At my cat's recent wellness checkup, the vet noted that my cat, Skittles, has tartar build-up and possibly gingivitis. Skittles is approximately 7-8 years old (not sure exactly how old as he was taken in as a stray 5 years ago). The quote for the dental cleaning was $1000 and he would need to...
My orange tabby seems to be over-grooming to the point where there is about a 1 inch by 1 inch patch if missing fur behind his front right shoulder as well as smaller patches of missing fur on the inner part of his rear legs. My wife noticed a little blood on his side patch and it looked like...
A couple years ago, we took in a stray cat. The cat has settled down a bit since we have taken care of him, but he's definitely an outdoor cat. If it's daylight outside, he wants to go outdoors and if we leave him inside for too long, he will start crying, clawing furniture, and will even go...
I was taking care of my sister's ~2 year old female cat for a few days while she was away on vacation. I noticed that the cat either urinated or threw up several times at various places around the house. The first time I stopped by, I noticed small wet areas, but it was not obvious to me what...
Around the 4th of July, people started lighting off fireworks. We have an indoor / outdoor cat that we bring in every night before it gets dark and we brought in early before the fireworks started. He hates fireworks. When he hears fireworks, he tries to hide under something or burrow under /...
I have a cat that goes outside during the day, but stays inside with us after dark. He's quite the hunter and catches mostly birds and mice. I have seen him bring home 3 birds in one day. He will eat the animals whole although I interrupt the process if I catch him. Anyhow, he normally chows...
I have an orange tabby cat which is a very good hunter. He's caught 3 bunnies (2 were saved and released), and countless mice, birds, and moles. We're not sure how many mice he has caught because I have seen him (both tonight and last night) eat small mice whole. One time my wife tried to...