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Post by mmhmm on Mar 21, 2016 12:14:48 GMT -5
Rather than guessing at what ails kitty, I'd definitely take her to the vet for a check-up. Something isn't right. It might be stress, but it also might be an infection of some sort that can be easily treated with an antibiotic.
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lexxy703
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Post by lexxy703 on Mar 21, 2016 13:25:57 GMT -5
Poor Tumbles. My mom's old cat has patches like that but her skin is scaly. She gets prednisone shots monthly for it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 13:31:43 GMT -5
I was looking at her again this morning and it really is just the one side I photographed. The other she is lighter on the bottom, but it still has all the top coat. Who would have thought Scout would turn out to be the problem free kitty with how it started? He's settled in very well and seems really healthy. I call him Kermit a lot because he reminds me of a frog how he sleeps.
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Post by lexxy703 on Mar 21, 2016 13:57:29 GMT -5
LOL, Dez sleeps with his back haunches under him & his front sprawled out like that. He has his butt in the air. But I think it is because he had his pelvis & back leg broken when he was a kitten.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Mar 21, 2016 15:00:06 GMT -5
My Maine Coon sleeps stretched out like that too, except on his back.
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Post by lexxy703 on Mar 21, 2016 15:14:22 GMT -5
My Maine Coon sleeps stretched out like that too, except on his back. My mom has a Maine Coon. He is a beautiful cat. He is larger than most cats but not at the large end of the breed. Is yours big? I've seen pictures of some huge ones.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 15:20:45 GMT -5
My brother has one and he is MASSIVE. Like 25-30 pounds massive. He's solid muscle too. Not fat.
eta: I was close. 27 pounds. Just texted him to ask. His name is Boomer. He looks like a Boomer.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Mar 21, 2016 15:53:03 GMT -5
Mine is 22 pounds. Now that he stays indoors, he has gotten a little chunky, but even the vet says that he will probably never weigh less than 19 pounds.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 21:33:26 GMT -5
Update on the kitties. I've transitioned them totally to grain free food (Taste of the Wild) now and Tumbles is FART FREE! Yep, it's been months since I've been gassed out of a room by her. I think even the litter box issue is getting better. My son is in charge of cleaning them and they're in the lower level of the house which I rarely venture into, but the few times I do go down it's been just normal cat box smell. DS claims she still sucks at burying her poop though. I haven't taken her to the vet for her hair loss on her sides and belly, but that seems to be getting better too so I'm kind of waiting it out. She doesn't do the annoying grooming anymore. It used to be that you could hear her across the room because she was so loud about it. I wonder if it wasn't just stress of being in a shelter and the new home? She sure doesn't see like a cat that would be stressed, but could be. Scout is Scout. Healthy, happy...a little crazy and we love him to pieces. He's always wherever I am and is a huge attention whore. Very happy he chose us.
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Post by lexxy703 on Jun 1, 2016 11:01:52 GMT -5
I'm glad to hear Tumbles is fart free! I've never had a farty cat. Thankfully. Scout looks very much at home & happy.
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