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I have been prescribed idoxuridine for a likely feline herpes eye infection. I used it three times a day for a month, and symptoms more or less disappeared, but the vet (a feline eye specialist) wants me to continue treatment twice a day for a month and then once a day for a month. My cat...

Here's a variation on the much-asked question by comforting cats in new surroundings:  What do you think the best methods for reducing fear and nerves in cats that are recently introduced to a shelter?  The next two days I'll be "cat cuddling" and adopting out three adults and two kittens.  They...

My cat is only about three years old, but probably about 3-4 pounds overweight.  My vet has suggested slowly moving her over to 1/2 cup per day of this dry food.  Yes, I know all the issues with dry food, but I would like to hear opinions on this specific weight loss method and reasonable...

Is there any relationship between wet, canned food and soft stools in kittens?  I know there are foods designed for cats with soft stools, but I would like to know if eating canned food contributes to softer stools. 

This is a silly little question:  My 3-year old British Shorthair (and I suspect other cats) plays with little soft balls that she can bat around easily.  Sometimes, usually at night, she picks one up and carries it around, meowing loudly.  She carries it to near where my wife or I am and drops...

I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this question, but I couldn't find a better one.  My organization mostly works with people managing feral colonies, but, of course, one big consequence of trapping, neutering, and dealing with ferals is domestic cats wandering into feral colonies and...

This question is mostly for fun.  I have seen several related, but different, interpretations of the meaning of a cat's tail held high with a small kink at the tip.  Is it:  the cat is relaxed and ready to play, the cat is showing respect for you, or the cat is happy, but not exactly sure what...

Here's an amusing, but devious proposition.  My shelter just received the sweetest, cutest kitten (estimated 12-14 weeks) ever.  An associate pointed him out to me, and he's a living doll.  Here's the devious part:  I have a sweetheart of a three-year old British Shorthair who I think needs a...

This thread is mostly for fun, but I've thought about it for awhile now.  I know cats can be seemingly naughty, but I have never thought they could be evil--intending to do harm to people, deceiving them, punishing them for affronts--that sort of thing.  Any thoughts?

In Shelters, depression seems too common among cats.  Some cats adjust well to shelter life, but others seem more than usually dispirited.  At my shelter, there is a six-year old lynx point Siamese mix (pretty cat) who was returned after being adopted from us five years ago.  Owners were leaving...

Full blown kitten season (a little later this year) at the shelter for which I volunteer, and we have a problem with very loose stools.  The kittens are fed Science Diet kitten dry food except for those who had been started on other dry foods.  Typically, they get a little wet food at closing in...

No great surprise I guess--loving to eat, but this little girl is only 6.5 pounds.  Right now, she gets a 1/4 cup of dry food (Blue Wilderness or Earthborn) morning and evening, plus half a three ounce can of wet food, usually in the evening, sometimes twice a day.  We're trying her on a variety...

This question is off-topic, but a recurring problem related to cat behavior.  I do some adoptions for an organization that helps people manage feral colonies.  While TNR is its main activity, adoptable kittens often are trapped with the feral adults.  These kittens are fostered, socialized...

Inky is a 9-month old black kitten who has been at my shelter for about four months now.  Initially, ashe was very kittenish--playing, playing, playing--but very affectionate.  About a month or so ago, she became despondent, forlorn, sleeping in her cage, coming out once in awhile to sit on top...

Hi,    I'm a doctor, a Bob, and a cat worshiper, thus the handle.  I'm retired, volunteer with an organization called "Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County" that helps people manage feral colonies.  As you would expect, that business results in kittens, strays, dumped off cats, and all manner of...