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I think I probably just need some hand-holding here more than anything else, but I'm worried and I have to do something with that worry so here I am. I'd love opinions on this. I trapped a new feral "teen" (maybe about 7 mos?) last week. He had been friendly to me when I'd go out and feed...

I trapped this cute little feral kitty tonight for TNR. I passed up the chance to trap a different cat because I know him to be male (will get him next time, hopefully in a few days), because I believe this kitty to be female and at just about "that age". No one was yowling or fighting, but...

Following three vet trips last week, including one for an ultrasound, my boy Quincy has either caught a cold or is having a stress and/or steroid related herpes flare. He's fine and acting normal, except that he has nasal congestion and sneezing. The vet says ride it out since it is almost...

We've already been to the vet (earlier today), so this is me consumed by anxiety and trying to figure out what is happening while I wait two days for further info. I knew one of the cats was vomiting in the middle of the night, about once every week or two. Basically sludge...some bits of food...

Despite having all rescue cats (currently nine!), I've actually never had a cat test positive for parasites before. But I realize sometimes tests are wrong too. I have a bit of a baffling situation here. I trapped and took in a feral cat (Frank) in March. Frank was treated with Revolution on...

I've lived in this house for over 12 years and none of my (many) kitties has ever thought about laying on the floor registers until my Gina. She is a feral kitten I trapped last September, so now about a year old and a whopping 12 lbs. When I'm not home, she spends the day sleeping on the...

In September 2018 I trapped a family of ferals in my back yard. An experienced rescuer took mom and dad; I kept the two approximately 5 month old kittens. They are awesome young cats now, sweet, playful, healthy, and get along great with my other cats. Both have been to the vet multiple times...

I've had a family of four feral kitties coming to my back yard to eat since the end of August. I was able to trap the two kittens (about 5 months old or so), and also caught the dad. Kittens received their medicals and a forever home (with me). Dad was very, very feral so I cared for him...

I've been going to my "new" vet since my vet of many, many years retired about three years ago. New vet was highly recommended by two different friends who use him. People LOVE him. He's super nice and I like him as a person just fine. But I have concerns and I'm wondering what you folks...

Long intro, if you're interested: I've been putting food out for a feral kitty I call Karen (long story) that we've seen in our "back 40" which is a large section of our 1 acre back yard which the municipality does make us cut but we cut it long and not as often so it's meadow-y. We think Karen...

An online friend worked very hard for months to win the trust of a sweet stray tomcat that visited their yard. When they finally got him indoors and to the vet, he tested positive for FeLv. Since they have other kitties, he is now quarantined in their home and they are trying so hard to give him...

My big boy Quincy (now 9 years old) just gave us a litterbox scare this weekend. He had a blockage 5 years ago, and right before we had planned to go to bed this past Friday I noticed him going to the litterbox over and over with no results. Rushed him to the ER in a huge thunderstorm at 1...

My kitties eat primarily grain free canned food, but also get a small amount of dry food (1/4 cup or so per day; and if we're out of town we set up an auto feeder in addition to our cat sitter feeding wet food, to give them something to do). I prefer to feed dry foods with some dl-methionine...

Does anyone have experience with ear polyps causing coughing but without other symptoms such as nasal congestion or ear/nasal discharge? I'm very confused about what to do for my kitten MJ. Here's the story.... I noticed since MJ was about 3 or 4 months (she is now 6 months) that she will...

My six kitties get almost entirely grain free wet food, but they all get some dry in varying degrees, because actually all of them like dry better, and because if we go away our cat sitter can only come for one meal a day and they all eat two. Currently when my only cat with past urinary...

My adopted formerly feral barn kittens have overcome their ear mite issues nicely, so now I of course have another worry. They are presumed to have been born around May 10, so are estimated to be 7 weeks now. The boy (Indy, the black one pictured) eats like a horse and is 2.25 pounds, having...

My vet doesn't want to see my rescued barn kittens again until July 7 which is their guesstimated 8 week birthday. He says he doesn't carry any ear mite medication that is safe for them until then. He had previously sold me Quadraclear which he thought was safe for them but turned out to...

When I adopted my two former barn kittens on June 7, we estimated their age to be 4 weeks. They didn't want solid food yet, didn't pee on their own (only the first couple of days), and seemed very tiny. One drank formula from a bowl, the other (ironically the larger one) wanted it from a...

I adopted two 4-week old barn kittens a week ago (so now 5 weeks old), who are really healthy other than a raging ear mite infestation. I took them to the vet immediately and all is well (not even worms!) other than the ear mites. He cleaned their ears and gave me drops but the label on the...

Well, I had a really interesting weekend.  My poor Grace, a 2 year old kitty who was a feral barn kitten abandoned by her mother at around 4 to 5 weeks, was having what I thought was trouble getting up a hairball, but after 30 hours in the emergency hospital she came home with an asthma...