Our cat care forums are busy this time of year with new - and not so new - members asking questions about cat behavior, health, nutrition and general care.
Unfortunately, we have people posting their cat questions and getting no replies for days on end... And that means cats that get no help.
YOU can help!
"What? Me? But I'm not a cat expert!"
That's fine, you absolutely don't need to be. Everyone can help others by welcoming them, showing support and helping them find answers here on the site. Anything is better than no replies, right?
Here's how YOU can help
1. Look for threads with no or few replies.
Visit the cat care forums and sort the threads by number of replies so that zero replies come up first (You can do that by clicking twice on the header "Replies" at the top of any thread list). Here are some direct links where I've done that already.
Cat Health Forum
Cat Nutrition Forum
Cat Behavior Forum
Grooming & General Cat Care Forum
Pregnant Cats & Kitten Care Forum (Please read this before posting there!)
Caring for Strays and Ferals Forum
2. See a thread with two replies or less? Give it a click and take a look.
Can you offer advice? Awesome! Share from your own experience and knowledge!
No clue what the solution is? Check our articles and see if you can link to one or two on-topic articles. Here's how to do that -
Take a quick look to see that the article is indeed relevant. No point in sending a new member on a wild goose chase.
Can't find anything? Just say hi, show some empathy and be nice to a new member. That goes a long way in helping them feel at home.
Found a thread that's older than 2 days and dropping down the page with no answers? Please flag that thread so the team can take a look.
As a member of our community, you can help cats by helping their owners! You can make a huge difference and literally save the life of a cat, just by replying to one or two threads a day.
After all, isn't this what TCS is all about?
THANK YOU!
Editing to add -
We now have the "Unanswered threads" feature back! Just hover over the word "Forums" in the navigation bar. Once the little arrow appears, click on that and you'll see this in the menu -
See a thread with no answers? Jump right in and offer help, support or both! Don't leave new members hanging there
Unfortunately, we have people posting their cat questions and getting no replies for days on end... And that means cats that get no help.
YOU can help!
"What? Me? But I'm not a cat expert!"
That's fine, you absolutely don't need to be. Everyone can help others by welcoming them, showing support and helping them find answers here on the site. Anything is better than no replies, right?
Here's how YOU can help
1. Look for threads with no or few replies.
Visit the cat care forums and sort the threads by number of replies so that zero replies come up first (You can do that by clicking twice on the header "Replies" at the top of any thread list). Here are some direct links where I've done that already.
Cat Health Forum
Cat Nutrition Forum
Cat Behavior Forum
Grooming & General Cat Care Forum
Pregnant Cats & Kitten Care Forum (Please read this before posting there!)
Caring for Strays and Ferals Forum
2. See a thread with two replies or less? Give it a click and take a look.
Can you offer advice? Awesome! Share from your own experience and knowledge!
No clue what the solution is? Check our articles and see if you can link to one or two on-topic articles. Here's how to do that -
- Visit the article section here.
- Look for the article categories in the sidebar and click on the most relevant one.
- Now use the search function to search that particular category for the topic you're looking for.
Take a quick look to see that the article is indeed relevant. No point in sending a new member on a wild goose chase.
Can't find anything? Just say hi, show some empathy and be nice to a new member. That goes a long way in helping them feel at home.
Found a thread that's older than 2 days and dropping down the page with no answers? Please flag that thread so the team can take a look.
As a member of our community, you can help cats by helping their owners! You can make a huge difference and literally save the life of a cat, just by replying to one or two threads a day.
After all, isn't this what TCS is all about?
THANK YOU!
Editing to add -
We now have the "Unanswered threads" feature back! Just hover over the word "Forums" in the navigation bar. Once the little arrow appears, click on that and you'll see this in the menu -
See a thread with no answers? Jump right in and offer help, support or both! Don't leave new members hanging there
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Sometimes people are really stressed and desperate for help when they come and post here, so the occasional short response is bound to happen - it's certainly happened to me a few times over the years. Don't let it put you off. Why not spend some time getting to know our articles? You'll learn a lot yourself, and you can always link to them when replying to others. Sometimes the articles say it better than we can ourselves, especially if we have no personal experience with the issue at hand 
. Maybe they were just burned too many times on other sites by the so called "social" media trolls that post just to see their words in print and who are trying to get a rise out of folks. 
