Greetings to the forum...
My name is John and I live in Hickory, North Carolina. I'm joining this forum for several reasons and hope to make some friends and learn something as I go forward. I just lost my cat yesterday to what appears to be a combination of Diabetes, a mass of some sort in his lungs, pneumonia, and a bacterial infection that went septic. I adopted the cat from the Humane Society when he was 11 weeks old (in July of 2000) and we had to say goodbye to him yesterday at our Vet's recommendation. He will be missed dearly.
My girlfriend and I intend to adopt another Humane Society cat very soon... maybe as soon as next week. Therefore I need to learn what to do. My cat was an indoor only cat. He was never allowed outside and he was well cared for. He was fed what we thought was a good diet, but it appears that there is some amount of controversy over feeding a cat a fixed diet of dry cat food (Iams brand for his entire life.) I want to investigate the reality of a proper cat diet and hopefully find out of our choice of food for him contributed to his issues. When I adopted this cat in 2000, the Humane Society told me they were feeding him Iams kitten food and recommended that I keep him on the Iams diet. So that's what we did. The emergency vet where we ended up Sunday morning with the cat told us that a dry cat food diet contributes to Diabetic issues. So, I'm clueless at this point.
My cat was also de-clawed (front only) at the same time he was neutered. I want to investigate the options I might have with that on a future cat as well.
Thanks for having me!
John in North Carolina
My name is John and I live in Hickory, North Carolina. I'm joining this forum for several reasons and hope to make some friends and learn something as I go forward. I just lost my cat yesterday to what appears to be a combination of Diabetes, a mass of some sort in his lungs, pneumonia, and a bacterial infection that went septic. I adopted the cat from the Humane Society when he was 11 weeks old (in July of 2000) and we had to say goodbye to him yesterday at our Vet's recommendation. He will be missed dearly.
My girlfriend and I intend to adopt another Humane Society cat very soon... maybe as soon as next week. Therefore I need to learn what to do. My cat was an indoor only cat. He was never allowed outside and he was well cared for. He was fed what we thought was a good diet, but it appears that there is some amount of controversy over feeding a cat a fixed diet of dry cat food (Iams brand for his entire life.) I want to investigate the reality of a proper cat diet and hopefully find out of our choice of food for him contributed to his issues. When I adopted this cat in 2000, the Humane Society told me they were feeding him Iams kitten food and recommended that I keep him on the Iams diet. So that's what we did. The emergency vet where we ended up Sunday morning with the cat told us that a dry cat food diet contributes to Diabetic issues. So, I'm clueless at this point.
My cat was also de-clawed (front only) at the same time he was neutered. I want to investigate the options I might have with that on a future cat as well.
Thanks for having me!
John in North Carolina
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