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So, there's all the threads about cat dieting, and fat cats, but what do you do about the cats who won't put on weight? Both of my cats have, at one time or another, been normal weight, or even a bit chubby. Rowan was skin and bones when he found me, and he gained just a little, and lost it...

Bella has a black stripe on her back, and under it is a red/orange undercoat. Lately, she's had spots in her topcoat fall out, so I can see the orange. She's eating Felidae food, and she doesn't have mites or fleas. What could cause her topcoat to fall out in spots? There are just three...

So, Rowan was neutered today. He was bilaterally cryptorchid, so it was an invasive procedure. He started waking up from anesthesia around 2:30, but it's 9:15 now and he isn't interested at all in food... and he hasn't eaten in 24 hours. He looks so skinny with his belly shaven, and I'm...

So, I have two kittens, Bella, who was spayed at 12 weeks, and Rowan, who is going to be neutered on Friday. Well, the vets and I believe that Rowan is bilaterally cryptorchid. He was a foundling, and it's possible that he was old enough to have been neutered. We did a blood test that was...

So, I found out yesterday that my house's resident cat is allergic to clay litters. My cats have been using his box, and I think that it's fair that he gets to use theirs, so can you tell me what sort of non-clay clumping litters you've used, and how expensive they were?

This is a very strange situation, but I just moved into a house, and the cat's owner is underway for a few more days, so I can't ask him questions about its health and medical history. There are two cats (besides mine) in this house, and one seems to be a bit unhealthy. Oreo (free roaming cat...

I'm moving to San Diego (La Mesa specifically), and I'm looking for vet recommendations. Rowan needs his neuter done pretty soon after we get there, and I'd hate to just look in a phone book to find someone.

I'm considering moving from Northern Colorado to Southern California (2000ish miles). I need to do it as low-cost as possible, and was wondering if any of you can share your experiences of having cats in a car for that long. It's actually possible for me to drive it all in one day, but I'd...

So, I'm cooking a turkey right now, and I was wondering if my kittens can eat the gibblets. Should I cook them first, to get rid of any e. coli? I'm cooking the neck for gravy, and they can have that meat after, but I've seen the raw feeders talking about feeding cats gibblets. They're from a...

So, Rowan is getting his big kitty teeth, but he has two sets of fangs in his upper jaw. How long should I wait until I take him to the vet to have them pulled? The new teeth are in farther than the old ones, right next to them, so I'm worried that the roots never went away. They've been like...

Not sure if this should be here or in Behavior. How do you train a cat for a halter? When we were training Meow, we put her halter on for a while each day, and she ended up getting used to it. She wasn't very keen on the leash, though. I'm going to try to halter train Rowan, because he has...

So, Rowan has had vet checkups, and he's got a clean bill of health, but I recently noticed that his third eyelids have this black/very dark red stripe on them, right on the edge (well, the edge that you can still see when their eyes are open. The rest seems to be white). He's a gray kitty...

So, Bella has a 'thing' for the carbon filters on the litterbox in the bathroom. The filters were held in by plastic fingers, alternating over/under, but she actually managed to pull both filters out. I thought that she was content with just licking them, but apparently she really wanted to...

My vet doesn't do spays/neuters (there are only three vets in town who do, because we have an *enormous* vet hospital through the college) so I forgot to ask neuter related questions last time I saw him, and I'm air-headed enough to forget next time, so I figured I'd ask around here. Rowan is...

So, Rowan has always been clutzy. Like, he'll jump before he thinks, or fall over batting at a toy. It's endearing, but is it serious? He falls rather often, not generally from very high, but he doesn't always land on his feet. I'm building ladders and window perches this weekend, and that...

Well, when I found Rowan, he was maybe 5 weeks old. He had some grooming issues, mainly that he didn't really groom himself well. He'd give himself a few licks, and leave it at that. His eyes tend to have a bit of sleep dust on them (and it's not an infection, the vet already saw him). I've...

So, I thought it would be a phase, but for the last month, Bella has been rushing to the shower as I step out to lick my toes. I've tried drying them before I step out, but she'll still lick them once, just to make sure. I've tried switching body wash, and she doesn't care. Bella's big on...

Bella was so tiny when I brought her home. And her ears were that big. I have other pictures that make them look even bigger, but yes, they were (and still are, to a lesser extent) disproportinately large. Those cushons are about a foot wide. And here is a picture that I took just now. I...

So, I had a rude awakening this morning. I was lying in bed, and apparently me blinking triggered the hunter in Rowan, and he ended up actually scratching my eye. He's gone for my eyelids before, and he got my cheek twice, although not bad at all, but this hurt. I was afraid of actually...

That picture of Bella was taken a couple weeks ago. She's grown a lot since then, but she's still that cute. I'm still just considering names for this little one, because I don't want to name a kitten if I can't keep it. Maybe Voce or Vento. Or I could go for a good Irish name, like Raelin...