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Anyone know why my cat would be afraid of the oven and stove? As soon as we open the oven or turn on the stove, she runs to the basement and hides for hours. It's an electric stove and oven. She has never had any sort of oven-related trauma. It's also just one of our cats - the other one...

Hey guys! Two threads in two days for me...whew! It's been a weird cat week. So my cats get along. They've been living together for three years. They fight like normal cats every now and then, but they are generally great companions...they groom, play, and snuggle together.......usually. Over...

Hi guys! My cat has been attacking her own tail. She's got little scabs under her hair from injuring herself. She bites and scratches at it. We took her to the vet and decided to try laser therapy to see if there could be pain or inflammation that we could take down/see if that might help...

Hey guys, I have learned about the dangers of burning some candles and using certain essential oils around cats. Does anyone know of any cat-safe alternatives to these? Is heating vanilla-extract in the oven safe?

So I know pine sol (the liquid and fumes) are toxic to cats...but what about just the fumes from natural, unfinished pine wood? I just got some unfinished pine furniture and man...it's really smelly. Is it ok for my cats to be around?

Hey guys, I am really sad. I moved to a new place, away from the only place my cat has ever lived. Since being here, it feels like I have lost her. She's a totally different cat and I barely see her because she's always afraid and hiding. Nothing I do seems to help her get more comfortable...

How do you guys keep your cats from pushing out/clawing on the screens of your windows? Any tips for securing window air conditioner units in a way that doesn't give kitties an escape hatch?

I took my cat to the vet on Thursday and they cut her nails (it had been the second time in 30 days that she had her nails cut). Thursday night after we got home, she seemed fine. Friday night, she spent the whole night scratching her nails on the bed sheets and biting at her nails. Can cats...

What are yours?! I'm looking for indoor plants that would not hurt my cats if they were to eat them.

My mom just treated my dog with K9 Advantix II, which I have read, is toxic to cats and shouldn't be used in households with cats. I have two cats. We don't live in the house with the dog, but I go see him frequently. I'm worried about causing toxicity to my cats. Does anyone know if...

So my cat has IBD and has had stress-induced cystitis before, so this is concerning to me. She seems to be developing new fears recently to things that never bothered her before. She has become just small and terrified over things we've done here recently: - Wrapping potatoes in tinfoil (the...

Does anyone know of a potential cause of reddish/brownish eyeball discharge? It is coming out of the eye of my brother's 11 year old Siamese cat (recently adopted). It is only coming out of one eyeball. The kitty tested negative for calici virus, feline herpes, FIV, and FeLV. She came from a...

Hi guys, My kitty has a history of cystitis caused by stress....I am not sure what stressed her out the last time this happened, but I am a bit concerned that it might happen again because our upstairs neighbour just got a new puppy. All of the puppy sounds are really making her on edge. Is...

One of my cats loves to kick up the litter and make a mess every time she goes. As a result, she constantly smells like kitty litter...she gets it all over herself. Is there anything I can do to deter her from this behavior? I have a smelly cat!

TLDR: my cat has had blood in per poop since November. We've tried switching her food to hypo-allergenic prescription diets, but she won't eat any pate, so no luck. We tried Tylosin for a week - no luck. The vet called with today's ultrasound results. Her stomach is inflamed. Her stomach is 0.5...

My kitty is going in for an ultrasound tomorrow because she's been having blood in her poop for months. The vet told me that they wouldn't need to shave her...but everything online that I've seen shows cats getting their bellies shaved. It's a specialist who comes in to do the ultrasound, so I...

My friends son brought home a kitten today that is covered in scabs and has clumps of hair missing. Any ideas what this could be? If it's mange, can that spread from the kitten to her to me to my cats? Or do the cats need direct contact?

Hi friends, A little over a month ago, you guys were giving me advice on my kitty who continuously had blood in her poops. The vet said it was likely colon inflammation and put her on a week of Tylosin. We also gave her some Fortiflora. During that week, I didn't see her poop at all. The...

Hey everyone, I just got home from work and my cat had recently taken a poop (I know because she has a bad habit of not burying her poops). The poop has blood on it. What could have caused this and should I take her to the vet ASAP or wait and see if it happens again?

After our kitty had some issues with peeing recently, we found some info online about urinary crystals and cystitis and found that we should be aiming for wet food with a lower amount of phosphorus in it. I found the chart below and switched to Royal Canin adult canned food, but they've stopped...