Miaow, Purr, Yawn!

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Steady Edina Oct 2017 8:26pm, 19 Oct 2017 17,272 posts	0 Steady Edina I was visited tonight by my neighbours cat. it was nice to have a bit of company for a little while
Autumnleaves Oct 2017 9:56am, 27 Oct 2017 11,332 posts	0 Autumnleaves An update on Smudge - it now doesn't look as if failing kidneys are the problem (so glad we have 2 boxes of expensive renal food to get through). Another round of blood tests and another day at the vet's yesterday (Mr AL is refusing to tell me how much we've spend on him so far). Latest suggestions are feline AIDS or TRIADS disease (I'm not sure if I have spelt the second one right). We have more antibiotics but have to wait for the blood tests as the treatment for TRIADS would do irreparable damage to a cat with feline AIDS... Smudge himself seems brighter and a bit perkier, although still staying home most of the time and very thin.
Autumnleaves Oct 2017 11:28am, 28 Oct 2017 11,335 posts	0 Autumnleaves It's not feline AIDS and it's not leukaemia - in fact they don't know! Steroids for a week.
Hanneke Oct 2017 11:26pm, 29 Oct 2017 69,394 posts	0 Hanneke Oh no, hope Smudge perks up!
Bintmcskint Oct 2017 6:48am, 30 Oct 2017 38,135 posts	0 Bintmcskint I hope the steroids do the trick, AL x
Fragile Do Not Bend Oct 2017 7:34am, 30 Oct 2017 2,429 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I hope Smudge improves. I think I’m going to have a get a king sized duvet. As it was a cold night, Oreo spent the whole night on the bed wedged between us, which meant we both struggled to fully cover ourselves with the duvet.
sallykate Oct 2017 9:11am, 30 Oct 2017 5,154 posts	0 sallykate Lack of a diagnosis must be very frustrating AL! Fingers crossed that things improve, whatever the cause. Aw FDNB...I was missing the way that Lenin used to sleep in the crook of my knees yesterday.
Hanneke Oct 2017 11:19pm, 31 Oct 2017 69,410 posts	0 Hanneke Awwww! My Lasya sleeps in the crook of my knees too! I also have a king size duvet on a small double, as you can never have enough duvet! Lasya is quite small, so not really fighting over it, but when I do have a bloke, it means there is enough to cover both AND the cat... Thankfully, the now ex bf thought it was rather sweet, the way she would nudge the duvet and crawl underneath. Only in winter mind, in summer she sleeps on top of it.
MH Oct 2017 11:28pm, 31 Oct 2017 518 posts	0 MH Hope Smudge improves too We have a superking duvet on a superking bed - you need that with Maine Coons! I need a super- superking duvet, as the covers keep getting hogged by my OH and one of the cats (they tend to fight if they're both on the bed ....that's the 2 cats btw, not my OH - but one of our cats is a real bed-hogger)
Cyclops Oct 2017 11:39pm, 31 Oct 2017 3,186 posts	0 Cyclops I keep my bedroom door shut... Worried about eldest cat. She has barely moved all evening - shuffled from sofa to in front of the fire when it was lit but I haven't seen her eat since I got home.