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We are baffled at how to handle this litter box issue. She always poops in the litter box. She pees there maybe 50% of the time. We use World's Best litter with the Dr Elsey's Cat Attract additive. Sometimes she pees on random spots on the carpet. Lately, though, she's begun peeing in the dog's...

Sorry if this is too long. I hope it makes sense. I just didn't want to leave anything out. I adopted Meilyr in last June. He's a year old and had only been at the shelter for a couple weeks; before that he was an owned outdoor cat. When I first brought him home, he had a pretty nasty URI, so I...

Mosey and Mendel can't tolerate a lot of protein sources. Beef, lamb, and venison have been off the table since the first time they tried them. Recently, rabbit and pork have ceased to be options. Birds and fish are still fine, but I would really like to get them more variety. Also, I'm worried...

I noticed that the packaging had changed, so I glanced at the ingredients. It still contains xanthan gum, cassia gum, and guar gum, but carrageenan is gone from the ingredients! Looking at their website, this applies to both of the remaining formulas, chicken/turkey and duck.

Usually Mendel is very snuggly and social (with me and only me). He likes to sit on the cat trees in whatever room I'm in or knead on me and settle into my lap. The last couple of days, he's been spending most of his days resting by himself on my or my roommate's beds. If I pick him up and carry...

(Wasn’t sure if this belonged under health or nutrition. Feel free to move if I have this in the wrong spot.) My mom’s cats are five year old littermates, Artemis and Apollo. They’ve been on the Hill’s C/D kibble for urinary crystals for about four of those years. Everything was fine, the only...

I have three cats, my roommate has one. We've been trying to finish off this flea infestation for a couple of MONTHS now! Obviously, it’s pretty frustrating. We just can't seem to shake them. We're poor college students, so we tried to go the natural/less-expensive route with Wondercide and...

I recently had to cut rabbit foods out of our rotation because one of my cats developed an allergy (vomiting when he ate it). That was one of their favorite foods, so it was a shame to take it off the menu. This also puts our rotation back at just birds and fish. I'd love to add something else...

Posting this question on behalf of my roommate, but I'll include as much information as I can. I wasn't sure if it belonged here or maybe in the health forum, so please feel free to move this thread if appropriate.  My roommate's cat, Shinji, smells like wet dog. But only on the top of his...

I've been feeding my boys the Instinct chicken kibble and the duck/turkey kibble on a rotating basis, and I wanted to throw something else into the mix. My pickiest guy's favorite (non-fish) canned food is the Wild Calling rabbit, so I went to look at the Instinct rabbit kibble. Peas as the...

I'm starting to introduce some raw to my cats, mainly with preventative dental health care in mind. My understanding is that raw, meaty bones are great for this because of the chewing required. They mostly eat canned food and kibble with the occasional commercial raw rotated in; I'm not really...

I know I'm thinking pretty far in advance, but I'm considering making "Thanksgiving dinner" for my cats when the time comes. I'm struggling to come up with a menu beyond turkey and canned pumpkin. Any suggestions?

Apologies in advance for the very long post! I'll try to keep things simple to read. Food names will be links to details about the food, to avoid having massive ingredients lists and guaranteed analysis charts in this post.  I am currently feeding Nutro Natural Choice Indoor Adult Chicken and...

I've been looking at various high-end kibbles and I'm very confused. These kibbles are grain-free, byproduct-free, etc, so they should be better as kibbles go, but they all have a massive list of fruits and veggies in the ingredients! Cranberries, blueberries, tomatoes, apples, carrots, and...

My mom's cats had trouble with crystals when they were younger (they're five now) and they've been eating the C/D prescription food ever since. I recently added canned food to my cats' diet and when I found the Friskies Special Diet food, my mom happily added that to her cats' regimen. The...

My two-year-old, Mendel, has a Weird Paw Thing. I can't be more specific because the vets he's seen don't know what it is. Last May, I noticed that one of his paws was swollen and purple and generally unhappy looking. Obviously I took him to the vet immediately and she basically said "Wow...

I'm trying to find a diet I really like for my cats, but I'm on a student budget so I'm not sure what options are actually affordable for me. I was wondering how much you experienced raw/homemade feeders typically spend in a month on the meat and all the supplements for it? If I went this route...

Meet Mosey and Mendel!   Mosey (short for Mosaic) is a couple months shy of his second birthday. I found him as a stray at a family reunion out in the middle of nowhere when  he was about four weeks old.  For a couple months, my cousins fostered him for me until I moved somewhere I could...

My two boys are both nearly two years old and I'm still searching for a food I'm fully satisfied with. They used to be on Hill's Ideal Balance chicken and rice adult food, but they had really soft/unformed poo. I switched them to Nutro chicken and rice indoor adult because it has a higher fiber...