My cat is 15 yrs old and in the last few months has begun meowing
loudly for no apparent reason.  For the past year and half he has been
on thyroid medication and his levels appear to be under control, the
vet hasn't found anything else wrong with him and says that it might

a friends cat 3 year old cat  was ill. She lost weight over a 2 to 3
week period  (although re gained a little too )   and developed
progressive  respiritory difficulty.  She lay about all day every day
for the last couple of weeks  with her little chest going up and down

I have a cat just about 1 year old and she always hisses at my dog.  But
lately if she is sitting with me and the dog comes by she will hiss at me
for petting her and then put her teeth around me like she wants to bite me.
She never chomps down at all but I want her to know that ...