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Hmm I'll consider it some more. I'm too precious about them though, I've found far too many dead cats around here because of the road, then you have the scum bags that lay poison out. I couldn't bear it if they wound up dead by going outside.
 
RoboCod said:
Hmm I'll consider it some more. I'm too precious about them though, I've found far too many dead cats around here because of the road, then you have the scum bags that lay poison out. I couldn't bear it if they wound up dead by going outside.
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Every person I've ever met who let their cats out, has lost at least one (often multiple) cats to some kind of tragedy. For me, the risk wasn't worth it. I consider my choice to keep her in to be both reasonable and logical. And not just for her safety, but for the other wildlife we appreciate.

Like yourself, I couldn't face the thought of losing her :(
 
Ours had some sort of fit this morning, she came in looking a little shifty then began to cough then started fitting on the floor. She seemed 'ok' a couple of minutes later, but we took her straight to the vets to be on the safe side. Vet couldn't find anything wrong at all, she seemed fine by then if a little docile so she just said to keep an eye on her - could have been something she came into contact with or possibly something she was chocking on.
 
In a bit of a dilemma here...

We brought our 9 year old cat to the vet for her annual vaccination earlier this week and upon a routine examination the vet said that she would like to book the cat in for another appointment to scale her teeth. There is a build-up of plaque around the teeth and she thinks that, whilst the cat might be fine for now, leaving it any longer will most likely result in the teeth being removed down the line. She would rather do it now when the cat is on the threshold, although she did say the cat may need some removed now if upon examination they find any problems when scaling.


- she doesn't get any hard food (which the vet said that she could tell from examination) as she is prone to getting cystitis.

Now I am more than happy to let her clean the teeth up etc., the only thing that puts me of doing it is the risks of anaesthetics etc. The vet said that she would do blood tests before the scaling/operation to check on things before putting her under general anaesthetic. (The cat also gets very stressed out going to the vet)

-(She was put under a general anaesthetic before when she was younger for an operation for pyometra- and came through fine)


What would your thoughts/advice be?
 
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Had to get scaling done for my cat and a couple of teeth removed :(

The cat was fine after it though, even munched a tin of tuna as soon as it got home.
 
My cats are indoor cats but that is mainly due to where I live. I am in a flat on the third floor at the moment, if they went out they wouldn't be able to get out of the building, and if they did get out, they couldn't get back in.

Maybe when I buy a house they can go outside but they are happy at the moment and I know they are safe :)
 
Peanut always comes and joins me when im playing GTA.
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Sushi couldn't care less and sticks to his bed though
 
I've got a tie collar for Barry for when we have guests lol. It's just a but of fun though. I don't understand dressing up your pet like that pictured! Lol poor guy.
 
If I had an indoor cat I'd probably take it out on a leash too so that if (when) it did escape the outdoors wouldn't be totally terrifying and it would know that the garden is safe and not to run away.
 
FoxEye said:
Funny how people in this country get their knickers in a twist about indoor cats. For people in the US or Australia, it's completely normal.

Let's not crap up the thread with pointless bickering. My cat is an indoors cat, deal with it. She does.
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Ours is an indoor cat as he has slight issues focusing his eyes as quickly as normal. We took him out on a leash the first 5 or so times. After that, he goes out in our small garden on his own, he doesn't try to scale the fence which is good so long as we're outside with him.
 
Bit of a rant here :s

So on our last checkup with Ralph & Dexter in November it was discussed with the vet about cat collars. The Seresto ones to be exact, which I thought was great, I have terrible time keeping with their spot on stuff, so I bought them there & then at £28 a pop.

This week I get a reminder that they are now due, however after finding out that that these collars can be had for around £15 online, as apposed to my vets charging £28 I asked for a prescription only, not once being told I was going to be charged for the privilage.
I popped into the vets today to grab said prescription to be greeted with a £15 charge, for what I see as a bit of paper imo. Which, call me a pessimistic son of a *****, after delivery charges will be about the same price as ordering online. Which also begs the question, why are these even on prescription only anyway? It's not as if I'm going to feed it to my next door neighbours teenage chimpanzee.

They funnily enough, got told to jog on, & that I'll be looking elsewhere.

So long storey short. What flea & tick collars do you guys recommend?


And it has been some time since I've posted a photo of one of them.

Dexter Dumpling.
 
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I've never used a flea collar. Monthly spot on treatment in the form of Advantage flea treatment seems to do the trick. Order from vet online without prescription.
 
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