I didn't want to post this. I felt so bad. I am still carefully choosing how to post this. The area I live in has a bad stray/feral problem. I rehomed three last year including Bonnie who I kept. With spring coming and more cats hanging around I set the trap again when I knew I had time Sat....

Hailey, you're full of it. If you thought they were "being a bit harsh", you certainly kept your mouth shut about it in order to "belong to the clique". Now, "all of a sudden", you think I'm "a mental case" and "they were right". Baloney. Your alliances are transparent enough for a blind...

I have this black/grey feral cat that sometimes lives in a clump of bushes at the end of my driveway. Everyone in my family has seen a glimce of him run off as we pull in to the drieway. One day, I was in the drive washing the car and I spotted him under the bush. I decided to adopt the cat by...

Are there different levels of neutering a cat? I have 4 male cats that have been neutered and one of them still sprays from time to time. This one cat that sprays was done by a vet overseas before I got him. One time I noticed when he was cleaning himself he had an erection, is this possible from a...

My female cat is about 6-7 years old. Initially, she wasn't the most affectionate cat on the block, but with time (and especially after I've been gone for a few days), she becomes most affectionate for a few days and then reverts to her normal independent self: She'll come for petting and will...

Any recomendations for cat vitamins? Thank you, Rojo

My kitties are 7 months old and I would like to toilet train them so that they use our commode. They are well trained in using the litter box. My question is "what are some of the things I should purchase to facilitate this training?". I understand the process, but I would like to know if...

If enyone recalls, I am the guy who's disabled mom smokes in her apartment - cat wouldn't clean herself and was genrally lethargic. Anyway, I bought cat wipes, some catnip, ear mite medicine and a new brush at Petco, and I go to town on the cat every week or two. 14 year old Fatass is cool with...

Greetings from a newbie! I have 2 indoors-only cats (1 boy, 1 girl, brother & sister, standard moggies), approx 18 months old. They're content little things, but the boy is VERY nervy - everything makes him jump, and at the sight of other people he runs away to hide under the duvet. When he's not...

Hello to everyone. I am desperately looking for some help and I don't know where else to turn. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. My cat is 8 years old now and we have kept pretty much the same regime since the day he came home 8 years ago. I have fed him at the same time every day...

Skipjack is a blue tabby with the cutest white paws anyone has ever seen (trust me!). He's 2. When I first adopted him at ~5 months old, I clipped his claws regularly. I stopped, because his claws haven't been a problem - he only scratches "approved" surfaces and is an affectionate cat who never...

Hi, I recently brought a kitten about 3 weeks ago from a shelter that was dumped in a box outside one of their opshops. He is now 19 weeks old and heaps of fun. I have had cats before and I know what they can be like but it's been awhile since I've had a kitten. My problem is I know when...

Hello, My male 10 year old housecat developed a purple bump (about the size of an engorged deer tick) inside one ear about 18 months ago. My vet told me it was benign, nothing to worry about. I am concerned because while it hasn't changed in shape or size, there appear to be dozens more tiny...

We took Bubbas to the emergency hospital last night and put him to sleep. He went downhill so fast, even Friday he was doing okay and then just deteriorated before our eyes. We couldn't let him suffer. We're going out to bury him at my parents' farm and plant a native dogwood there in his memory. I...

Hi there, My DH has allergies and it's been acting up pretty bad lately. We have 5 cats of our own, plus 1 foster who is out in the house with our cats, and a mommy cat and 3 babies in the guest room. Poor DH is feeling really crappy right now. I'm looking into some air filtration systems, and...

At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to give this food to our...

We took our 11/2 year-old male, sweetheart of a cat in to the vet because he was lethargic, and the vet diagnosed auto-immune anemia. Further testing showed that he had an 11% red blood cell volume (normal is 35-50%) and is positive for Feline Leukemia. Oh boy... We've decided to give him the...

Hi all, I have a friend who is worried that her "smelly cat" (although I dont think it is that smelly, the cat does not smell half as bad as most dogs) may have some sickness with the symptom being the smell. There is a slight smell in the fur of this nice stubbed tailed cat which is not found on...

I was visiting a friend in Portland, Oregon this weekend when I saw an article in the newspaper I was sure many here would find interesting. I'm sure it will be horrifying to some: A Portland man, upset at his neighbor's cats continually coming over and killing birds and crapping in his flower...

Greetings from a newbie! I have 2 indoors-only cats (1 boy, 1 girl, brother & sister, standard moggies), approx 18 months old. They're content little things, but the boy is VERY nervy - everything makes him jump, and at the sight of other people he runs away to hide under the duvet. When he's not...