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So I have this stray kitty. She isn't stray now, she lives with me. I need to get her to the vet for a check up, but there's a catch: I can't touch her. I can get close, and she's not too scared, but I can't just pick her up and slap her in a carrier either. Does anyone else have cats they...

I've been feeding a little longhaired tortoiseshell gal for a couple years now. She lives in a shelter I built for her on my patio, and she knows me. She isn't strictly feral, but she won't let me touch her. I can get really close, but not quite. She'll come in my door, if I don't pay much...

will my male cat's urine smell strongly? He is 2 years old and I just got him neutered yesterday. I don't know if he sprays or not (he was only in my house one night before neutering), but the urine smell was so strong in the morning. He was caged all night, so he could only have gone in the...

Okay, it was Valentine's day, and I am without sweetheart or lover (except my Duvet, of course). I went to the shelter to work, and who did I see? My favorite cat of all time, who was adopted so fast, I hardly had time to get to know him. He was back! I guess they had an outbreak of (human)...

Hey! For those of you who have been waiting (Bodlover, are you still alive??), here are pictures of the new love of my life.

My new shelter cat, Duvet, is a picky eater. He was only fed canned food his whole life (he's 3), so he won't eat hard food. I don't know what brand he was fed either, the owners said "it has a cat on it" (sigh). He also won't eat out of a bowl, only off a plate. But not the blue one, the...

My new kitty is 3 years old. He came from the local shelter where he was being fed Purina Cat Chow (which he refuses). I have a feeling though that he has been fed moist food his whole life, because he gets really excited when I open cans. I know he needs dry food, but how can I get him to...

I have a 3 year old long haired cat living with me temporarily, and possibly permanently. The deciding factor is whether I can teach him to ignore my chinchillas. They are caged, and the cat is declawed, but he displays undue interest and it makes me nervous. So far he has responded well to a...

I'm fostering a cat from the shelter that I may want to keep. He doesn't seem to like closed doors though. Every time he sees one, he paws at it. It is kind of sad. Also, he hated his cage at the shelter. He stopped eating for the most part. He gets really excited too when a door gets...

Hi Guys! Some of you probably remember me from when I fostered the two kittens that died (Seb and Cyp). I have since fostered two kittens who did not die. And yesterday I brought home a 3 year old brown tabby Maine Coon-type cat. His name is Ziggy (I WILL be changing that). I would love...

Cyprio is on his second dose of antibiotic for a URI. He is very sneezy and snotty right now. I don't think he's eaten anything since he came home (Friday night). I have tried everything suggested, with no results. I was wondering if he is not eating because he cannot smell, or if he feels...

Well, I got my kitties home(yay!), but one of them (at least) has worms really badly. He doesn't want to eat, and has been throwing up white, foamy stuff. He was given a pill at the vet's about 3 hous ago, but has thrown up part of it. He doesn't want to eat or drink. I know he must feel...

I've heard you should give cats a variety of foods, so they don't have health problems. How do you know what variety to give? I will have kittens, so does that change what I should feed them? What age can I give kitty treats at? Catnip?

If a kitten is never taught by its mother to clean itself, will it start doing it instinctively, or will it simply never do it? If I have a kitten who was hand-raised, and I have no other cats, and I keep it sufficiently clean by bathing, is there any reason for it to lick itself??

As some of you know, I have HORRIBLE cat allergies. Well, I recently started working at the local animal shelter, and quickly (this was my second day) succumbed to the charm of a DLH brown and white tabby kitten named Chance. He just laid in my arms all day (I was pretty useless around the...