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I have a kitty who seems to be bothered by scents and odors. I am very observant, so I'm able to figure stuff like this out. For one, dryer sheets really irritate him. We never use it, but one time we forgot a load of washed laundry in the washing machine and my boyfriend's grandparents put it...

My cat seems to have issues expressing his glands when he goes, so I have had to take him in to my vet to have them manually expressed 3-4 times in the last two years. My dog's holistic vet told me that it can be damaging and unhealthy to have the glands manually expressed so often and it is...

A friend of mine is looking into getting a Russian Blue and out of curiosity, I started doing some research into this breed. I've always been fascinated with their color and eyes, but never knew much about them at all. There's something I'm really confused about. I've heard somewhere before...

I bought a bottle of Kooky Kat Catnip Oil for the kitties yesterday. I sprayed one of their beds with it as well as a toy. In the evening, I noticed that Tofu was rubbing his eyes a lot to the point where they looked a bit swollen and red. He wouldn't stop, so I put a cone on him. I took the...

I'm looking for a couple of new collars to buy. The current ones I have are from Petsmart. I had Mochi wear one for just a week and when I took it off yesterday, all his neck fur has been rubbed off! Not to mention the fur near that area looks damaged as well. Can anyone recommend some good...

I'm totally freaking out right now. I don't have time to tell the whole story, but I can't find Mochi anywhere in the house. I checked both upstairs and downstairs, closing the door to every room after I looked through them. It IS possible (slim, but possible) he got outside as my grandparents...

Warning - Lots of pics! He is giant compared to my dog in the bed, lol. He came out of quarantine from the bathroom yesterday and just hours later, the boys were already chasing each other and having a good time. No hissing, swatting, growling, etc. I'm glad they're both so...

First off, Mochi is still in quarantine in the bathroom. The shelter dewormed him 2 weeks ago with Strongid. The vet told me that Strongid is a basic dewormer and we could treat him with a broad spectrum dewormer to cover for more. I went to pick the dewormer up today and he has prescribed...

Okay, so he was called that by the shelter and I'm looking for a new name for him. I like food names and since my other cat is named Tofu, I'd like to stick to the trend. If any of you have name suggestions, please share. I adopted him two days ago from my local SPCA and so he is still in...

I am thinking of adopting a particular shelter cat. At the same time, I've been researching about potential health risks to my resident cat if I bring home a shelter kitty. I am really paranoid about passing on any contagious/infectious diseases to my cat. A little TOO paranoid, probably. The...

Does anyone know/have a cat that's allergic to carrageenan in canned food? It's possible, right? I've noticed it's mainly in the higher quality diets and not so much the grocery-grade stuff. Just curious.

On my way home tonight, I saw a big white beautiful cat (looked like a Ragdoll) in my alley, a few houses down. He was friendly and approached me for pets, so he's not feral. I wasn't sure what to do. He didn't have a collar on and it was too dark to see whether he had a tattoo or not. What is...

First of all, Happy New Year, everyone! I attended a cat show recently and was given a sample bag of HygeniCat Litter. The basic concept is that the granules are made from diatomaceous earth and is dust-free and low tracking. Like crystals, the poop gets scooped everyday and the granules are...

Does this breed really have a reputation for being heavy shedders? I have one and have never heard of it until last night when my friend told me she wanted one, but that they shed A LOT. I can't say from experience because my little guy is still a kitten and I have yet to see how bad it will be...

Does anyone know any good Devon Rex breeders close to me (Vancouver, BC, Canada) that they would recommend? Thanks!

I'm having a really bad reaction to cat allergies right now. I stopped taking Reactine a few days ago so that I could get skin allergy-tested today and these past few days have been torturous. To make matters worse, I recently added a blue (dark-colored) kitty before knowing that what I'm...

Does anyone have one and are you happy with it? I'm looking to get either a L or XL one. I have noticed though that some are made from faux fur while others are faux fleece. Which is better for cleaning/vacuuming and more resistant to scratch and tear? I hope to have it for many years to come...

Is there any way to predict or roughly guess how a kitten might turn out? For example, if I first visit with a kitten and the kitten at 8 weeks old shies away from my hand when I go to pet him, is that a good indicator that he probably won't become an affectionate cat when older? How about if...

Every few months or so, Tofu has an "accident" outside of his litter box. The first time it was about a meter or two away from his litter box (could have been my fault as I changed litter boxes on him), last time it was in the bathtub, and today is on the carpet in the middle of the living room...

This is just a question for my own curiosity only. What breeds are Scottish Folds currently allowed to be outcrossed to? I know American and British Shorthairs are on the list...are there anymore? (For those of you who really want to know, an acquaintance of mine is thinking of purchasing a...