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I have a very fussy little semi-feral, Autumn, who refuses to eat wet food. The only daily meal she'll accept is raw chicken necks... I've had her checked out for things that could cause this kind of food aversion, and there's nothing medical going on. The official diagnosis is that she's very...

My mum's cat has always been an over-eater, always pestering and begging for seconds, but over the last, I suppose year and some, she's turned it up to eleven! She's now getting 4x 85g pouches of wet food a day and she'll still ask for more. She's 12 years old and has been wormed recently, and...

My new kitty Toddy seems to have a vendetta against anything made of paper/cardboard. I've ad him for 3 weeks and in that time he's torn up a book, several loose pieces of paper, a carboard envelope, and annihilated 5 toilet rolls. Just now I caught him in my wardrobe chewing on a hole in the...

I made her take the kitty in to the vet today, and it's gingivitis. She needs at least 2 teeth pulled and it's going to cost $500+ to fix and my flatmate is feeling down about it. But now at least she knows it's serious, because I really feel like she wasn't taking it seriously before. Uh, any...

Yes, all her adult teeth are in. The flatmate thinks it's a left over baby tooth that's having problems because it's stayed in much longer than it should have.  And yeah, her teeth are kind of messed up in that spot - they're all out of alignment and there's a lot of unoccupied gum space.  She...

Last night I noticed my flatmate's cat has some teeth/gum problems. It's the tiny front teeth on the right side of her lower mouth; the teeth are out of alignment and the gum is red and swollen. The tooth at the front has a slight brown discolouration around the bottom.  My flatmate suspects it...

It doesn't feel like he's rolled in anything icky, but he and his siblings were living in an old storm drain so I guess it wouldn't be a big surprise. Your hands do tend to feel a little dusty after petting him. I will wipe him down with a cloth later, when it's warmer. I don't want to give the...

I've adopted another stray, this time a very handsome little male. He's probably about 8 months old, one of a litter we think was dumped when they stopped being cute/started being work.  He's a little timid but super affectionate. In good health except for some chapped/cut paws... and he...

Get your cat fixed! Not only is she at risk from long and short term health problems from mating and having kittens, which can lead to illness and injury, she's also at risk of being rescued by a good samaritan. You said she was pregnant and went missing for 3 weeks and came back very skinny -...

She's an indoor-outdoor cat. Because of that I doubt even flea-bombing the entire house would do it, there would probably be fleas/eggs in her usual haunts in the garden and garage too. She's happiest outside, I'm sure there are spots in the garden where she sits and birdwatches and sunbathes...

I'm currently in the same boat. My new flatmate got a kitten just a few days before I had to travel away for a week. My flatmates totally rushed the introduction, by the time I got back home the kitten was running around the house. It was all just the worst possible timing but I was given no say...