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about 6 months ago we adopted a pregnant stray (after she came around all of the time and we noticed she was preggers)and saw her through her pregnancy. when the kitties were ready we gave away 3 of them and kept one, the only boy. manny is fabulous kitten and is now bigger than his mum, who...

this is a question on behalf of my friend, who recently took in an older cat and is having problems. the older female cat is terrorizing her hattie, who is about a year old. It has only been a few days, but the older cat stalks and attacks the younger one. How should my friend react? Should...

hey, my kitty is in intense heat. we've never seen her like this before...she's constantly grunting and narrowing her eyes and walking on the spot with her back legs and sticking her bum up in the air (poised for action!). like all day and all night. i think it must be exhausting for...

everything went great with the mum...the advice came in really handy and was very timely - i think we made her a nest and the next night she had the kittens. there are four of them and they totally rock! right now they're in the hellion stage - fighting, bitting, peeing, eating wires and...

o.k. excuse my complete ignorance, but can someone define the intricacies of the term 'weaned'. my understanding of it doesn't make sense in the context of your answers (for which i thank you!).

hi, my friend wants to take a couple of our kittens, but he is concerned about the indoor/outdoor thing. his current apartment isn't outdoor-cat friendly, so they would grow up indoor cats. but later on he will likely live in a house with a backyard (or at least an apartment with better...

hi there, we've been trying to get our kittens (now 6 weeks old) on to food, but without much luck. we've tried adding water to both dry and soft food, getting them to lick it off our fingers or watching mum eat the goop. any tips? thanks.

thanks everyone... i tried out the dirt thing...she is still avoiding it, but as she hasn't been out in a couple of days, i'm sure she'll learn soon. i'll try the scratch thing, she's a fairly young cat so maybe that woun't be a problem. i think i'm going to have to go the catnip toy route...

I have a few questions that maybe people could help me with: 1) how can I get a former stray to start using a litter box? We wait til she has to go, and stick her in it, but she always jumps out and runs for the door. Sheâ€8482s great about not going in the house, but she hasnâ€8482t been...

wow, that's a lot of good info, stuff i wouldn't have thought of (i guess we were being too casual about this because she's a stray so we weren't prepared). thanks so much for the help.

hullo, we just adopted a stray pregnant kitty, and i was wondering if people have any tips for pregnant cat care. we've bought her high-protein food, but that's about it. her back seems to be hurting, and she seems a bit crankier by the day (understandable, with the big load and all). i know...