The last 3 days he’s eating and drinking his water and in good spirits. But he isn’t holding a lot of food down. I wouldn’t say his nose is much runnier than usual or eyes are watery. I have seen him use the litter box at least 2x this weekend.

He has done this once before and it got a lot worse until the vet gave him steroids and said it might just be asthma. I don’t know why it would flare up now, I think it might just be a stubborn hairball but I wanted a 2nd opinion.

when i got my kitten at 9 weeks she never really had the “i’m scared and need my mommy” phase.

the day we first got her she was out of the bathroom and running around the house, messing with my big 75 pound doofy dog, within maybe 30 minutes of her getting home.

she never had the clingy kitten phase people talk about on social media. the first like 5 days, she’d sleep right on top of me, she’d rub her face on me but after that first week, she has not done such a thing since, and i’ve had her for a month since then.

and things are really confusing with her because she’s so confident yet confidence doesn’t mean trust, but they look pretty damn similar in a kitten.

shes 15 weeks now and she’s not very affectionate, and she hates being held💔. and every one keeps saying “let it past! she’s just a kitten!” but honestly i don’t think this is her just being a kitten i think this is just her personality through & through. it’s been extremely apparent since day one.

i might have to get another kitten with a more laid back affectionate personality to balance out her independence lol. i try not to take offense, but sometimes it’s honestly very difficult. i feel as though my kitten experience is nothing like how people explain it usually goes. she’s very very different, & i love her for it. it’s just really new for me.

My cat has these black dots under his skin with a lot in his left ear and only some in his right ear. What are these and do I need to take him to the vet? I don’t want to waste money just for him to be completely fine since this is my first time owning a cat

Athena keeping me company while Facebook have put me in "jail" so I cant use messenger, oddly I can still post and comment just no messages. Ah well, reddit's where it's at anyway! Also I'm on house arrest, hense the ankle monitor, the bars on the door are to keep the 6 cats from harm, its rougher then a crack smoking badger round here!

At the end of this month, I'm going away for 2 weeks. This will be the longest I've ever been away. I'm wondering if it is okay to leave him home for that time. My neighbor is going to come over and check on him everyday, but I'm still a bit concerned

Also, I have 2 litter boxes but typically my neighbor doesn't clean the litter. If I change the litter right before leaving in both, will that be okay or should I ask him to scoop the litter?

Edit: I'm definitely going to be having my neighbor clean the litter, that was a dumb question lol, I apologize. I've been thinking about getting a Litter Robot since I'll be gone for so long. My cat is 6 pounds so he doesn't eat a lot therefore doesn't use the litter a ton.

My son is desperately asking for a solid white cat. I have been told they have more health issues. Does anyone have experience with this they can share? We have never owned one. We have always been a bird family.

Is my cat overweight? He is 6 months old and weighs 4.70 kg. He eats Royal Canin Kitten dry food on demand, as recommended by his vet. I'm worried he might develop obesity because he is still gaining weight very quickly.
I can’t find any sterilised kitten food, and I’m not sure whether it’s advisable to weigh out his food while he’s still a kitten.

Cat experts/owners I really need your help/advice

This is my first cat. He’s 8byears old.
I’ve had him since he was a baby & trained him well. He’s never ever pissed outside his litter box or chewed or scratched anything.

Lately he pissed on my couch which is unlike him. His box is always clean. I thought it was a one time thing so just cleaned it up & carried on.

Then he did it again & shit on the couch. Again his box I clean it every morning & I let him outside so he really has no reason to be doing this.

It’s now everyday he does it over night.
I’m at the point now of kicking him out the house to be exclusively an outside cat only or hate to say but will have to give him up because I have a 6 month old baby. She can’t be breathing in/have exposure to cat urine. I’m sorry but my human child carries more importance to me than my cat. But it tears me up because I’ve had him since he was a kitten so he does mean a lot to me but my kid means more. I really don’t wanna give him up so thinking maybe better just him being an outside only cat.

But before all of that, what can I do to get him to stop? I can do the punish with spray bottle thing or aluminum foil on the couch maybe I was thinking but idk. Just need some advice. He’s my first cat so idk much about cats.

Anyone had this happen?

-bowls are clean

-no fleas

-indoor cat

*Recent change

-tried a soft bristle cat tooth brush and cat tooth paste 5 days ago.

-noticed this 4 days ago

-no change in eating or behavior

-not open, no pus, no bleeding.

-left photo is today, right photo 4 days ago

-spider?

-reaction to tooth paste?

