For context, I think this came out of my cats ear. He has been to the vet several times. He's been battling an upper respiratory issue, on antibiotics, on antivirals. He had an ear infection that they tested, and we put him on a topical in ear antibiotic. Nothing has made him better. Today, I started him back in the on ear antibiotic, animax. He flipped his head and I believe this came out, but I did not see it until later. It looks like it has eyes. He does go outside mainly supervised. He has not been very active in the past two weeks and he is 13. He is treated with feline bravecto.

last week i took my 13 year old cat to urgent care because of diarrhea and blood in her stool. blood tests came out clean, as well as her fecal test. she was prescribed medication to help manage it but we did not come to a clear conclusion.

a week later, she is still having diarrhea. she had one solid poop 2 days after i took her but no other ones. vet called me today to check in (i was gonna call them when i got off work anyway) and they want me to bring her in tomorrow.

i am wondering if any of you have dealt with this in your cats. what was the issue? what other testing might they do? what did you end up having to do to manage it?

i am not looking for veterinary advice but more so similar experiences. thanks!

My cat has been really itchy in this one spot and i noticed she started scabbing there from scratching so much. Shes on flea and tick medication, it doesn’t seem like ring worm cause there’s no hair loss or ring/ circle, her ears also have no smell or weird color so I feel like it may be a food allergy? She eats a fully raw diet and has a rotation of different proteins every couple days from turkey to pork to rabbit and beef. I am not sure how to start investigating if it is a food allergy or something else??? I have an air purifier running 24/7 for dander and dust.

Has anyone seen anything like this before under their cat’s chin?

My husband just found this tonight and we hope it’s nothing serious! Will ring vets to get it checked just to be sure.

I wonder if it’s just from scratching and itching repeatedly? Any advice or suggestions welcome :)

So a few years back maybe 4 or so my Male Tabby started getting seizures occasionally and we took him into the vet, got him Phenobarbital and after a few weeks, we took him off it and his seizures just stopped all the way until he passed away. My question is, why or how could have his seizures just stopped even without giving him medication? Obviously it was probably neurological but I’m curious if anyone has any ideas as to what may have caused them, and why they ended up stopping after awhile?

Did anyone face a similar situation?

My senior cat went for a review and after the vet consultation, she's been especially picky with food and over the next few days just lick gravy, nibble on some kibbles but does enjoy her churu and party mix .

She was eating well prior to the vet consultation..i took her in for an idexx blood test as a review of her ckd.

DAY 0 : vet visit

Day 1: sad, ate less

Day 2: ate very well for breakfast but got picky for dinner.

DAY 3: Picky

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DAY 8: Eating lesser and lesser.

I contacted the vet who prescribed miratax, antacid and anti nausea. She even suggested maybe change vet if my cat feels so mood?

Anyone faced this situation of pickiness?

I'm so vexed..i've been throwing away as many as 5 to 6 cans of food daily because i'm offering her different foods begging her to eat.

Hi all,

My cat had an absess drained yesterday. He got an antibiotic jab and now has 2 antibiotics per day and a dose of Metacam plus a clean with pads.

The absess has gotten really big again and is still weeping but its also really hard.

It's pretty stinky still, and he's very miserable.

I've had cats with absess issues before but I've never seen one go so hard.

Shall I call my vet in the morning?

Many thanks

i brought my 13 year old kitty into urgent care last week after she had been having diarrhea for a few days and had a good amount of blood in her stool the day i brought her in. the diarrhea was initially caused by a food change. we did blood work, a fecal test, and a test for pancreatitis, which came back with nothing except for slight indications of hyperthyroidism and slightly elevated sdma levels. vet chalked it up to being the food change and gave me metronidazole and proviable-forte to manage symptoms. she had one solid poop a few days after our visit but diarrhea otherwise (no blood). she’s been acting completely normal throughout all of this. eating and drinking fine, not hiding, acting like herself, and no vomiting (except for driving there and back, she always gets a little car sick).

