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It's definitely something I'll look into. I'm not anti- two cats, i just have some reservations in that I wouldn't want to bring another cat into "his" territory and then have him be the second in command because of his deafness. I also have reservations about keeping cats indoors, most rescue...

I've wondered about his eyesight, because he isn't great at playing unless it's right in front of him or really bright (he's hit and miss with a laser pen). I'll chat to the vet about it next time I'm there. Thanks!

My cat was big on attacking - he didn't ever go for my exboyfriend but he would go for me every morning, demanding food. When we broke up, the cat started attacking me a lot, a biting my ankles and going for my hands, to the point where I was constantly bleeding. I stopped it by being strict...

Hello, Hope someone can help. I adopted a rescue kitten about 18 months ago - he is deaf, and was the runt of the litter, with some problems that make me think he wasn't really socialised much - aggression and biting etc. He and I have been getting on marvellously, I've managed to slowly train...

@Raintyger  Thanks for the advice :) Glad that you agree that it seemed a bit drastic. The vet was very vague! We've decided to do as you suggest, and cut down on the dry food initially - I want him to get a good amount of wet food so we'll look at increasing that and decreasing the dry. I've...

Hi everyone.  Hope you don't mind me asking you all for some advice.  My kitten (11/12 months) went to the vet today and while I was there she told me that Higgs is overweight. I was a bit surprised, as he's only 5kg (11lbs) but apparently for his small frame, he should be around 4kg (albs)...

Thanks Mservant, good to know blackout blinds tend to be better than curtains! I really need to get one of these Da Birds. I suspect he will love it - he loves pouncing on the spider on a stick that we currently have

Here he is  super friendly and cuddly, but oh so loud!

I had this with my cat - one minute he was cheery and excited, the other minute he was hiding under the bed and refusing to come out. I tempted him out with some treats to check him over in case he was hurt and he let me pet him while he was eating his chicken, so I thought that he'd probably...

Thanks for the advice! I'll look into getting some darker blinds for the bedroom, and making sure we shut the curtains in the other rooms we don't use as much. Hopefully that might help keep the light down. We made sure to play with him before bed rather than earlier, and kept back half his...

Hello all, Another "my cat wakes at 5am" thread... sorry! I've had a look through at the others though, and I'm still not sure what to do as we seem to be following the advice. Any new thoughts appreciated! We've had our deaf cat/kitten (indoor cat) since October and he's always been very...