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  1. Ashleyannmerk

    Need Legal Advice To Keep Abandoned Cat.. Please Help

    Hello all! I apologize for this looooong story but I tried to keep it short and sweet but couldn’t! Anyway, in September 2017, this little adorable kitty started showing up to my house. She wasn’t in good shape - skiddish, skinny, cuts all over her face, ears completely scanned up and bloody...
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    Cat Suddenly Super Cuddly? Should I Be Concerned?

    Hello everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted on here about Arabella so I’ll give a brief history of our situation. About a year ago, a neighbor’s cat started coming over and we fell in love with her. Her family, I think unknowingly, neglected her and she was not in great shape (licked...
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    Please Help!! Kitty Keeps Coughing/sneezing!!

    Hello everyone!! My 7 yo American Shorthair female has been with me for almost a year now and she’s only once coughed a few months ago. Friday, she coughed/sneezed (not sure!) 2 or 3 times. She’s been having a lot of trouble with allergies so I chalked it up to that! But, Friday I brought her to...
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    Maggots In Cats Food - Help!!

    So I fed my fur baby a can of Fancy Feast today and added plenty of water because I finally let her go outside today and it’s brutally hot. ((((Side note: I don’t particularly like her going outside but I got her as an adult and she was pretty much left outside to die by her previous owner. I...
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    Fur Baby Hates Catio - Help!!!

    HerSo, I was adopted by the apple of my eye this past fall and we’ve been pretty inseparable ever since. She was my neighbor’s cat and she was completely neglected to the point that we thought she was homeless until we brought her to the vet to be scanned. She was thin, face cut up, ears full of...
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    Companion For My Cat Or No? Help!!

    Hello fellow cat lovers! I’m in a sticky situation with my fur baby. I am about to graduate college and because I will be seeking a job in NYC, we would be moving closer to the city to avoid a 2/3 hr long commute twice a day. She adopted me last Fall. She was my neighbor’s cat and starting...
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    Need Advice Asap!!

    Good morning everyone!! I am facing a kitty dilemma right now. My fur baby keeps getting FIC so her vet wrote me a script for her meds Monday and she has another 3 days or so left. I had planned on bringing her to her vet today and get shots and possibly do an urine culture so try to see what’s...
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    Is Grain-free Worth The Hype?

    Good afternoon kitty lovers! I am trying to find my 6yo the best food I can afford. She was a neighbor’s extremely neglected kitty who adopted me this fall and we’ve been nearly inseparable since then! I got a free bag of Hills Ideal Balance from the vet when I first brought her in and my friend...
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    $10 Off Of $40 Purchase Of Pet Supplies

    Hello fellow kitty lovers!! Just wanted to let everyone know I was in Target a few days ago and they have a great special going on. If you spend $40 on cat food, litter, or treats, you get $10 taken off. That’s 25% off and I find that their prices aren’t terrible as it is. Hope someone benefits...
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    Kitty Choking :(

    My 6yo girl is choking and she’s never done it before. I’ve only had her 5 months and she’s never coughed or choked before. She does lick a lot but she’s short haired and doesn’t shed much so I assumed that’s why she doesn’t get hair balls. She was playing and then started choking pretty hard...
  11. Ashleyannmerk

    Took In My Neighbor’s Abandoned Cat..now She Needs To Go To Vet

    Hello! My kitty is a 6yo who was pretty much neglected by her old family (my neighbor) and she now lives with us. My neighbor knows and sometimes we text but she mostly doesn’t answer me. She’s a nice lady but she just isn’t very interested in the cat. Which is no problem with me because not...
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    My 6yo Is Acting Very Weird.. Please Help!!!

    My neighbor’s cat adopted me nearly 5 months ago and she has been living inside for about 2 of those. She has a pretty consistent routine that she follows but she’s been acting very strange since last night. She is kept in separate rooms from the dogs for right now, which will cause her to get...
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    Cat Insurance?? Worth It??

    Hello! I just adopted a 6 year old and I was looking into getting her cat insurance. The reason I’m so concerned is because one of my dogs had to have surgery twice and both times it cost a few thousand dollars!!! My mom said if she needs another surgery, we won’t be able to do it. I love my...
  14. Ashleyannmerk

    Cat Catio Help!!!

    Any cat moms/dads out there build their little peanuts a cat catio? I’m moving to Jersey City hopefully within the year and my 6yo is coming with me! She was the neighbor’s cat and spent 90% of her time outside. It scares me when she goes outside because I had one cat who went outside, never...
  15. Ashleyannmerk

    New Cat Mom Needs Help Choosing A Food Brand!!!

    Hello! I am a new cat mom to a beautiful 6 year old named Arabella! Ari was my neighbor’s cat but she has seemed to adopted me with absolutely no intentions of returning home and her old family seems to have no intentions of fighting for her, which is more than fine with me!!! I had cats growing...
  16. Ashleyannmerk

    Just Found Arabella’s New Favorite Toy!!

    For all you cat moms/dads out there who have a very active kitty, take a look at this new toy I got Ari. She used to go outside A LOT before adopting us and she has very intense hunting instincts. In order to keep her from being bored and wanting to go outside, I have to play with her for 15-30...
  17. Ashleyannmerk

    Codependent Kitty - Did I Spoil Her Too Much??

    I’ve made a few posts before about my new cat. Like I’ve said, she was a neighbor’s cat who adopted me and while her owners are nice people, she was neglected. I remember the first time I bought her a toy and tried playing with her, she freaked out, ran up and tree then flew down the street. I...
  18. Ashleyannmerk

    Neighbor’s Cat Has Adopted Me!!!

    Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! I’m new this the site and I posted the other day and got wonderful feedback and advice, so I thought I’d ask about another dilemma I’m facing with my new kitty. A neighbor’s cat started coming over in September and we would feed her everyday and got her a heated...
  19. Ashleyannmerk

    New Cat Starting To Bite!!!!! Pleeeeease Help!!!!

    So here’s a background of my situation: my neighbor’s cat started coming over everyday about 4 months ago. First we put a bed outside for her, then a heated pad, then a litter box, then a bucket of toys, until eventually I cleaned out the garage and made her a “bedroom” if you will. There’s a...
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