r/cats • • 4d ago

Medical Questions What's this third whisker for?

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She was just born like that.. what is it???

Edit : alot of people think she actually has some mutation. Just to clarify, this was a silly joke (I didnt think this would blow up) her brother lost a whisker and i put it on her head and it made me laugh. (I wish she grew a whisker like that)

r/cats • • Aug 31 '26

Medical Questions My cat’s whiskers are gone. Is he going to be okay?

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I had my boy groomed today, they had to shave him because the fur on his stomach and legs had become heavily matted.

I just noticed a few hours after coming home that his whiskers had been shaved off too. (I added a photo of him pre-shaved as reference to how long his fur and whiskers were). Is he going to be okay?

r/cats • • 27d ago

Medical Questions Is this normal(first time cat owner)

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Only on this paw and looks bruised? additional cat photo for reference

r/cats • • Aug 20 '26

Medical Questions Anyone ever seen their cat do this? I'm cat sitting and trying to work out if I need to worry or not

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Looking after my sister's cat for a week and she's been doing this, and been fairly distant towards me compared to how she usually behaves

r/cats • • 9h ago

Medical Questions Cat suddenly made this face?

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Is she ok? It didn’t seem like she was actually breathing through her mouth but it’s still weird and she’s never did it before. I would take her to the vet but I’m a new cat owner and I just want to make sure this isn’t a weird cat behavior like them squinting at you.

She’s 7 months old, no health issues, had all her shots, she’s gonna be spayed at the first of November (would’ve been sooner but no vet would spay her before six months and then she had a uti that cost over half a grand and that took priority).

r/cats • • 27d ago

Medical Questions What is this and why is he doing it

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He's neutered and 2 1/2

r/cats • • 22d ago

Medical Questions My sister’s 18 year old cat seems in poor condition, don’t know what to do.

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She is extremely skinny, half the size that she used to be. I can feel every bone in her body. My sister said she is still eating a lot, drinking a lot and going the bathroom. I just don’t know if she is suffering and she doesn’t have a lot of money to take her to the vet. She is also 18 so don’t know if much could be done:(

Update: I wasn’t expecting so much engagement on this post, thank all you so much for all of your advice and kind words. I have read most of the comments and I wish I could respond to you all. It makes me so happy that all of you care about this sweet 18 year old girl named Stella, who came onto our lives when we were just little kids. My sister has made a vet appointment for her tomorrow, so I will update again after that.

This post really opened her eyes to the fact that Stella may not be around for too much longer and that is so scary, but I hope we can get her some assistance to prolong her life even a little bit.

r/cats • • 1d ago

Medical Questions HELP, SOMEONE CUT OFF ALL MY KITTEN WHISKERS

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I was out doing some errand, and when I came back, one my my kittens got her whiskers cut short. Should I be worried? What can I do?

Update: I now think that the second kitty might have been the culprit. So it might not be someone's malicious intent. Thank you everyone for giving me a peace of mind.

Update 2: thank you for all your concerns, I just want to add a few things. The three girls are orphans, that I found near my workplace. And I don't use candles. I know now that their whisker will grow back, and it's definitely from the rough-housing. As of now, I see a lot of head-bumping into carton boxes, but she's still very adventurous.

r/cats • • 4d ago

Medical Questions why is my cat's fupa so big

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this is nookie, she was found underneath a wood pallet in the county as a baby, so she's a little special... but she is a very active cat, eats good food but her pouch is just so large compared to my others cats. is it just boobies?

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she is not a manx she has a tail and she is healthy :)

r/cats • • Jun 16 '26

Medical Questions 10 months after getting spayed and her belly fur never came back?

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As you can see her belly is still bald 10 months after being spayed. Like a tiny bit of peach fuzz around the edges and nothing else. She never licked at the area and had a cone on for 13 days post surgery. I don’t understand why the fur isn’t growing back she looks ridiculous 😭. Is this normal? Will it ever come back?

EDIT: I work from home 3 days a week and I’m home a lot and she is pretty much glued to me most of the day and never see her grooming there excessively but possible she does it when I’m not looking. I’ll ask the vet next time we go. Im surprised there are so many other people here with bald belly cats cause the Internet research I did not seem to think that was a thing! It makes me feel better knowing there is a bald belly cat gang out there I guess I will embrace the pooch if the vet says it’s just a thing that can’t be helped!

r/cats • • Aug 15 '26

Medical Questions What is this?

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Anyone have any idea what this is on this cats lip/mouth? Saw this cat while walking around and zoomed in because something looked off from a distance.

r/cats • • Aug 30 '26

Medical Questions Is my kitten okay? She's been chasing her tail for 15 minutes

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The first clip is about 2x speed while the 2nd clip is 4x speed

r/cats • • Jul 18 '26

Medical Questions Is it OK for cat to lie in dried mint?

