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Thanks, Dr. Jeff! Nutritional yeast has some of that B12 - is that a good fit for Tip?

It is now almost 4 p.m. and Girly has eaten 3 different foods and turned down another, and has eaten less than an ounce. Yesterday she vomited the 2oz she ate. Any ideas about how to encourage a cat to eat? or is there a better question, like is it best to let the cat sleep? or something...

Thank you for getting back to me. We’ve gotten rid of much of the plastic Girly could get into, but she no longer swallows any, we think she just finds something to chew on to activate her saliva. Dr. Jeff has given me pointers on how to decide when to dose, and has also made suggestions to...

Girly ate just over 2oz of food yesterday, and vomited it at 5 a.m. today. This is her first vomit without hair in it since 4/21, not counting the small amounts of clear froth or mucous she induces by chewing on plastic. After dosing her on 1 May, she had only a hair vomit on 17 May, and...

Girly's BEAM: She has found a new spot to be alone When I bring food to her in her spot, she may eat a few licks and then climb down (off a chair) and go to a different chair. When I offer the food there, she may eat a few more licks, then climb down and go elsewhere. Today she was waiting...

Hi Dr. Christina! Thank you for asking. It has been quite a journey. In a nutshell, Girly has been improving, but is in another setback over the past couple of days. I’ve been working with Dr. Jeff, and we’ve been making progress. By keeping notes and paying attention, I saw that most of...

Hi Dr. Jeff, Tip's breathing has been between 40 and 45 for the last couple of days and is less convulsive beginning yesterday. She has been eating mostly Answers, chicken and beef, and for variety Stella and Chewy's DuckDuckGoose and Rawganics chicken with ZiwiPeak beef and venison. Some...

Thanks, Dr. Jeff! I'll certainly try giving Tip some of that smoothie asap. She's been eating a lot (5.9 oz of Answers beef and chicken yesterday, also 3 organ capsules and I gave her b vitamins and antioxidants) Since the last post we’ve given Tippy prednisolone. Roger writes: “Vet is...

p.s. At the vet's office, Tip's breathing was measured at ~50 breaths/minute, yesterday in the 60's, today as high as 76.

Thanks, Dr. Jeff, for your call! Tip ate both Answers chicken and Answers beef today, had at least 3 Ancestral Supplements organ capsules, and I rubbed some magnesium oil on her armpits. I call Girly the purriest cat, and Tip the furriest. There is no place not covered in fur on her. Tip...

Hi Dr. Jeff, Thanks for your help! I have scheduled a 15 minute phone consultation for tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. at the same number. Tip’s lab results show her to be severely anemic again. Her liver was a mess last summer, hence the lymphoma diagnosis. It is in the normal range now. Her...

Our 3-year-old cat Tip is showing early warning signs: eating dirt and grass, usually an easygoing, friendly, clingy lap-sitter, she’s been anti-social, hiding in a corner, depressed, low energy, usually an enthusiastic eater, now needs encouragement to eat ~ lessened appetite, some rapid...

Aside from her runaway hyperthyroid metabolism, the main symptom standing in the way of Girly's ability to put on weight seems to be her vomiting. By sticking to pate style canned foods, and taking out the bone and gristle from raw, I am hoping to reduce the incidence of vomits. I just saw the...

Hi Dr. Jeff, Help! I need to know the basics of “to dose or not to dose” and when, with Girlie’s Lycopodium Q1. Our last phone appointment was on 3/11, and late that night I gave her her second dose as you had suggested. I dosed her again on 3/14, having sensed there was not much change...

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Qs A twelve pound cat who should be about eight pounds: do you feed the amount recommended for a ten pound cat to safely take the weight off? Is it best to feed many small servings than two or three portions in a day? She has recently switched from canned food to raw food. The raw food...

Thanks, Dr. Jeff Since her vomiting at 2:30 pm: I tried getting her to eat about four different foods/mixes, and she would eat only a smidgen or turn up her nose. She has only been drinking warm water over bits of food to make a thin gravy. Not as much as she is used to drinking. Since I...

Before I go out for my bottled water and to check for my homeopathic remedy, here's the present Girly challenge: more vomiting! Yesterday and today the scenario was the same: She eats nearly an entire RAWZ 5.5 oz can in the morning (yesterday had some freeze-dried raw nuggets, but not today)...

Questions: about methimazole: is there a best time of day to give it to her, with or without food, how soon might I be noticing changes in external symptoms? We may already be seeing one: Her first pill was given to her yesterday evening at 7:30 p.m. This morning, instead of eating her usual...