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To illustrate, the colon is the pale tube running from the liver (dark brown thing) to the butt. So your hand will be more or less between the hind legs, and you're feeling upwards. Hope this helps!

Glad I caught you before you engaged in a very entertaining wrestling match! So, you want to feel the tummy between the ribs and the hind legs. If he's thin enough or you have long fingers, get your hand under his belly and put your thumb on one side and fingers on the other and gently push...

Fancy Feast is absolutely fine. It's not super-duper ingredient quality but it's perfectly adequate and cats love it. If she likes it, she can eat it forever. My cat Perry Christmas went through phases where FF was all he would eat, and I was grateful for it. I had trouble keeping weight on...

Oh goodness no, you give vaseline by mouth, just smush a wad of it in the corner of his mouth so he has to swallow it. If he was constipated you would feel a giant firm to hard log up near his backbone, oriented front to back. At the back end there is bone (pelvic inlet) so you can't feel any...

Hey, so glad to hear that The Punkmeister is feeling better! Can you palpate his belly yourself to feel what is in there? It's unlikely that poop would sit from days ago if he has been pushing it out pretty well. UNLESS.... The one caveat is that sometimes there's a big "cork" and only liquid...

Sorry I'm late to the party, great discussion! Just wanted to chime in that Honest Kitchen makes human grade, raw dehydrated food. It is not ultraprocessed. It is a little heavy on the carbs for my preference, but it is easy to add extra meat. I would definitely avoid carrageenan in anything...

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! If you want the vets to get directly notified that you posted, yes I think you have to do the @. I don't always see things if they're not in my notifications. You can give Vaseline for the constipation (search for my many previous posts on it!). But it seems like...

They saw cocci in the urine, so that would lean me a little more toward antibiotics, but it may be manageable without them, as long as the dog isn't uncomfortable. Then I tend to get more aggressive and "multimodal."

Hi Alessia! Yes antibiotics will disrupt the microbiome, but that can be compensated for with probiotics during and after treatment (space at least 2 hours apart from drug). It will right itself over time. In an older dog I agree with your concern about the UTI getting worse. Antibiotics have...

The GLM oil I personally use is Moxxor, it's 350 mg. Here's how I recommend dosing it: How to Use Moxxor Omega-3s | Little Big Cat - Dr. Jean Hofve

It's up to you, but if you have a good home for her, that may be the best in terms of keeping the peace. BUT remember it can take a long time, many weeks, to do a full introduction/integration. Cats ultimately take about 6 months to fully adjust to new situations. If you are really attached...

If there's a local butcher, they may have a line on a place that has it.

Yay, well done Punkin!! The lymphoma may be thickening his intestines, making it hard for the small muscles that produce peristalsis to get it to move. And what doesn't go down, may come back up. Nothing odd about any of it, given his condition. Just keep loving on him!! Good job!

If he's willing to eat, feed him. If he gets too constipated then he won't want anything. Hopefully things will just slowly move along. Can you palpate his tummy and see how it feels? If it's all still soft then no worries. You might even want to ever-so-gently massage his tummy if he tolerates...

That's pretty big for a tiny kitten. Not sure that will pass. As Dr. Christina said, watch BEAM carefully. Probably a good idea to contact your vet on Monday--it may be worth inducing vomiting to get it out of the stomach. But it's not an emergency right now.

Sure, as a treat it's fine. Too much might give a dog diarrhea because it's pretty rich, but the way you're going to use it should not be a problem.

That's a pretty common area for allergies to show up. Be sure to trim her hind claws so she can't do too much damage.

I don't have a problem with that supplement, and a general supplement like that is 100% necessary, not optional or sometimes. Eggshell and limestone are both calcium carbonate, no real difference.

Yes, that's fine, site-swapping is discussed in the article I posted. A very, very gradual introduction will be needed for Jinxie to start to feel comfortable.

Here's every idea I've ever heard of for getting cats off dry food. It can take a long time, be patient but be persistent. Switching Foods | Little Big Cat - Dr. Jean Hofve Definitely avoid fish, it contains histamine and is a very common allergen. Omega-3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory...