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We have two 6 month old male kittens, who are 8.5 and 7.5 pounds - I was just wondering if this is abnormally large, especially our guy who is 8.5? All I have found is shape charts that center around feel/sight of the ribs, which is tough since our boys are Himalayans and all the fur hides the...

I think it really depends on the cat/environment. When I was growing up, we always just had our one cat, Copper (female DSH). We had a beagle for a little bit, but she was our only cat - adopted from the shelter when she was 6 months, and had her until she was put down at 14 yrs (oral squamous...

Aww! Sounds like your little buddy is coming around! Sounds like he will enjoy, as you said, eventually being placed in a smalller home - low-key people would be good, and maybe not with kids? Not that kids don't love our kitties, but a home without them would be a little more predictable...

If you haven't already, I would give your vet a call and see if they'd like you to bring your cat in - even though you're pretty sure he is healthy, it's always good to rule out (or discover/solve) any physical cause of this behavior. You say this started a few months ago - around that time...

Yep, I've had to do the butt bath many times. If the cat won't tolerate it and the situation is relatively small, you might be able to get away with using a warm, wet washcloth instead of a full-on dunk.

So far I've just given my cats butt-baths as needed. I don't know the hair length/breed of your cat, but what I've read about my Persians is that I'm supposed to bathe them anywhere from once every two weeks to once a month (depending on the source) because of the oil in their skin. I haven't...

I also used to use Yesterday's News, when my kittens were really little - I was given the advice that they would be less likely to try to eat it, which turned out to be true. As the previous poster said, it doesn't clump, but the urine spots are very visible. What we use now are the clumping...

I've had the same experience! Our family cat when I was growing up was a DSH with a fluffy undercoat, and she would shed EVERYWHERE. I now have two longhairs and was nervous about getting them because I remembered how bad the shedding had been with Copper (the family shorthair) and didn't want...

One of our kitties likes to lick/chew our hair, too! He'll lick my boyfriend's head, then move onto my longer hair and start chewing! (This isn't the one who ate the ribbon, but the other one with the stool issues from the grooming forum. My goodness, have we had a week with our cats!) I...

I have a question about a situation my dad is experiencing: My dad has an approx. two-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair (he got her from the shelter in May 2008 and she was reported as a stray and aged at approximately 7-8 months at the time). She's fun and very spunky. My dad does let...

Hi everyone! I have made a few posts within the last week with questions about the two beautiful flamepoint Himalayans that my boyfriend and I get to hang out with Replies to my questions have already led me to some valuable advice, so, I thought I'd say a formal hello! Our kitties, Darb...

Just an update: I ended up calling the emergency vet on Saturday (a little after I posted) and they advised me to bring him in. They took x-rays and saw nothing out of the ordinary, but were concerned because when my boyfriend arrived, he mentioned that he had seen our cat playing with some...

Thank you for the suggestions about the food! I did browse through the nutrition forum and we are most likely going to start a gradual food change. I'm trying not to feel too badly about feeding them that food for this long. I was able to trim my cat's hair a little bit and it hasn't...

We've actually had the kittens since June, as soon as they were old enough to leave their mom - my boyfriend's mom bred them, so we know where they came from, reputable home, etc. As far as whether it just started happening: it happened once with both kittens when they were really little...

My boyfriend and I have two five-month old flamepoint Himalayan kittens - both male, and brothers. They are healthy, fun, and generally well-behaved (aside from the usual kitten mischieviousness!). We're having a problem, however, with one of them: there isn't really a way to put it that...