Recent Content by lissalouie

Hi everyone! I wanted to update for anyone who finds this thread later on when researching the same topic. It's been just a few days over a month since I last posted, and this is Maisie's belly progress: Progress is slow but it is very steady and I anticipate that she'll have a fully covered...

Yeah, the owner isn't sure what they want to do, so I'm hoping to get more opinions. I can't stay at their place as I have two cats of my own, one with some medical issues. We are about the same distance from the vet, at least, so that is one less thing to worry about; my main concern, really...

Well, dilemma is a bit of a strong word, but I could use some advice. I have a friend who is going out of town for a week and a half in August. She asked me to come over once a day to make sure her cat gets his medication, scoop his box. etc. I did this for her last year, but my circumstances...

This makes sense. She also has a few spots along her back where the fur isn't growing quite right, so I had assumed that was also due to injury--and I just peeked and the roots of one of those spots is growing in white. So no wonder my poor girl is so happy to be indoors now!

She was a stray and had at least one litter out on the streets! That makes sense. People keep trying to tell me they are whiskers, and while I know cats have whiskers all over their body, it seems odd that they would be all clustered like this in one spot on the back of her neck.

This is going to sound quite silly, but hear me out. I adopted Maisie about 2.5 months ago. Her age is unknown; she was listed as 4 by the shelter, plays and acts like a very young cat, but her teeth are that of a much older feline (8-10+). She has a pure grey coat... with the exception of...

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...