My cat is an indoors/outdoors cat. Ever since winters ended, she has insisted on sleeping in the porch. She also prefers not to use the litter-box and like to go outdoors. She has never strayed beyond our lawn: one neighbor has a loud dog, the other one loud workmen and machinery 8 hours a day; and...

Does anybody know if Premier Pet Insurance is still around? I want to get insurance for my 4 cats and it appears that this is a good plan/ I tried calling and I can't get through. I tried getting a quote from their website and it doesn't work. I feel that VPI has too many restrictions that's why...

Our vet, after already diagnosing the issue during an office visit, has told us that it is "policy" that worming pills only be given by their staff in-house ($20 per pill per cat). We have two cats, both of which are, to say the least, not happy about being carted off to the vet and/or riding in...

Hello All, Firstly a bit of background. About 3 months ago one of our two 3-year old Burmese male cats, who were litter mates, died suddenly. Our vet thinks that the cause of death was some form of cardiac disease or stroke. Both cats were best friends and played and got on very well together. ...

Welp, I'm a new cat owner (3 beautiful kittens), just under 5 months old now, and we're looking to find a vet, get them spayed/neutered (as applicable). A little behind schedule, long story, but nonetheless, we'll make it happen before they go into heat. Long story short, what questions should I...

We have 3 cats, 2 of them are about the same age & are from the same litter. One of them is just an out & out snob, any time either my wife or myself EVER attempt to hold her, no matter how gently & slowly we approach, she inevitably runs away refusing to be allowed to be touched & when we do...

Strange things happen - my much loved Burmese boy Mr Max of 14 years died 8 May 2009. On Saturday I can pick up my new Burmese kitten who is the great great grand nephew of Mr Max. The strange thing is my new kitten was born just 2 hours after Mr Max died, so 8th May is going to be a happy and...

Hi, just wanted to post an update to my post from last week for those that are interested. I still think it's really weird.. Anyway, Squidly did finally quit hissing at Froggy, although I was starting to wonder. So we do have peace and everyone is getting along. However, I don't think these two...

It's not just my other cat Elwood either! I brought Jake with me over to the parents for Father's day. Well the parents have 3 dogs, and Jake knocked the snot out of all of them!! They tried to give him guff, but he gave them a might growl, and boxed them into next week. He was even chasing them...

Hi there, I have a 12 year old hyperthyroid semi-feral female cat. She loves me, but she's very afraid of everyone else - so I'm trying to minimize the amount of vet trips for her. She weighs 6.5 pounds which is one pound underweight for her. Her creatinine is normal (1.2), but she's drinking &...

I really, really want to get a Dyson and I'm wondering if the expense is worth it. Right now, we have a cheap (~$150) Dirt Devil Breeze purchased a few years ago and it is just not cutting it. The house is a multi-level townhouse with old wall-to-wall carpet. The carpet will be replaced in about...

I just noticed something strange on one of my cats. Along the top ridge of her mouth, on the outside, in the fur, but right next to her "lips" there are dozens of tiny black specs.. they look almost like blackheads. Any ideas of what they are, or if anything needs to be done?

I just got a new rescue kitten today. She has a yuck brown, shiny, hard, oval - thing - on her shoulder. It's about the size of a small pea but elongated. An engorged tick maybe?????????? If it's a tick should I try to remove it or should I just treat it with Frontline and hope it dies and falls...

This has been an exciting day -- one where we went from an almost-certain death sentence for two little blind kittens to one where a promise has been made that they will not be euthanized. When I was first contacted, the person who called me said that both cats were to be euthanized the...

I just lost my Cat, she was a siamese but looked more tonkanese to me, named Kiki. My mom bought her for me when I had just finished the first grade, so I was around 6 years old. I am now about to turn 28 and she has been with me the entire time, amazing when I reflect on it, she was around 21. She...

I came home from my walk the other night to find a car parked in front of my driveway. There was a woman standing in front of it looking at something on the road. It was a dead cat. The woman had obviously seen it in the road and stopped, not knowing what to do. She asked me. I said, "I know...

My girlfriend had been asking me for a cat for sometime. After several weeks I finally went out to get one. I waited for hours till I saw a stray scratching on someone's door. I brought it home and my girlfriend loved it. Long story short - she is spending way too much time with this cat. We had...

I have two cats right now, one just about a year old and the other maybe one and a half. Both fixed males. A friend is worried about a very cute cat named Puff that was thrown out of his home by a neighbor. Puff was having trouble locating the litterbox. My understanding is that the neighbors had...

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...