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What is the strongest anxiety medication you guys would feel ok giving your cats or have given your cats? One of my cats is diagnosed with anxiety, he takes fluoxetine every day and I have feliway diffusers. He’s fine on the medication but before he started taking it he had extreme anxiety, he...

I have been taking my cat out and I’m looking for harness recommendations. I don’t remember the name of the harness I have but I would like to get a different one. My cat is not skittish at all and does not get scared easily but I’m looking for something that will comfortable for her while also...

My moms senior cat (almost 17) has been slowly losing weight over the last few years. He’s also become much more picky. He is also always hungry no matter how much he eats. He’s been to the vet, all of his labs come back completely normal. The vet was almost positive that he had hyperthyroidism...

Does anyone have experience with selective declawing for polydactyl cats? My mom has a polydactyl who we rescued as a kitten. She never fully warmed up to people, she loves my mom but she is very anxious in general and will not let any other person touch her. Her claw between her regular paw and...

My cat got stung by a bee between her toes. I took her to the vet and she got an antibiotic shot and he also gave us a cone for her to wear for a few days to prevent infection. She is miserable with the cone on and keeps trying to take it off. I was looking on petco and I saw a “bitter bandage”...

I am going on a vacation for a few days in November. One of my cats is scared of everyone besides me. He takes fluoxetine every day for anxiety and it took a while to find a method that works for him. He won’t take it in a lockable treat, wet food, or in meat, the only way I can get him to take...

My mom has 2 16 year old cats. They were my childhood cats but since she was responsible for them for their whole life she kept them when I moved out. One of the cats had never groomed himself his whole life. We were told when we adopted him that he was left outside the shelter by himself as...

I have 3 cats, one of them struggles with anxiety. His anxiety issues started in October, he has developed cystitis at least once due to his anxiety. Now he takes fluoxetine and he is doing great. I will be moving in august and I am worried about him. The last time I moved with him he was so...

My mom has 2 cats that are almost 16 years old. Over the past few months, one of the cats has become obsessed with food. He lost some weight and the vet initially thought that he had hyperthyroidism but all of his blood work came back completely normal. They recommended not giving him high...

My cat has been taking fluoxetine for almost a month and almost as soon as he started taking it I noticed differences in his personality. He definitely seems to be less anxious but he used to be super energetic and playful and he also loved to cuddle. Ever since he started taking it, he is...

I’m posting this here because I’m hoping to get some advice. My cat is almost 2 years old and I have been having pretty much constant issues with him over the past few months. About 2 months ago, he was urinating outside the litter box and urinating frequently. I took him to the vet and he was...

I just got home from work and my cats mouth was like this. It wasn’t like this last night, I don’t remember how it looked this morning because I was so tired I didn’t really see his mouth. I am going to take him to the vet first thing in the morning, he’s acting totally normal but if anything...

My cat was recently prescribed fluoxetine and I was just wondering how other peoples experience with this medication was. He is taking it for anxiety, he developed cystitis due to his anxiety so from now on he will be on medication and a prescription diet. I work in the human medical field so...

I took my cat to the vet because he was crying a lot and urinating outside the litter box. I had this issue in October and the vet said he just has a small bladder and may be anxious. A comment that I got on here helped me decide to bring him in again for a second opinion and after getting a...

My cat is a year and a half old and had a UTI in October. When he got the UTI, he urinated outside of the litter box for the first time ever. While he was being treated for his UTI, he urinated on the carpet and in one of his old beds. After that, he pretty much went back to using the litter box...

This might be kind of a weird question, it’s nothing concerning I’m just curious. I have been putting out bird seed so that more wildlife will come around for my cats to watch. One of my cats rolls around on his back whenever the squirrels get close while the other 2 cats get low and put their...

My cat is about a year old and he is pretty attached to me, he cuddles with me all the time and follows me around the house, it’s always been obvious that I’m his favorite person. I bottle fed him when he was a kitten and took care of him when he was sick so I don’t think it’s abnormal for there...

My cat has been dealing with skin issues for about 7 months now. He is about a year old. In March, I noticed some redness under his bottom lip and I originally thought it was just a pimple. Then his lip started to swell up and he got bald spots on his ears. I took him to the vet and they gave me...

I’m waiting for a vet appointment but I’m just freaking out. Does this look like anything specific? Also do you think it’s related? the ear is one cat the foot is my other cat. I got home from work and they were like this. They’re acting normal but I’m scared that this is the beginning of...