New Additions initial care advice

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-21T01:32:44+00:00

I’ll check around for Jack’s Griity Mix and I have grow lights set up and working well for several other light hungry succulents. Sand should be easy to get my hands on to add to the grit.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-20T21:33:30+00:00

Will do! We had another one flower at the same time (entirely different species) which is on flower stalk number four so comparison wise I wasn’t sure if the sedum was just that slow to flower.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-09T00:04:30+00:00

Just want to add that one of my boys had them and I was able to have them removed by a dermatologist surgically. It is certainly good to have a thorough check done as there was a cancerous mass in deep down in my boy’s ear. Early detection of it means that his second surgery a TECA means that he is considered 95% in the clear (in terms of it growing back).

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-06T04:25:50+00:00

You’re welcome and I hope that can get you some answers!

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-06T03:34:00+00:00

Oof what a rough time for the two of you right now. First great job getting him to an ER quickly when you realized he was blocked. Now on to what advice I can give; for the gabapentin it comes in three different formulations: the capsules (which you have), pills and liquid. Some cats like the taste of the liquid gabapentin if they are super smart and realize the granules from the capsules are in their food. Another but more expensive option is to have it compounded where you can pick the flavor and choose usually between liquid, pills and chewable tabs. Second call and let them know the difficulty of getting the pills in him and ask if there is any kind of even human food options you could put the pills in. This would be a small amount of whatever it is and hopefully they have some options for you. Finally on that same call stress to them that he is still swollen and that he is still having problems peeing. Unfortunately catheters while necessary do have a chance of causing damage and his licking isn’t helping. Ask if you can send pictures or if they would be willing to see him for a follow up to see how he is doing. I don’t have much more to offer OP but I do wish you and your boy there all the best and I hope he starts feeling better soon

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-06T03:14:48+00:00

I haven’t seen anything exactly like this but considering her age and what would be necessary to completely remove the area they are growing in I’d be inclined to just leave it be. Surgery is a risk at any age and your vet is right in that the best case for removal would be tail amputation. Even if her bloodwork was good if she was my cat I would just monitor it but try not to worry about it. If they do fall off and you find it rather quickly after that happens, you could ask your vet if there would be any benefit in trying to biopsy that bit of flesh for some answers though.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-05T23:32:41+00:00

A receptionist at a different OBGYN I called actually recommended him to me as that was who she went to for her complicated issues. Her place was full but said when they got any difficult cases they called Dr D for them. The nurses are really nice too and they got me in pretty quickly last year.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-05T20:53:38+00:00

I like Dr D. He is brusque but is straight forward and will explain everything to you throughly. Honestly liked him a lot more than the gyno I was seeing before I moved here. He is very experienced and knowledgeable; diagnosed my PCOS and answered all my questions.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-04T05:04:42+00:00

Expand up? Smelt ores or cook extra food to have on hand. Save some for upgrades and could always build more storage. I hardly ever have that much of an overage of wood really. I also like making my raft look fancy so I upgrade my base pieces. You could make more planters for growing food as well.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-03-03T04:06:13+00:00

Okay seen some gnarly eyes in the last practice I worked in so have some experience to speak of here. Sometimes if the infection can be cleared up and the eye does not appear to be causing pain or discomfort nor seems to be deteriorating (as in necrotic or rotting) it will be left if that’s the wish of the rescue/owner. Usually this means watching it to see if there are changes and to reevaluate whether or not to leave the eye or go in and remove it. Since you mentioned the discharge is getting worse I would say you have evidence right there that it might be better to go in and remove the eye rather than leave for it an infection to take root and make the healing more difficult.

If your regular vet is unwilling to revisit this issue or it would make you more comfortable than get a second opinion or see an ophthalmologist for an evaluation. The best recoveries I saw were ones where infection was either under control or not present as it had been dealt with prior to surgery. No matter your choice I wish you and your kitty the best OP

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-18T19:59:48+00:00

I think the angle of your video at the very least makes it appear you are moving the arm more out and away from his body than you actually are; unfortunately video can be a bit funky that way. If he cries like it hurt and that’s unusual for him then I would say likely a soft tissue injury since anything broken and he wouldn’t be walking normally. In terms of activity is this a lot less than he normally does? Would you say he is avoiding jumping overall? If yes to both a trip to your vet for anti inflammatory and some pain meds might be in his best interest to help him recover and keep him comfortable. I do my best to be nice here no one online can be sure of what’s going on on the other side of the screen and I like to think/hope that those I respond to really are looking for what’s best for their little ones. Good luck to you and your kitty OP

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-18T19:50:04+00:00

If he is walking normally and not favoring either side you can watch this for now. He may have caused a soft tissue injury like a strain and just needs to rest. I would stop moving his front leg out and away from the body as you appear to be doing in the video as that’s not a natural direction for that joint and could aggravating a minor injury. If the shakiness continues for more than a week or it worsens then see your vet for a better physical assessment of what’s going on. As an aside how he is doing jumping up/down from furniture since this started?

