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I'm planning to have my 10-month old kitten spayed in a few weeks. She is still so very active and playful. She loves to go outside of my apartment and run up and down the hallway. Will the surgery lead her to have less energy in her and so no longer inclined to run around as she loves to do...

I keep struggling with getting my kitten, now 8 months old, to eat more. She only weighs 5.5 lbs. Although she is happy and likes to run in the hallway of my apartment building, she is very lean. It would be more reassuring if she could have some fat reserve on her body for those instances where...

My holistic veterinarian is recommending that I give my 7-month-old kitten about 2/3 tsp of psyllium daily--this is to make sure she empties her bowels daily to make room for next round of food intake as a way to increase her appetite. I am giving her 1/4 tsp of psyllium twice a day. She doesn't...

I posted a couple of months ago about Bodhi's ingestion of packing paper. Here is a recap: the week after ingesting packing paper, Bodhi's appetite declined more and more and so I brought her for an emergency visit at a local animal hospital where an X-ray showed something in her stomach...

It's about Bodhi again ... we were well on our way to full recovery. She was eating raw food again, and actually taking in 4 raw meals per day, catching up from the reduced appetite she was experiencing the weeks following the ingestion of packing paper...during that time I had fed her Kasiks...

I have been struggling with getting my 5-month old kitten to eat. For the past couple of weeks, the more I worried (especially after the packing paper eating incident), the less she would eat. But this even started a bit before then, and it finally dawned on me what was happening. I would be...

I am starting a new thread. This morning, after leaving her breakfast out for over 2 hours, my kitten Bodhi still does not want to eat. I ruled out any paper disturbances in stomach and intestines from X-rays and ultra sound--it's all clear. I realize that the problem is likely energetic. It...

Last Friday, Bodhi ate a strip of packing paper that I failed to notice laying around in a grocery box, dimensions of the piece of paper she ingested are about 1 inch by 4 inches. The next day I gave her 1/2 tsp of vaseline and another 1/2 tsp of vaseline the following day. Since then she had 4...

My kitten eats paper ... is it due to a nutritional deficiency like lack of calcium? I always aim to keep paper away from her. But I found a sheet of paper towel that fell to the floor without my awareness and she ate about a third of it: two strips on the right side and left side of the...

My 17-week old kitten has not been eating as much lately and for the past 2 days and today (3 days in a row), has not gained any weight. I used to work from home but now have to go to the office in the morning ... not sure if this is contributing to her reduced food intake ... she appears happy...

About an hour ago, I found my 3-month old kitten foaming at the mouth after having vomited clear liquid, with a couple of grass litter granules, a piece of what I think is some paper towel swallowed last Saturday (about 1.5 square inch eaten up back then) and a bit of fur. Not sure why this...

From a reply to another message posted earlier this month, Dr. Jean Hofve said "Just to catch up, manganese *can* be hard to balance in a raw diet." Could you please let me know if you would advise on adding a bit of manganese (water soluble mineral) supplement to my kitten's commercial raw...

I need guidance, my 12-week old kitten is not wanting to eat at all at lunchtime. I've been giving goat kefir in the morning, 1 teaspoon before breakfast since last Sunday, along with a raw diet, still giving 1/8 tsp of probiotics morning and evening, and has had excellent appetite until all of...

I would really appreciate getting clarity about Vitamin E. The food manufacturer from where I get my kitten's commercial raw food recommends adding fresh fish oil to the food when serving it. Two sources I have come across say that when adding fish oil, it is important to supplement with Vitamin...

I would like to receive guidance to make sure I’m giving my 10-week old kitten a balanced diet and supporting regular bowel movements. Here is my current practice: 100% commercial raw food, with right proportions of muscle meat, organ meat(s) and bones Rotating meat sources, alternating between...