Nine Year Old Silver Persian Loses Weight My silver persan who is nine years old lost has around 1.5 kg weight in the last weeks. He does not eat any food or at just a bit. He drinks water and …
Kitten with Severe Anemia and Low Temp Hi,I just today had to put my 5 month old kitten to sleep. He had been tested early on for HIV and leukemia and came back negative; also negative
for parasites….
Large Cat Gains Weight Then Loses It Slowly Our cat, Paw, was a big, gregarious, ridiculously happy cat, but not very bright. In November, about two months before his ninth birthday, I added canned …
Ragdoll Cat Skin Scabs My 5 year-old Ragdoll cat has developed skin scabs that appear all over, especially the neck area. They get better when flea treatment is applied, but …
A victim of FIP Last year I lost my Ivanhoe, who succumbed to FIP (feline infectious peritonitis) just 11 months old. He was a purebred Somali that I had high expectations …
Claw Caps Not Really Any Better Than Declawing… The picture is snipped from a recent article in the periodical issued by the Danish cat shelter “Inges Kattehjem”. I hope they don’t mind me borrowing …
Conjunctivitis in a Kitten I took in a pregnant outdoor cat. She had her litter in my Fla. room. They were all beautiful and seemingly healthy and active. They are now 6 wks. old …
My Cat has Dilated Pupils I have a beautiful long-haired tabby/ tortoiseshell cross 1 year old but her right eye pupil is wide open and does not dilate, the left eye is similar …
Cat Diarrhea Please help with any advice possible on cat diarrhea. I have a one-year Persian, who since I bought him, has had loose stools. At first, I thought it could …
Can My Cat Catch Swine Flu? Can My Cat Catch Swine Flu? The answer is almost certainly, no. The feeling I get from listening and reading is that the experts are not completely sure….
Irradiated Cat Food You know, I had never heard or given a moment’s thought to irradiated cat food. I had never heard of it until I bumped into it on the internet and …
Cat Food Recall List This cat food recall list is current as at April 2009. It concerns the USA and the source is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The list is long …
My Cat was Bitten by a Snake My cat, (I call him Turkey) was bitten by a copperhead snake last summer and barely made it thru. He really was starting to put on some weight and be healthy….
Cat Headache? My lovely little year old kitten has suddenly gone off her usual food -likes new stuff- but the weird thing is the way she rests her head… she places …
Cat Aggression Cat Aggression See: Methods and References (new window)
for the philosophy behind presenting medical information and references used. Any cat in …
Cat Insulin Shots Some people administer cat insulin shots. I am no vet but I do have a biology qualification and as far as I am aware the pancreas and the liver work …
Successful Cat Pill Story My 15-year-old tortoiseshell, Sadie, has hyperthyroidism and requires 1/2 pill each morning. After trying liquid form, medicated treats and even pills …
A Ragdoll Cat with Sensitive Stomach (gluten intolerance) My female Ragdoll cat developed a very sensitive stomach (was this Celiac Disease?) as soon as she was put on the Science Diet Adult cat food. She …
Hepatic Amyloidosis in Siamese & Oriental Cats I was informed of Hepatic Amyloidosis in Siamese & Oriental Cats by a visitor (Lisa Lyons) to this website who lives with beautiful Oriental Shorthair …
My Cat Eats Too Much Persian Kitten Matata will be 8 months on 29-11-2009 and he is a “Eating Machine”. Matata copies each and every behaviour of his dam Matahari including …
Cat Suffering From Stress? Lola Belle is 3 yrs old and
for the past few days she hasn`t been herself. She is anxious and nervy, has messed in the house more than once, if she has …
My Cat Has Hair Loss at End of Back and Beginning of Tail I have a 3 yr. old Maine Coon female cat. I have noticed that she has lost the hair at the middle of her back down onto the beginning of her tail. She …
Healthy Cat Weight Generally, a healthy cat weight is between 9 and 12 pounds
for a male cat and between 7 and 10 pounds
for a female cat (book No 5– See: Methods and References …
Why Does My Cat Keep On Wanting Food? Hi, My cat is called Tom. He is 4 years old and he eats in the morning and in the evening. However, he is on a wet food diet only due to the fact he had .
My Cat Got Burned Advice Please My cat got burned when she jumped up on the kitchen counter. She’s a right devil like that. I’ve told her but she won’t listen. Well, it is more a scolding …
Diabetic Cat and Eyes My 20 yr old cat is having eye problems. He is diabetic and I administer insulin once a day. He is also on diabetic diet. He has had eye infections …
How can I tell if my cat is in pain? There is acute pain brought on by trauma and chronic pain due to long term health issues. The word “chronic” in medical language means persistent and long …
Cat Flea Dirt A nice picture of cat flea dirt. For cat caretakers who might not be sure what they are looking for when checking for evidence of fleas on their cat (or …
Little white worms and bleeding on butt Hi! My name is Annie. I just rescued a 1-week-old kitten whose mom died. I looked for info on how to help him survive. I started feeding him milk replacement, …
Advice please – my cat rips her fur out She licks right down the small of her back and then rips chunks of fur out and eats her fur or spits it out. When we consulted a veterinary clinic all …
Cleaning Cat Ears Emphatically we can say that cleaning cat ears routinely is not required or even a good idea. The general advice is leave them alone. See Cat Ear …
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On another note reading about savannah is that they need a higher protein and calorie counot where as wet food has 80% water…a raw diet seems to be ideal but the risks scare me away from that…would I be better to switch him to another grain free dry food and just leave him a bowl for him to nibble at as usual and just give him a couple spoones of canned food during the day maybe a couple of crickets or something? Also Ive heard that fish foods contain IEBD or something like that from pollution in the water that is thought to be linked with hyperthyroidism In whales and vats. There is also a chemical I heard that is used to seal canned wet food thats used to seal the can that is thought to do the same (more evidence supports the fish theory) upon finding this information again I find myself very confused and in the unknown abit what is best for my cat, and at that after hearing about the blue recalls and sick pets I’m unsure which companis to turn to
I am really leaning towards wet cat food now and becoming increasingly worried about my cat…he’s an f7 savannah and I know he needs a high protein diet..so as you know I switched him to wilderness blue and he’s has since become constipated he’s defaced once or twice since last weekend his stomach feels quite bloated and I have also learned of lots of people’s pets be comming quite sick and surpassing toxicity limits…I have thrown out the food and just about everything is closed today idk what to do I thought I was on the right path with him now I am lost on what to feed my savannah and I’m becoming scared and worried for him
John, I’m very surprised to hear that some of the people that you talked to were against wet cat food. I’m not surprised that a lot of the pet stores are against it because it is easier for a pet store to store dry cat food. I honestly believe that the people who are against wet cat food are incorrect and I say that from many years of thinking and working on the subject. Here are is a post about dry cat food which may help but in any case I wish you the best of luck. A book called “Your Cat” by Elisabeth Hodgkins is interesting and is about the health affects of dry kibble.
https://pictures-of-cats.org/cat-food-recipe.html
This is a link to many articles.