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Hey all! One of my cats has been having issues with eye infections for awhile. It’s been a problem since I originally took him in as a stray a few years ago, but he has months where there are no problems and others where it won’t go away. It’s mostly the left eye. It gets weepy, covered in...

I have a semi-feral cat named Camo who lives in my house. She's 8 years old, and the first two years of her life were spent outside as a stray. Her only interactions with people were when people put out food for her and the other strays, but even then she wouldn't let anybody touch her. I took...

Hey all. Having a rough time right now. I never thought I would be a person who would rehome a pet. Providing forever homes to my cats has been super important to me, and I thought I could handle anything that came my way. I have ten cats. I love them all dearly. The first cat I adopted, the...

I had a big scare last night and I'm still freaked out about it. Fortunately everything was actually fine, but it gave me a reality check to some unpleasant truths I didn't want to acknowledge. So yesterday, I went to visit my parents'. I took my rabbit with me, but none of my cats went because...

This is a weird behavior that my cat has been doing for quite awhile, and just curious if anybody knows why she does it! I rescued Kismet as a one-week old kitten seven years ago -- she was the only surviving kitten out of a litter of two that got abandoned by the mother cat, and she was...

Hey all, I posted back in 2019 about one of my cats (Ronan) being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and especially being concerned about it being genetic since I have all of Ronan's siblings and his mother. Well, since then, I have determined two of his siblings, Kismet and Treble...

Three years ago, a scrawny stray cat appeared at my house. I had ten cats, I did *not* want to take in another cat and couldn't take responsibility for yet another stray. I ignored him. But I have never met a cat that was so persistent. I don't have a normal work schedule and tend to come home...

Any one know anything about guinea pigs? So my brother's family got two guinea pigs probably about a year ago -- I've never seen them or heard too much about them, but they are going on vacation and asked my parents to babysit the guinea pigs. Since I adore animals, I went over to visit them...

A few days ago I got my first rabbit. This is Rune, he's 3/4 Flemish Giant, 1/4 Satin, 8 weeks old, and 2.7 lbs. Honestly, it was a crazy decision to bring a rabbit into my house, I won't lie. I have 11 cats -- all indoors, spayed/neutered, see the vet regularly, etc, the youngest ones are...

Hey all! I have a sweet kitty I took in a few years ago, Ashwin, and I've been worried about him. He was diagnosed with kidney disease awhile back and so far is just on a special diet, no fluids or other treatments. But I've been really worried about his health, and I'm not sure if I'm just...

Hello all! I have a nearly nine-year-old cat, Shade, struggling with feline asthma with lung damage (I forget the technical term). We've been fighting it for close to two years now, but these past two weeks we've reached a breaking point where nothing seems to be really improving her condition...

Hello all, I have a large, overweight kitty named Peridot. I just discovered last night he has a huge lump on his back that as far as I know, was not there previously not even a day or so before. It’s not impossible that I missed it because he is fat, but considering how observant I am with my...

Do you have something about your cats, like visual appearance or little behaviors they do, that you absolutely adore? What is your favorite? - Shade is very determined about lying on my back whenever I am sleeping. No matter how much I move, she immediately climbs back on with no complaining...

So about three weeks ago, I got some bad news; one of my three-year-old kitties, Ronan, has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. During his regular check-up my regular vet discovered he had a heart murmur, so I took him to see a cardiologist about two hours away. For now they prescribed him atenolol...

I have a kitty, Shade, who was diagnosed with hypercalcemia last year. My vet said she should be on a high fiber diet and put her on Hills w/d prescription diet (canned), which seemed to help her calcium levels, but after about a month Shade lost interest and went back to eating the other cats'...

Hey all. I could use some moral support. About two months ago, a stray cat appeared on my doorstep. I definitely was not intending on taking in any more cats, but this fellow was super persistent -- he never left my front porch no matter what time of day I checked, jumped into my car one day I...

Hello all! I have a four-year-old ex-stray named Camo. She was a kitten born around my parents' house and not well-socialized. When she was about two years old, I took her in. A week later, she had six kittens (which I ended up keeping). I now have a total of ten cats, all of which are cats are...

I have ten cats, all indoors-only, and I do not do regular flea treatments since they never go outside. Much to my dismay, I just discovered that Meko has fleas. :/ I have a lot of questions! 1. I had one dose of Frontline Plus on hand so I gave her a flea treatment, but I'm not sure how far I...

Peridot, the stray I took in a little over a month back, keeps getting a black discharge from both of his eyes. I have to wipe it off about once a day. Google tells me that black discharge can be normal, but what do you think? Edit: Actually, the more I look at it, the skin around his right...

Eight of my ten cats wear collars, and I've always used some sort of safety collar. Usually breakaway collars, but I've bought a stretch collar or two when I saw one that was cute enough. I bought this collar for my 15 lb male cat that still didn't have a collar, and it looks amazing on him...