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Okay, so I have been working with a feral/stray since early spring. Long story short, he finally started mildly trusting me just in the last two months. I tried to make him a few different cat houses with a heated bed, but he's too nervous about them and won't ever go near them. So tonight it's...

I have spoken on here before of my cat with severe skin issues, so I won't go into too much detail. He was on Atopica for about 6 weeks, and allergy food, and he HEALED. A normal cat again! Thank God! However, we took a break from the meds, and I saw him start to scratch again, and this week I...

I tried searching the site and reading some articles, but didn't really find what I was looking for. Feeding a rough looking feral... what type of affordable dry food should I be feeding him/her? Any specific suggestions? Would a senior cat or kitten food be better, since it has more nutrients...

I have another thread talking about my Shadow kitty's ongoing health issues. I am seeing a new vet and we go back for a follow-up this week. Last time we were there about two weeks ago they tried to take his blood and he just absolutely wouldn't cooperate and they didn't want to stress him out...

I have 6 cats. My black cat Shadow is about 7 now. This year in January he suddenly started having mega itchy skin, huge thick scales flaking off his skin, and major hair loss. And so much scratching and licking he'll bleed. He wound up almost dying from sudden acute Pancreatitis at the end of...

Hey all! My black 7 year old cat Shadow has suddenly started having random patches of crazy scaly skin and hair loss in that area. A little background: He's always been healthy, just oddly fat. About a month ago, I bought a new cheap brand of cat food, since I couldn't find our regular Grain...

Ok, I'll try and make this short! ha. My parents have two cats who are a little over a year old now, siblings, male and female. Spayed/neutered around 6/7 months old. The male is VERY high strung- super territorial, active, and I swear he has the cat version of ADHD (seriously). He's very sweet...

So my Sunny cat has always had dental issues. Bad breath, swollen gums. Finally recently diagnosed with stomatitis, he is supposed to have a full dental removal next month (He already has some back teeth missing, though, not sure how! Happened before we got him.) Anyway, he had one of his front...

About seven weeks ago, my parents adopted two kittens from a local family. They have been absolutely lovely- regular vet trips, tests were all clear, all vaccinations and boosters, scheduled for spaying and neutering soon at the right ages (they are about 4 months old right now). Just lovely...

So my 10 year old came into the kitchen holding these cotton balls.... ...except they were "cat-ton" balls! (as she called them :lol:). She had brushed Miss Kitty and rolled the fur into these fluff balls. We can always tell spring is coming when Miss Kitty starts massively shedding her fur...

Hello everyone! Yesterday my Moose cat started vomiting *everywhere*. Like every few hours, he'd just spew. He must have been trying to eat in between those times because it was always a stomach full :eek2:. (We have 5 cats, and two tend to be barfers, so at first I didn't think much of it...

I'm done with cheap scratching posts. They fall over unless wedged under a chair, and my cats tear them up within a few weeks. They are also not tall enough for my Moose cat. I cannot afford to buy a fancy one. Or to keep buying cheap ones. So I am going to make my own. (wish me luck... I'm a...

A friend of mind had a stray Tom cat decide that she is his human. She already has two indoor cats, one momma cat and her now adult son, both at least 5 and fixed. In two weeks she will be getting the outdoor Tom neutered. We will be helping with the process, as she is unable to pick him up and...

Well, another stray showed up. (I recently realized a few blocks away there's an apartment complex that allows pets... and I think when people move out, they just leave their pets :bawling2:.) He's young, most likely an un-neutered male, who has a TERRIBLE upper respiratory infection. He...

Hope this is the right place to post this! My Sunny buns has always been indifferent to cat toys... except for this one particular toy. When we got him 1.5 years ago, we discovered he loved this toy, so we got like 5 of them. We're down to 2... with lots of holes. Can someone help me figure...

Quick background: I have 5 fantastic cats. Before job issues popped up a year ago, they got canned food twice a day, with a small amount of dry food as a snack. Now we are at wet food once a day, with dry food out for free feeding. Not ideal, but it is what it is right now. I also have two...

Ok, so our Sunny buns has been with us for a year and a half. He started off slim, pudged up a teeny bit, and then once we added a kitten a year ago (and two more 7 months ago), he slimmed down again as time went by. He eats wet food and dry food (but highly prefers wet food). He's pretty darn...

This is Miss Kitty. Her past is a mystery- she appeared under our van in freezing temperatures this last winter- starving, filthy, and needy. She strongly resembles a Turkish Van, which is pretty amazing! Anyway, she is our problem cat. She really is a sweet girl, but she has feeding issues...

My Moosie is a big beautiful greyscale kitty with lovely long toe fur. However, he is also a clumsy oaf. So it got me wondering... those of you with furry-toed cats-: do you notice a difference in their walking, jumping, landing, etc? Do you notice they slide a lot more? Do they jump up and...

So my crazy lady Miss Kitty suddenly has a wonky eye. I did not notice anything last night when I fed everyone. Today she slept all day (not unusual) and when she emerged this evening, she was acting normal... but her one eye is more dilated and has a hazy green tint to the pupil. She is not...