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[Madame Lorrraine]

Long story short: took him to the vet last week; she drew blood and did every test know to humanity. Got the results back today: HE'S FINE!!!!

One problem, though, is that his hips and/or back legs are giving him pain. I've noticed that walking up stairs really bothers him; I mentioned this to his vet and she said that if I want her to, she'd prescribe some pain medication for him. I'm going to do it; since he's in good overall health, why shouldn't we maximize his quality of life by getting rid of the pain?

We've also managed to get his weight down, too, to under 15 lbs. (he was close to 17 lbs. a couple of years ago) and I'm sure that's better for his legs and hips too.

The main reason we took him to the vet was that he had been upchucking at night--a lot. It turns out the cause was the kitty treat we'd been giving him. It's done wonders for his fur and skin but I had forgotten he's allergic to rice, which is the 3rd ingredient in his treats.

So, we discontinued the treats and no more midnight barfing.

And he's 10 years old now; I hope we have many more happy years together. Happy birthday, my sweet baby boy BooBoo!

[Lumming]

You have turned that poor cat into a hypochondriac.

[Jeremiah 2911]

Try Cosequin for cats. It's glucosamine -chondroitin. It is proven to help joints heal.

Sometimes the pain meds for cats cause them to lose their appetite and become lethargic.

[Madame Lorrraine]

On 7/7/2014 Lumming said:

You have turned that poor cat into a hypochondriac.

ROTFLMBO!!!!

If I have, I'll have made medical history!

[chessylady]

Happy for you. I have two elderly cat brothers that I love very much. We take good care of our pets.

[Andreatoo]

have you considered acupuncture?

[seattlegirl98026]

I love the BooBoo stories Mrs L! Glad to hear he is well.

[hckynut]

Always like hearing good news about felines. However! Seems like there is always a crisis with ones with the name of Booboo. I have no idea if it is the same cat since the OP names are not the same.

Do you belong to Facebook? If not I think it would be a good idea for you or all the OP's with cats named BooBoo to give some thought.

Now our 11 indoor only felines get feeling not so good on occasion, but very few times do I say much about them here. Have posted about ones that were very sick and also the ones we had to put down.

When I saw the title of this thread I thought this might be a life or death situation with someones beloved feline. When I see the name BooBoo I don't know which BooBoo it might be and the problem you described didn't sound all that life threatening to this feline lover.

My best to your BooBoo and if you are the same one that posted about his your BooBoo's birthday? Maybe you gave him to many birthday treats.

[sylviahomeatlast]

awwww----good kitty-----Sylvia is getting a dental on Thursday

[SeaGal]

My vet does not agree with giving cats a pain med just to make their quality of life more comfortable in their older age. He says it makes them more rambuctious because they feel better, until the pain med starts to wear off then they are in more pain because they played too hard. Makes sense.

He told me thats cats and cows have the highest pain tolerance of all animals, no kidding! I have a now 9 yr old male cat that has/had a broken elbow at 10 mo. old, it was unable to be set at the elbow joint so he has arthritis type symptoms too. I asked him about pain pills at one point not too long ago and he told me all the above.

Or what if it just knocks BooBoo out, not a good quality of life. Have you read into glucosamine/chondroiton for arthritis intervention for him? You might check that out before going the other route, see what you think, what his doc thinks.