"It is a byproduct of distilleries " ... Distilled water is the finished product, not a byproduct. The actual by-produuct is the "leftover white or yellowish...
Hi Everyone, Brandy and I (Dawn) are new to the group. Brandy was just diagnosed today with Unclassifiable Cardiomyopathy. Vet thinks it might be partially...
Ariel is on atenolol. Her heart rate prior to starting atenolol was 180 bpm. She is 13.5# but as we were concerned about starting a new med w/ her as her...
Wow he is 20 . Wonderful for him. Why are you not treating the hyperthyroid? My kitty who is 17 has been hyperthyroid for a number of yrs. She was diagnosed a...
My Rudy is back in the hospital. He was doing well, they had decreased the lasix. Trying to get the thyroid stablized. Kidney values went up just slightly....
Hi, I posted here about a month ago about our 4-year-old Maine Coon/Norwegian Forest Cat mix Seymour, who had an episode of severely dilated eyes, agitation...
Cardiologist diagnosed him with a grade 3 murmur. She said it's very localized and is happening right under his sternum, which explains the difficulty the vets...
Hi Kim, I would disagree with your vet thinking that the only reason for a poor appetite is from end stage heart disease. My angel Sweetie and our angel Chris...
hi, Did you have Seymour's blood pressure checked? I would probably get that done to rule out any kind of damage to the eyes from high blood pressure (can...
Hi I remember you from last month. I am glad your kitty is ok,My Emily was just diagnosed with Mild Nlarged Heart also. The cardiologist also said no meds but...
A respiration rate of 25 to 30 is okay, but even better is about 16 to 24. When you get into 28 to 32, that's still okay, but anything really above 30 is...
Sally was officially diagnosed at the age of 2 with moderate HCM. She also had a grade III murmur that was first noticed when she was 8 months old. I started...
Hello, A couple of weeks ago I posted about the remarkable progress my cat Buffy has been making since I started giving her 50mg Q10 softgels. This was a cat...
About 3 weeks ago our 13 year-old female persian cat stopped eating and became very quiet and sluggish. She has never been ill in her life so we paid several...
hi Sandra, I'm not sure about the toxicity of ALA (alpha lipoic acid) for cats, but I've been giving it to my cats and dogs for years, and in much higher doses...
Hi Sandra, ... Here's the study, at Pub Med ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed ) #15059240 entitled "Lipoic acid is 10 times more toxic in cats than reported...
Sorry...I hit send before I was done! I found a lot of sites that state that it's toxic to cats at doses over 25mg per day because cats lack the ability to...
Hi Derek, You could try a smaller dose of Lasix? If you don't want to do that, you can try spironolactone. It's also used quite a lot for our heart kitties....
I have given Emily Rutin for fluid in chest cavity. It works well. I gave a 250mg 3 times a day. This was given to me by Integrative vet. I mixed it with water...
Another thought is a friend has a dog who has been in congestive heart failure for 1 and half yr now . Ask about ebalipril and there is another med I cant...
Rudy is home from the hospital again and feeling some better. But it seems as soon as he gets off of the lasix that they inject him with while staying there,...
A new stray showed up in the neighborhood last month -- though clean and well fed, with an indent from a recently removed collar(no missing cat posters in the...
hi Andrea, I think any kind of panting in a cat is cause for concern. Cats don't normally "pant" unless there is some kind of heart/lung issues going on (from...
hi Denise, Last summer when our angel Chris was having a hard time, the internist put him on Spironolactone in addition to his Lasix. Some of the folks here...
Hi everyone: I know I very seldom contribute to this group and I must admit that I don't read all of the posts as I basically don't have the time and get so...
Hi Sandy and Bandit! What a wonderful thing to read how he's beat the odds so far! A very, very Happy Birthday, Bandit! hugs, Carol and Snowball and the gang...
Hi: I have been to several vets with Satori my Bengal. he started panting at about 6 months and was diagnosed with HCM and put on Atenolol. He had an...
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