Hi! I have a problem I could use some input with. I have an eighteen year-old cat that has been a good companion for a big chunk of my life. She's finally beginning to show her age, and is a bit stiff, but is otherwise healthy. She has never been a people person - until she met my girlfriend, she...

I am planning to get a Chartreux cat. A rare breed. Does anyone have opinions or stories about owning a Chartreux? Are they as wonderful a cat as they seem, or are there downsides I am not seeing? All info and stories would be appreciated.

Hello, My name is Melinda and I am trying to get information about the aftereffects of colectomy surgery. My cat Chloe had this surgery done two months ago. She seems to be doing okay with the exception that after she defecates, she seems to be quite distressed. She stalks around meowing loudly...

Now that I'm out of lurk mode...I've got a question. Anyone else out there allergic to their kitties but choose to suffer like I do? curious, Pam "Enjoy every second of your life...it may end at any time and you may come back as some loser with bad taste." -my friend JoeyJojo

My fiancé and I recently moved and has been living in our house for about a five weeks. On March 14th, a cat showed up on our back porch without a collar, and meowing a lot. We gave him some water and petted him, but didn't invite him in because we assumed he had a home. We peeked out...

I'm feeling awful, and I suppose I'm wondering how much I should have expected myself or the vet to know. We've been fostering cats since December. On Feb 5 this year, we took a cat -- perhaps 2 years old -- not much was known about her, except that her 91-year-old owner had died and that the house...

I have seen a flurry of questions about getting cats to use the litterbox and yep, I've got one, too. We adopted Lex after a month of visiting him at the shelter. The reason we didnt adopt him sooner is that he was brought back by an adopter after about 10 days because he wasnt consistently using...

iya, I have a 13 year old male cat that has been neuted but over the last month or is started to spray every time he comes in. He comes in the back door, has a quick bit to eat and then out the front door, on his way through he'll spray somewhere. Can anyone tell me why his started this bad...

If I leave my kitten's food bowl down (she's 4 months old) she'll paw at it to play, but then my whole kitchen floor will end up covered in her food! I can't seem to get her to stop without putting her food bowl on the counter. Is there another way I can get her to stop without having to pick up...

Any tips on removing the urine smell from a deck? We have some stray cats in the area and we think they have been peeing on (or at least under) our deck this winter. Now that the snow has melted, it smells really bad. What can I spray on or scrub in or whatever to try to make the smell go...

Hi , I was just wondering if any of you have tried chicken soup for the soul cat food. I just purchased this the other day, to try (currently using Royal Cannine). I went on their web site at www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com and I was very impressed with the natural ingredients. It can only...

HELP! I have called every source (spca/animal welfare groups/pet shops) imaginable trying to find a home for my 18 year old cat Willi. We are moving into a house that just is not set up for his regular incontenance near the scratch box and hair balls. The ole boy is still in pretty good shape...

A general rule, as I have read, is that bad breath is a harbinger of illness in your cat in one form or another. But here's the thing - what should I be smelling for? It's granted that my cats are probably never going to have minty fresh breath as they seem to have an aversion to my tin o'...

poor Sam cat we moved to apartments that dosen't allow cats or dogs out unless on a leash, this was a couple years, she does go out on the balcony and yowls and I mean yowl (yes, she's neutered) I'm deteremined to get her back outside, locally I live in a very rural area, online shopping it...

Come on. If this doesn't scare you, ... "The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country." - George W. Bush "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." - George W. Bush

Those of you who still think IAMS is okey-dokey, check it out. http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-video.html This is what happens to dogs (and one kitten) in the name of "research". The rest of you, don't. It's not pretty. In fact, it's very, very sad. -- -- ~kaeli~

Declawing is out of the question here in my house. I know about clipping their claws. That is no problem. I was thinking about covering the air bed with one or even two mattress covers. I guess that stuff will work, but I want to ask you all in case there are methods not mentioned. I want to do...

I live in a small block of flats and up until about 6 months ago, my cat was the only cat here. I'm on the ground floor and have a cat flap in a window but she's not much of an outdoor cat and is happy to sit with her head out sniffing the evening air and occasionally come into the back garden with...

My 18 year old cat has cancer. Several months ago he went through an operation to remove a cancerous growth on his abdomen. While we were hopeful that we had "gotten it all," 2 weeks ago we noticed another growth in the same area and so booked him for another operation. The operation happened last...

I have a 5 year old cat and a 12 year old small dog. The cat is very compatible with dogs and my dog is fairly cat tolerant, meaning she mostly tries to pretend we don't have a cat. My sister is no longer able to take care of her two cats, one 3 and the other 5. My wife and I have agree to take...