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Both cats had bloodwork done in December for their last annual checkup and everything looked good on that. The other cat has slowed down his eating over the years and now only occasionally throws up after eating too fast. It got a little worse when I adopted a dog earlier this year, but it's...

I was debating whether to post this in Cat Health or Cat Behavior because I don't think this is a health issue, but it's also about vomiting so I'm posting it here. Both of my cats throw up. No surprises there. One of them likes to hork down his food as fast as possible and will sometimes vomit...

I can't raise the box. I tried that in the past for other reasons and the cats stopped using it. I left it that way for months and they never came around. Plus, the dog can jump almost as high as my lazier cat. Unfortunately I don't have space for a third box anywhere. I might look into a door...

I've had my 4-year-old mini aussie for about 5 months. First 3 months she was separated from my two cats by a baby gate 24/7 so they each got half of the apartment. Last 2 months I've been letting them all mingle during the day, baby gate at night. The cats hiss and whine sometimes when she...

Thanks for the advice everybody, it sounds like I'm doing the right things but just need to have more patience and need to find better outlets to tire out Cassie before I can expect the cats to come around. Just wanted to clarify that we're at 7 weeks, not 7 days.

Thanks to the current work from home guidelines in my state, I have been doing some swapping every day. I bring Cassie into my work room for about half my work day every day, which is where the cats spend a lot of their time. At the same time, I keep the baby gate open so the cats can wander...

Thanks for the link, I did check that article out before posting. The article still focuses more on large dogs who present safety concerns to cats, rather than cats who display aggression toward dogs. It kind of rehashes the information that I already know: start slow, go in stages, go back a...

Sorry that this got long, brevity is not my strong suit. I have had two cats, Memphis and Tails, for 10 years. Outside of a betta fish a few years ago, they have been the only pets in my apartment. I recently adopted a mini australian shepherd, Cassie, from the shelter that I volunteer at and...

I went to feed Starling just now, and it looks really bad. She is curled up in a cubby hole in my sister's closet, purring constantly trying to comfort herself. She growls/moans at the slightest movement, and her face and front legs are wet from either constantly drooling, food she couldn't...

Some background: my sister's cat Starling was abused as a kitten, resulting in a broken tail, malformed ribs, and very bad teeth. The shelter thought she had been kicked. She's six, was at the shelter since she was a kitten, and my sister adopted her about 18 months ago. Starling came down with...

Them's the joys of owning a crepuscular animal.

Thanks for all that helpful advice. I do own a flea comb, though I have never used it since my cats never got fleas (bought it in my original splurge of things in anticipation of adopting my cats). The furminator was getting stuck, and I know that thing will rip out hair if tugged, so I didn't...

My cat has a couple of mats or knots in his fur, and this only happens along his spine. He's a shorthair cat, but every other cat in his litter was longhair, and his fur is amazingly thick and soft for a shorthair. His shedding ability is a running joke in my apartment, as is the fact that he...

Yes, they're getting out energy. That is entirely besides the point, though. The noises they make are unacceptable. They are constantly tearing through the apartment caterwauling. They want to play, until I try to play. Then they don't want to play, until I put their toys away. Then, they want...

My cats will sprint around my apartment, making the most pathetic mewls, meows, caterwauls, and any other sound you can imagine. This happens every single day. They run up to me, headbutt me, pretend like they want to play, but then the second I get any of their toys (of which I own EVERY SINGLE...