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Hey! I've been drying some mint for tea and discovered that my cat just likes to lie around it. He just likes the texture and sound. He doesn't chew on it or ingest in any way. Is it safe? Is mint toxic for cats?

r/cats • • May 29 '26

Medical Questions Weird white flakes coming out of kitten

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I just rescued this baby from outside about an hour ago. I usually don’t encourage getting cats this early but she had been outside in the pouring rain for a few hours and I had to. When I went to go comb her fur I felt tons and tons of little clumps. They crumbled and formed into little white flakes, kinda looking like human dandruff. What is this? Is it a medical condition?

FINAL UPDATE: I’m so sorry for the grim update, but we had to put her down. I’m at least glad she was able to go without being in pain. Thank you all for your love and support.

r/cats • • Aug 26 '26

Medical Questions What is this?

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My cat’s eyes were fine this morning, but they turned like this at night. His eye are also watery, and it takes a while for him to open it when he closes it. I’m going to take him to the vet tomorrow morning.
Just want to make sure it’s nothing serious

r/cats • • 15h ago

Medical Questions Send a prayer for my lil gatito 🥺

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The building cat that I’ve fed for over 2yrs came back on my birthday with his cheek-ear bitten off by a dog!
He does disappear often and comes back just the same so we weren’t worried. But seeing him so wounded broke our heart.

He’s just done with surgery! Send prayer 🥺

r/cats • • Jul 24 '26

Medical Questions Why does my new cat vibrate when laying with me?

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I just adopted a 16 week old kitten two days ago. This is my first cat so I'm worried I'm doing something wrong. He seems scared at night so I've been letting him lay on my chest at night and just letting him down when he wants (I'm a light sleeper). I've noticed that any time he lays on my chest, his breaths seem to vibrate. His throat rumbles a lot too. I'm worried he might have a respiratory infection. Should I be worried? I'm sorry if this is so stupid, I just don't have any friends with cats and I haven't owned any myself. I want to take good care of my boy. Picture attached.

Edit: I know cats purr, haha. I just didn't expect him to purr so soon. He's so timid when he's not being held that I thought something was wrong.

Edit: I took the bell off, thank you!

r/cats • • Apr 06 '26

Medical Questions has anyone ever seen eyes on a cat like this??

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I am a city letter carrier and I started a new route where I have been running into this guy daily. the first time I saw him, he genuinely scared me because I thought his eyes were popping from his head! Now I have seen him twice more and he let me get a photo today. Does this look normal?? I have 4 cats at home and none of their eyes are even half as large! TIA

r/cats • • Apr 15 '26

Medical Questions What is this flap on the ears

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I dont know if its medical question but honestly im just curious

r/cats • • Jul 22 '26

Medical Questions What is this?

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I was petting my cat and found this on him and tried pulling it off but it wouldn't budge. It seems to remove the fur surrounding it and worried it could be a harmful organism, cyst, or something.

r/cats • • Aug 18 '26

Medical Questions Is this cat pregnant?

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I have this stray cat that has been visiting my family lately. We leave water and food out for her sometimes. I think she might be pregnant but I have no idea. I’m worried she might be too young to be pregnant but then again I don’t know if she’s pregnant or just been hunting a lot of food. I’ve had this suspicion since she started visiting us.

r/cats • • Jun 30 '26

Medical Questions stray cat with strange eyes / face?

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have seen this little guy around once or twice but he was in my window last night and i got a little spooked and took a picture ... is this cat in pain or is it just a birth defect ?

r/cats • • Dec 18 '25

Medical Questions Why does my cat's eye reflection look like this?

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He’s never had this strange shape inside that looks like a “Y”. It doesn’t seem to be caused by the lighting in my house, because it happens in different positions and with different light sources

r/cats • • Aug 05 '26

Medical Questions Found a kitten at work, advice for ticks around eyes?

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Poor thing must have put his face in a nest. Vet could not get us in until Monday. He is a happy playful little thing and loves toys and purring, eating and drinking

we applied flea medicine for his size, but didn’t realize these are ticks and don’t want to double up on any OTC medicine without a vet.

we are going to remove as many as we can, and I’ll call the vet tomorrow and see if there have been any cancellations if we can get in sooner.

any advice? He’s about 8-10 weeks. Seems healthy otherwise

Edit: We got 99% of the ticks off his cute little face. Going to let him eat some and get some rest. I'll try to get some more pictures tomorrow but his face and eyes look so much better already. I posted a progress pic when we were about 60% done earlier if you scroll down you should see it. Thanks everyone!

Edit Edit: It's the next day, we got him in to the vet at 2PM today because someone cancelled. They said my fiance did an incredible job with the ticks! Kitten is a little anemic so they prescribed a supplement for that. As well as eye drops and upper res. anti biotics. Kitten is healthy! He goes back in 3 weeks for more deworm

r/cats • • Sep 02 '26

Medical Questions I just rescued a cat from a group of dogs attacking it

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It has been meowing when ever I go near it my lord leviathan tried to approach it but it's rly afraid, any tips?

I'm 14 n alone at home rn

What can I do? Edit : I've took care of 3 cats before n this is my first time handling such a small one I haven't given it any food rn as we dont have kitten food only adult cat food 💔 The little one has stopped meowing n hissing n my cat levithan decided to give it sm space but is still tryna approch it ( dw he won't attack it since my cat was the one who was trying to save it first )