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Thanks to everyone who responded! I did not know that Science Diet was junk food for cats. I actually thought it was a relatively high quality food compared to the brands in the grocery stores. Learn something new every day! I will try switching to a better, grain-free wet food. Maybe that...

Hi everyone, I hope someone has suggestions for a fat cat!!! I adopted a stray cat who was living around my apartment complex. I think he was probably abandoned in the park next door, because he was very friendly and obviously not feral. (Spent several weeks trying to track down the owners --...

I have the same problem and I am going a little crazy! I adopted a 2-year-old neutered male cat from a shelter about 6 months ago. He is a very affectionate cat, but he's needy and always has to be in the same room with me, and he sleeps on the end of my bed. He curls up and goes to sleep...

Cats have very sensitive hearing. To a cat, a vacuum cleaner probably sounds like a jackhammer would to us. A vacuum cleaner is also a lot bigger than the cat. Cats are small animals that evolved to survive in the wild by running away fast and hiding from anything bigger and more aggressive...

Okay, turns out those metal shelves are really expensive too. I'm not going to save any money that way. BUT I found an iguana website (of all things) that has plans for building DIY outdoor cages out of PVC pipe. http://www.iguanaden.org/housing/pvc3.htm Of course you'd need something...

The picture of the enclosure that Laurie posted looks interesting. It looks like it might be made out of those adjustable metal shelves that you can purchase at any hardware store. You know, the kind that are made for garages and toolsheds. So they should be pretty sturdy. I could cover it...

My cat does something really weird. He likes to explore closets, which is fine, but then he will sit down in the middle of the closet and start meowing. He'll keep meowing and meowing until I call him name, then he'll come running out with this expression like, "thank goodness, you saved me!"...

Hi everyone, I adopted a cat a few months ago from a shelter. He was living on his own for awhile, and he is very bored as an inside cat. I live on a 4th floor condo on a very busy street, so I can't let him outside. I do have a big balcony, but I'm afraid to let him out on the balcony...

My housemates and I once adopted an older feral kitten and he never really warmed up to people. He was terrified for days and would not come out from under the bed. I had to lie on my stomach and hold out pieces of cooked chicken. Pretty soon he bonded with me, at least in the sense that he...

I want to thank everyone for their advice! It gave me hope to stay the course with my little guy who is really a sweet cat -- most of the time. So on Friday I decided to take him back to the vet just for another checkup. The vet did give him a clean bill of health originally, but I thought I...

Yes, I should have mentioned that he is neutered. But he is a little bit "jowly," so I think he may have been neutered when he was near maturity. So he's got a bit of a tomcat in him. The microchip company told me that he was originally microchipped by a shelter. So he was a shelter cat who...

Hello, I need some advice about my new cat and I am hoping that some of the wonderful cat experts in this forum will be able to help! (Sorry for the long story) Awhile ago I adopted a beautiful black & white cat who had been hanging out in my apartment complex. I think he was abandoned by a...