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After four months, several vet visits, and a couple different food trials, it's pretty well been determined that my older cat has some severe food allergies. While the vet has said there's not much that can be done for her rash until we figure out what's causing it beyond the shots she's been...

I have an appointment to take her to the vet next week, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice about what it might be. When I adopted her, my cat already had a history of dermatitis issues prompted by the severe case of fleas she had when she arrived at the shelter (the attendants told me...

When I was little, my grandmother had a bunch of cats on her farm, and there was a creek that ran through the backyard. Her cats would, especially during spawning season when there were a lot of fish in the creek at once, sit on the shore at the edge of the water and whenever a fish got close...

We're not really sure how old she is. She was a solitary stray when she was brought to the shelter, but she was already eating solid foods and was a decent size. The shelter told me she was probably around 4 months, or 16 weeks old, when I adopted her, but when I took her to the vet to get her...

Recently, she's started gnawing on anything she can get her hands on. While she seems to understand that the power cords are off limits (I've done everything I can to block off her ability to get back in where the majority of them are, and she seems to leave the ones that are still out in the...

Since I posted this, things have started to even out a little more. My kitten has gotten far more used to play than she was before, and she's even started initiating the boxing matches rather than being always on the receiving end of them. Just a few minutes ago, I watched her chase my older cat...

The food thing is difficult. My older cat has figured out that she's more likely to get a treat when sitting quietly while I'm eating, but my kitten just loves to try and help herself. If you're allowed to/have countertops that won't be damaged by it, you could line the edges of the counter with...

There hasn't really been any change. I've been washing her face two or three times daily to keep the gunk off of her face, but it doesn't seem to be interfering with her ability to open and close her eyes, and there isn't any sign of them being inflamed or blood shot. She's due for her next set...

The last few days, I've noticed my kitten has been producing a milky discharge around her eyes. Beyond that, she's been acting perfectly normal. Eating, drinking, sleeping, using the bathroom, she's even making it a little hard to type right now because she's in my lap, trying to pounce my...

I think the key is not getting it too close to their face. When I was first playing with my older cat, and she would start trying to make a feast out of my arm, I would grab the kickaroo with the hand that was being assaulted and pull my arm out until I could release it into her paws. She didn't...

If it's just the first day, this shouldn't be too worrying. the change in environment is probably super overwhelming for her. maybe try closing her off into a single room, preferably one without too many things for her to potentially crawl under or get into a position where she might get into...

Occasionally, it's really obvious that she's just playing. Her tail will be straight up in the air, ears will be happily perked, and she'll back off immediately once the kitten makes it clear she's too overwhelmed to play. But there's other times that I've noticed where she'll full on wail on...

My new kitten was spayed on 04/08. She hasn't shown any issues relating to it, no drainage or redness or gaping of the wound. It appears to be closed fully, and she had absorbent stitches that didn't need to be removed. But there does seem to be a rather large amount of scabbing on the incision...

UPDATE: The hissing has all but stopped. My older cat has transitioned entirely to bopping her if she does something wrong, but it's just a paw bop with claws retracted, and my older cat has been initiating their interaction a lot more often. They've even gotten to the point where they will...

With my older cat, MP, from 7 AM onward, I have a heavy furry lump laying on my chest who will nuzzle under my chin and knead on the blankets. But she's really good about it and won't actively try to wake me up until 1 or 2 in the afternoon where I end up getting bapped on the nose and walked...