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Thanks for your advice. For now, the only place where we can close the door off is our bedroom or the bathroom, so we're keeping her in the bathroom. When our bedroom door is closed, our cats scratch to get through and pull/tear up the carpet. When I switched and put Paddy in the bathroom, she...

Our neighbor upstairs found a stray a few days ago but couldn't keep it. According to the vet the cat is 7 lbs, and is about 6 or 7 months old. She has been in heat although it is calming down today. He said that cats are actually more submissive when in heat (making it a good time to introduce...

The vet said she tested negative for any diseases and is very clean and healthy (ears were clean, teeth, etc). He also said the scab is probably a bite from another cat. We forgot to have a sample tested to see if she has worms, but she got a pill to take anyways. For now she's definitely...

A girl that lives in our building found a cat outside her apartment door and took it in but her roommate wouldn't let it stay, so of course we took the cat in. She is very thin, probably only 5 months old, and in heat. She has a small scab under her neck. I have heard that males will latch onto...

I'm sure she's not tiny to the point of it being a serious problem. I'm assuming she's a small cat because she was bottlefed. While she still got nutrition she needed to grow up, I'm sure having her mother there would have helped her grow to be more normal size. I guess I'm just curious to know...

Our kitten was born June 16, and was bottlefed as soon as she was 1 week old because the mother left. Here is my first question: The cat was taken to the vet recently for her scheduled checkup and shots/deworming medicine, etc. She weighed in at just over 3 lbs. I told the vet she didn't seem...

Our kitten is 4 weeks old this past Wednesday. We made a small litterbox for him. Our other cat/kitten (born March 3rd) used it immediately when we weren't looking, but I believe the kitten saw this because he has used it 3 times now. But he hasn't used it often, and I don't think he's used it...

It is very possible that the kitten is 3 months. One foster home I saw kittens at had a room full of 6 week old kittens and one 16 week old kitten. They were all the same size, because the oldest had been separated and starved, and supposedly had doubled in size in the week before I had seen it...

Our one kitten that is over 3 weeks old now is finally starting to get really needy with how much attention he gets. At first, he would just want to sleep if he wasn't being fed, but now when we go into the bathroom, he starts crying and trying to climb out of the enclosure (although if I move...

I am thinking the same thing, she just must be maturing faster than average. She definitely gets plenty of sleep, enough food, and lots of attention, so I'm sure it's helping her grow really well. Here's a couple more pictures I took (seems like every time she reaches another week I go crazy...

From what I've read, kittens don't try to walk much until they're at least 3 weeks old, and it's very shaky. Our kitten is 14 days, and has been walking around on her own already for at least 7 days. Also, it is much less clumsy already, and she does not fall over anymore (since about 2 days...

^^ It is really unbelievable how much those pictures look EXACTLY like our kitten Paddy, except Paddy is a tortie.

Does anyone have any records they kept from kittens you've owned, that shows how much your kitten weighed at 16 weeks? When we first got our kitten we let her eat as much as she wanted, but we are now starting to control how much she eats. Until her vet appointment, I thought I would see what...

No problem. All you need to do is put an after it, and the picture shows up, rather than just the link.

This one does have similar colors. It's amazing how the kitten is basically a miniature replica of its mother. You almost can't see the kitten in this photo unless you look closely, they blend together so well: