Recent Content by lissalouie

I know! The real funny part is, her kitten apparently has become bonded to her family's resident cat, who is a tuxie... and my Maisie is in love with her tuxedo brother!

Thank you all! I don't personally mind her at any age, but I know there are certain health conditions that are far more prevalent in older cats than younger ones--and I also know that the risk of mammary tumors are higher in cats who were spayed as adults, so I figure the more information I have...

Two months ago today, I adopted Maisie. The shelter vets had determined Maisie was four years old. When I got her home, I immediately noticed that she was missing quite a few teeth. When I took her to my vet, she said there was almost no way she was that young, and would have estimated closer...

Update many months later. I wanted to write something here for anyone who finds this thread while Googling "second cat isn't working out" and feeling intense guilt. I was super hesitant to even try again after the situation I wrote about above, even though I knew my resident cat was...

Very non-urgent question, more of a curiosity. My cat, Maisie, was spayed in late January at a shelter. She is an older cat--anywhere from 4-10 depending on the vet you ask, but I'm inclined to believe she's closer to 5/6--and had at least one litter while abandoned on the streets. I adopted...

Such a melodramatic title, I know, but I wanted to hear some people's experiences with touch-neutral cats. Not touch-shy. Not touch-adverse. But touch-neutral. I adopted Maisie about a month and a half ago. She's anywhere from 4-10 years old depending on which vet you ask (I'm guessing in the...

Here's another. The fur above her eyes is a bit thin but I believe it is all the same shade. Her skin is fairly pale though; she was recently spayed and her stomach is white.

I realized most of my pictures of her are in terrible lighting (I tend to keep my lights dim to prevent migraines) so I got one of her in natural light. Her mouth looks terrible because it is terrible; she's missing so many teeth and is on a waiting list to get a fairly urgent dental done...

To start: I know that my girl is, in the end, a pretty grey DSH. I'm just curious whether anyone sees any potential Russian Blue or Korat ancestry in her. She's anywhere from 4-10 years old, depending on which vet you ask. She was just spayed in January. She was a stray for 1-2 years but was...

My soulmate kitty Lou passed away a little over six months ago, leaving behind me and his five-year-old "brother" Rory. Rory had never been a solo cat before and struggled terribly with it. I tried to find him a new friend but failed twice. The first time, the rescue accidentally adopted me a...

Those of you who introduced two adult cats to each other successfully, but still experienced some intercat awkwardness after introductions, how long did it last? Context: I have a five-year-old male cat named Rory. He loved my senior cat, Lou, who passed away six months ago. After a few failed...

I just want to introduce everyone to my newest kitty, Maisie! I've had her for about ten days now. She was a foster-to-adopt, but I committed to adopting her. The shelter estimated her to be four, but I suspect she is a bit older. She has some difficulty jumping, trots instead of runs, and has...

I took in a sweet 4-year-old girl named Maisie last week. While doing site-swapping, she is becoming more and more confident in my apartment, and now seems to feel secure almost anywhere in it. However, my apartment is in an older building with three other units. We don't have shared walls, but...

Just wanted to update everyone--Rory started eating again yesterday, and his appetite seems to be back to normal! In an odd twist of fate, it seems to have had little to do with the new arrival, but rather that my mom bought cheap off-brand dishwasher pods that were leaving a film on the...

Hi everyone, long time no post. You may remember that I have a lovely 5-year-old cat named Rory. We used to share our home with my senior cat, Lou, but he passed away in September. Rory grieved hard for him. We had a failed adoption of a 2-year-old cat in November (the rescue gave us the wrong...