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Right now I can't get a hold of gloves. We have 8 indoor cats and a couple of ferals outside. I did use nitrile/ latex or polyurethane gloves regularly to clean up after foster cats, trapped ferals etc. But now I can't find boxes of gloves anywhere. For my personal cats (again 8) I am using...

I know I haven't posted in a while. Been so busy with holidays, family and new creative pursuits. And it's winter so we get the break of having to TnR. Our colony is down to two- yes two fixed cats (praise Bast). My issue is with a boy we adopted a few months ago. He's reaching one year (in...

I'm having a new sewer line put in today and normally the cats are upstairs in the bedroom in the early am. Today my former semi-feral-now-lovey housecat, Piper, was downstairs. When they brought the digger up to our house she freaked out ran into the kitchen and went under our dishwasher...

My Pretty Kitty is matted badly on her back from tail to 1/3 up her back. It's growing- yesterday it was 1/4 up her back. The matt is very thick and dense. She must be uncomfortable and I worry that her skin is going to be infected. Yes, I could have handled it myself if she was more...

I got home Sunday night around 1 am from a 5 day vacation. While we were away my petsitter (who came twice a day) told us she was cleaning up loose stool daily. We have a cat with a history of being in a constipation/ diarrhea cycle and is suspected of having mild IBD. My vet does not think...

I've done this a handful of times before but each time it rips my guts out. As a fosterer you take either scared young- old cats and socialize them or you take very young kittens who are all easy to socialize. Either way your job is to make sure they are healthy and love them fully- no...

I'm not new to kittens/ ferals etc and I have a cat that we named Choo Choo because she was a young adult when we adopted her and she was very bitey. So I know the basics. The foster litter I have now had two very bitey cats. One of them has been trained out of it but the other one is very...

Yesterday an old gourd type bird house fell to the ground from it's hanger and a bunch (a good amount- 50-100) of wasps or bees started swarming the area. I am partially blind so I can not tell if they are wasps or bees. I was not about to get that close. I'd have to be practically...

I have a set of foster kittens that are about six weeks old (brought in as orphans so actual age is not known). They are having diarrhea. One of them is particularly messy. He will poop and then sit in it immediately after. I am home and with them most of the time so I usually can get to...

I don't know how these days are determined. But today, April 30th, is national tabby day! Pretty much out of coinincidence my tabby Mr. Friendly has been excessively outgoing and affectionate today so he got a mani/pedi and a brush-out. He was an abandoned cat but just loves being preened...

I bought a well-rated furminator type brush (but not the actual furminator brand) for my cats and so far I'm under-whelmed. I'm not sure if maybe I'm doing it wrong? I'm used to using little slicker brushes and those remove a lot of hair and the cats enjoy it. The furminator type thing does...

So last night we had very severe weather with tornado watches. I had everything prepped- all the stuff ready to go to the basement or to the car (if our house was compromised and we had to leave after the storms. But I was in absolute misery not feeling like I could pick up two of our indoor...

I have spent many years accumulating a list of cover songs- now it's becoming a few a year that I add. I don't know why but I love them. We already have a video thread but I'm hoping to expand my playlist. So, what I'd hope to see on this thread is the song title and band with a video...

How is arthritis diagnosed in cats? Is it a blood test or one of those assumptive diagnoses? Our cat has been resting on top of our dishwasher when it's running for about a 5- 6 weeks. We don't keep the house cold but the kitchen is always warmer and even I've noticed the counter surface...

My snake Django passed away. He was only in his teens. He got me through some rough times. I don't expect people to get that because he was a snake and not a warm blooded loving lap companion but I am really sad. I think he's the reason why I survived the death of my past soul-mate cat. I...

We had the vet come out today to see two of our six. The good news- she's not hearing the heart murmur in our male cat. The bad news is that she thinks our Choo has IBD. She said she felt it was mild IBD. So my question is are there degrees of IBD? We always suspected IBD or IBS but as you...

Would it be feasible to add a thread for shelter work or fosterers? It's not the same as feral care-taking and doesn't fall into other threads. I find there's more support out there for people who care-take for feral colonies and community cats- and I am so grateful for that- but there's next...

Has anyone had to do a leave in permethrin treatment- not just for hair but for body- on any family member while having cats? My husband's doctor wants him to do a 8 hour permethrin treatment to rule out parasites for an all over itch he's been suffering with for months that the dermatologist...

Our out of state relatives passed a mean cold to us on Christmas. Everyone got it and now the cold has spread to infect a third state! I got sick right before New Years and am still sick sick. I haven't gotten to the messy stage of the cold where it starts to break up and you need boxes and...

I'm hoping someone can suggest a method to get revolution on unhandleable (yes even with toweling) cats. The cat in question is indoors and doesn't take crushed oral tablets in food (other than capstar but I can't afford to capstar endlessly). I can get her in a trap if absolutely need be but...