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So I think Amelia (3yo female cat, otherwise very healthy) might have a pretty bad hairball. She doesn't get them very often (maybe once every few months) and I don't usually notice anything beyond some dry heaving, at which point it would pass one way or the other. Well, this time it's worse...

Still new to all this kitten stuff... including how easily they get sick. The kitten I adopted had a URI when I got him. He was so congested he sounded like a little alien when he would eat or purr. I took him to the vet last Tuesday for it. She told me that there was a chance it was viral, and...

I adore my friend's dogs. They're so huggable and cute and dumb. It's the best. I took a family portrait while I was dogsitting for them. A few other pictures: I call them the Himbo Squad and they are the best.

Dang, this little guy is only around 12 weeks but he can really put it away. Right now he's stuffing his tiny little mouth on friskies shreds 4 times a day. I know it's not the best food, but I can afford it and he likes it and I figure that the most important thing is that he's eating...

I adopted a voidling kitten this past Saturday! I had told myself no more cats until I moved somewhere bigger, but knowing his situation (he was in a house with a lot of other cats and was very timid there, struggling to get enough attention and socialization), I couldn't help it. Meet Gizmo...

Yep, it's that time again. Time to introduce my somewhat unexpected kitten to his big sisters. And by it's time, I mean that I sort of caved and opened the bathroom door last night. That bathroom is so small and it gets hot in there. It needed to be aired out anyway. At that point, one of my...

Not sure if this is the best forum for this, but here goes. My friend has a lot of cats, and some of them have had kittens who need a home. I’m torn between two kittens. Unfortunately I can only adopt one (three cats in a one bedroom will be pushing it, but given this kitten's current situation...

So... to my own surprise, I may be adopting a kitten in the next two weeks or so. For a little background, these kittens live in a house with a LOT of other cats. Like, really a lot. Right now they're confined to a single room because they're skittish and some of the older unfixed males pin the...

My cats had a little spat and if I didn't know better I could have sworn one of them was trying to protect me from the other. Mischief tried to jump on me while I was eating and lost her balance. She hooked her claws into me and I yelped while she fell to the floor (this happens a lot). Millie...

I shouldn't rag on the poor vet... he was really great with Mischief when I took her in for a UTI and I plan to make that practice her regular one when it comes time for shots. So, a great vet, and a nice guy. But.... ... she looks about as much like a bengal as a greyhound looks like a...

Anybody else want to adopt another cat but just can't right now? There's this adorable, sweet, fluffy orange and white kitty at my local cat cafe (the place my two cats came from). I adore her. If I could take her home, I would... but I just can't. My lease prohibits more than two cats, and...

I got my cats one of those Jackson Galaxy aerial play toys for Christmas and they LOVE it. Love it so much, in fact, that they're well on their way to destroying the feathers. I try to keep them from getting too many "catches" while we play but Millie in particular is really fast and always gets...

My kitty Mischief was straining in the litterbox last night. She'd then switch to the other box and sometimes lick herself in between. I panicked, having heard horror stories of UTIs and crystals and obstruction in cats. I managed to schedule her an appointment and got off work early to take her...

Recently I tried to clip my kitty Mischief's nails for the first time (I know, I know, I should have tried sooner). She's usually an awkward, squirmy cat and is a stubborn little goblin even at the best of times so I was prepared for the worst. She didn't mind at all! She just laid in my lap...

Amelia's chin has become somewhat red and scabby. It doesn't seem to bother her especially, and I haven't noticed her scratching it too much, but there's also a lot of time where I'm not home. I really only noticed it the other night, but it probably started before that. Fortunately, no signs...

I can't help but be curious how my cats lived before they came to the cat cafe where I adopted them. I don't know a whole lot about Amelia before that. She was an owner surrender and pregnant spay, and that's about all I know. I can't imagine who would give up such a cute kitty (or let her roam...

Just over a month ago, I was still in the throes of a (short and comparatively easy but still stressful) cat introduction. Now, those two she-devils are conspiring against me. They have joined forces to get me out of bed. I woke to the feeling of a soft kitty paw patting at my hand in front of...

Cats are gloriously photogenic. But sometimes the camera also makes them look... odd. Where are her back legs? She kinda looks like a potato with a head. I'm sure some of you out there have plenty of photos that make your gorgeous cats look like lumpy vegetables.

I'm not currently involved with TNR, but my mom managed a colony behind her business when I was a preteen/young teenager, and I just wanted to talk about them a little bit. It's a slightly long story, but it's got a nice happy ending! I don't remember exactly how it started, but at some point...

It was only a matter of time until Mischief realized that she's nearly the size of a leopard and can in fact jump to the top of my dresser (tallest piece of furniture and the only one that is supposed to be off limits to cats). So once she finally jumped up a couple of times and got ready to...