For the last week or so Winky has been purring around me and will practically fall over with pleasure when I rub her belly. She will also knead the air when I rub her belly, and will even knead the ground when she eats.
I have no idea if this means she is pregnant. Her nipples aren't pinking up...
Ever since Jax died over St. Patrick's Day weekend, my cat Libby has become quite a lap cat. The interesting thing is, she's especially a lap cat when she can sense I'm still grieving for Jax.
For example, I'll just be thinking of Jax and almost immediately Libby will come find me to make...
My cat Heidi has a small abscess wound on her cheek she keeps breaking back open (bite from an insect? Botfly? Cat fight? No idea, but I came home from work one day and her cheek was the size of a walnut). It will heal and the fur will grow back, and then it starts to bother her again and...
Winky, my brother's barn cat, may be pregnant. I've been able to get her to the point where she's..........ok.........about me petting her but she is absolutely not a lap cat yet, she doesn't purr, and she won't stand for me picking her up (enter the full suit of Kevlar enforced Carhartts and...
I lost my baby Jax two weeks ago tomorrow, on March 15.
She had lymphoma and the only other option was taking her an hour and a half one way to chemotherapy. The week she died, she lost 2 pounds. She was only 7 pounds to begin with. Jax went from fine to skin and bones in less than a week...
Hello there!
I'm Fflur (the Welsh name for Fleur). I'm originally from the Niagara Falls region and these days I rescue stray cats while managing a historic preservation company and going back to school for social work/services. Two weeks ago I lost my longtime fur baby of 10 years, Jax, to...