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Between a gradual introduction and an initial quarantine since the younger cat had giardia when I adopted her, I should maybe have explained that it's been about two weeks since they've first begun fully interacting with each other.

We did do a proper introduction and there is no actual fighting between them. I think they’re actually doing pretty well but I just worry about how nervous my older cat can be about new things.

Oh we’ve got a cat bed in every room and a nice new scratch lounger but of course the only one that’s ever interesting to the new cat is whichever one the older cat currently seems to want. I do think the younger one likes her, though, and really kind of craves her attention.

Hello, I adopted a cat about a month ago estimated to be about five years old although she acts much younger. I currently have one other cat that I have raised since she was a kitten. She is now fourteen and has always been a very gentle but skittish kitty. She had always lived with my Siamese...

Thanks everyone. I ended up just paying for the ultrasound and she’s since been spayed. She’s recovering well and already eager to be up and playing again. It was all pretty expensive and much more than I was hoping to spend but I didn’t want to have to worry about the cat being uncomfortable or...

I don’t think it is likely she could be pregnant. She was at animal control for over a month and has since been with me for three weeks.

I recently adopted a cat from a county animal control that is female and estimated at about age five. She was found abandoned on some rural farm property with two other cats, and animal control states that she has not been spayed. My vet is very hesitant to spay a cat unless 100% sure it has...

Thank you, both of you. I'm just devastated. It feels like I'm in a nightmare. She's really my family and my best friend. I can tell that some people around me think I'm overreacting, but she's so important to me and she's been so good to me her whole life. I just wish I could do more to...

She's deteriorated a lot very rapidly, and the vet is now saying that she likely has a metastatic cancer that involves a density forming in her chest cavity, the fullness of which is what is deterring her from wanting to eat. Her breathing is getting labored and restrictive, and the feedings...

I am following the vet's direction on how much to give her and when each day. She is on a prescription diet.

Hello-- I posted earlier about the possibility of getting my cat a surgically placed feeding tube after she suffered a stroke and lost interest in eating. She lost quite a bit of weight in the process and became pretty frail. My cat did have the feeding tube put in about a week ago, and she is...

She was at the vet this Thursday. At that point, she was under-eating. For the past two days, she has not really been eating at all. As someone above said, I guess it could be due to antibiotics-related nausea, but I'm not sure. She didn't eat anything when we came back from the vet, and...

Thank you to everyone who responded. I think my cat's appetite is deteriorating further at this point. I don't know what factors may be involved-- nausea from the medication, stuffy nose, etc-- or if the damage from the stroke has affected her appetite to the point in which she is not...

Thank you for your ideas. I've been presenting food to her in several ways. She has access to dry food, and I've tried both shredded and pate. I always cut the pate into small bites and try to redistribute the shredded food so that it's not just spread all over the plate and drying out. I...

She has not been particularly responsive to mirtazapine. She will lick food but shows little interest in eating very much.