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Hi, has anyone dealt successfully with soft stools in kittens? I have 5 10-week-old foster kittens, and for weeks they have had very soft stools. I dewormed them twice with Strongid, and gave two courses of Marquis Paste in case they had coccidia. Neither did any good. They eat very high...

Calling all foster moms and dads...have you ever encountered a failure to thrive kitten? Let me explain. Over two months ago I started fostering a mom cat and her five one-week old kittens. One of them was the runt, about half the size of the others. Mom didn't push away the runt like I...

You will think I'm an idiot, but I recently had some antique furniture in my living room recovered, for a pretty penny. I really want to discourage my cats not only from scratching the furniture, but from hanging out on those pieces at all (I know, I dream big). Has anyone had any luck with...

Hi, I have three very sad foster cats. They were rescued from a hoader house, and, for lack of a better description, have broken little spirits. They are the saddest cats I've ever met, and I've fostered quite a few. They are clearly going to be with me for awhile while I work with them to...

Hi, Feel free to roll your eyes several times while reading this post...my husband and I are getting several pieces of antique furniture recovered, a few of which we are recovering because they have been scratched to pieces. I am determined that the $$ we invest won't be wasted and I can...

I am SO sorry if this belongs in another thread, but I figured the only people who would buy cameras to watch cats remotely would be fosters who have double digit cats to keep an eye on. Does anyone have any recommendations for video cameras to use to monitor cats, on a laptop and a phone (i.e...

Hi, I am a foster, and I've tried calming chews with my nervous charges before with mixed results. I have a couple of very shy girls who aren't progressing very fast, and I thought I'd try calming chews again. Do you use them with any success, and if so, what brand? Thanks in advance for...

I am always confused as to where I should post questions about my foster cats...I hope this is right. I am fostering 6 kittens who came to me at 7 weeks (they are 9.5 weeks old now.) Their mother was feral and they were picked up in a TNR job, and mom was spayed and returned to her colony...

Hi all, I have a house full of cats (I foster), and I need to replace my crappy handheld cordless vacuum cleaner. I was wondering if anyone can recommend one. Reviews often talk about how good handhelds are with picking up pet hair, but they never mention the main thing I use it for--stray...

Hi, I am harness-training one of my four cats, and I'm worried about bringing fleas into the house. We used to let one of our cats out in the backyard when we were gardening, and the vet told us we needed to use Revolution on all four cats. That got to be really expensive!!! If you walk your...

Background Sorry for the long background...I have 4 resident cats, and I foster (I usually have between 10-15 fosters at a time). Fosters are kept separate from the resident cats, although they like to escape from the foster room for funzies (they are quickly returned--I don't ever want fosters...

Hi, I am fostering a handsome fellow who has nerve damage in his shoulder, most likely from being hit by a car, and a leg that he drags around. He chews at his paw and the poor thing has bloody sores. I took him to a vet orthopedic specialist who said that due to extensive nerve death...

Hi, I’m fostering a pregnant feral who is very overdue and I’d like your input. The facts: -On Nov. 30 was examined by a vet the day she was picked up who said they felt kittens and she was 1-2 weeks away from delivery -when found she was very thin (ie didn’t look pregnant). -eats 3x as...

Hi, I just got a foster cat with a cast on her entire rear leg. I have her in a big pet pen so she is safe, but she is utterly miserable. She meows loudly every time she moves, and ambulates by rolling around and dragging her leg behind her awkwardly. Today she had poop all over the pet pen...

Hi, I have had two beautiful foster boy cats for 6 months. They were brought to a kill shelter along with 7 of their siblings by the owner because he "had to many cats" (if he dropped off 9, how many did he have in total?) These boys were well fed but terrified. Hid in the corner and hissed...

(Hi, I am never sure if I'm posting in the right spot...seems like there should be a "cats in the home" thread or such.) I am a cat foster, and I get a lot of sick cats...URI, coccidiosis, conjuncitivis, and even had a feline pan-leuk outbreak last year. In order to keep other fosters, and...

Hi, I'm new here so I'm sorry if this should have been in a different part of the forum. I'm a foster mamma, and sometimes I have to use my guest room to home kitties who can't be in the foster room for whatever reason. Shy cats love to hide under the guest bed, which of course isn't a good...

Hi, I'm new here so sorry if this isn't the right forum to post this on. I'm a foster volunteer for a cat shelter in the greater Boston area. Since we function on donations only (no state or federal funding), we try to get food for the cats in the shelter donated so all our money can to go...

Hello!  I joined TCS about 6 months ago but am finally getting around to setting things up and introducing myself.  The amount of information here is amazing! I live in Boston and have been fostering cats for two different shelter/rescues for 1.5 years.  My husband and I sat down this weekend...