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Cats have basic needs that must be met for their physical and mental health. Many people don't think of all of these. (Not meeting your cat's needs can cause neurotic physical problems, like excessive grooming, litter box issues and even aggression). Could you be your cat's problem? University...

This has a link at UCDAVIS: to a lecture by an animal behaviorist "catifying your house". How important your cat's environment is, the need play, ideas to stimulate and entertain. FREE to watch.

I'm using a phone to get online and I don't know how to start a thread. Maybe someone can copy these and move them, please? Maybe "ONLINE VETRANARY REFERENCES-" I prefer to seek VETERINARY medical advice online. All of these are free, no sign up, just explore and enjoy! I am in California...

I used to be allergic to the old Tetanus shots. The new ones are DIFFERENT, ask your doctor about the DIFFERENCE between the old and new Tetanus shots. You might be okay with the newer ones. Please, keep my updated on your progress with Jellybean. If what I've suggested DOESN'T work for you...

Hi All, Sometimes, our loving cats will bite us. They are trying to communicate something the only way they know how. Frequently, if your cat bites, it is from BORED. They want and need our attention, they aren't getting enough playtime, or have things to stimulate and entertain themselves...

What we go through for our cats! If only they could talk, to tell us their needs. I don't know why you insist on an enclosure, but many cats hate covered cat boxes. It's unnaural to them. In the wild, outdoors, the don't "go in a box" to relieve themselves. Just a fact people may need to...

Note: Regarding cat bites, Cat bites can be extremely dangerous. Wash bites with soap and water, encourage the wound to bleed to get bacteria out. Bandage with a mixture of antibiotic cream and Benadryl cream. (Benadryl cream helps stop the wounds from over reacting to the bite and swelling...

I feel your pain - literally, my cat would come in to the room and pick a fight! (I 69 and I have had gashes in my arms!) First, his cat box had too many lumps or his water needed refilling, etc. That was the ONLY way he could communicate HIS NEEDS to me. If everything is okay in his world...

Feeding tubes are not usually surgically placed. They are put down the throat into the stomach, at each feeding. A special tube, (a "French feeding tube"), is attached to a syringe with the formula in it. The tube looks a lot like a "Foley cathater", inserted through the urethra into the...

StphanZ Here is the link if i did it right:I’ve tried everything... I'm not "tech savy". Feel free to correct any errors! Thank you, C.

I am posting photos seperate for reference so the whole article doesnt need to be saved.

Sorry, my resident cat, Ashes, dropped out of his cat tree on to my phone before I finished my last post... and he posted it! (Ferals - you have to love them, or you have kill them! Lol!) Ashes, is a 7 year old silver tabby. I rescued him as an abused feral kitten, then fostered and adopted...

Hi, As requested by StefanZ an advisor; I am reposting the info I posted as an answer to a question, regarding a kitten that fought bottle feedings. The nipples I used for kittens with a "weak suckle" or fought bottle feedings were the: "FOUR PAWS, NO. N-30 VET NIPPLES." 4 in a box. NOTE...

Of course you haven't lost hope or you would have surrendered it to the SPCA. I know from your post, you know the proper feeding position. I always give proper feeding position because someone else reading this may not. I had some nipples that were a long, cone shape I got for fostering baby...

How are you positioning the kitten for feeding? Kittens need "4 on the floor". Like nursing on mom cat. Not held on their backs like human babies. Keeping them warm is i.prtant too. I stick a kitten in my arm pit, to keep it warm and hold it still while trying to feed. (DON'T laugh, it works...