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    Post-neuter—Does this look normal or infected?

    My cat got neutered today and when I brought him home I took a look at his backside and it was all swollen and bruised. It was bloody too but it was dried blood and not actively bleeding. He’s been meowing a lot since being home and right now is sleeping, obviously not feeling very well (the...
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    How do I teach my cats to stop being monsters around food

    I have 5 cats and this is a problem with all of them, but especially 4 of them. Any time there is food, they turn into little monsters. I don't mean that they get aggressive, what I mean is that they have absolutely no manners. It has become a severe problem at this point. Just to give some...
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    How soon should I go to the vet?

    Today about an hour ago I discovered a lump on my cats lower chest. It wasn't there a week ago. It's about 2cm long I think, just based on what I could feel. It's not round, but long. It feels hard, almost like a bone but I can move it around, so sort of like a hard muscle. I have 4 other cats...
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    Confused about what's considered balanced

    So I've been feeding my cats a half raw diet for some time now, I don't remember when I started but I think it's been about a year now. I've been following this recipe - Feline Nutrition - Feline Nutrition's Easy Homemade Cat Food Recipe | Hare Today I was under the impression that supplements...
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    Can my cat sleep in a cat crate overnight?

    My family invited some people over to our house that will be staying the night, and possibly another day as well. One of my cats is very afraid of strangers. This cat needs to also stay away from all my other cats due to some behavioral issues of hers. The only way I can keep her away from both...
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    Prednisolone for viral infection?

    My 1.5 year old cat has been lethargic for the last few days. Just sleeping all day, not moving much, sometimes crouching from discomfort. No vomitting, bathroom issues, or respiratory issues (meaning no sneezing, coughing, or runny eyes or nose). He is eating and drinking just fine. I was...
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    Is whole quail considered balanced?

    I raise and breed coturnix quail, so I was thinking, why not just feed my cats whole prey (not alive though, I find that a bit cruel) specifically quail, instead of buying separate ingredients and spending hours grinding it all together? But my question is, for a cat, is a whole quail considered...
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    How do people have tons of cats that’s get along in one home?

    Every once in a while I’ll see a post on social media of a person that owns 20+ cats or a sanctuary home with 100+ cats. Just now I watched this video of a lady that has 1,000+ cats (she rescues and rehomes) Every time I see one of these posts or videos though I always wonder how it’s...
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    How do I switch out bones for eggshells?

    Sometimes my parents have leftover raw meat that they aren’t using and give it to me to use for my cats. The recipe I use uses bones though and usually the meat my parents give me doesn’t have bones or the bones are too big for me to grind. We do have tons of eggshells though since we have lots...
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    Is anyone else annoyed by the 'orange cat' stereotype?

    So I know this post is a little bit of a rant, but this has been bugging me for a while already and I just want a place to be able to discuss this. I've noticed that there seems be an 'orange cat' stereotype on the internet. If you don't know what it is, it pretty much says that orange cats are...
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    My cat is suddenly attacking his sister

    I have 5 cats and the two oldest are siblings and 2 years old. The female is spayed and the male just got neutered a few weeks ago. Anyways, they got along great for their entire life so far. The girl is a bit skittish but never had issues with the male and she is not aggressive at all. She...
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    Can I feed my cats whole fish?

    My dad goes fishing a few times a week and asked me if I needed any fish. I’m making the switch to raw food right now and already have a meat grinder so I was wondering if I could literally just take the whole fish and grind it up and feed it to my cats. I did read that parasites might be an...
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    Why did my kitten get sick after getting vaccinated

    My kitten is 12 weeks old and got her first round of vaccines 4 days ago. Today one of her eyes is all now goopy with greenish discharge and she clearly has some type of infection going on. I got my older cat neutered 3 weeks ago and since then he’s been sneezing a little bit so I’m pretty...
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    Is this a good raw recipe?

    So I learned recently how bad dry food is for cats, and also that not all canned food is that great. I feed mine a mix of both dry and canned right now because I can’t afford fully canned yet. However I’ve been doing research and found a raw recipe that someone posted on YouTube that ends up...
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    Since dry food isn't good for cats, can I just add water?

    I've fed my cats dry food for a while already, but recently I was doing research and learned that ideally cat's shouldn't be eating carbs, and dry food is bad for them especially because they need lots of liquids to stay healthy. So I started feeding them 50/50 dry food mixed with canned food. I...
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    Vet said I have to give dewormer for 5 days but they only gave me enough for 3 days

    I took my kitten to the vet 3 days ago because he was lethargic and had diarrhea. The fecal tests came back negative but they said that it's possible the test was inaccurate, or that it might be GI issues. So they gave me Panacur for the possible worms and antibiotics for the other stuff. I've...
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    What problems does this poop point to

    I have a 10 week old kitten. Two nights ago I noticed he had some soft poop stuck to his fur, but I wasn’t sure if it was because of a problem or because he just got a bit dirty since he has long fur. But I decided to keep an eye on him and yesterday I noticed he was a bit lethargic and seems a...
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    How long until cats eye color turns permanent?

    My cat is 7 months old and still has her baby brown eyes. When she was about 3 months old they suddenly started to look orange but that went away after a month and now they are back to the regular dull brown color except the insides are finally turning green. I couldn’t get a good photo of her...
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    Possible Maine coon mix?

    I have a 7.5lb regular domestic shorthair cat that had 3 babies. She got spayed and I’m keeping one baby. Her other two kittens are short furred and both the same size as each other, but the third kitten has long fur and ever since the first day he was born he was bigger than the rest and had a...
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    Is this considered a black tabby or brown tabby?

    I’m not sure what the difference is between black and brown tabbies, or if it’s the same thing.
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