I would not say I am worried, but just wondering how long this might go on and how I might coax new cat Destiny out of hiding: Picked my new 1 1/2 year cat up yeterday from the cat room at the Humane Society where she seemed fond enough of my petting. Took her for a vet exam and shots on the way...

Wow, intriguing picture of a cat that looks like yoda in cat version, to check this photo got to the below link! Oh and this picture is real! no gimmicks! http://xs133.xs.to/xs133/08460/yoda793.jpg

Hi all. I have a 11 week old kitten called Darwin. I adopted him 3 week ago. Every morning he tares around the house and "attacks" his scratching post (which is good). All of a sudden this morning I noticed he never used the post but attempted to use the arms of my couch. Any reason why he would...

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Hello, I would be grateful if people could give me some advice. 1. I am shortly to adopt a couple of kittens and would like to allow them and me the luxury of a Littermaid ("self-cleaning" tray operated by an electric eye). However, maybe the Littermaid is too deep for a kitten to get in and...

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: About two months ago I got a "free-to-a-good-home" four-year-old tabby cat. Ever since it arrived, it sits on a shelf in the basement and except for nocternal eating rarely comes out. It has been getting friendlier, craves attention, but does give me a fairly vicious bite occassionally when...

Hi there- I have a 17 year old cat who has never lived in an apartment with carpet. We are moving to the East Coast and it seems like all the places have carpet. So what can I do to keep him from scratching it up, or worse, peeing on it. I thought about putting down an area rug to protect their...

I just applied "Soft Paws" to 2 of my 3 cats for the 1st time today. I was amazingly easy to do (with a little help from my wife). I was surprised at how quickly they adjusted tot hem. They did not lick or bite at them and have been going about their normal business for several hours now. Good...

Friends of mine have a young male cat, around a year old, who managed to do something to his tail in their apartment last week. They said he was acting fine but one of them noticed his tail looked odd. They brought him to the vet the next morning and it turned out he hurt his tail really bad. I...

Have a kitten that is 5 months and she pants when she plays too hard. So I read up and got concerned about HCM. Took her into the dr's and did a chest xray - nothing out of place. Just did the ECG and they don't see anything wrong with her heart. But they mentioned that it could, maybe, possible...

With the risk of starting a war, I had not heard of declawing until I came on this site, we do not do this, as far as I know, in the UK. Also, we rarely keep our cats inside. It sounds barbaric to me, to pull the claws out of a cat, it would be like having your fingernails pulled out!

I'm appealing to the wisdom of the group in hopes of finding some interesting thoughts/suggestions/solutions to a problem which has been ongoing for about 2 years now. I had raised my cat from tiny kitten stage on a sailboat I formerly lived on for approximately 10 years. She grew up to be a fine...

Hi, I'm hoping someone here might be able to give me some insight. OUr 8 1/2 year old cat had a bladder blockage four days ago, which came after a bout of diahrrea that lasted 3 days. He's had diahreea before and we didn't think too much of it, he gets stressed easily, he's also over weight and an...

First of all, thanks to all who regularly post here! Especially to the person who responded to the question about kitty constipation - I got rid of the clay litter and my 19-year-old Kiki is doing much better! Now then, I have her on thyroid medication (overactive) and she is doing well after 3...

My 16 year old cat began limping 2 days ago. He was fine in the morning and when I came home from work, he was limping on his front leg. I'm not sure how he may have hurt himself, if that's the case, but it may be that he fell or tripped on the basement stairs because when I came home from work...

Being a two cat family for the past 17 years, we has to put our oldest cat down ( after a long and giving life). Too fill the empty space, we adopted a 3 year old from the local SPCA. This really stressed out our 12 year old female, to the point that she wouldn't come out or eat. After one week we...

So... So I've had Marigold for a week and 3 days now. Marigold is getting fustrated being cooped up in my room (and so am I because she is Meowing at the early hours of the morning!). If I let whiskers in my room, she tolerates Marigold as long as Marigold does not get within 3 feet of whiskers...

Dear Megan and Mary, Many Thanks for taking so much of your time and your trouble to help me make my two cats friends for life. I really appreciate all your help. After reading your posts under "O'Malley-Hercules & Xena......." and Mary's email, I have done some thinking. First of all, even before...

http://www.journalstar.com/local.php?story_id=69553 They pulled their heads out and DID it. I really wasn't sure if they would because these small town people are rather afraid (as you can tell as most wouldn't say how they voted or are reluctant to say what they think) to go against "the popular...