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I have 8 orphaned kittens at the moment, six that are 8 weeks old and two that are 3 weeks old. Of the two 3-week-olds, one will not stop crying. I can't figure out what's wrong with him. I'm feeding them both constantly, they're both free of parasites and by all accounts very healthy...

I have a litter of orphan kittens that I estimate are about 8 weeks old (they are weaned). I have homes lined up for most of them, so now I'm wondering at what age I should rehome them. I know 8 weeks is the minimum and some people prefer to wait til 12 weeks, or some time in between. My...

My 11-year-old cat Hester seems to have terrible skin all of a sudden. Her skin is so dry and flaky with dandruff all over, she's been over-grooming and has thin spots on her back, stomach, arms, and the base of her tail. She also has an outbreak of acne on her chin. The vet said it could be...

So, I want to make a little hanging litter box deodourizer that is basically baking soda in some filter paper that hangs near the litter box. Sort of like a homemade version of those baking soda fridge things you can buy.  I used to do this with my cloth diaper pails and it kept them smelling...

Bestimus is one of three kittens that I took in when they were 4 weeks old.  He's now 4 months old.  He's been wormed, vaccinated, he's negative for FeLV and FIV, and is otherwise healthy, active, and bright.  All three kittens had an upper respiratory infection, but it's cleared up now.   But...

I have some bully sticks for my dogs and it never occurred to me that cats might like them.  Well, Zapp and Kubla climbed up on the shelf where the bag is kept and have been trying to drag it to the ground for a while.  I thought... I guess?  If they want them?  I got a skinny one out, cut it...

Hester had her check-up the other day, and the vet said, "She's looking really good for an old cat."  I thought... What?  Old?!  She's only 7!  The vet said they mostly see much younger cats and they actually don't see a whole lot of cats that age in there.   What's going on there?  Do people...

Took some pics today, so thought I'd share.  Here are my witty kitties!   This is Hester.  She's 7 years old.  We adopted her from the shelter as a kitten.  She had been thrown out a car window into a snowbank then picked up by animal control.   This is Bestimus Muchos (named by the...

In the local online classifieds, someone's giving away "Fairy Dust" Siamese kittens.  When I do a Google search, all I see are different catteries called Fairy Dust.  These aren't offered from a cattery.  Is this an actual descriptive term or what?   EDIT: photo removed

Bestimus is about 12 weeks old.  He's been sneezing for a few weeks, but no other symptoms.  I took him and his siblings in when they were 4 weeks old (orphaned) and they had runny noses that cleared up right away just from being inside and cared for.   He did go to the vet, but the vet didn't...

My husband rushed in the door about an hour ago and handed me a cat.  He was supposed to be at work.  He basically said, "My co-workers found this cat.  Anyway, gotta go!" and ran back out the door.   Currently, the little fella is in my bedroom, with a fresh litter box, food, water, bed, and...

I had never seen a recipe for homemade kitten formula before coming to this forum, and I've seen it recommended to a few people on some old threads.  Is it better than the store-bought stuff or something?  Or is it just in case you need kitten formula in a hurry and there's none available...

So, I had previously always put the homemade raw in containers or in freezer bags, but I was thinking maybe I could make them into patties and then flash-freeze them separately, and then store them all stacked in one big bag, maybe with a piece of wax paper in between each patty.  After all...

Just kidding!   I already know she's a Justa Cat.   And Hester with Kubla, who is a more obviously classic tabby.  

I've noticed the past few days that when I clean the litter boxes, the upstairs one has all the pee, the basement one has all the poop, and the middle floor one has nothing, although there are paw prints in it.    I guess I don't care if they want to pee upstairs and poop downstairs, it just...

My foster kittens have a big dog crate with a partial second level, and someone suggested to me that I put a cat hammock on there, so I grabbed a bunch of cheapo yarn I had in the basement and made this!  One big problem, though: it's too popular and they don't all fit!  Version 2 is in the...

Here are some pics of my kai ken Sosuke.  We took in some orphaned kittens a few weeks ago and he's been their mommy the whole time.  He cleans them, cuddles them, carries them back to their bed, and just generally dotes on them and watches over them like a good mommy.  He gets anxious when our...

Is one of these better than the other?  From what I read, they are both broad-spectrum wormers that kill all but tapeworms.  Are they basically the same?  All I can find is not to give them at the same time because they do the same thing, so that's basically overdosing them.  

Well, I started a thread about my new foster kitty already, so maybe I should come over here and introduce myself!  I have a 7-year-old shelter rescue cat named Hester and recently started fostering some orphaned kittens with the idea of keeping one of them.  We also got an extra kitty who is...

Short Version: I need some advice on how to socialize a kitten who is ~10 weeks old and seems to have some pretty serious behavioural/social problems.  I'm fostering her, and as as far as I can piece her history together, she was adopted at about 5 weeks of age as a gift for a 2-year-old and...