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  1. TommoLB

    Male cat - Lymph node abscess - anything to worry about? (i.e. underlying cause)

    He is neutered. He never went outside until after he was done. Sadly keeping him inside is impossible. He gets very frustrated, attacking members of the household and the other cat. We tried putting cat netting up in the garden (spent hundreds of pounds on it) and he overcome it and found ways...
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    Non recognition aggression

    I had a small element of this with my female cat avoiding the male cat and getting a bit aggro with him when he returned from the vets. Thankfully the male cat is "the boss" so the female knew better than to attack or start a scrap. There was a bit of growling though and bushed up tail from the...
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    Male cat - Lymph node abscess - anything to worry about? (i.e. underlying cause)

    I have a very active 5 year old male cat. He's been through the wars of late, last year suffering an abscess on his tail from a probable bite, while also a few months later reigniting a tail injury as a result of a scrap with another cat (an injury he got as a kitten, although how he originally...
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    Cat with popped abscess - allow him to lick the wound or leave on cone?

    Well, I took the cone off to see what he'd do. Within minutes we had a howling session and he was running around the house in distress as a result. The cone went back on and I sprayed the area with Leucillin and he's settled down and wanting to be left alone. I'll gently rinse the area with warm...
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    Cat with popped abscess - allow him to lick the wound or leave on cone?

    I recall something about a cloth and warm water and plan to gently rinse the area a couple of times a day. As he's a strong and (when provoked) very feisty cat, I don't think I can do more than that without being torn to shreds. There was certainly no mention of hydrogen peroxide etc. and am...
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    Cat with popped abscess - allow him to lick the wound or leave on cone?

    So it seems my boy cat got into a scrap with another cat and developed an abscess at the basis of his tail that popped today. I managed to get to the vets who shaved the fur off (after an almighty fight and much howling), clean the wound (again more howling) and then an injection of antibiotics...
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    Older male will chase younger female cat into the house

    My 3 1/2 year old male cat has a habit of chasing my younger (1 1/2 y/o) female cat into the house if she ventures into the garden. I noticed it last summer, but eventually the older cat accepted her in the garden, even if he did chase/stalk her in the garden occasionally (especially when she...
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    Older Cat Stalking/chasing New Kitten

    Give the kitten plenty of places to run and hide to get away from him to spare you the distress of hearing her squeal. When you're not around, separate them (I kept my two separated at night and when I was out at work for the first 3 weeks). Also, keep playing with them together to get them both...
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    Older Cat Stalking/chasing New Kitten

    It's tough on the existing cat to adapt to a new comer, especially one that is small, agile and high energy! There they are one day all nice and relaxed, with an established routine and the next day BAM! there this new "thing" flying around causing havoc! There's always going to be a tension...
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    Older Cat Stalking/chasing New Kitten

    Both cats get on well now. The older cat washed the the other yesterday, which I understand to be a sign of affection and they play with each other often and sometimes will even sleep next to each other or in the same bed (although that is very rare). The big cat will however take play times too...
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    Cat incessantly meows outside bedroom for hours every night. Only option left to give him away?

    Can only echo what others have said about anxiety. Poor cat and poor you for having to go through this as I imagine it's very upsetting to hear! Try feliway (FELIWAY Classic 30 day starter kit. Diffuser and Refill. Comforts cats and helps solve behavioural issues in the home, 48 ml...
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    9 week old kitten and weekend trip

    Depends on the kitten and how he is settling in with you after two weeks? My boy cat was the confident sort of kitten who could have enjoyed such a trip as an opportunity to explore new things, whereas my fussy eating, skittish female kitten would hate it.
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    Kitten fussy eater - has stopped eating the only two foods she liked

    I have a fussy eating 8 month old kitten who only ever eats two foods ; - Lily's Kitchen Chicken Dinner (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01K9TR3WE/?tag=) and - Natures Menu Kitten (Natures Menu Cat Food Pouch Kitten 4 x (12 x 100g): Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home) All other brands and dried food...
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    Kitten constantly licking post op shirt (post spaying)

    So I had my 6 month old Kitten spayed on Monday and she came home sporting a lovely shirt/jump suit. However, she spends hours a day licking the front of the jump suit to the extent it becomes soaking wet. She also wants to constantly be sat on my lap where she proceeds to lick for about 15-30...
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    Fussy Eating Kitten..... Any Ideas On How To Make Her Less So?

    I had a search of 3 supermarkets and 2 different pet places and boy, the lack of kitten food choices is disappointing. If you have an adult cat, you have about 20+ different brands/types of wet food choices. If you're looking for kitten food, then the supermarkets only sell 2 brands (Whiskers...
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    Fussy Eating Kitten..... Any Ideas On How To Make Her Less So?

    I have a 10 week old kitten that has turned her nose up at anything other than Lily's Kitchen Kitten food. When I went to visit the kitten a few weeks ago, I was told she was eating Felix and Royal Canin dried kitten food, but when picking her up at 10 weeks, was told she'd stopped touching...
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    Older Cat Stalking/chasing New Kitten

    Just an additional comment - having read a lot of the literature about introducing kittens to resident cats I plan on "rolling back" the interactions between the two cats and keeping them separated for a few days and then slowly building up the interactions again. Even though both cats do touch...
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    Older Cat Stalking/chasing New Kitten

    An update on the situation having experienced another 24 hours of "fun". Most of the time interaction between my older male and the female kitten is nice. They greet each other, he has started to lick her etc. She acts submissive to him if he gets overpowering, but he seems to want to pin her...
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    Older Cat Stalking/chasing New Kitten

    I have a 2 year old neutered male cat who is quite big (5.5kg) who I have had since he was 8 weeks old. Most of the time he's a big softie and seems to be quite sociable with other cats - once calling/begging another neighbours cat over to him so they could sniff noses though the back garden...
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