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My cat princess is 16 years old. Her breath is really bad and one of her canine teeth is missing. She has stopped eating dry food and only eats wet food. She is probably in pain. I am thinking of having her teeth cleaned at the vets and have that broken off tooth taken care of but I am worried...

I would get them tested. One of my cats died last year suddenly, no symptoms. He was barely 2 years old. I am still heartbroken over this. He was a maine coon mix so he most likely died of HCM.

I adopted a sick kitty. He is finally getting better and will be able to roam around the house and meet my other cats soon. Does anybody know how to disinfect the room the kitty was confined to? I have some workout equipment in there. Do I just use soap and water to clean all the surfaces? I...

I picked up my adopted kitten from the shelter yesterday. Unfortunately they couldn't neuter him because he developed an upper respitory infection. Poor guy is sneezing and really stuffed up. I have three other cats and I am worried they will get sick too. New kitten is confined in a seperate...

I adopted a kitten from a shelter and he is infested with fleas. Does anybody know the dosage to give him? I use the 55lbs and over dog advantge on my cats which was suggested on this site. Most of my other cats get the small dose 0.4 ml. I use a 1cc syringe to measure the amount. Should I give...

bookworm, this is exactly what happened to my cat 2 months ago. He was only 15 months old and had no health problems and one day my boyfriend came home and found him dead next to his kitty friend. It was horrible, so unexpected. Poor little guy died way too young.

One of my cats wonâ€8482t chew his dry food. He gulps it down like there is no tomorrow. Thatâ€8482s why he is a little overweight. Is there a good quality dry food that contains larger kibbles? Most of the good stuff has all small kibbles and the ones with larger ones are all junk food. TIA.

Angelyco, which quality dry food is shaped like x or fish? One of my cats just swallows the round pallets whole as well without chewing. Thanks.

My cat princess went for her regular checkup at the vets office and a few days later she started sneezing very badly, like 6-8 sneezes in one sitting, and she was all stuffed up. She is 15 years old. She obviously picked this up at the vets office. She was a prefectly healthy cat before she...

I am planning to adopt a cat this weekend from a high kill shelter. I know a lot of these cats are sick and receive no medical treatment. I am planning to take the cat to the vet for tests. What kind of tests should I ask for? I know I will have them test for leukemia and FIV and worms. Anything...

It totally makes sense. Thanks so much.

One more question. I have one another female cat. She is 15 years old and she hates other cats. She tolerates Angel but still hisses and swats at him when he comes to close. They can stay in my bed with her sleeping by my feet and him sleeping by my head but he canâ€8482t get too close. Would a...

What beautiful stories. Thanks you so much for sharing this. How old was Pirate when you got Sidney?

I really like long haired cats. Since I am adopting a kitten it is really hard to tell, at least for me, if the kitten will turn out to be a long or short hair cat. How can I tell at 2 months old if he is gong to be long or short hair? What are the tell tail signs? Thanks so much.

Thank you so much. That is some great advice. One question. When you say let the kitten pick you what does this exactly mean? I really want to pick the right one and donâ€8482t want to make a mistake. Thanks so much.