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  1. muddygrl

    Introducing New Cat And Adjustments

    Ok , so here's some back story . We adopted two female cats from the cat sanctuary at the local shelter the 29th of July . We have them in our bedroom together because they lived in the free range cat house together . They both had their wellcheckups and are healthy . One is a big black girl...
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    on going diarrhea

    I got a 15 week old male kitten in november. I got him from college girls who were feeding him cheap discount store food. They said it gave him diarrhea. Sure enough he had diarrhea. I switched him to my other cats food. Immediately which I know is not good but they had ran out of cheap food...
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    cat and kitten playing too rough?

    I have a 5 year old male cat that is fixed and declawed (don't blame me, he was a shelter cat and I adopted him that way) and  8 week old male kitten. The kitten is a typical playful little guy and pounces on the big boys head and tussles with him. The big boy Teddy will give it right back to...
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    taming kitten

    I found this kitten in the woods. I don't know if it was dumped or a feral. It was terrified when I caught it . I have been keeping it in the bathroom with food and litter. The first 3 days it stayed hunkered down in a box and was wild eyed and scared. But the 3rd day it started to warm up and...
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    cat snubbing his wet food

    Teddy is 4 years old and I've had him since August. He LOVED his wet food at first. I was feeding him half wet and half dry food (separate bowls) . I give him a can of wet a day part of it in the morning and part of it in the evening. And left about a half cup of dry food out all day. He usually...
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    am i feeding my cat too much ?

    I've been trying to search and come up with nothing on the nutrition content for the canned cat food. it's Aldi brand Fine Feline canned cat food and they don't have content on their site. I can't find the manufactor website. I found a site that will calculate the content based on the guaranteed...
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    what causes dental decay in cats?

    Is it a certain type of food? genetics ? something else? I am curious because it doesn't make sense that in the wild they'd get cavities or decay but for some reason house cats/pets get decay. I want to do the right thing for my cat and don't want him to have teeth issues. He's 4 years old and...
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    enough water from canned?

    I am glad to see this topic. I was wondering the same. My cat gets wet and dry food daily. He eats a can of cat food every day. But I NEVER see him drink from his bowl. EVER. He doesnt' drink out of the sink, tub, shower or toilet. I got a fountain and he ignored it. I do add water to his wet...
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    am i feeding my cat too much ?

    I got Teddy from the shelter in August. He weighed 11 pounds at his first vet appointment right after I got him. The vet said his weight was right where it should be and perfect. He didn't seem too thin but to me he looked slender.   I feed him about a can of wet food a day and 1/2 a scoop of...
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    whiskers breaking off

    my cat Teddy is 4 years old and his whiskers keep breaking off! They are not being cut off. Because I have acutally seen them bent and hanging on a bit, then later the piece is gone and it's a broken or shredded stub. At first it was just one, and I wasn't concerned. But now it's 4 or so of...
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    cat bites when we touch him (sometimes)

    I think I forgot to say that he's a 4 year old cat. So definitely not teething. I had read not to use a spray bottle? I mean I know he's scared of getting hit or hurt or something and I think that it's misplaced aggression. So I don't want him to be more scared. I want him to learn to trust us...
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    cat bites when we touch him (sometimes)

    our cat Teddy, we adopted from the shelter on 8/.8/14. He was sweet as can be when we got him. Not shy at all, not overly outgoing but loved being pet. Well..... now he is kind of aloof. he asks for attention and rubs on my ankles and lets us pet him but he's gotten quite touchy. I am PRETTY...
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    Changed toilet behaviour

    Be really careful with the no grain high protein food. I know it's said to be better for cats but I put my cat on one and he did ok at first but then developed diarrhea with blood streaks. I didn't know what the problem  was and someone on another site told me to get my cat off the food NOW...
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    cat peeing over the door of cat littler box

    @kittendaddy  that's the kind of litter box we started him out with. He did fine the fit 2weeks and always peed in the front right corner but in the box. Squatted like a normal cat. But then suddenly was missing or lifting his butt and going over the front edge onto the litter mat. :( So I now...
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    cat peeing over the door of cat littler box

    I have not figured out the diarrhea but I suspect it's the food . I think the grain free version of food I put him on is doing a number on him or something. He likes it fine. And seemed to not have any issues at first. But then his poop got softer and softer and is now a puddle of poo with red...
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    cat peeing over the door of cat littler box

    I thought Teddy was peeing on the rug outside the litter box on purpose or maybe even because of illness. I was prepared to take him to the vet Monday morning but then saw what he was doing. He gets in the box, pees and it goes over the side. I only saw him do it once but then after looking...
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    grain free dry food without peas or potato?

    Is there any? All the ones I keep seeing have potato and or pea in them. I want something grain free that doesn't have those ingredients. Is that possible?
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    cat peed 2 x just outside litter box. Please help me brainstorm so it own't keep happening

    Well a little more information now. He peed again on the mat and the litter box was completely clean. SO... it's probably not something to do with the box being too full stinky or not clean enough. I did fill up another bigger pan for him so he has another option to go (after finding the 3rd...
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    Cat flea treatment

    Advantage or Frontline are the two that are trustworthy. Please do not use any of the cheap stuff from walmart, dollar store etc. they have a dangerous chemical in them that has caused seizures and permanent damage to pets. Sargent Bansect is particularly terrible and there is a change.org video...
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    cat peed 2 x just outside litter box. Please help me brainstorm so it own't keep happening

    We got Teddy on August 8th.  We live in a big house and at first only had 1 cat box but now we have 2. I put the 2nd one just at the bottom of the stairs in our basement (which is an open staircase no door, he goes down there all the time).  The primary box that he uses the most is in a bedroom...
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