethargy and with cooper anorexia/dehydration. both cats stopped drooling a...

thanks for clarifying traci.. we have all of the kittens records from the shelter (that is all that exists..) we are off to the vet tomorrow with both of them and i hope it goes well. i will request that both cats are tested for FELV/FIV and see what our vet has to say. i will also inquire about l-l...

hi traci..thanks for your reply. i agree in retrospect it was not a good idea to bring her back to the shelter..i think we really just didn't know what to do. i do know at the shelter she has been kept in their vet clinic seperate from other cats and not with the general population. we are going to ...

hello folks..i'm back with an update and a request for some more advice. we have had a fairly horrible week concerning this situation. last week our resident cat (cooper) started showing signs of having an URI. at a loss for what to do, we called the spca shelter and they agreed to hospitalize our k...

hi traci.. thanks for your reply! sorry i was so vague about the situation..here is some clarification incase you can help. like i said, our cat cooper is a 2 1/2 yr old male, fixed, all shots up to date. he is perfectly healthy, active and we have never had a health issue with him. the kitten was a...

hello, im new here..just wondering if anyone would be able to offer insight/advice into our situation. we have a 2 year old male cat, perfectly healthy. we've been wanting to adopt another for awhile and decided to last week. we got a 6 month old female from the spca shelter..she seemed very healthy...