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I just got a loft bed that's about 4.5 feet off the ground and my cat's still getting used to it. I made a series of levels for her to climb up (a stool and desk next to the bed), which she uses to get up, but sometimes getting down she just jumps straight down. Should I be worried she's going...

I know feline hyperaesthesia syndrome (FHS) is one of those things no one knows exactly what causes it. Yesterday I was reading about black fur turning red ("rusting"), and one of the causes is not enough dietary tyrosine / phenylalanine (phenylalanine can get transformed into tyrosine). Cats...

A friend asked me today why her cat keeps getting mats in his fur. He's short haired, and they seem to occur in the same spot on his back. I asked about the possibility of fleas (no treatment, but hasn't seen any) and told her not grooming could be a sign of something else wrong ("but he's so...

I have terrible allergies (frequently causing asthma) and my cat makes them worse. But I'm not allergic to cat, according to a skin prick allergen test. Instead, I'm WAYYYY allergic to dust mites. My allergist says my cat's carrying around dust and dust mites in her fur and I should bathe her...

I use earplugs to sleep and sometimes they fall out. Last night one fell out and I couldn't find it anywhere in the morning, I'm worried my cat ate it because she looooves to get up in my ear and eat my earwax. A few days ago when one disappeared, I found it in another room, but this time I...

I'm in Germany and still haven't found a "dust free" litter. I've tried quite a few, but I don't really have a sophisticated scale to say any litter was better than the others I tried. If I need to cough after scooping litter, it's dusty. Today I tried the pouring the litter into another...

About a year ago, my cat was diagnosed with early stage kidney failure. Slightly high creatinine, normal BUN. She was tested last Feb, Apr, and Nov with the same results. In Nov she stopped eating and I switched vets and food and gave her steroids (the saga is here...

It's this black thing next to her nose. It's a rough/velvety texture, similar to the nose texture but not quite. Do cats get warts?

Wondering if anyone's seen this before. I've been pilling my cat daily for almost two months, and feeling like I'm getting the hang of it finally. But a couple nights ago, when I went to squirt the water to wash the pill down, she did this weird chattering/spasming thing with her jaw. When I was...

I don't brush my cat enough. My cat's never really liked brushing, and always attacks the brush after a couple strokes. Someone told me that if you use a rabbit brush, it hurts less so I tried that, same result. But maybe I'm using the wrong brushes entirely? Anyone want to teach me about...

Anyone else have a cat that licks them in the ear? Mine does it to wake me up sometimes.... not sure if it's because she's hungry for brains (or earwax) or if she just knows it's an effective way of waking me up. But she doesn't do it every morning, maybe only when my ears are especially smelly?

For about a week around the beginning of December I had to syringe feed my cat. It was really frustrating and I would leave food around my cat's lips to force her to clean it off and get a couple more calories in. Later I found out that could cause dermatitis and that I really should have washed...

Anyone stab themself while/after injecting a cat? I gave my cat subcutaneous B-12 today and gave myself a little poke putting the syringe cap back on. It's a tiny needle (insulin syringe), and the wound was about the size you give yourself if you have to check your blood sugar. I squeezed as...

I figured someone's already researched this, but didn't see it when I searched. Anyone know what freeze dried raw foods are low phosphorous? (less than 0.9% dry matter, preferably 0.7 or lower) I'm also avoiding fish, chicken, and turkey right now. (Trying to figure out the allergy thing....)

My vet is prescribing it because my cat always looks like she's in pain (meatloafing a lot, especially after eating). She's early stage CKD with probably IBD/food sensitivities, she's on prednisolone, omeprazole, and peritol now and is actually eating again, but still clearly uncomfortable, so...

I had a bad time pilling my cat tonight. I got the pill in, and squirted in water after to make sure it went down (it's gotten stuck before). She foamed up more than normal, so I squirted in more water to try to rinse everything out. Then she vomited on me. When I nabbed her to repill her, her...

Here in Germany, often pet food will only have a recommended amount to feed per day, like X cans per kg per day. BUT there's no actual listing of calories. Is there a standard X calories per kg that the companies have to use? Background is my cat will barely eat, and I'm trying to record every...

Can you burp a cat? She's soooo bloated and I just want to help her get all the gas out of her belly (so I can feed her without her vomiting). Cats can burp, right? I'm making this thread just to ask this one question, I have a good idea which food gave her the gas (squash baby food, which I...

My cat hasn't been eating for about a week. All the tricks that normally work will work one time and then she ignores it (new food, baby food, Fortiflora, grass powder). She's getting maybe 50-100 calories a day, weighs 3.35 kg now (down from 4.5 in April). I started hand feeding her yesterday...

....and probably IBD. My cat has been eating very little the past week and yesterday went on food strike. Yesterday I also noticed her having problems peeing (digging multiple holes in the litter, trying multiple times and only a few drops coming out) so I took her to the vet today. The vet...