I've had my cat for a year and a half and, admittedly, have not given her flea/tick/heartworm prevention meds aside from the initial dose she got at our first vet visit.
She's strictly an indoor cat, save for the one time she hopped out the door and was on the balcony for a few seconds before...
I currently feed my cat Simply Nourish Grain-Free dry food (from PetSmart) and have been for the past 14 months or so. She continues to enjoy it, and seems to be doing fine on it.
This weekend, I found bags of dry Fromm for around the same price as the Simply Nourish (it's a dollar cheaper and...
I feed my cat a mix of wet and dry food. She gets wet food 2x a day, and eats about 1.5 oz at each feeding. Then, she grazes on her dry food throughout the day.
I rotate her wet foods to give her variety (her favorite is probably Nutro Max). However, I've had her on the same dry food for over...
looking for some new foods to try for my girl. She prefers cuts and loves duck flavors. She also likes fish, but if she eats it too often she gets loose poops. Trying to stay at around $1 and less for a 3oz can (would spend more for 5.5 oz), and something I can find in a pet store (I have...
Someone please help ease my crazy cat Mom mind.
My coworker recently put her cat down. He was only 8 but had mouth sores and couldn’t really eat anymore. Vet thought maybe it was cancer but he wasn’t responding to the medicine and they never did the tests because she said there was nothing...
My cat got her three year PureVax rabies and distemper on Saturday morning. It's now been 48 hours. For the first day, she was pretty tired and lethargic. Yesterday she was more alert, and was eating small amounts of food. She usually drinks her water immediately after eating. However, she won't...
I brought my cat to be vaccinated this morning. She is 4 years old, and got her three year PureVax Rabies and her distemper shots. When we returned home, she ate half a can of wet food, laid down for a bit, then was her usual mischievous self getting into things and wanting to play. Then she...
My girl is due for her rabies and distemper shots. I worry about side effects because I'm a paranoid pet parent. Do you ever stay home with your kitties afterward to make sure they aren't having any negative side effects post-vaccination? If so, how long would you recommend?
My boyfriend and I...
My poor longhaired girl has been having frequent hairballs lately. She's currently on Simply Nourish Grain-Free dry food which she grazes on during the day, and she has Nutro Max canned food morning and night (usually eats about one can total per day).
Are there any foods I should add into her...
My cat is prone to ear infections. She's been scratching at them a little bit lately, but not holding her ears weird as she usually does when they're infected. I looked inside her ears last night and she's got quite a bit of wax in there, but obviously, she hates having anything put in her ears...
My cat prefers cuts to pate. I've been under the impression that pate is better for them, so I try to give her pate more often than cuts, but she barely touches it, whereas she'll gorge on cuts with no problem.
Is it really that much better? I want to start bulk ordering cases of a few...
Sorry if this isn't the best forum! I couldn't really find a good place for this thread.
This will be my first year having a cat when I have my tree up. I use an artificial, pre-lit tree, and I think my ornaments are shatter-proof (I'll double check). But, I use those green hook things to hang...
When I adopted my cat in January, she was on Purina dry food. I switched her to Simply Nourish Grain-Free, Chicken Flavor. She's been eating this since February or so and likes it and seems to do well on it. I give her this to graze on during the day, because she is more of a nibbler, and she...
We just moved into a new apartment. At our old place, we kept our plants in the kitchen windowsill, which was up a bit higher and she never really bothered because it wasn't in her path. But now, our windowsills are all low and she looooves them. She's tried to graze on an aloe plant in her path...
I've been feeding my cat mostly Sheba, but she seems to have gotten sick of it and doesn't touch it most days anymore. What are some good alternatives in a similar (or a little more) price range that are relatively good for her?
My boyfriend texted me about 45 minutes ago to let me know that my cat had thrown up. She's had hairballs lately and this was a hairball...but with puke, and pieces of something blue. He said when he cleaned it up, it felt like a rubber band. He also said that she was sleepy all morning, but...
I discovered recently that essential oils are dangerous for cats. I've never put any on my cat directly, nor do I diffuse them. However, I do use tea tree oil on my face (I also use jojoba and rose hip oil on my face, but I don't think these are essential oils?) I use lavender oil in a room/bed...
I've had my cat since January, and she'd get a hairball here or there, maybe once every couple of months or so, but lately it's been multiple times per week. She's been shedding more, which I understand may be her growing in her winter coat (she's a long-haired cat, btw), and I brush her...
I left my cat this weekend for the second weekend in a row. And for the second weekend in a row, came home to find out that she had developed a huge matted clump of fur while I was gone. She doesn't usually mat easily; it seems to happen only when I'm gone for awhile. Could it be from excessive...
I adopted my cat, Zola, in January. The vet assistant at the first vet thought she had mites, but it turned out she didn't, and they didn't press it further. I noticed her shaking her head more frequently in the days following that appointment, so I brought her to a different vet, and she had a...