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I'm having a problem with two of my male cats. We've had Moe since birth, now nine years old. He's the alpha of my pack and is inside only. About a year and half ago, a stray cat appeared on our porch. He was attacked by a dog and had major damage to his abdomen. We nursed him back to health and...

This will be long, sorry in advance. I've got a new-ish cat. He was a porch stray that was attacked by a neighbor's dog. Major damage to his belly, so we took him to the vet, had surgeries, and got him all healed up. During that time he was confined to an upstairs bedroom and bathroom, away from...

Has anyone tried the new A&H Slide litter? I currently use their Clump and Seal brand and like it, but I don't like the scent of it. My cats also manage to track it all over the house despite the litter catching mats I have in front of every box. I have two males who like to stand up as they...

My cat Pixie had extensive dental work done yesterday (10 teeth removed!) and they used some kind of eye lubricationg drops while she was anesthetized. It left a sticky greasy residue on her face that doesn't wipe away with water or dry cotton pads. She is wearing a cone for two weeks while her...

I'm thinking about getting a new fountain for my cats. I currently have a Drinkwell 360 in stainless steel. I've had it for several years, and the cats like it. But...It's gotten progressively harder to keep clean and I have to clean it more and more often. It's a pain to disassemble all the...

A feral cat in my street has been hiding her three kittens under our deck. Last night we had massive storms and the area under our deck flooded. We could hear the kittens screaming during the storm, so we tore up the deck, found them floating in about four inches of water, and brought them...

My cat Pixie is overweight. She's currently 13 lbs and ideally should be 9-10 lbs. A couple of years ago I switched her to an all wet diet and she ate Wellness CORE turkey/duck pate and Merrick's chicken pate (both grain free). No weight loss.  Last year I switched her to Tiki Cat Puka Puka Luau...

My vet gave me Fortiflora for my cat Pixie, who is having soft stools and diarrhea. The box says to mix it with food, but Pixie won't eat the food with it mixed in. Weirdly, she will lick it up off a plate if it's by itself. She's already a picky eater, so I don't want to turn her off the couple...

Not sure if this is the correct forum for this topic, so please redirect me if there's a better place for this.  A kitten found our front porch bowl about six weeks ago.  She was very tame, obviously someone's pet.  We tried to find her owners (flyers in the neighborhood, posted on local lost...

A kitten came to our porch bowl about three weeks ago.  Shy but friendly, she allowed me to pet her within a week, and has now moved into my home.  (I'm a sucker for these babies!)  She is not feral at all...totally friendly and now very comfortable in my house with my four inside cats. I have...

I've posted here before about trying to help my overweight cat Pixie lose weight.  She is 6 years old and currently weighs about 13.5 pounds; she weighed over 14 pounds last June.  She has a small frame and the vet says she should weigh around 10 pounds. She got down to 12 pounds at one point...

My cat Pixie has been on a weight loss program for about a month.  She is small-framed cat who should weigh 9-10 pounds.  Her weight on 11/19 was 13 lbs 9 oz.  My vet wanted her on a prescription weight loss food, but I decided to try portion control instead.  Pixie has lost about 6 ounces total...

We have a "porch kitty" who we have been feeding for about a year.  She mostly stays in our yard or on the porch.  I'm in southeast Texas and it's rarely very cold here, but it is going to be in the 30s and upper 20s at night for the next week or so.  I'm concerned about her staying warm outside...

My cat Pixie is overweight, so much that she can't clean her rear end anymore.  She went to the vet today for a nail trim, back-end clean up and to make sure that she didn't have any infection or anal gland blockages.  She got the all clear, but I need to help her to lose the extra weight.  She...

My cat Moe has been obsessively licking small patches of fur off his legs for some time.  I thought it might be an extreme reaction to flea bites, but I've never found a flea on him.  Recently I had him checked out by the vet and she said he might be bored and that he needed "environment...

My cat Moe has an unusual coat. His fur lies very close to his body and he doesn't have the fluffy "undercoat" that my other cats have. I use a slicker type brush for the two that have very thick undercoats, but I can't use it on Moe because the wire bristles go straight down to his skin and...

My cat Pixie has an abscess on her cornea.  I have to give her two different drops (one antibiotic, one antiviral), 4-6 times a day.  When my husband is home, he can hold her and I do the drops, but when I'm by myself, I can't seem to manage.  I need at least one more hand to do this.  Pixie is...

My cat Moe has developed a funny behavior recently.  He's got a little blanket about, 2 feet square, that stays on a table upstairs and he likes to sleep on it.  Lately, he's started hauling the blanket downstairs, dragging it between his front legs.  He will deposit it at the bottom of the...

One of my cats has extremely long, sharp claws (she clicks when she walks on the tile).  She's normally a very relaxed cat, and my only lap cat, but she will not let me clip her claws.  What is your favorite tool for clipping?  I've tried the little scissor type cutters with minimal success. ...

Some history:  Moe had surgery on 5/24 to remove a stone from his bladder after blocking repeatedly.  Analysis of the stone revealed that it was an ammonium acid urate stone, which is very rare in cats.  He is recovering well from the surgery, but continues to pee frequently and in small amounts...