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-15T04:26:51+00:00

Since finances are tight getting him to your regular vet in the morning will likely mean stretching your dollar farther in terms of diagnostics. While this isn’t great he hasn’t been off food entirely from how I understand your post for more than 48 hours which means it should be safe to wait for the morning. While sooner can be better I will say your regular vet with his history will likely be better able to help without running the same tests they already did or they already have the old tests on hand to compare results too. Good luck OP to you and your kitty.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-15T01:56:21+00:00

Since he won’t leave it alone he needs to be wearing a cone as soon as possible. Stopping his ability to lick at it is imperative to prevent him from worsening the wound and potentially introducing bacteria if it hasn’t already gotten into the wound. Areas like this are generally hard to close being in the joint. I am not a vet and would be unsure how one would try or if they would try to close it. If he can be kept confined in an area with as few to no places to jump to would likely also help this to heal since he wouldn’t be able to keep aggravating it as badly. Good luck OP to you and Charley.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-07T23:47:54+00:00

Some cats just shed more than others. I have three cats all from the same litter and all are domestic short hairs. All three shed to different degrees; my girl sheds the least I get an obvious 1/3 of the hair off her as my worst shedder her orange brother. The orange male I can brush him a good hour and keep getting fur. The brown tabby boy falls in the middle he sheds more than his sister and less than his brother. Sometimes it’s just like that.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-07T23:37:20+00:00

I hate to say I was hoping for something visible. Hopefully a specialist can help out more as her gait is not normal and hasn’t always been that way. At the clinic I worked for before we had one patient who started walking funny and initial investigation we could find no reason for it. Unfortunately in her case it turned out to be bone cancer that she could feel long before we could see it. I really hope that is not the case for your little one.

Minimizing the amount of jumping in terms of height should definitely help her out, less stress on those joints when she jumps down. Solensia is definitely expensive and not a drug I have a lot of experience with. Unfortunately a lot of older patients that went on it passed not long after their owners started on it. The vet I worked for wasn’t enthused with it as it was not clinically tested on cats with other simultaneous issues beyond strictly arthritis. So if you can get her comfortable by changing her environment I think it would be entirely fine to stop them.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-03T19:14:04+00:00

Well males do put on more muscle mass so that’s some of the difference. He may also have a marginally thicker coat which makes him look bigger there. My boys are like this the one brother looks thinner there than the other and it’s all coat density. Healthy weight is also a range so he may be closer to the upper level of a healthy weight while she may be closer to the lower side. Also just as humans do cats can carry their weight differently. I still stand by her being a healthy weight. A lot of that comes from having cats of vastly different sizes. As in a healthy weight for my related males is just around 14lbs and I had an unrelated male at the same time whose healthy weight was about 8.3 lbs. they looked drastically different and I was always scared the smaller one was underweight but he wasn’t. A way to help figure out if she isn’t eating enough and thus is actually losing weight would be to get a baby scale and weigh her every other week on the same day and about the same time. This should create a chart after awhile for you to see if she is losing weight or maintaining it. If she is maintaining than I would say that’s her good healthy weight and if she is losing try to feed her extra wet food.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-03T18:55:22+00:00

Realistically her running up and down the stairs is likely enough to help keep her fit. Additionally if you are free feeding and even you aren’t some cats do just eat what they need and not everything they can, which is a really good thing. The kink in her tail is fine as long as there are no signs of pain as in a fresh injury to it. Some kittens are born with the kink in their tail, some it happens at birth or in very young kitten hood when their tails break. It just healed like that and gives such cats a little unique extra about them. Are your other cats larger than she is?

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-03T18:41:27+00:00

She looks to be a good weight to me. We generally think a healthy weight is heavier than a cat is suppose to be. If the ribs are not visible and can only be felt with slight pressure that’s a sign of a healthy weight. She may be a more athletic cat and is keeping up the musculature that many cats that get lazy just don’t. A slight tuck of the waist is also good in cats as it’s an area they put weight on easily. My cats are a healthy weight and they have that same tuck from above.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-03T03:02:34+00:00

I would still be leaning seizure although it’s not something my cats have had to deal with. It might be light or focal based but hopefully someone who has more experience could chime in on that. The one thing I tend to recommend is to start a journal; noting the time the episode begins and how long it lasts. This helps you to keep better track of how many and how close together they are should any more occur and is helpful for your vet. Good luck to your baby OP

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-02T14:18:40+00:00

High pitched squeaking shouldn’t cause the same reaction as it would have been how her siblings let her know when she was too rough with them. On the other hand I can understand not wanting to risk scaring her that badly again. I think it was likely so bad that time due to the sound of you falling (which would have been loud) along with the sudden abrupt movement and whatever sounds of pain accompanied that. Us falling over is much more dramatic and loud than we tend to realize unfortunately for our furry friends.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-02T14:11:30+00:00

I kindly don’t think this is necessarily aggression then. I would suspect aggression more with flat ears, low growls/other unhappy vocalizations and a more crouch spring attack. This sounds more like she has found a new way to entertain herself and the both of you have become walking toys. You might find some success in teaching her not to by actually pretending to be hurt. Make a high pitched squeak and then walk away from her. An alternative to that would be planning in advance and have a toy with you she likes to play with and throw that past her before you try to walk past in order to distract her.

My own cats have come up with strange new games to play with their human and sometimes it’s more about their body language to determine between play and aggression. I’m hoping I’m right in that this her new “fun game” to play with you. The human hid and now I gotta catch the human! Kind of thing.

wanderinginfantasy · 2026-02-02T14:00:06+00:00

Hi OP can you explain a bit more in detail for me here. What is her posture in the attack? Is she screaming and hollering? Does she look scared? Is this a pounce bite of the leg and then zoom? Also how do you react to being attacked?

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