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So one of my two cats seems to have diarrhea on and off. His energy levels are fine, he's not hiding in a corner, but when he uses the box, it's diarrhea for several days. Several days off (I think), then back again. This has been going on for a couple of weeks. I can't even be sure the diarrhea...

My cat had bad teeth six years ago when he was a year old. The vet pulled all the teeth but the four fangs up front. (I had to push to save those teeth; the cat really enjoys grooming his nails and I didn't want those teeth going without a fight.) The vet agreed with me but warned me they'd...

I was using some Arm & Hammer Fresh Breath Enzymatic Toothpaste for Cats. I've used toothpaste on my cats before. I put this stuff on the brush, put in on the cat's mouth, cat bolted. "Oh well. That's how it always is." So I grab the second cat. Put the toothpaste on the brush, start brushing...

One of my two perfect cats has bad teeth. Most of them were pulled years ago (really, a textbook case of meth mouth). At that time, the vet said, with the usual cluck-cluck of the tongue, "Oh, those fangs should probably come out too. They're just going to get infected too eventually." (These...

For every pet that does not die naturally, there is a theoretical point in time that is "the right time" to either stop intervention or to have the animal killed by a vet. You will never pick that time exactly. So don't beating yourself up about that. As a responsible owner, your obligation is...

I'd like to think that he is holding his ears back to make the stroking more efficient. Like how I put on my sweat pants before sitting down to eat a huge order of Chinese food.

Nope. Once in a while, I'll go to boop him on the nose and there'll be a static zap, but for the ear thing, this is over a five-minute period (at which point, I'm kind of petted out).

As I sit here at home going stir crazy, I have more time than usual to spend with the cats. And I have more time to observe them. What is going on when my cat has his ears flat against his head while I stroke him, purring audibly (him, not me). Is my cat broken? Have I been patting and stroking...

I almost dried one of the cats in a dryer. He jumped in during the two seconds between scooping some laundry out of the washer and throwing it into the dryer. I just saw the back end of him disappearing into the machine. I never would have known otherwise (until I took the laundry and my fluffy...

I recently took in a stray that I found under a parked car. It is the only kitten/cat I have ever met that actually came toward me when I went "pst-pst-pst." While not paying attention, I started closing a door. He had poked one of his arms through the gap between the inner edge of the door and...

I found a stray kitten about two weeks ago. (This is the only cat that has ever actually come up to me when I've stood there going pst-pst-pst like an idiot. So either someone abandoned him or he is, literally, the smartest cat in the entire world--and I don't think that's the case.) After...

The vet couldn't identify a cause. As I write this, I wonder if cats can have epilepsy from flashing lights, like people, because now the cat stays in a part of the house without any TV sets. ... The vet was able to rule out a bunch of things: it wasn't an allergy, it wasn't blood-related, it...

My cat has infrequent seizures. Maybe once every two to three months. I've had him checked by the vet. By the pretty expensive vet. Here's the crazy-cat-person question. Until recently, the cat had two catmates in the house. Those two went with their human to grad school in the Midwest, so now...

Haven't read the whole thread, so apologies for any repeated suggestions. 1. Rule yourself out. Do you use cosmetics, lotions, soaps, shampoos, detergents, perfumes, etc. that could be causing this? 2. Rule out the lodgings. Do you use Lysol, Pinesol, air fresheners, anything that comes out of...

Sorry ... this doesn't end happily. So the cat showed up this morning, still pregnant as can be, and I was able to lure her into the house. I got her into the carrier after a lot of trouble--I still have the bloody scars on my left hand--and brought her to the vet to check for a microchip, just...