-tooth problem

-other ideas?

Yes a vet visit is in the works later this week if it doesnt clear on its own.

As of the other day, my 11 yo cat (second photo) found out how to open my doors just enough for him to get in (the arrows show how they open). This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that whenever I'm sitting at my Desk (which is in my room) he starts attacking my legs and is very feisty towards me and if I try to pick him up to bring him outside and close my door again (which is arguably pointless as he can get back in) he runs under the bed and stays there until I sit back down when he attacks me again.

The thing is hes an elderly indoor cat who I feel loses brain cells daily and I want him to feel like he's capable of opening my door so he doesn't feel discluded but I also care about my safety as his teeth are way too sharp and I would never have his claws cut. I'm wondering if anyone has an idea of a way I can either 1. make it so he doesn't assault me at my desk or 2. make it so he can't open my sliding doors which don't lock. obviously I could put a few pieces of tape on them and it would likely keep him out, but I don't want to damage my doors at the same time. if anyone knows what I can do, please help!

On another note, my cat has never been a meower his whole life and I've barely ever heard him meow before but recently he meows all the time. could he be hurt or is this normal for elderly cats? hes only 11 and could live twice the time but I still worry daily.

if you have any questions please lmk!

It doesn't seem to hurt. It feels like a skin tag. I don't think there is anything I can do other than monitor it then get it checked out if it gets bigger.

This was the last video I ever took of my boy Sid.

Tbh I've never been a person to take too many pictures or videos, but I thought it would be a nice touch to just send a video of my cat to a group chat I was in back in 2020.

We had him since he was but a little kitty, because the CDS brought us his mom, and his mom really wasn't one to just hang around the house, so she was kind of a mess when it came to knowing where she was or what she was up to.

Anyways, as you may be able to deduce from the video, I wasn't in the US at this moment, instead I was living in a different country where it's actually pretty common to see animals just walking by themselves in the streets, as long as they didn't disturb anyone, nobody really cared.

This is important because of what would happen some time after this video was taken.

Unlike his mom, Sid actually quite liked staying at home, he would sunbathe in our front... Yard? (I guess?, I don't know how to call it other than a small piece of land where my grandpa would park his car), and he would just kind of chill around the block and barely ever go further than that, which is one of the reasons why I liked him so much, THIS MF WAS LOYAL, or probably didn't see much reason to leave the house since he was fed daily, he was a big boy, not like **obese** big, just big.

Anyways, one day after school, Sid wasn't at his usual resting spot by the time I came home (My classes were in the evening, so he would usually be home by the time I came back) it wasn't completely rare to not see him by that time, it usually meant he was probably sleeping somewhere else so I didn't think much of it, night time came and still nothing.

It wasn't until the next day I believe, that I saw Sid in the front of our house, the first thing I noticed was that he hadn't touched his food yet, it was weird because knowing his fatass, he would not have let a single piece of kibble behind, it wasn't until I approached him to give him some head pats that I noticed.

He had this wound on his neck, it looked really recent as it was still bleeding a bit and the poor guy just looked really in pain.

I didn't even know what to do at that moment, my mom was away at work and my grandpa was probably sleeping, foolish me tried to downplay the situation, "Surely he'll be fine, he HAS gotten hurt before from fights he's had with this stray that bullies him for his food, and he has recovered from those just fine", listen, I know what some of you might be thinking, i wished it would've been as easy as just taking him to the vet.

It was unfortunate really, since animals aren't really seen in the same way back there as they are here in the US, veterinarians aren't all that common to find (At least not in that moment, some months ago I went back there, and I saw a good bunch of new vet clinics that looked pretty well equipped) let alone someone that can treat to an animals wounds, after I let my mom know about Sids situation we really couldn't find a solution to our problem, it only got worse because my mom really didn't have the money to help Sid and the only way we could help him was if he was able to hold on for long enough for my mom to get paid, the poor guy had to hold on for a few weeks and it would pain me to see him in the state that he was, he was getting thinner and the wound just wasn't healing.

Fortunately, Sid was tough as nails and managed to hold on for pay day, we were also able to spot a clinic that was like 40 minutes away from our home. Unfortunately if you remember the year I mentioned when this video is from, you may be able to realize what came to happen.

A few days before my mom got paid, Lockdown began, nobody was allowed out of their houses, authorities didn't even know how to react to emergencies without putting themselves at risk of getting COVID, and so I came to realize what would happen.

2 days after my mom got paid, my grandpa found Sid laying on the ground, unmoved by anything going around him, he had passed away.

