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    Abyssinian coat?

    An Abyssinian kitten was abandoned at a local pet store and I adopted it, he's a very sweet boy and I already love him dearly but his coat is very stiff which I thought to be the opposite in Abyssinian cats. He is a blue Abyssinian, I don't know if that makes any difference, and he's about...
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    Strange bites/scratches? (Should I see a vet?)

    Okay, so to kick off, I began cat-sitting for a friend and now that cat has been with me a few months and lowkey is something of a weirdo. I know cats get overstimulated and the like, but I've never had a cat quite like this. Like, I don't understand her behavior at all anymore. The owner says...
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    Lip abrasion?

    Should I be panicking? My big boy vomited this morning and then, later on in the day, I noticed his upper lip had what I thought might be a scratch on it, but it doesn't quite look like one. I also have this video that shows a couple different angles because he wouldn't stay still for more...
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    Cat approaches, stares, then bites/claws me

    I've ordered some feliway spray to see if it'll help but IDK what's upsetting her. She is 8 years old, lil black female, spayed, all her shots, just a healthy lil gal. I just can't seem to figure her out. I made another thread before about her, I am cat sitting for a friend atm and she's been...
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    Tail always going?

    I have been given a small, 8 year old female cat, spayed, all her shots, healthy girl to watch for a couple months but I was told that she's broken her tail in the past so it's sensitive. That said, her tail NEVER stops moving. Like unless she is asleep, her tail is lashing. Like wagging one...
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    Easily spooked kitty?

    I have two cats, one 10yo female and a 2yo male, both fixed. They get on well most of the time except when he has a whoole lot of energy and she can't keep up, but they play and cuddle and the like. The boyo, though, is very highly strung. He's loving, he'll come for pets and cuddles and then...
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    Cat Doesn't Wanna Cuddle.

    So I have a male cat, he's really affectionate, but he like won't stay with me unless I'm petting him constantly. Like I can keep him in my lap for 15-20 min if I'm petting him, but the second I stop petting him, he jumps right out. My other cat will sit on my lap as long as she likes even if...
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    Shaving A Longhair Cat?

    One of my longhair kitties' fur is really thick and lovely but she sheds SO much and while I brush her either daily or every other day, she's still shedding up a storm. She gets hairballs, her fur is everywhere--when I brush her she lets out like four brush-fulls of fur at least. It's crazy. She...
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    Breathing Funny, Coughing

    Heya To kick this off, I just want to make it clear that I have taken both my kitties to three different vets and they didn't see anything wrong with them--so I turn now to the internet. My cats are breathing funny, and occasionally having weird fits of coughing/wheezing. By breathing funny I...
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    Cat Just Got Spayed

    Hey, So I got my cat spayed this morning. It's 3AM now, she was done by 2PM and I brought her home. She hasn't eaten or drank anything, and I checked her incision site and it looks like there's been a little bleeding, and she's got swelling and some pretty bad bruising. I'm gonna call the vet in...
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    Patch Of Fur Longer And Lighter?

    So I noticed today that there's a patch of fur on my cat which is not only a lighter color, but longer than the rest of her fur. Initially, I worried that she had some kind of swelling leading to the fur in that area poking out more than on the rest of her, but after thoroughly feeling and...
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    Cat Puffing/Wheezing At Other Cat?

    So I've been trying to introduce my two cats to each other and one of them growls, hisses and puffs(??) at the other cat? I separate them before they can fight and I'm trying to take it slow and get them accustomed to each other's scents, but I've never seen a cat puff like that. It looks like...
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    I just want her to LOVE ME

    Ok, so I recently got a kitty from a shelter 'n she's super cute buuuut One moment she's affectionately rubbing her face all over my hand, the next she's biting and hissing at me. Not like, in a super brutal way, she never breaks the skin, but I simply don't get it. She makes this like...
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    Indoor Cat Foaming

    So my sister's indoor cat has started foaming at the mouth. She started vomiting a couple days ago so we took her to the vet and he prescribed her 2 different antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and a vitamin--three twice daily and one of the antibiotics once daily.  She foams a bit when she takes...
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    Month-Old Abandoned Litter of Four

    Title sound familiar? Yeah, I had a day-old litter of five before. People keep dumping boxes of kittens in the park in front of my house. If anyone remembers the last thread I had, I'd like to say all five of those cute boys found homes! (my kitty boy-band disbanded. I still get emotional over...
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    Air Travel

    Hi, So I've been living in Malaysia for the past 15 years and I have a pet cat I have grown to adore in the most recent four. Now, I'd expected to spend the rest of my life here, which is why I made the commitment of adopting her, but recently my situation has changed and I need to move back to...
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    Day-Old Abandoned Litter of Five

    Hi, so I found a box of abandoned baby kittens that are probably less than a day old. They were in the box under a pile of old clothes and on top of some sink parts. I'm certain there wasn't a mother around as they were already starving and the makeshift nest someone had put them in showed no...
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    Far Too Skinny Cat

    Okay, so my cat is SUPER thin. I mean, she's always been thin and my vet said she has some kind of genetic liver problem which is making it hard for her to gain weight, but I HATE seeing her so thin and I have no idea what to feed her to fatten her up a bit. The vet said there simply isn't...
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    Cat hurting its tongue after taking pills

    Hi! So while back I was given a young american shorthair cat who was named Sleepy Joe by his former owners. I found out recently that he has bacteria in his digestive track causing him to poop blood as well as giving him diarrhea and the vet gave me three different pills as well as syrup to feed...
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    Really Picky Cat?

    Hi, I have a one-year-old persian/maine-coon mix called Juliet who seems to be losing a lot of weight recently. She's been eating dry food (blackwood) as she always does, but it doesn't seem to be helping her gain or keep a constant weight, and when I try to feed her things like fish, chicken or...
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