r/CATHELP

Ducky is now home from St Luke’s Vet clinic recovering from surgery. She had pins placed in her “ankles” to keep the bones together to heal correctly. She has been happily eating and taking her medication and we will be back at St Luke’s on friday to change her bandages.

I would like to say thank you to the Auckland reddit community for supporting Ducky throughout this whole ordeal. Honestly could not have done it without the support given through this sub ❤️‍🩹

The givealittle money will all go towards Ducky’s outstanding fee at St Luke’s Vet clinic, we have paid a $1.5k deposit while we wait for the rest of the funds to be paid out (the end of next week). The givealittle page will close on Sunday.

I will post occasionally recovery updates of Ducky, but if you would like to follow her recovery journey I will post frequent updates on Ducky’s tiktok page @saveourducky

I have also since gotten insurance for Ducky and all my other cats so we will never go through this again.

Again, thank you so much to everyone for caring about our little girl, it means the world to us 🫶

If anyone has any questions, I will answer!

my (22f) cat (1.5f) got this mouse and before i could grab her she ran under my house and ate the damn thing. i read online that it can be harmful if the mouse has ingested poison (which i know is not likely), or if the mouse has parasites. would i be overreacting to take her to the vet asap? vets in my area are booked out pretty late (4-6 weeks) but i do have an emergency vet nearby, its just expensive. if its serious like i think it is, i will go no hesitation. please help!

What are these things in my cats mouth? Only recently noticed them due to her front lip looking funny. She’s not acting any different and seems to be fine. She’s almost 2 years of age and has kittens.

I don't know

So my husband found a cat while he was at work as a wildlife trapper. This is the cat in the pictures attached that he found and we are potentially bringing into our home. We already have one cat and so I just wanna make sure that I have all the information I need to properly introduce them

My cat has longer hind legs than his front and doesn't run like a normal cat, he more so just gallops. He's a year and a half so I just want to know if it'll cause any problems in the future. He's fine right now but I heard that it sometimes causes things with cats. He also hops when he runs. (Video of him running in comments)

Hi! I'm a new cat mom. I've been researching everything about cats since I've only ever had dogs. Based on other posts, I think it might be my kitten teething. I'm wondering if anyone can help me see if this is gingivitis or loose tooth? Should I monitor before going to vet? I rather avoid multiple trips to the vet (my hours got cut at work recently), but if needed I will.

Context that might be helpful: My kitten (Emily) is about 6 months and a half-ish. Domestic SH. Indoor cat. In California. I didn't know brushing was supposed to be daily until recently (I was brushing like once a week before T_T). BUT I've been brushing nightly after she eats for the past week. I didn't notice yesterday but I was being extra careful to making sure I got the back teeth and I noticed it tonight. I've been using Virbac C.E.T. Enzymatic Poultry Cat Toothpaste. My kitten doesn't complain AT ALL when I brush her teeth (small flex, she doesn't complain when I clip her nails either, unlike her brother Binx 😒), she just licks the toothpaste 😅 So I haven't noticed any discomfort before. She also eats dry food in the mornings and a mix of dry with wet in the evenings. Both are Hill's Science Diet Kitten food. I haven't noticed her complaining or showing any discomfort. She's getting spayed in about 10 days. She and her brothers were orphaned kittens that my friend found. I dunno what other info might be helpful but I appreciate it if anyone has some advice/suggestions! thank youuu

also added of picture of Emily from Christmas 🎄

She had an episode like this 2 days ago and we immediately took her to the vet. They gave us gastrointestinal medication, because they thought this is likely a pain reaction.

She now keeps getting these episodes every half an hour or so… She seems disoriented after and her behaviour is very different. She mostly gets them when she becomes stimulated by something. Like when she stands up and runs somewhere.

I do not think GI meds really help here. They assumed something is causing her pain in the gut, which causes this reaction, but to me it doesn’t look like a pain reaction. More like a seizure.

Could anyone please help?..

