Unreliable information available for the poor boy. Pls help

Edit: thank you, despite how embarrassing this is, I’ve only had girl animals 🥲😬

Hey all,

I took my 6 year old calico cat to get dental work, and they called because her white blood cells were high, as was some of the liver enzymes. She has been on a pill that supports liver health (1 a day) and antibiotics for a week.

We have scheduled an ultra sound in a few weeks but I finally got the results. I am seeing:

• Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) Above Normal Lab results 16.000 range (0.000 - 1.000)
• (ALT) Above Normal Lab results 246.000 (range 12.000 - 115.000 )

She is eating normally from what I can tell. From my basic googling, it sounds like it could be a bile duct problem potentially.

How common is this in cats and what could it mean? Does this often result in a liver disease or acute thing?

Venus is 5 years old. She was spayed at a year old. Yesterday and earlier today her tummy was the normal it’s normal color.
However, over that past 5 hours the skin of her stomach has changed color. Venus is still purring and her behavior has not changed.
When touching her tummy she becomes slightly defensive of it. Her tummy is warm to the touch, almost a feverish feeling to it.

Venus is overweight, weighing 17lbs and we are actively regulating her portion sizes to help her stop over-eating.
We have not changed foods, have not changed treats. Have not introduced any new toys or anything.

I got home around 7pm and her belly looked normal. But now it looks like this.

She’s an American cocker spaniel, medium sized Id say but I’m not strong at all and I can pick her up with basically no struggle so she doesn’t weigh much. Should I be worried that what she ate will make her sick long term? She’s okay so far, it’s been about 20 minutes or maybe a little less. (Yes I know the amount of toys is a little absurd, they aren’t all hers lol)

I want to start by saying: our vet is aware, our cat went for a checkup a few weeks ago and we have a follow-up appointment in 2 weeks for bloodwork and to start whatever treatment is necessary (originally allergies were suspected). I’m here hoping to get some peace of mind I guess, or some clarity maybe.

We’ve always had 2 cats, and our orange cat has always coughed up hairballs more frequently than the other. We’ve always assumed she had mild seasonal allergies. She seems to over-groom ~ twice a year (her tummy is always short-haired but never to the point of having sores), she’ll sometimes sound congested during this time, sneezes very occasionally, fuss with her face, etc and it’s during this time when we’ll see more frequent hairballs. So we started tracking in mid-July when she was coughing up hairballs roughly once every 3-5 days or so. Usually just hairballs, but sometimes bile or food.

But it’s been escalating to vomiting since around Aug 18-20. Probably worth noting and I feel very stupid about this now but I bought my wife a bouquet of chrysanthemums on the 18th. They sit on our island and we’ve never seen her jump up there or seen her biting at our plants in 8 years so we thought this would be fine…

On the 20th, she threw up 3 times at different times of the day, a hairball, a bunch of food and then bile as well. 24-25th, hairball and then some bile, 27th bile, 28th bile/small hairball, food + bile and then again more food and bile, 29th food and bile, 30th hairball, then bile twice, 31st bile at three separate times, this morning bile twice, some digested food, and then once this afternoon same thing. We threw out the flowers yesterday and we’ve wiped down any surfaces she touches etc etc

Context that might be important: other than this she seems perfectly fine! At her last vet appointment (Aug 10) she had lost weight since her last appointment (previous March 2025) around 1.5kg (she was overweight and still is slightly), her lungs sound clear and normal, the vet checked her abdomen and she was fine, no pain or struggling, no bumps, no reactions, she has two tiny bad teeth on both sides of her mouth that we discussed extracting because they were apparently being absorbed by her gums, which was described to us as a constant tooth ache but will eventually go away on their own - but how long is the question… other than that, behaviourally she is totally normal. She’s playful, she enthusiastically eats wet food, very enthusiastically eats Churus, less enthusiastically eats her dry dental kibbles (maybe a 5/10, she still eats em), she’s drinking lots, her poops are normal, she still plays with the wand toy lots and play fights with our other cat, doesn’t hide from us… nothing out of the ordinary. EDIT: I also wanted to add we’ve been tracking the pollen count to see if it coincides with her hairballs/vomiting and in our area we’ve had consistently high pollen counts for about 3 weeks now.

How urgently should I be treating this? Could the escalation be related to the chrysanthemums? Could her allergies be exacerbated by the chrysanthemums even without ingesting them? Does it seem likely that without ingesting the flowers daily that she might be throwing up this often? Ie: could just having them in the house be enough to cause the vomiting to this degree?

My last email with our clinic was today and they offered prednisolone for a week as an option but advised that without blood work there are risks, so we’re inclined to wait until we know more before hastily trying to fix a problem… so we don’t make it worse.

Is it reasonable to hold out until our next appointment and keep her as comfortable as possible? If the chrysanthemums were the cause of the escalation, could we expect the vomiting to stop within a few days?

Thanks so much for your time!

NOT antivax. My 13 yo staffy got vacinnated about a month ago, just before I left the country to get married. When I came back, I hadn't noticed this at the time but recently I've noticed this weird skin stuff which is radiating from around where he was vaccinated.

I don't currently have the money for a vet (still paying off an emergency vet visit where he had eaten something he shouldn't have). Could this be folliculitis? If so I'm thinking I start giving him washes every two days with anti-bacterial and anti-fungal dog shampoo and see if it improves and then bite the bullet to take him to the vet if it doesnt

There's noticeable hair loss around where these have formed but they aren't bleeding

My ex currently has our 2 male cats (both brothers & both almost 2 years old). He has been telling me that our one cat has been urinating around his house (on food he leaves out, his shoes, his closet, etc) and insists that it is a petty issue rather than a possible medical issue.
I know that male cats can be weird, but they are both neutered. The cat that is urinating is not very fond of my ex and I will be taking both of the cats this week. Just wondering if I should book him an appointment sooner than later?

So for context; she's had these scabs along her back, mainly around her shoulders for a few weeks now, she's a 2 year old mini shnauzer. She doesnt seem bothered and I regularly take her to the groomer every 6-7 weeks. She has noticed this also. I've tried to look it up and it seems like comedom syndrome and its common for the breed? Can anyone confirm or deny this? Its just odd to me because she has silky smooth fur, instead of the usual coarse fur texture a mini shnauzer typically has. There's no fleas where I am, and I've never once found one on neither of my dogs.

My 17 year old female cat sporadically twitches. It seems to happen when she is content, like after eating or when she’s lying on my lap. It doesn’t seem like she is in pain, but it does seem to be happening a bit more frequently in the last month…maybe 3 or 4 times a day and last a minute or two. Does anyone have any idea what this?

A few years ago my mom took in a beagle that was dumped. Unknown age but older. Maybe around 7.

In the last month or so she has started drinking more and peeing more. She's never been great about pottying outside, but the amount has increased a lot. My mom is 76 and is struggling overall, with the situation.

I convinced her to take the dog to the vet, originally treated for a UTI with no improvement, then did blood work as we were assuming maybe diabetes etc. However, blood work all came back clean and clear. The only thing that came up surprising was her fecal. She was heavily infested with hookworms. The vet was surprised as the dog is chubby and hadn't shown any other symptoms of a problem. They said with the hookworms there was a possibility she was anemic and this could cause excessive thirst and urination.

Does this sound right? She's been treated for hookworms now, if this was part of the problem how long until she shows signs of improvement? I'd assume if the thirst and pee is due to anemia it will take some time for that to get better?