So, Casper's at the vet again guys.

*hugs* So sorry to hear this. He’s a beautiful cat! I hope it all works out for you.

Casper is a lovely boy! <3 My first cat, Kita, had the same issue, and he had the operation as well. I found that he loved the recirculating water fountains – they helped him increase his water intake and prevent relapses.

I hope Casper recovers fully. If you can, please check with another vet for a second opinion. Doing that save the life of another of my cats, all because the second vet I asked knew of an additional treatment for asthma in cats! (Bless you, Dr. Ruth!)

(((huggs))) to you and pets for Casper.

Oh no, I would hope if you spent so much on him before and it didn’t work that the vet would be willing to do more for you to make up for it although I get the feeling sometimes that all they care about is making more money. Our 4 month old kitten is sick with upper respiratory and we haven’t been able to afford to take him to the vet so we are giving him a lot of natural supplements to help him like l-lysine, vitamin C, cat vitamins, Noni juice and we are steaming him a lot and it seems to be helping. We asked the vet if we could just pay them for an antibiotic and of course they said no and that we would have to pay the full vet fees for an exam but if it continues another day or two we might have to take him in. I hope they can do something for your kitty and he can get better!

Yay! Good news!

Very good news.
I was told because our manx Cinder has a tendency for mega-colin to feed only wet food. But…. Cinder is Cinder and sometimes won’t eat his food unless he has crunchies in it. So my solution because he will not drink water either, is to put water even in his wet food. He still gets crunchies, but as cereal… with wet food broth.

Thanks guys!! I’m really crossing my fingers for him and hoping that tomorrow he might get to come home. 😀 Also; I might try that kibble-as-cereal trick haha! Casper loves his wet food, so I have no problems with him not eating it but the wetted kibble might be a great cost effective way for me to make sure he gets enough liquid, at least for one meal of his day. 😀

My 16-going-on-17 year old girl is a budding kidney cat and this is what I do with her food. I simply cannot afford to feed her canned food exclusively at the quality I’d prefer, so she gets an excellent dry kibble and I mix about a third of a can of Fancy Fest (kitty crack, I tell you) with some water and make a ‘cereal’ just as described. She loves it better than plain dry food and it’s a little easier on my wallet.

I think she may have even gained back some of the weight she lost. We’ll have to see when I get her scheduled for her bloodwork recheck.