I'm not one to cry over animals, not that I want to show how PROUD I am over that fact, but seeing poor Sid there and realizing just the amount of pain he must have endured, it did move me a bit, it did hurt a bit.

I know it's a long story but anyone I ever try to tell this story doesn't seem too interested to know what happened, but I think you guys will (I think).

I hate when people say that cats are selfish, Sid was legitimately the most Loyal cat I think I've ever known, he literally could have left whenever he wanted to (Like how his mom did) yet he decided to stay at home, with us. After some thought, my grandpa came to the conclusion that he was probably attacked by a stray dog, which would explain why the wound was so deep since normal cat scratches wouldn't have been able to do that much damage I don't think.

I still think about him sometimes.

I recently saw a cat in my apartment complex that looked like my cat, but girlier and smaller. I think it’s a girl, which if so, I’ll obvi get her fixed, just like I did my boy cat, tinkerbelle! (yes, he is a boy and his name is tinkerbelle, lol). I adopted tink when he was about 2 years old from the shelter. He has lived with another cat before (my mom’s cat, who was a younger male), and he has never been violent towards him I wouldn’t say, but Tink is deffo very playful with buttercup and takes care of him (for example, he is always cleaning him), yet he (mom’s cat) stays pretty clear of me when he comes over for play dates. He adores Tinkerbelle, but often stays away from me, especially if Tink is nearby. I really want another cat, but I think that Tinkerbelle is too possessive of me to have a sibling. Any advice ? 😥

EDIT: The cat is definitely
a stray cat!

Hello,

I have two cats, they are 10 years old. I was thinking about adopting a dog. I think it would be easier with a puppy.

They never met a dog or live with one, so I am nervous about it and it is preventing me from getting a dog.

Do you think, if I do as a test an encounter with another dog I know, not the one I will choose to live with me, would it be a good indicator my cats would be ok with one ?
Or this would mean nothing because it will not be the same dog ?

One of my cats is VERY chill, but my female cat is a little more dominant and love to be the center of attention. She is definitely ruling my other male cat despise having him first (but they get along very well ;) ! )

I would love to have your input on how to be certain a cat will be ok with a dog before adopting one, and if you have any experiences to share.

Thank you so much !

Why, oh whyyyy must they do their doody 2 to 20 minutes after you scoop?!

GIRLS!! It's bed time! Come on! 😹😹😹

Just wanted to share with those who can relate!!

I've got a new cat, and they got into a scuffle, and she hurt her eye. Anyone have any ideas on what's wrong with her eye?

She's not showing any changes in behavior, and doesn't appear to be in pain. She's got a vet appointment on the 26th, do I need to see about getting her into an emergency vet?

Today we started Prozac for our cat who has been marking the couch and other soft surfaces since we got him a year ago. He was an adult when we got him and the previous owners didn’t mention his peeing, we assume that’s why the rehomed him. He goes to the vet regularly and he has gone through a big dental surgery and bladder surgery. We love him so much, we just wish we could use our furniture again. He’s perfect otherwise. So sweet and docile. Just loves peeing outside the litter box.

Can you help me feel like I’m not ruining his life?

So my cat was completely 100% fine last night. Even woke me at 2am and was energetic and running. This morning, as I'm leaving for uni, I see foaming near my bedroom door. I find him lying in the stairs. I go to him, he doesn't get up like he usually does. I gave him a slight nudge, he got up. his tail was like really low and not moving and he barely walked down the stairs and looked stiff. By then, I didn't register the foaming at the mouth. Then, near the front door, I see more foaming, but it's dry. I literally gasped and immediately was like. "You're gonna drop me off at uni and IMMEDIATELY take him to the vet!" And while I do think it would've been better to bring him with me and have them drop him off on the way, I was like.. lost and panicking.

Full physical exam, lab and chem panel later, he is COMPLETELY FINE.

they're keeping him for observation until 5pm when I finish uni and pick him up, but yeah, after a full evaluation, they tell me he's fine and actually, his kidneys are doing so, so much better than back in June when we had a lily incident.

Wow. In a few hours, I'll go to the clinic and talk and pick him up, but.. wow.

i am finding it really hard to tell if my 2 kittens are playing or fighting. one of my kittens is 5 months and the other is 2 months and so there’s a lot of weight difference in between them and the bigger one always seems to go straight for the smaller one’s neck. my younger one will then show her tummy and meow. they play beautifully through a gap in the door but i just am so worried of the smaller one getting hurt !