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    Dog bark causing redirected aggression/anxiety?

    My neighbor has a giant Doberman. He/she barks at everything that moves every time it’s out in the yard to pee/poop. I like dogs but I’m not going to lie that I don’t like the neighbor for never doing much about training their said dog. Well anyways, My cat has been alright with it for the past...
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    Problem with one eye?

    My cat has been blinking her right eye and seems to have a hard time keeping it open without discomfort. When I look at it there is no discoloration or discharge of any kind, it looks its usual color. Maybe just a tad bit watery. She is sitting with this eye shut right now, She can open it if...
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    How Should I Deal After A Bad Experience With My Cat?

    I've had her since she was 2 months, and now 2 years. I found her as a stray, and she is basically my baby. She is a huge source of happiness and she is my first cat. She is, however, so sensitive to animal smells and completely does a 180 in terms of her personality when she catches a scent...
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    My Cat Hates Mice, What To Do?

    So my 2 year old cat had a major personality flip yesterday night and I traced it down to her catching scent of mice in certain parts of the house (found mice poop in the back of drawers). She absolutely goes crazy whenever she catches scent of other animals. Last time this happened it was...
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    Anxious/sensitive Cat Momentarily Forgets Who I Am?

    So today while exercising in my room, my cat got really scared of my feet and attacked it, and seemed to look at me like I was a different animal she didn't know. And I don't mean in a playful manner, but in a manner where she really thought she was being threatened it seems. My foot only has a...
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    Insurance For Cats?

    If I choose a plan, and then decide a few years later to switch to a different one, will anything covered under the first insurance be considered pre-existing in the second insurance and not be covered? I'm confused as to how it works. My cat is 2 and isn't in any plan right now and I'm not...
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    Health Insurance For Cats And Common Illnesses?

    Do you use health insurance for your cats? If you do- which one do you use/recommend? (Or I mean pet insurance) What are some illnesses that are common in cats that we should watch out for and what prevention methods are the best? My current cat is 2 years old. She's always been a butt scooter...
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    How Often Is It Okay To Feed My Cat Pumpkin?

    My cat loves pumpkin. I give her like a tablespoon of puree of it every once in a while and seems to be good for digestion according to articles, but I don't know how often is too often? Can she get too much Vitamin A if it's given too often and cause problems? Thanks in advance for any advice!
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    My Cat Is Mewoing Incessantly And Following Me Frantically Suddenly?

    I went outside to garden a bit, then I fed her a bit of cat grass, and then she started sniffing my leg pants that maybe had some smell of the soil or tomato plant on it and now sh'es meowing frantically while looking directly at me and following me really closely in an agitated manner. I...
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    New Couch Concerns?

    Just bought a new couch and am having it delivered later this month. I’m having second thoughts about my choice and need some inputs. I chose one that was microfiber material. I’m now realizing that cat hair might stick all over it and that it might be kind of time cosuming to clean compared...
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    Any Other Cat Owners Here Have Allergy To Cats?

    To my surprise, I took a scratch test for a bunch of things, and found out I am actually mildly allergic to cats. I do not have any of the usual symptoms of cat allergies like sneezing and itchy red eyes so I would have never suspected it. Albeit I also am allergic to many other things that I...
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    Carrier Suggestions For Cats Who Hate Them?

    It's such a struggle taking her to the vet in the current carrier which looks like this: I can take the lid off, but then it takes two people (one putting the cat in, the other assembling it all back together) to get her to stay, and the assembling back together part is a clunky design. My...
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    My Cat Is Unfriendly To Anyone Who Isn’t Family.

    She is use to the four of us (me, my parents, and sibling) who have lived with her and been around her since she was a kitten, but she seems to despise everyone else, and I realize this could be an issue up ahead as circumstances can change. (Like what if I get married? What if there is someone...
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    Butt Scooting On Carpet?

    My cat always have had this gross habit and I just realized it’s not something a cat should be doing very often. Is that true? Do any of your cats have this habit? How can I get her to stop? At some point when she was much younger I did have the vet do the butt gland pressing thing. And then I...
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    I Have An Irrational Aversion To Leaving My Cat Alone At Home.

    I’ve been able to work online to stay at home but not sure how long that situation will continue. Most likely she could end up staying home For 8 hours or so by herself on certain days. I live with other people who come and go inside this house. I’ve been able to stay with her from her...
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    Cat Threw Up Right After Eating?

    Hello. My cat threw up her food lik 5 minutes after eating it. She didn’t eat anything different and was her usual self all day. Upon closer observation there was like a piece of hairball (a half inch clump) mixed in with the food. This has not happened before, but I’m not sure what to make...
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    Playing With Apple Blossom Stem? Toxic?

    My family member picked a small crab apple twig with the blossom and the leaves on it just for decoration. My cat was playing with it and biting on it. I later realized it can have cyanide and is toxic to cats. I don’t think she ingested anything and she seems fine...but am a bit worried. How...
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    How Do You Keep Photos Of Your Cat Organized? I Have Too Many!

    Hello. Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I take pictures of my cat like a parent with their first child. I have thousands and thousands of pictures just from almost the first year with my cat. I’m going through them trying to kind of bring them down to a more...
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    Teeth Care?

    Hello. I have a 1year old cat, and it never occurred to me that cats need teeth care until I read an article on it. So how exactly do you care for your cats teeth and how often? Is there things you do at home? Is there like a brush or something she chews on? Do they require yearly cleanings at...
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    Cat Didn’t Poop Today?

    My one year old cat suddenly got diarrhea for the past handful of days. I took some of it for fecal testing at the vets and they haven’t gotten back to me since they’re not open weekends. She had diarrhea yesterday too, and today she hasn’t pooped at all. There was never a time when she...
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