Ashley and a Mafia cat

[vilakins]

I am so encouraged by the response to my last post; there are a lot more of you still here than I'd feared

Comments

[elmey]

I'm glad you found out what Ashley's problem is! I try to keep an eye on mine--they get wet food in the morning, and they rush to drink water out of the bird water bowl outside (!!) so so far so good.

The tail thing is totally cute :)

[vilakins]

I think part of Ashley's problem is that she doesn't drink as much as the other two. We keep fresh bowls of water out but I don't see her drinking anywhere near as much.

The tail think is adorable. We always stop and watch. :-D

[astrogirl2]

Gosh, she is such a pretty cat. And I'm glad she's feeling better. Good thing you noticed her problems in the litter box!

[vilakins]

And that was just because Sebastian got another abscess in a fight and I got litter in the hopes of getting them to stay in more at night. That seems to be working too; at least he hasn't been in any more fights.

Jasmin "Notchy" Zampetta is another matter.

[san_valentine]

Ashley is such a pretty cat. I love the contrast between the silver and black fur and her emerald green eyes.

Skiffle was prone to cystitis. The vet said that fish flavoured dried food seemed to be associated with it, so I stopped feeding that and her problems cleared up.

My three live almost exclusively on dried food and none have had a problem so far, and Diesel's 12 now.

[vilakins]

I often tell her she's a work of art!

Claudia and Tessa lived on mainly dry food and never had a problem either. I heard that fish can be bad and tried to choose the chicken-based ones; Ashley must just be prone to problems. She was a very thin little thing when I adopted her from the shelter so she had a tough start in life.

When she's better I'll try to find a good dry food that definitely fish-free; you have to read the labels as most seems to have fish, the wet food too.

[jaxomsride]

I don't know if it because Ashley is a tabby cat, but K'zin, our tabby, has a similar problem from time to time and has to be put on Hypovase for a while when it flares up. Fortunately he is not a fussy eater and so feeding him wet food is not a problem.

I hope Ashley continues to improve and can be tempted to try a more varied diet.

[vilakins]

She ate a good dinner tonight, but didn't even bother to come downstairs for breakfast so it's a bit hit-and-miss. You're lucky with K'zin.

[stevie_carroll]

Lovely photos there.

[vilakins]

She's very photogenic.