Our 14 year-old Siamese male, Shadow, is not doing well. He was recently diagnosed with CHF, after an emergency run to the vet due to trouble breathing. The...
I want to try to pull Kirby out of this crisis - but don't think we will go as far as a feeding tube. If we can get him eating - or force feed a food...is...
Janice, Hill's A/D IS the food of choice for assist feeding, tube feeding and is a veterinary created prescription food for critical care situations. Cats with...
hi. i am curious to find what cats with heart disease (esp HCM)are normally given for medication. also the progression of the medication given related to the...
Just a reminder that I have a Feline Assisted Feeding group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Assisted-Feeding/ ; many of the members have/had cats with...
hi. i am wanting to find out what type and brands of food you all feed your kitties. i would like to feed my cat more moist food but seems to want the kibble...
Katy, Atenolol only means that your cat is considered asymptomatic. Atenonol is a beta-blocker that slows the heart rate by filling the beta-andergenic ...
It just made my day just now to accidentally find this support group concerning HCM. I just found out that my kitty has it and am feeling I am sure as you all...
Hi everyone...me again....I just wrote about Sam I am. I forgot to ask in my email if anyone had any suggestions of where I should be seeking treatment for...
... Did Sam have an ultrasound AKA echocardiogram? ... Yes, the fact that Sam is on atenolol only means he is considered asymptomatic. This is good. The...
My name is Amy, and my eldest cat, Ravin, has just been diagnosed with Restricted Cardiomyopathy. We live in Michigan. Ravin is a 5 year old *large* cat that...
Hi, Sorry to hear about Ravin's diagnosis. ... cats ... (taking ... BPM. ... kidneys ... My cat had RCM and she was on the same types of medications that your...
Hi Katy, I'm feeding my cats, including my HCM kitty, a home made raw diet -- I started this for a kitty who has IBD, and all the cats are doing extremely well...
Shelly, I think you've described how most of us felt at hearing this diagnosis. My little cat, Monkey, had symptoms for nearly a year without me picking up on...
Hi Sarah, ... Yes. He told me that he thought aspirin didn't do very much and could cause problems. Or at least that is what I thought he said. I was pretty...
Hello all, My wife and I have a 5-6 y/o cat that has recently developed pulmonary edema. I had to bring her to the Emergency Vet One month ago due to rapid...
Hi John, First of all, you sure have come to the right website bec so many folks here are so extensively knowledgeable about all kinds of heart related issues....
Hi All, We spoke with our vet a couple of weeks ago about Phantom. I asked him if Phantom has any of the Cardiomypathies and he said no he has Cardiomegaly...
... He's right - there's no evidence aspirin reduces the probability that cats will throw a clot due to their heart disease. Some vets routinely prescribe it...
... I ... hand ... Has your cat had an ultrasound? And as someone else has already suggested, has your cat seen a cardiologist? ... Yes, if the cat is on the...
Hi All, I don't know if anyone follows this sort of stuff, but I was checking this site for a CRF-Related study that was in progress and came across some heart...
I just wanted to write to again thank these great people that I listed below for writing me after my first email yesterday.....you have all helped me feel so...
... I asked ... Cardiomegaly is not a disease but a description of the state of the heart, ie. that the heart is enlarged. I explained that we would like...
-- Thank you for those links on recent studies of feline heart disease. Think that there are quite a few here who would be interested. This is such a...
I have a purebred ragdoll Kitten named Coco, hes a beautiful sealpoint mitted kitten and he is very sick.. To look at him he looks fine, he has shiny blue eyes...
In a message dated 11/2/2004 10:26:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... You're welcome ... we all know what you're going through. Best wishes to you guys and Sam!...
In a message dated 11/2/2004 11:53:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Well, it's not as effective in terms of delivering a full dosage (because of meds being...
Hi all, Baby Boy continues to do better -- except he decided that since I started to relax a little, he'll stop eating. So, we're doing baby food right now, a...