Girlfriends kitty wont stop pawing at this cabinet begging for food. We feed her the exact measurements that her vet recommends and on a very consistent schedule. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if we didn’t live in a rental, but as you can see in the second video she is tearing up the side of the cabinet so something must be done!

We’re in the US. We’ve had Scarlett (female, spayed, approx 8yo) for almost 7 years. She was a rescue from a hoarding situation. She’s absolutely tiny and the sweetest, most human-loving cat you could imagine.

Recently, she started having a runny nose and labored breathing. She lost her appetite. Thought she had a cold. Wasn’t getting better after a week, so took her to the vet.

After an xray, she was diagnosed with heart failure. They removed a bunch of fluid from her chest, and started her on pimobendan and furosemide. They warned us they didn’t know how much time she had. This was just over a week ago.

It helped so much, for about a week. Yesterday, 8 days after the procedure, she’s started breathing a little hard again and having the same symptoms as before.

Obviously we can’t afford to have her chest drained every week or two, and we wouldn’t want to put her through that. Is there anything else we can do to buy her a little more time?

Realistically I know it’s time to say goodbye, but I’m 39 weeks pregnant and Scarlett has been glued to me since before I even took a test. I want her to be able to meet our baby, even if they can’t have the years of troublemaking together we imagined they would.

Is there anything else we can do for Scarlett?

I posted here yesterday a video her dry heaving and vomiting a food we give her. She just can’t swallow. Today we went to vet and she got xray (came clean). Vet said that she migh have a irritated throat so she is heaving and not eating. Gave some medicine but we cant even have her swallow the medicine even its liquid. They sedated her for the xray so she is high and cant eat. They gave her fluids but she hasnt eat around 36 hours. Idk what to do.

This is a video from yesterday and 2nd part is from today. I would really appreciate any suggestion we dont know what to do and our vca is closed until monday.

2yo

Female

Neutered

Us (socal)

the little ones some times makes noise and like yelps but when i separate them shes okay. and i feel like my older one sometimes plays too rough? but im not sure if shes bullying her or playfighting. also when i separate them my older one always tries to fight me on it and hisses and i feel like shes overwhelming or bullying the smaller one

black cat: female, not neutered, 10 months

kitten: female, not neutered, about 7 weeks (yes i know shes a bit younger then the recommended age, the people i got her from couldnt care for her anymore)

He is indoors only on dee flee and work meditation.

He is still playing, eating drinking and going to the toilet.

We noticed clumps of hair around the house and he would sit under the sofa which is not normally for him

He is one years old and has a brother and they play regularly mentiong that in case he got scratched.

Will take him to the vets on Monday when they open, any one know what this is?

Hello. This is babs, he’s my first ever sphynx and is a rescue boy. I already have a vet appointment scheduled but he has been breathing really deeply all day and sounds phlegmy, he is starting to scratch his face and is very lethargic. What could this be? How can I help him before we go to the vet? An emergency vet is absolutely not an option for us and even if it was the closest is 1 hour away and i’m the middle of the night and i’m without a car currently.

I hope this is allowed facebook told me to try posting on reddit.

She’s not sleeping but has (one?) eye closed

She keeps twitching

In the U.K., can access vet care but don’t want to take her for twitching lol (unless needed, ofc). She’s 10yo and has IBD if that’s relevant

**Update:** I feel silly now😅 I knew cats twitch when they dream but I didn’t think about the fact that they can sleep with an eye open lmao

Thank you all🫶

F(25) I saw my cat (adopted a stray) after a week when I was back from my trip till then she was with my parents and now her fur is looking weird, she keeps goes in and out, roams around, I’m not sure if something attacked or if it’s some kind of deficiency. If anyone has any knowledge of what’s happening, please let me know, thanks

This is Baby Blues. In the first two photos, you can see that there​​'s a couple little black spots on his nose, and in the third pic is from 7 days ago, where he doesn't have anything there. Is this something I should worry about?

I'm in Canada, I'm 29 and he's 2. I can't currently afford to take him to a vet and he is fixed but not yet vaccinated because I'm a broke college student right now. He has never been outside other than when I first got him as a kitten. Any help would be really appreciated​​​​​​