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My 10 yo Lexi hasn't been sleeping much. I only discovered recently that cats sleep on average 12-18 hours/day. She never did sleep much during the day, but now she may be sleeping much of the night, but that's pretty much it. I believe lack of sleep has made her more skittish than usual...

Lexi and I moved to southern Delaware in December. In early June I started getting intensely itchy red spots. A new one or two every few days. They each itch for 3-10 days. Some for weeks. I suspected chiggers. Our fenced back yard has a lot of tall grasses and flowering plants. I placed a piece...

We recently moved to southern Delaware. The area is seeing explosive population growth. The two animal hospitals I contacted are not accepting new patients. So thought I'd solicit comments and suggestions before resuming the search. I suppose we'll accept having to travel up to an hour, maybe...

I'm considering having a 6' vinyl fence installed, primarily to keep kitty from wandering off. Would need about 385 feet, at a total cost of around 13-15k. We recently moved to a new house. She is almost 10 yo. At our previous property she was allowed to visit the neighbor's yards, during...

Lexi turned 9 yo today. I adopted her from a shelter when she was 2. Her vet says she's one the luckiest cat in the world because I take such good care of her. I'm thinking about moving to be closer to family this time next year. Other reasons include a much lower cost of living, being near the...

Looking for pointers to articles or a few words of advice on how to best handle my 6yo spayed female who I used to let walk to neighboring gardens, and who I now only allow to "enjoy" supervised walks. She's going berserk! LOL. Meow, Meeeoow, MEEEOOOOOW! I think confining her to her bedroom...

Best option(s) for a bold cat coming right up to my deck and chasing my Lexi, so that she can't even enjoy the sun on it? Lexi is timid, which is fine with me. I'm not the type to tolerate this behavior on my property, let alone right up to the deck.

My Lexi is constantly rubbing against things in the house. She's very happy all the time. I've been on a bit of travel lately, and she's even more active in this regard in past couple of days. When hungry she's always rubbing against me as I try to prepare a meal. I'm an expert in the kitty...

9 days ago my cat Lexi walked in limping on left hind leg. She was running and playing in the yard just prior. She still has a noticeable limp today, but appears she has improved some. The first 2 days she hid in her room. She is more active now, and she did a couple brief half speed sprints...

Every few months I must leave town for around 3 days, either on business or to visit family. I often have someone visit to scoop litterbox and feed/water my Kitty. Just recently I set up a webcam, from which I can see Kitty as she walks about near the big window in her favorite room. She spends...

I'm pretty sure the chipmunk is hiding somewhere. Options as I see them. (i) Set a big snap trap, (ii) let kitty find him tonight or tomorrow, (iii) leave 2 doors open tonight and hope it scurries out. I'm leaning toward the latter as the sun currently sets. The cat door opens into my study...

My Lexi (3 yo) has been enjoying chasing squirrels in my front yard this summer. The squirrels always dash up a tree before she can get a hold. She's been catching but not eating many chipmunks. Yesterday I noticed that she made an effort to dash between the tree and squirrel, as if she'd...

On day 2 of an elimination diet in hopes of isolating a food allergy. My cat Lexi has been exhibiting signs of itching skin and has scratched herself raw in a few places over he past few months. She has been fed a wide variety of proteins over the past several months including chicken, turkey...

My cat Lexi shakes her head more than normal I'm sure. She also has scratched a raw spot under her left ear. She scratched that spot raw last June and the problem resolved without intervention. The head shaking continued some over the winter and then in May this year she scratched the spot raw...

Makes me a bit sad to see the chipmunk who had been living around my house will soon be no more. Cat is being a cat of course. I'll get over it. If it were a mouse running around my kitchen, I suppose I might feel differently.... Anyway, after beating it around for a few minutes (I'm sure she...

I understand some cats just do not like to be confined to a catio. So... did/does your cat: 1) love it right away? 2) accept it begrudging in time? 3) still show anxiety and wish to get out? 4) never wanted to use it?

Has happened several times now. Today Lexi was steps from my closed front door when the incident occurred. Fortunately I was looking out the window and saw this beast coming from across the street. I typically supervise Lexi from the window, and she rarely goes more than 30 feet from my home. I...

I adopted Lexi 15 months ago. She'll be 3 in June. Though I've felt vibrations in her throat over the past several months, nothing audible, until the past couple of days. She's been extremely affectionate all along, constantly rubbing against me, wagging her tail, and sitting on my lap often...

My kitty is almost 3yo. She's slightly overweight. She's dropped weight nicely over the past several weeks, but still needs to shed about a half pound. I feed her at around 7am, 2pm, and 8pm. After breakfast she's meowing and running between my legs, when I'm home, by around noon. After lunch...

I am trying to train my cat to accept daily supervised walks, but no free roaming without me. I adopted this spayed 1.5 yr old female cat earlier this year. It was cold then and we spent most of the time upstairs. When it got warm I then decided I would leash train her. She took to that...