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Several months ago we adopted a neutered, claws in tact, male cat who is about a year old. The shelter didn't know anything about his background beyond that he had been brought in by someone who came across him being beaten. "Abandoned" was written on his paperwork. With that background I was...

I'm hoping to bring a sweet 1 year old neutered male home from the shelter in the next couple of days. (There's been a delay because right as I was submitting my application he contacted a cold so we're not even able to see him.)  My only experience with being a cat owner as an adult was with a...

It was with an incredibly sad heart that I said a sudden farewell to my almost 11-year-old cat Pippin last week. Before I left for work around lunch he was chasing me around the living room, and when I came home in the late afternoon he was well into heart failure. He was crouched at the bottom...

I have a large neutered male cat who has good litter box habits in the winter months, and goes outdoors during warmer weather.  I've known we've had a cat odor in the laundry room where his box is, but didn't realize how bad it was until a monthlong hospital stay with a child who is undergoing...

My long haired cat has had a bout of diarrhea and has stinky mess/matting around his bottom.  He's a large but fairly heavy cat who is usually pretty good about grooming but I don't think he can reach this.  He's also a feisty, hands-off cat "don't-even-think-about brushing-me type who is...

Sigh...I just learned of the recall when I walked into the store and saw empty shelves.  What would you suggest that I try as a substitute?  My cat has always been sensitive to changes in foods (he heaves) and I'm literally scraping the barrel on what I have left so I won't be able to gradually...

 I'm waiting for a call from the vet any time now to find out lab results.  I took my guy in yesterday morning after noticing what I thought was a wound on one foot.  It turns out he has lesions on both back feet due to the EGC and it looks like it's been going on for some time.  I'm so upset I...

My cat usually goes outside for a few hours in the very early morning. He's typically very good about staying in the yard, checking in at the door periodically, coming when he's called, etc. This morning he didn't show and didn't come when he was called so I yelled out the front door and added...

I have a formerly overweight cat who REALLY likes his food. I'm usually an early riser but if he didn't think I was up in time, he's tap my shoulder to get me up. It wasn't a big deal as long as it was a reasonable (for me) hour. The problem now is it's become unreasonable--usually around...

I have a 3 year old male cat who other than carrying a few extra pounds has seemed healthy. At his check up a few weeks ago the vet encouraged me to change his food to help manage the weight as he had added several pounds over the last two years and is at risk for diabetes. Later they called...

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This morning Pippin was at the sliding glass door hidden behind the curtain--it's a usual spot for him so I thought nothing of it. I heard something banging around out there and checked because I thought it was something blowing in the wind. Turned out it was a cat right at the window who ran...

I have a neutered male indoor cat who is constantly going for the food dish. The vet did caution me 9 months ago that he was over ideal weight, even for the large sized cat that he is. She suggested trying weight management formulas but he's very sensitive to food changes, usually wind up...

My daughter has a 9 month old rabbit that doesn't seem to be thriving like she once was. I haven't had a rabbit in years but unless I miss my guess she's just plain bored and maybe feeling depressed. She's hanging out in the back of her cage and just seems to have lost her usual lively...

I have a cat who is approaching his 1st bday and on a recent trip to the vet was advised to switch over to a lite indoor cat formula from kitten food. The vet said he is a big cat at 14 pounds, specifying that both in regards to size and that he's carrying some unnecessary weight. I've been...

For about a week or two my kitty has been making whistling sounds when he is sniffing. It doesn't happen when he's just breathing of sniffing gently but when he takes a good whiff I'm hearing a whistling sound from the area of the nose. Is this normal? Could he have something stuck in there...

This question from my ten year old today.

...when the cat is curled up in the bathroom sink sleeping soundly.

Ever since my kitten discovered the laundry room he's been carrying laundry upstairs and delivering it to my feet. At first it was just socks...then bigger socks, then it expanded to nylons and underwear and yesterday (blush) he hauled up one of my bras that he'd climbed onto the washer and...

I have been using a disposable aluminum pan for a litter box and while it's worked well while he's younger, I'd like to get him into a bigger permanant box (translastion: he's playing with it: biting through the pan and throwing litter all over) and get the works moved out of the kitchen. My...