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According to Marina Michaels in the article Clumping Clay Kitty Litters: A Deadly Convenience? (www.catmom.com/marina/articles/clum.html) the cat gets it on its fur, grooms itself and ingests it eventually causing a variety of health problems. Also, the baking soda used to elimate odors causes more ...

We've just been through the granuloma bit too and just to encourage you, it did clear up after a course of antibiotics. Course, perhaps it was not really a granuloma but that's what the vet he thought it looked like. He suggested perhaps it was an allergy, maybe to food. We did stop Iams and started...

Thanks Traci for your computer expertise about accessing the board! Button was two in March (or Feb?). We've had him for a little over a year and a half. He was allowed outdoors by previous owners and we followed suit -- BUT, he has no street smarts at all! So now, reluctantly he is an indoor cat (a...

What is the best dry kibbled and where do we get it? I've had some samples from friends (various pet shop brands) and Button seems to eat them OK (if they have a little tiny tuna garnish). He likes Iams and Iams is a lot more economical because of double coupons, being available at the grocery store...

Thank you for your response. The Vet did say he thought it was eonsinopholic granuloma. The week's antibiotics was because he wasn't sure whether it was a lesion he had scratched or the granuloma. It looks just the same so apparently it was not a lesion. He said if the antibiotics did nothing and si...

Has anyone heard that tuna is a common allergy? Button (2 year old American short-hair with a fantastic disposition) has developed a small granuloma on his lower lip which doesn't seem to bother him but it has not responded to one week's antibiotic. The vet thought it might just be a lesion -- but i...