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How recently did you get Stimpy back? If it's within a few days ago, you could try giving Stimpy a bath. He might just have a scary smell on him from the other place.

I second the recommendation for a vet visit - it could be a serious injury, and even if it's just a 'leave it heal' sort of thing, the vet can probably give you some painkillers to administer so she isn't in so much discomfort. (One of my cats had a sprained paw once, and the vet gave him an...

Oh, yes. I don't bother buying cat toys - in my experience, they're almost always ignored in favor of a plastic bag, a ball of rolled up paper or a lost pencil.

In my experience, indoor cats pretty much always want to go outside (unless they're quite elderly). But if you never let them out, or let them think they might get to go out, they often give up asking - not that they don't want it anymore, they've just given up on getting it (a form of learned...

Really? What kinds of things was she doing? I'd assumed those ones would be beyond a cat's abilities.

I reassessed Lilly just now, at 4 months old. She's now more solidly in Unconventional Communication (though she still doesn't request things very clearly) with a few emerging skills at Conventional Communication.

Yeah, Lilly's definitely bratty (3 months old). She's been chasing Katrina and stalking her tail. Katrina has absolutely no tolerance for this behavior (she'd rather be an only cat) so she'll hiss and swat at Lilly to teach her a lesson. I usually let them sort it out themselves, but if Katrina...

Lock the kitten in another room while you play with the older cats. The kitten may not like it, but she'll benefit from happier older cats because it'll mean her getting into less conflict with them. Alternately, if there's a perch the older cats can get to and the kitten can't, play with the...

Just to warn you - I'm weird. I came across the Communication Matrix while looking for stuff related to one of my psychology classes. It's an online tool for assessing the level of communication skills that a child or adult with a disability shows. But instead of using it for that, I'm using...

I wonder if putting a toy piano there would work? My cats hate jumping on the keys of my piano, because they don't like when their footsteps make noise.

She probably will slow down quite a bit. Although everyone knows how playful a kitten can be, a lot of people don't realize that many cats keep that playfulness until 2-3 years old. Also, it sounds like she may be feeling insecure. Cats don't cope well with change, and Peg's been through a lot...

Oh, I forgot to talk about myself! I'm 24, high-functioning autistic and living at home due to my disability, and a 3rd year psychology student. I often feel like I understand cats better than people, and since I'm learning how to do psychological research, I've tried out a few friendly...

You may want to talk to the vet about whether they want her on a special diet to help build up her strength - I'm guessing she might have some nutritional issues from getting pregnant too close together. Especially if her previous owner didn't feed her very well. I don't know about cats, but I...

Hi, I'm Ettina. I currently have two cats, Katrina and Lilly. Lilly (3 months old) just came to live with us a couple of days before Thanksgiving, while Katrina is fifteen and has lived with us since she was Lilly's age. Both of them are from humane societies. Katrina is a stocky, muscular...

Unfortunately, there is no blood test for rabies. The only biological test for rabies is to examine a certain part of the brain during necropsy. Rabies is diagnosed clinically on the basis of symptoms such as incoordination, foaming at the mouth, aggression, etc. No vaccine is 100%. It is...

My cats are indoor/outdoor (well, the kitten is indoor-only but will go outdoors when she's older) and we never use a cat door. They have to ask us if they want to go out. Partly, it's because here in Canada it gets pretty cold in winter, and a cat door would cool our house down quite a bit...