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    Fostering 4 kittens and their mom - turns out they have ringworm. Ack! Best course of action? How to

    Hi all, I recently started fostering a new litter of kittens and their mama, Fern. I love fostering and I know that it comes with risks to my residents, but that is something I have come to terms with.  However, it became apparent recently that many of the 25 kittens transferred in the same...
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    Former best friend suddenly very aggressive

    Hello everyone, I have two cats, Max (a 2 y/o neutered male) and Frankie (a 4 y/o spayed female) and I live in a town house with an enclosed back yard. On sunny days, I like to let them both out into the yard to enjoy catching some rays. Yesterday, I was in the yard with them, just conducting...
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    My darling Frankie's tail is unresponsive

    Hi everyone -  My cat, Frankie (age approx. 4, but unknown/shelter kitty) woke me up this morning with a completely limp tail. She was in obvious pain and clearly something was very wrong - her normally larger than life beautiful fluffy tail was hanging completely to the ground. I called the...
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    Strange aggressive behavior from older cat

    I have two cats, Maxwell and Frankie who are a 1.5 y/o neutered male and a 7 y/o spayed female, respectively. One of the women I live with  ended up with her mother's cat about three weeks ago, because her mom was going to send the cat, named Sosa, to the kill-shelter. My two cats are dealing...
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    7 month old cat panting from apparent heat - what to do?

    My little cat Max is 7 months old and about thave his first midwest summer. In the past three days or so, we've caught him a few times panting. The temperature and humidity where I live have been steadily rising during this time. However, it hasn't been THAT hot, and he's doing it right now even...
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    Possibly future health issues re: declawed

    I adopted my cat Frankie about a year ago, and I adopted her already declawed. I have seen a few mentions of increased likelihood of arthritis and other issues in declawed cats, and I was wondering if there is any kind of preventative care (i.e. vitamins or other) that I can do now to head off...
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    Newly adopted teenage cat seems to not understand litterbox

    Hi everybody- I adopted a 5 month old kitten (cat? either way) on Sunday night, and he has been just the best little cat in terms of personality. However, we are having a big problem: he does not seem to know what the litterbox is. I have been keeping him in my bedroom because we have two other...
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