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Hi everyone, I am currently fostering a mother cat and her seven (!) kittens. (Moderator, feel free to move this to pregnant cats if that is where it belongs.)  She has come down with a URI that we are treating, but it has made her reluctant to eat. I've been nuking her food and mixing some...

Hi all, The area where I live does not have a TNR program, so when there was a feral cat a couple of years ago, I had her TNRed (paid $100+ out of my own pocket). She just attacked some baby birds in my neighbor's bird house, just like she did last year. My neighbor is super-upset and wants the...

Hi everyone, I am fostering a mother cat with four kittens. She has the most disgusting-smelling poop that I have ever smelled from a cat (or maybe ever, any species). She is confined to one small room, and it stinks up the whole basement when she poops. Unfortunately, she poops frequently...

Hello all! I had to take a long break from fostering (a new human baby takes a lot of time and energy ), but I have missed it so much, so I'm back to having a foster mama. I picked her up from the local humane society today. She has five babies! Two things - I'm curious how old the babies are...

Hi everyone, I found a (very friendly!) stray cat in the neighborhood today, a longhaired tuxedo cat. S/he is eartipped. (She looks like a girl to me, henceforth referred to as "she." ) She has a bad case of earmites and her fur around her neck is really matted. (The body is fine.) I gave her...

Hi all, My husband and I just got back from a 10 day trip late last night. My usual cat sitter took care of them - she's my neighbor, and I know she does a great job, although they certainly don't get as much interaction as when we're at home. We walked into our bedroom tonight, and lo and...

Hi all, So we got our first foster queen and all her babies adopted.  Which makes me happy, but sad. Which of course, makes it a great time to foster another queen!  There are 2 queens with teeny tiny babies - 3 days old. We're worried about timing due to a trip in May. They would not be able...

Hi all, Sorry for the crosspost with Pregnant Cats, but I thought some of the behavior experts would be really helpful here, too. I have been able to adopt out all my foster kittens - yipee! Of course, now it's mom left. She's a teenaged mom, herself. One of the adopters of two of the kittens...

Hi everyone, I have been able to adopt out all my foster kittens - yipee! Of course, now it's mom left. She's a teenaged mom, herself. One of the adopters of two of the kittens is curious about what it would be like taking mom home, too. Mom is so sweet, I wish we could keep her. Here are her...

We went to the shelter today and chose a queen with four 4-week-old babies. It was hard to choose one - they had three nursing queens and I wanted to be able to take them all! We took her because she seemed the most stressed by being there, but she has been great about letting us handle her...

Hi all, So kitten season is already in full bloom, unfortunately! I am going to be fostering a mama with kittens through our local Humane Society. They have several moms to choose from, and we're going to go pick out which mom/litter we want to take home over the weekend. I'm just not prepared...

Hello all, I'm fostering an extra-sweet girl (through a shelter). She was super-stressed with all the changes in her life and, as a result, was not eating at all - she lost a lot of weight very quickly. They saw no reason that she was not eating except stress. So I started syringe feeding her...

Do you guys know anything about the Whole Foods cat food (canned)? Is it any good? And are they transparent about their typical nutrient analysis? Just curious about your thoughts before I make the trek over there. (Edited to clarify that I'm just interested in canned food.)

Hi everyone, I posted a couple of months ago about helping my cat avoid struvite crystals through diet. It was highly suggested by the forum that I eliminate dry food, which I reluctantly started to do. (It grew on me.) I just got back from the vet 2 1/2 months after I came to this forum for...

Hi all, A foster cat dropped in my lap - she's literally been here for just a couple of hours. I'm not sure of her spay status (I would guess she is spayed), and my two boys are neutered. She is currently in a room by herself, and there is one of those draft stoppers in the door because the gap...

Hello all, My husband and I decided that our Christmas present to each other is going to be a flat screen tv. Yipee! However, we have two very active cats, and we are quite uninterested in having them knock over our tv and break it or hurt themselves. We'd rather not do a wall mount but will if...

Hi everyone, I have two one-year old male cats. They are indoor cats and neutered. We've had them since they were about 10 weeks old. They're our first pets, and we absolutely love them. They seem especially naughty lately! Not in a mean way, but more of a, "Wow, my cat is really smart, but I...

Hi everyone, I'm totally new here - I was doing some internet research for my cat and most of my hits came from these forums, so I hope you might have some sage advice for me. We have two one-year-old male cats, and they are brothers. One of my guys had struvite crystals. (Cat pee everywhere...