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Just a quick update -- heard back from the vet and Ringworm test is negative! Hurrah!

I have some minor indoor allergies (mostly to dust and mold, not to cats, thank goodness!) so I vacuum the cat tree every time I vacuum the rest of my apartment, which is about every week to 10 days. If you find you are having allergy issues, I would also recommend getting a vacuum with a HEPA...

This is something I probably should have mentioned, but my Serafina is an only cat with us, so there is no fear of her transmitting it to any other animals. She's also an adult (roughly two-years old), medium haired "buff" (light orange) tabby cat and her coat is just beautiful -- the only...

We've had her for 2 1/2 weeks already, so I am worried that we might be a bit too late in terms of bathing her? We do have a good vacuum with a HEPA filter, and even though the Cat has full run of the apartment, it's only two rooms, so even if we do have to do a big top to bottom clean, it...

Hi! I don't know if anyone has been following my cat adoption saga, but here's the run down: About 4 months ago, my boyfriend (a reluctant cat person, he just loves me very much so agreed to do this as the "price of admission" for moving in with me) adopted a cat from our local shelter who...

Thanks! I pretty much completely forgot that pet insurance is a thing, so I will look into that! As to foster vs. adopting -- we've had many, many discussions many months before we moved in together about adopting a cat, and he knows that having a cat is a "price of admission" for living with...

My boyfriend and I have been conducting a very thorough search for an adult cat who would be a great solo cat for a small apartment. I thought we found the PERFECT cat for us this weekend -- a four year old male, ginger tabby cat who responded instantly to my voice and came right over and...

You have a good point -- his sister is allergic to both cats and dogs, so he never grew up around animals. He's more comfortable with dogs because friends and family had dogs, but he never has really bonded with a cat. I think your suggestion of letting him be the one to find a cat at the...

Very true! It's been frustrating, and generally the boyfriend is really wonderful, I just wish he was more of a cat person!

Sadly, we live in the city and our apartment building does not allow dogs (even though it allows up to two cats) otherwise I would definitely consider it. The failed adoption cat was very social with other cats, but he was found as a stray so his full history is unknown, but he definitely...

Getting a cat at all really did push him out of his comfort zone as he really isn't a cat person, but it really does bother me that it seems like he's not listening to me at all in terms of "two cats are actually less work than one - surprising but true!" His attitude is basically that he's...

I hope this is the right topic area for this post -- I am seeking some advice on how to best "sell" the idea of adopting a pair of kittens to my partner who I live with, who stubbornly refuses to listen to reason this. This is made a bit more complicated in that, going against my better...

I just wanted to follow up on this with a quick update and thank everyone again for all of the thoughtful advice. It's been a difficult decision making process, but it looks like we are going to re-home the cat through the foster program at the shelter. He's not a bad cat, but it's pretty...

I agree with pretty much everything that has been said before. I have an energetic foster cat who does exactly this and I also live in a small apartment so I am really just repeating the advice that others have given me: - Taking away the noisy toys at night and putting them back during the...

I have been using a feliway diffuser and those drops you can put in their water. I am not sure about what a calming collar would do -- his problem isn't anxiety -- in general he is pretty fearless -- outgoing and curious about people and any new thing. (This is why we liked him in the shelter...