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**bunny_ninja** · 10-15-2010, 04:16 PM

a full 12 ounce can!?! my big boys are on diets (10lbs, 16.8lbs), and I don't really feed them dry food -- unless I want to sleep at night. I give them each half a can morning and night. So -- each gets a total of 5.5oz a day. You can also offer tuna juice to get her through the uti (assuming that was the problem).

**bunny_ninja** · 10-15-2010, 04:17 PM

OH and one more thing. Greenie Pill Pockets are the most genius things ever!!!
http://www.greenies.com/en_US/Produc...llpockets.aspx

trust me. pure genius.

**Pascale** · 10-15-2010, 04:23 PM

I totally agree on the Pill Pockets. I have a 21-year-old, hyperthyroid cat who's needed medication twice daily for 3 years. Her life is MUCH easier because she gets her Pill Pocket "treats" twice a day .... she even reminds me when I am late or forget! I've used with dogs too, with great success!

**NoNo** · 10-15-2010, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by bunny_ninja

a full 12 ounce can!?! my big boys are on diets (10lbs, 16.8lbs), and I don't really feed them dry food -- unless I want to sleep at night. I give them each half a can morning and night. So -- each gets a total of 5.5oz a day. You can also offer tuna juice to get her through the uti (assuming that was the problem).

It said half a can per day for every 6-8lbs. She's 15lbs, so that's how I was coming up with a can per day, which just seems wildly excessive. She ate it, but has been sleeping the past few hours. She normally grazes on her dry food for several hours, but I don't think I'd want to leave wet food out that long. I don't want her to be hungry, either. Maybe I'll put out some dry food overnight to be on the safe side. Yes, they're thinking UTI, but she said no tuna for now as the protein is too hard to break down. She recommended chicken baby food mixed with some water, or the wet food.

Yes, the Pill Pockets are what she's using! I think she likes those more than the regular Greenies. Tonight she ate the Greenie part and I saw the pill pop out of her mouth. She licked it back up, not wanting to miss part of her "treat"

**badger** · 10-15-2010, 09:48 PM

geez, my poor 15 pounder only gets half a 5.5oz can of food a day (1/4 twice a day). He's always hungry, but that's how he got to be 21 lbs in the first place.

My fatty got a UTI when I tried clay clumping litter - I guess the dust somehow plugged him up. He was about his fattest then so he couldn't groom himself all that well.

I actually mix up his wet food with a tablespoon or so of water and mush it up like a puree; he gets more fluids that way.

Hope she's starting to feel better!

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 11-05-2010, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by badger

I actually mix up his wet food with a tablespoon or so of water and mush it up like a puree; he gets more fluids that way.

I do the same thing always with my two kitties. 3 tablespoons of canned food mashed up with a tablespoon of water. Always a good move to keep their fluids up.

Speaking of which, my Pearl is going through some difficult kidney issues right now (she almost died of it when she was 5, and now she's 10). We are back to giving subcutaneous water shots to her every day to try to flush out the toxins.

I so hope Ruthie gets better quickly! She's so special.

**bikegurl** · 11-08-2010, 10:09 AM

My family has 2 black standard poodles. They are brother and sister, and we really only own the girl *Nora*. The boy *Horatio* was bought by our neighbors, but he was too much for them to handle at the time (a poodle puppy, and a baby and a move..just too much

) so they gave him to us until they want him back. I don't think that will happen anytime soon, if at all

They love water (especially Horatio) you can see him swimming away in the first pic, with his sis getting all frustrated and confused with the concept of water. (they do hate baths, though)
You can see them running through the buckwheat growing on the empty lots behind our house. That is a good way to release some of their excess energy. That is my handsome boy, freshly shorn, in front of the book shelf.. I don't have a close-up picture of his sis right now.....but she is quite cute - very dainty.

**nancielle** · 11-24-2010, 05:09 PM

This is the little cat I took in in August. He's going by the name "Ghost" now because he just sort of appears wherever I am (also known as Stealth Kitty, Braticus or Brat Cat 2.0)

(You didn't really want this to be upright, did you?)

Here are Hunter (aka Widget or Brat Cat 1.0) & Chloe in their usual bed-hogging positions.

(Wait, you mean you wanted to sleep here too?)

**marni** · 11-28-2010, 05:42 PM

as you may remember, just after we moved to our new house our little corgie Sadie got poisoned. Yesterday we went to the corgie rescue and picked up a new member of our family. Her name is Rowena and she is almost two years old and fully grown although she is very small and weighs in at less than 14 pounds. She is still a bit stressed by the move, meeting and getting used to a new dog (my FIL's Llapso Apso) and two cats, one of whom outweighs her, but is starting to settle in a bit.

**Zen** · 11-28-2010, 08:03 PM

Rowena

Ernest T. Bass was in love with Roweena

somebody knows what I'm talking about

**bunny_ninja** · 10-16-2010, 06:51 AM

So, I've posted my bunnies before, and my dear cat Pumpkin, who passed away :-(
And I've mentioned the 2 big boys that are 10yo and FIV+ that I just adopted

Here is the bigger one, Finlay:

And the smaller of the two

-- Kobe. Kobe can jump from the floor to the top of the refrigerator!

(complete with my bike in the shot!)

**badger** · 10-16-2010, 08:40 AM

they're gorgeous!!

my parents a had a few FIV kitties in their time. Their last one was bonded with an FIV- kitty, and he never passed it onto her.

**TsPoet** · 10-16-2010, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by bunny_ninja

Here is the bigger one, Finlay:

OMG! Finlay looks just like Clown Cat, the cat we had when I was a kid.
(When my parents said they were going to go to the pound and adopt a pet, my 6 year old brother insisted he wanted a clown. Since the pound didn't have clowns, my parents got a cat and named him clown cat).

**bunny_ninja** · 10-16-2010, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by TsPoet

OMG! Finlay looks just like Clown Cat, the cat we had when I was a kid.
(When my parents said they were going to go to the pound and adopt a pet, my 6 year old brother insisted he wanted a clown. Since the pound didn't have clowns, my parents got a cat and named him clown cat).

I think that is just about one of the cutest things I have ever heard

**NoNo** · 10-16-2010, 03:24 PM

Love the second picture of Finley!

I hate to ask more questions, but this is my first pet and the first time she's been sick. Is loose stool a normal side effect from the meds? Can I give her something to prevent it? She's much more active tonight, so I feel like she's improving, but I noticed that today and am wondering if I need to be concerned about it.

She was feeling well enough to count the money from the market today:

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