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INTRODUCTION TO THIS JOURNAL

 
To understand a little what the journal is about, you'll need some background information.
I have 3 beautiful and adorable cats: Joris, Coco and Ben. I live in a large 3rd floor apartment, with a large catproof balcony so the cats have free access to fresh air and a view on the backyards. All cats have been spayed/neutered and microchipped.
All three have a chronic health problem.

Joris is a 7 yr old male, half Persian & half Maine Coon, very sweet but also very loud and noisy if things don't go his way.... He's more coon than persian, so when he's upset he lets everybody know about it. 
Joris has FLUTD Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease. He's a complicated case because he has a tendency to form both struvites and oxalates. In the past we have found both at the same time in one urine sample ! He's doing great (knock on wood) on a special diet: Waltham S/O Control. 
There is a FLUTD - section here.

Coco is Joris's half-sister, also 7 yr old, half Persian & half Maine Coon. A fierce little lady, but oh so sweet when she wants to be cuddled. She never sits on my lap (maybe once a year!) and she's usually up there in her climbing tree overlooking the 2 boys (and me).
Coco has IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colitis to be precise. She's been very sick for more than a year, but finally we found the correct diet for her which put an end to the bloody diarrea. Her diet is Hill's Feline Prescription Diet r/d, and she does great on it.

Ben is a 5 yr old Maine Coon (his full name is Two Coon Junction Eagle.....but we call him Ben). He's Joris's best buddy, but lately he's been drawn more to Coco, who hated his guts the first two years he was here. She's finally come to terms with the fact that Ben is here to stay, and although they don't wrestle and play, they do run and chase each other.
Ben has allways had recurring periods of appetite-loss, and last april he suddenly went on a hunger-strike. I had to forcefeed, and we found out after extensive bloodtests that he may be a CRF (Chronic Renal Failure) cat. I would rather call it CRI Cronic Renal Insufficiency, but even that is not clear yet. We did an ultrasound of kidneys and heart (there was a slight heart murmur), and x-rays of the head to check teeth and nasal passages. All were fine. Now we are trying to find a way to make him eat better. He's also on a diet: Hill's Feline Prescription Diet k/d, which he loves. It made him gain weight and he's now a nicely filled-out cat for the first time since I have him.

 
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