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I'm happy to report that I haven't needed to use bitter apple so far. I've been stopping him by picking him up and putting him on the floor whenever he starts foot sucking (or annoying me) and it's finally paying off. For the past three days Patrick has snuggled with me and only a few times has...

I should have worded that better. He just curls up on my lap or lays on me some how and starts going to town on his own foot. The act doesn't gross me out. The wet feet and then the drool that gets all over me does!

Thanks for the links. To be clear he's not trying to suckle on me. He will attempt to suckle our other (adult male) cat but that usually results in flat ears and a dirty look. I'll try bitter apple and see if that works.  

Patrick is 4 months old now, and he still nurses his foot constantly. He insists on doing it on me, and I remove him, usually putting him on the floor, because I think it's disgusting to have spitty paws touching me. He will fight to keep a hold of his foot while I'm moving him, and continue to...

Also wanted to point out that cranberry capsules can be broken apart and mixed with wet food. It won't solve an existing problem but it does help ease symptoms and help prevent more issues later. I used cranberry powder from the human pills for about a year after Murphy nearly died from his UT...

The rabies shot is VERY affective, but not all animals will produce antibodies from the immune reaction. As far as I understand, that's the basis of observation and revaccination after exposure to a wild or feral animal. Indiana has a 3 year rabies law, so that's what we do. My pup (13 months...

I just noticed someone mentioned that they do rabies because their cat might come into contact with a bat. Rabies vaccination does not protect 100%. If it did, then there wouldn't be a need to quarantine an animal that bites a human that has proof of vaccination. By law any dog or cat that bites...

Thanks for the link about adjuvanted vaccines. I briefly went over the vaccination links here on the forum and noticed that it was strongly recommended against. And yes, tabbies are certainly best! We really wanted another orange tabby to go with Murphy, but ended up finding a grey tabby that...

I'll definitely look for the distemper single-virus vaccine and give it to him. I'm pretty sure I can buy it online. All of my knowledge on animal vaccines is related to canines. And yea... rabies is required by law so I don't even lump that in with the other vaccinations. It's just something I...

I also highly suggest the methionine but prescription diets are chock full of crap. I've got an adult male who nearly died from a blockage and he recovered 100% by me adding methionine to his wet food instead of going with a rx crap diet.  

Why should I vaccinate a kitten that has no prior shot history if he's going to live his entire life indoors? The only exposure to other cats is an adult male who's been vaccinated multiple times over the past 7 years and is negative for any infections disease. The adult cat also lives indoors.