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  1. javo2004

    What Bug Is This? (possible Explanation For "allergy")

    I posted recently about an allergy, where the Vet says "it could be anything", so my cat has been on steroids for a few months now. Also I stopped all kinds of preventive treatments (deworming, etc), by vet request. Today I spotted this sneaky insect while I was grooming my boy. My cat has a...
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    My Cat Was Not Born To Be Indoors

    I've always had cats - always one at a time. They were always indoors and I never had problems with it. Until I had my current cat, Lobinho, that is. The first 3 years were hell, with him crying, peeing everywhere, knocking things off and scratching the door and windows to the outside a lot. He...
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    Cat Is On Steroids - Time For A New Vet?

    I just returned from a vet appointment. My cat has been scratching and grooming a lot more than normal, and aggressively as well. He's developing scabs throughout is lower back and neck. Finding fresh wounds breaks my heart. Last time (2 weeks ago) the vet suggested it was an allergy saying...
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    I... need to ... sleep ... zZzZz

    I moved from Portugal to the UK (was contacted by a company for a job offer that I decided to accept). Brought my cat with me. Decided to rent a room as a temporary option so I could calmly look for some place to rent and was lucky enough to find a chap who accepted my cat. I immediately...
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    Vaccination question

    My cat has always been living indoors. I've been trying to keep it this way, but is becoming increasingly difficult, because nothing else excites him now, and he just cries and whines all day long to go outside, until I finally put a leash on him and go for a 1h walk, just for him to restart...
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    forcing a cat to remain inside

    I have a cat that has always lived with me in an apartment. He has always been very curious, brave and adventurous - and was always very, very, very keen to go outside. Well, I recently was invited by a company to move to the UK (that I accepted) and, for these initial times, rented a...
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    Brought my cat with me...

    Hi, my cat has a history of bad behavior. This is actually the 3rd time I start a new topic because of this, but this time in different circumstances... I relocated to the UK to accept a job offer. Because of my cat history of bad behavior, and a need that he has to "be free" (eg. he doesn't...
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    I need to sleep !!!

    I have a beautiful 3 year old persian cat. This is the 4th cat I had in my life, and he is showing me how much different a cat can be, and how unique their personalities are. With all previous cats, I would close my bedroom door at night for sleep - and they accepted that. Not this one. This...
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    When you leave home for vacation...

    Hello, Last week, we (me and wife) took the weekend out (2 days) for a small trip. I asked my parents the favor of taking care of my one year old cat (visit him, play with him, feed him and clean the litter box). As we were out, my mother called me saying my cat seemed "sad", "not in the mood...
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    Worried - cat loss of appetite

    Hello, My little boy is 1 year old now. We are from portugal and, unfortunatly, is very HARD to find quality food (other than the regular ones, with generic "meat", "cereals", "meat subproducts")! So, as I want my cat to eat good quality food,  I have to import from Spain (buy it online)...
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    provocative cat

    Hello, My cat is 1 year old, and is with us for 9 months. In the first few months I allowed him to be with us (me and my wife) in the bedroom, during night. He wouldn't let us sleep (jump to bed, play around...). So, obviously, something had to change. Since he eats 2x a day. I tried to...
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    My cat just returned from surgery (neutered)

    My vet sold me a collar that I have to put in order to protect to wond. He hates it. Just lays in one position miserably, and does nothing. I took it off, and am observing the behaviour (if he licks the wound)! Poor boy... He is fully awake now, but strange. I call him, and he doesnt come to...
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    FIV and FeLV tests

    My 6 month old cat is going to spend the day at the vet to do the spay procedure. As he is going to be anestesiated, the Vet pressed me to buy the FIV and FeLV tests, the very same way she is always pressing me to buy its dry Royal Canin cat food. Those tests are quite expansive... I said NO...
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    My cat pees everywhere

    Hello, here I am, with a #2 question. My little boy (5 month old) is worrying me very much. When I got my cat, 3 months ago, he was already used to go to the litter box. My parents always had cats. So as soon as I got mine, I went to their house and borrowed some of the litter they always...
  15. javo2004

    Need help with my indoor kitten

    Hello from Portugal :) This is my absolute first post here. I have a beautiful male persian kitten 5 month old (I'll post a photo later when I get home). Bought him when was 2 month old. Why persian? Because, I heard, its one of the best to live indoors, in an apartment. At that time (2...
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