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Expert: - 8/29/2011


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QUESTION: After visiting the vet last week & antibiotics given, the cat still does not eat or drink. Why is that?

ANSWER: Carol,

This cat still does not feel up to snuff.  Have you had the cat back to the vet? There may be a different problem or the cat may need a different antibiotic. Sometimes it takes more then one visit to nail down a problem.  Also, your vet can give you some more palatable foods, for example A/D, which most cats will readily eat.  Every once in a while, we have used tuna packed in oil which is OK to give if the cat is just not eating.  If the cat's nose is stopped up, and it cannot smell the food, often it just won't eat.

The first order of business, however, is to get back to your vet.

Concerned regards... Norm.




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QUESTION: This cat is sneezing a lot as before. She is on doxycyline (vet). This very charged me $257.00 for the visit. I cannot pay that. NOW what do I do!

Answer
Carol,

By now, the doxycycline should be helping.  As I said in my answer above, you can try A/D from your vet or some canned tuna packed in oil. If this does not work, your vet can give the cat a vitamin B12 shot to see if the appetite will get back into gear.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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