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My sister's male Siamese just ran full force head first into a closed glass door. Hit so hard his collar flew off. What are symptoms for potential head injury or concussion? Are they roughly the same as with humans? Uneven pupils, lack of coordination, vomiting, etc.? My sister is keeping...

One of my cats, Sofia, part dsh, part bombay, is a talker and a whiner...also demands a ton of attention. My other cat, Keef, part dsh, part Maine Coon (per my vet), rarely makes a sound and if she does it is a chirp or trill - even her bird on the balcony chatters are mostly silent. I used to...

Sorry - yes both eat it as well as roll in it.

My two love catnip & I have to keep it in a shatterproof plastic container w/a screw-on lid. I find the container on the floor sometimes in the morning when I wake up. Guess that's a hint? Don't think I've come across catmint sold as catnip though thankfully. One of my girls likes it more...

BarbB...at least your vet gave you a reduced fee! ;-) I am still blown away by this whole cultural slant towards disposable pet syndrome...but that's off topic...sorry. More on topic would be a quick jaunt back to a comment about cats, presumably indoor cats, not requiring yearly...

I'm going back a number of years here and I know vet. medicine has come a long way...I had to hospitalize and then medicate my cat when he had a bout with crystals in the urine/urinary tract...there was no food cure option. Then again as I mentioned it was a long time ago. I do wish you the...

They're both beautiful cats, great idea & yes they DO both have that "We'll find a way around this" look about them! Best of luck!

Went through that not too long ago with my younger cat - she was teething - I actually found one of her "milk teeth" on the floor! The wand type toys are wonderful! There's also toys if you wanted to buy them, that are made for teething kittens - gnawing rings. They're colorful and the kitten...

Definitely happy/contented...it is a good thing - congrats!

Sofia doesn't appear to be overly anxious, no... She's definitely an attention-seeker and must have a lot of praise (the Good Girls, she has to be petted and brushed first etc). In a way she seems, if anything, insecure. She gets more attention (Bombay daddy, dsh mom...she looks and acts in...

I can't believe I'm writing this. I've suspected this for awhile and considering I've had cats for 37 years and this is the first one I've had who has ever exhibited these obsessive-compulsive disorder type tendencies, I have to consider the possibility. Either that or she is THE single most...

The young ones know one word very well: "RAUS!" (German command for "Get out!") Of course, I don't always use it correctly, I will also use it for "get down" because the command is just too long and isn't nearly as effective. Tone and melody? Yep, those work too. Treats? Sure, if your...

One of my three is deaf so she doesn't respond to being called at all... Of the other two, they definitely make the ultimate decision though in a way they did have an active role in having the names that they do so it is a little different I suppose. Sofia "chose her name" while I was watching...

One of mine, when she was younger, was a door bolter. I harness & leash trained her and made sure she had a visible ID tag, bright reflective harness, etc. Have you ever gone searching for a black cat outside at nearly midnight?!? NOT fun... Oh, long before that I made sure she was spayed...

Thought "kibble" was originally from UK but may well be wrong. I know of very few around me here in the Chicagoland area who use that term...for what it is worth... My three were just switched over from IAMS kitten to IAMS Multiple Cat - salmon. Occasionally they'll get canned as a treat but...

Forgot to mention that my 20 year old DSH is now deaf and snores... She's also got the absolute loudest meow I have ever heard! I guess that's because she can't hear herself or anything else at this point. I have to get her attention by vibration or touching her. Of course, these days, since...

Very interesting. I had no idea there were so many people out there whose cats also chirp and trill but don't meow. This is my first. Her mother meowed (and hissed, I can attest to that) and her littermates all meowed "properly" and she was the tiniest in the litter. I did a lot of research...

I have to preface this by stating that these are NOT WHAT I RECOMMEND. This is something my ex-husband used to do and I hated it: he used to place set mousetraps upside down on the counters underneath opened newspapers to scare the one cat of four who would jump up. I do not recommend this...

Can any Maine Coon breeders out there either verify or deny the "chirper" trait? Just checking...I did read the big posts saying not to ask what kind I have or ask breeding help. Just haven't specifically read about Maine Coons being chirpers...and the websearches I've done have only turned up...

Hi, I have a mixed breed 6 month old female cat who generally isn't very vocal except while I'm asking her not to do something and then she gives me her rebuttal in "chirps" and "squeaks" instead of meows. A conversation of sorts and she will give in...at least until I go to sleep and then she...