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Boo Cat is about 11 years old, only pet in the house, and is a former feral rescued as a kitten. Until recently, he never begged for human food because he never got any human food. I don't know if it's coincidence, but my mom introduced him to nibbles when he was with her for a week, and since...

We are getting 10-year old Boo back to an all-wet food diet after a couple of years of Epigen 90 kibble. He has eagerly eaten one meal of just about every food I put in front of him. So far: Weruva, Cats In The Wild, Fussie Cat, Merricks, and Natural Variety Instinct. Some with and some without...

I brought in a kitten that was abandoned by mom, seems about 4 weeks old. He had been motionless in one spot for about three days. He weighs about a pound and has teeth but does not seem to know how to eat on his own. A rescue shelter helped me out with Clavamox for sniffles and Terramycin for...

I had Boo and Shunra on a good routine of 1 wet and 1 dry feeding each day. Some time ago, Shunra became ill and eventually went on to cross the bridge (one day I won't cry as I say it out loud...). Boo loves the dry kibble, and it was just easier to let him have that for both feedings. My...

Boo is a cat that likes to be near his humans. Not necessarily interacting, just nearby, monitoring every move. I have to be away for a week soon, and am not sure whether to leave him with a trusted sitter who comes once a day, or board him out. I've never boarded him, but am considering it for...

My Shunra has a growth on her mouth that has to be removed in an in-office procedure. All I know is that she will need to be dropped off in the AM and picked up late afternoon-ish. I am concerned about what to expect afterward. We are scheduled to leave for a few days right before New Year's...

My sweet little Shunra isn't as limber as she used to be, and I can see that jumping up on the bed is a bit of a strain for her. I think she sometimes even avoids it even though her main goal in life is to never be more than 6 inches away from me. I put a 2-step stepstool next to the bed. They...

Sweet little Boo has a penny-size wound on his cheek, just under his eye. I suspect his sister Shunra clawed a piece out of him in a fight or play-fight. When I caught it, it had already grown a scab. But the next day, it was raw again. I suspect the healing scab bothers or itches him, so he...

Our cats get Weruva and Natural Balance wet food and are doing well. But I recently picked up a couple of cans of this Purina One formula and the cats liked it so much that I'm wondering whether it's good enough to get a bigger role. This formula comes in about six flavors/textures, but the...

Please excuse the bluntness, but our little Boo has taken to humping his favorite cushion and I'm wondering what that's all about. He was a street cat. When he was fixed, the vet estimated he was less than a year old. Now, three years later, he's begun humping his pillow and sometimes tries to...

I am in midst of a two-month visit and really hope I can help this kitten by the time I leave. I found him within an hour of arriving, on my first store run to get some bottled water. He was a tiny handful of kitten, alone by his lonesome, barricaded in a small, locked, outdoor shed among some...

Poor sweetie has a cold that seems a bit more severe than we've had in the past. Last night & today, I gave her antibiotics, which I do very rarely, and it helped her quite a bit. She's breathing easily, eyes aren't runny, isn't coughing, and sneezing much less. She is pretty comfy right now...

Just found little Boo delicately nibbling on a peace lily. It looks like he managed to bite off the tips of three leaves before I yanked him away. In total, he must have ingested less than the size of a pinky nail (sorry, can't think of a better comparison right this second). I came straight...

I tried to search for some opinions but could figure out effective search terms, so I started a thread. Sorry to clog the boards, as I'm sure it's been addressed, I just couldn't find the info. Most pictures I've seen show kitties crouched in front of their bowls on the floor. Is this just...

My little guy, Boo Boo, is a rescue kitty that I TNR'd. By the vet's estimate, he's now about 2 1/2 years old. We brought him indoors when he was about 8 months. In the past few days, little dude lost his balance three times (that I noticed), while finishing a full-body stretching routine...

When we took little Shunra in from the street, her teefs were in poor shape. She is missing one "fang" in her upper jaw, and I'm sure she has other issues. Unfortunately, she'd snap my hand off if I tried to pry her mouth open. The obvious answer for feeding would be "pate"-type foods, but...

I caretake several ferals. One of them has gradually been getting a more and more distended abdomen. She is waddling around as if she's heavily pregnant, but I know she can't be since she was TNR'd in June and I have the vet report. As far as appetite, she eats wet and dry food twice a day...

Life was a lot easier when I didn't care all that much about what we used in the garden. But now I take care of two sweet little semi-ferals (TNR'd and becoming tamer by the hour), and I would love to find a solution for mosquitoes that won't (a) actually harm and (b) annoy the kitlets. I used...