i brought her back in today for some further testing since she was still experiencing symptoms. vet did an x-ray as well as a t4 test. x-rays show small intestinal and colonic thickening which indicates either ibd or lymphoma. i am taking my kitty back in tomorrow for an ultrasound to see if we can figure out more. vet said we could possibly need a biopsy.

what are your experiences with this? any advice? i am kind of freaking out

USA

Have not contacted a vet yet

Cat: 12 yo neutered female

Can afford vet care

Main issue: Hey, for the past few weeks I've (35m) been feeding my cat two types of wet food as we try to transition her from one to the other. I was feeding her 1/8 of one can 3/4 of the other once per day in addition to dry food. However I didn't realize your not supposed to use opened cat food that's been in the fridge for more than 2-3 days so I've been feeding her some cat food that's been in the fridge for up to 8 days.

Over the past few weeks she's been occasionally throwing up about once a week.

Four days ago she turned her nose up at the wet food and seemed to stop eating the dry food too. We've been having trouble getting her to eat wet food now, she only eats a few bites at most. We've tried heating up her wet food.

She still eats churu and treats but not more than a little regular wet or dry food. We're concerned she's not getting enough calories. Have I given her a bad taste for wet food? Does she have some kind of stomach issue? Should we take her to the vet?

My ultimate question is: Did all the cats get enough Albon Suspension to cure them of the Coccidia?

To be completely honest, we have been going to this vet clinic for almost 20 years now. But the vet who started the clinic sold it recently. There are so many new vets there and we never see the same one twice. I am struggling to tell myself that my pets are still getting the incredible care they used to get.

* Signalment (species, age, sex/neuter status, breed, body weight)

* 1 DSH cat, 18 years old, male/neutered, 4.9 kg/10.9 lbs

* 2 DSH cats, 4.5 months old, females/both spayed, 2.25 kg/5 lbs each

* Short history

* We recently adopted the 2 kittens from the local shelter. They were not litter mates.

* One of the kittens did have siblings that we did not adopt. Their mother feral, so the kittens had to be socialized with a foster. It was noticed that at least one of the kittens had blood in its stool while in foster, so the shelter treated all the kittens with Pyrantel Pamoate, VetriMega Probiotic, and Panacur. It was assumed all the kittens were healthy when we adopted them.

* We noticed last Monday (October 12) there was some poo in the litterbox with a small amount of blood in it. We scheduled a vet appointment (October 15) for all 3 cats, and took stool samples in.

* The vet looked at the medicines the one kitten was given in the shelter and decided the kittens probably had Coccidia since none of the medicines treated that.

* The vet prescribed Albon Suspension for all 3 cats.

* The kittens were prescribed 3 mls the first day (Thursday, October 15), and 2.5 mls every day thereafter until all the medicine was gone. We ran out last night (Sunday).

* The 18-year-old was prescribed 5 mls the first day (Thursday, October 15), and 2.5 mls every day there after until all the medicine was gone. We ran out tonight (Monday, October 19).

* When we got home from the vet, I went to Google to learn about Coccidia. Dr. Google agreed with the vet that Albon was the best medicine for treating Coccidia. However, Dr. Google said that they should be on it for 10-14 days. The kittens only got 4 days, and the old man only got 5 days.

* I called my vet today to make sure this was correct, and they said yes.

* I know Dr. Google can be very wrong sometimes, but I just need to know that it was enough, and they will be better with only 4-5 days' worth of medicine.

* Relevant clinical signs (vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, fever etc.)

* Small amounts of blood in the stool. Stool sample came back positive for Coccidia.

* Everyone is still eating and drinking well.

* Length of time you have seen these changes

* Saw the bloody stool on Monday night of last week (October 12).

* Links to any test results, vet reports, X-rays etc. that you have

* I don't have the results, but the clinic said the stool samples came back positive for Coccidia.

* Your general location

* Rocky Mountain region, USA.

Did all the cats get enough medicine to cure them of the Coccidia?

Thank you for any advice you can provide. I really appreciate it!