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    Feral Cat Spraying Deck Daily...

    I feed a feral and a stray cat on my back deck every day. I've never had any trouble with them and really enjoy it. Then a new cat showed up - big, sleek, and a bully. He started chasing my other cats away, taking their food, etc. This is bad enough, but he's positively covered my deck in...
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    Protecting Older Cat From "Young Whippersnapper"

    I have a 13 - 14 y.o. male tabby who's really laid back, and a 6 y.o. female who has always ruled the roost.  They are affectionate with each other - groom each other, sometimes play together...they've been together since the 6 y.o. was 6 months old.  The problem is that the younger cat has a...
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    Cat's Hiding After Being Stepped on :( Injured or Just Scared ??

    I was carrying a large box this afternoon and didn't see that my cat was asleep in a doorway.  I stepped on him pretty hard.  He screamed, bit my leg (he's so gentle and has never, ever bit anyone) and went running.  I found him in my office and felt his ribs for broken bones (I didn't see what...
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    at wit's end with this cat...PLEASE help

    I'm absolutely desperate about this situation.  Male tabby - neutered - 10 years old - I've had him 8 years - and he LOVES to be outside.  HOWLS to go outside.  We live in the city with an unfenced yard.  I've tried a harness, I've tried a long leash on a spike, I've tried putting him in a mesh...
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    Is my cat aging prematurely?

    I adopted my adult male tabby from the pound when he was "about" a year and a half old - their estimate. When I took him to my vet, though, he thought that kitty might've been a little younger. Even at the year and a half estimate, he's only 9 years old now...hardly geriatric. But my...
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    Midnight cuddles = no sleep for me!

    I have a 10 month old female kitten whoâ€8482s still pretty squirrelly. She doesnâ€8482t like to be held and snuggled like my older cat, but I know that cats mellow out as they age so Iâ€8482m not worried. She is very affectionate…in the middle of the night! She comes in, gets under the...
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    Kitten's First Heat

    Last week, I made an appointment to get my 6 month old kitten spayed. The first available appointment was April 18th. Today, my kitten went into heat for the first time. We have an adult male cat who's neutered, but he's been mounting the kitten all day - biting her on the neck to hold her...
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    Using Spray Bottle for Discipline?...HELP!

    I posted here about a month ago about my new kitten, who was chasing my male cat around. Well, it's gotten worse. She's 3 1/2 months old now and multiple, multiple times a day, she chases after my adult male cat...digging her claws into his back and raking them down his side, biting his heels...
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    Is my new kitten a BULLY?

    I just adopted a 9 week old female tabby (2 weeks ago). I have an 8 year old male tabby. I assumed that he would exert his "alpha male" power right away, but he seems AFRAID of the kitten. She always "rushes" him, all puffed up, stiff legged, and he runs away. As a last resort he'll bat at...
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    Sad New Kitten :(

    I just adopted a 9 week old female kitten. She came from a litter of 5 and a very boisterous household with 5 children, so she's used to noise/being held. Right now, since her initial vet check isn't for a few days and we have another cat, she's sequestered in a spare bedroom. She's got toys...
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    Sick cat, help!!

    Let me preface this by saying that I'm going to take kitty to the vet first thing in the morning, but I'm a nervous wreck tonight, and wondering if anyone recognizes these symptoms? (adult male tabby, age 7 - 8) Saturday: kitty throws up. Don't think too much of it. He gobbles his food and...
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    Choosing the Right Kitten?

    My friend's cat snuck outside right before her spaying appointment and got pregnant. She had 5 kittens, and I'm planning on adopting one once they're old enough. I currently have one cat, a tabby, male, 8 years old. The kittens are about 4 weeks old right now and Iâ€8482ve been visiting...
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    Cross Country Drive with Kitty...Training??

    My husband and I are moving cross country in the next few months. We've got one cat, an 8 year old male tabby. He's NOT a fan of being in the car...of course, the car only takes him to the vet! I've read that people get cat carriers, have little dishes of food and water, and stop a few times...
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    What is my cat "saying"?

    I have a 5 year old tabby boy - neutered. He's normally very quiet but I've noticed that when I let him out on the screened-in front porch and the cat from across the street comes over and looks at him through the screen, my cat meows - a very throaty meow, over and over again. He almost...
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    Cat Yowling To Go Outside...

    My 4 year old neutered male has been pretty content this winter to stay inside. Suddenly, with the weather changing, he is constantly yowling at the front and back door to go outside. He doesn't let up and he's miserable! We'll take him outside for short periods of time, but we don't have a...
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    Scratching!!!

    My 6 year old tabby scratched up the old carpet on our stairs and we finally had to get new carpet. Now he's scratching up the new carpet. He won't use a scratch pad (one of those long, cardboard-like things with the cat toy on a spring at the end) and we do keep his nails trimmed like we're...
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    Is My Cat Depressed??

    I have a 5 year old tabby I adopted from a shelter 3 years ago. He was a stray but is now an indoor cat. In the summer, he gets absolutely desperate to get outside. He cries constantly by the back door. When that doesn't work, he just lays on the mat or sits in the window. He seems really...
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    Cat Smell in House - Guests Coming - Help!!!!

    Please help...I'm at the end of my rope. I have 2 male neutered cats. They were both neutered at a young age and now they're both about 5 years old. One cat, Frances, has always urinated standing up. So I've had to get big plastic tubs to use as litter boxes. Sometimes he's gotten a little...
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    My Cat Thinks He's a Dog...HELP!!

    Frances, 4 yo male red tabby, has started growling at his twitching tail almost every night. First he growls, then he attacks and bites it. He gets really upset. Is this normal??? HELP!
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    Strange Grey Liquid...

    Hi! Just wondering if anyone could shed some light on this situation. I have a 4 year old neutered grey tabby. I noticed that every 6 months or so, he'll jump on me and leave behind a few smears of this foul smelling grey liquid. There's never a lot of it and it doesn't happen much. Is this...
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