Recent Content by lizard

yep, he's still eating normally. We had to put him on oral antibiotics before for an upper respiratory infection, and that cleared it right up. right now we're just treating it with an ointment. i just got home from work, though, and he's wide awake and alert as anything, playing with (by the...

I have a kitten who is just over 3 months old, and in the past day and a half he has barely played at all. Usually he sleeps for an hour or two (or three, depending on how tired he is) and then plays like mad for another hour or two. But in the past few days, he hasn't even gone crazy in the...

here is Taz, in his favourite spot to sleep while i'm on the computer: and here, when i woke him up:

well, here are some pictures...he's gotten so much bigger in the last 3 weeks! it's crazy! this was taken the day i got him: this was a week and a half ago: and these two were taken Sunday: voila! i'll post more when he gets a bit bigger...you can already see his marbling getting more...

yep, he's doing great. he had his first vet appointment on monday, and he didn't get his shots because he had an upper respiratory infection. he's on antibiotics and he's doing much better. i asked about the diarrhea and vomiting and the vet said that unless the vomiting was more than a couple...

my kitten does the same thing...of course i've only had him for a week, so that's probably just a coincidence, but he seems to be getting the idea not to bite my hands when i'm trying to pet him. blowing on their face is really effective...i tried hissing but at most he sometimes looked at me...

thanks, i'll do that. he is playing, though...he just went back to sleep. i have a 1/2-inch thick cardboard tube wrapped in sisal rope, and he jumped on it and it fell over...poor thing, i hope he's not scared of it now he was even starting to get the idea that you're supposed to *scratch* it...

hello again...i know i'm asking a lot of questions but this is my first cat and i don't have anyone else to ask...so here it is. this morning when taz went to the litter box, he came out with a tiny little stool still attached, which was light in colour and with a bit of blood in it (sorry for...

i'm going to call the vet tomorrow and make an appointment for tuesday, because i work tomorrow so i can't take him then. the only reason that i have a kitten this young is because the woman i got him from works at a vet clinic and all the kittens she was looking after were rescued from...

hey there, i just got a kitten yesterday morning. his name's Taz and he's 7 weeks old. he has slight diarrhea, it's not bad and i only just noticed it. i'm also not entirely sure if he's peed yet, since i brought him home. everything seemed fine yesterday, he was jumping and playing and running...

i'm convincing my parents to let me get a cat, and they're almost 100% convinced....my question is, do indoor cats generally get more infections than dogs? we've only had dogs before and my parents are a little hesitant about getting a new kind of animal. my mom thought that cats naturally have...

thanks for all your replies - it's been a big help. i didn't mean to offend with the stuff about possibly declawing. i don't think i was thinking straight because now...it's just so obvious that if there was a scratching post for my cat, they would scratch it instead of the furniture. and not...

firstly, thanks for all your responses, they've been a great help. that's why i love forums, because you can ask questions and get feedback from people who, from what i've read, know what they're talking about and aren't trying to sell you something. flat-out websites don't have that option, so...

thanks for your reply. the shelter that i'm looking at is very reputable, i think that the kitten is from a mother who gave birth while at the shelter. they have foster homes, so that's probably where the kitten is now. i'm still in the 'finding out about cats' stage before i ask to make sure...

i'm new to cats...i recently had to put down my 7-year-old dog due to bone cancer, and while my parents don't want another animal of their own, especially not a dog, i'm looking into getting a cat for myself. i'll be moving out in a few years, after college, if not before that (when i get enough...