Biopsy is a tough choice. Anytime you open up an older cat (or any cat) it is scary. I thought your Cornell post said the tech didn't think they were life threatening... I had a biopsy done on Pookey for his leg when we were 99.9% sure it was cancer. It was a painful surgery for him as they took a chunk out of him. But, it did conclude cancer and we took his leg not too long after (gave him a couple weeks to recover as much as he could from the biopsy first). Did your vet explain what nodules could be/mean? Is it something Boo can live with, or could it be something more serious down the road?



Ref IBD, Hairballs, bowels... The way it was explained to me is many cats start getting harder and less frequent stools as they age. You want to address it early on (as in the case of Stanley) before it becomes Megacolon... Whatever they want to attribute it to, hairballs, whatever, it is something to look into whenever your cat has problems going #2 as it causes serious problems. From getting very sick from the #2 backing up into the stomach (not sure the technical aspect or if that is exactly what happens) such as with Stanley when he couldn't go (took the vet a couple days to figure it out and he only got sick when he ate anything) to the colon not being able to work properly due to enlargement. I know people who have losts cats to this after efforts with meds, etc... Fortunately with Stanley, we caught it early and have kept it under control with stool softners and hairball remedies (treats and/or tube stuff). Pookey's stools have started coming less frequent and are harder as of a year ago, so I have him on the hairball treatment every three days, as well... Pretty common for older cats...
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Tammy

Stanley and Pookey

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