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My cat Apollo has food allergies - after some experimentation we've found a dry food that seems to work for him. (He's OBSESSED with dry food.) But starting around October he's also developed regular wheezing/coughing and sneezing that our vet says is asthma - which looks like it is also caused...

So I brought Apollo home about 2.5 months ago. He's a young, big, flamepoint siamese. He wasn't neutered until a week or so before he came home with me and before that he was a stray. The issue I'm having is he really loves to play, and now that I am home he seems to think I can just play with...

I just brought home a new boy to keep my diva princess company. She was doing really well for the first week but now she's seen him through the door a few times and there has been some hissing and growling. He on the other hand is a big sweetie and mrrrrs and mews. He can't wait to come hang...

My cat is very unreliable with her litterbox. When I moved to this apartment I had a litterbox set up in the bathroom for her, but it wasn't long before she was going near the windows in my bedroom. I put a litterbox there for her. Well now I have three litterboxes in the bedroom, all at...

My kitty Dora just turned 15, she's been through a rough time the last few years, having trouble with food and digestion. Until a few months ago she could only eat one food and she'd gotten to a very low weight. Lately she's been putting on a little weight and eating like a champ. Come to find...

I took my older kitty to the vet a month or so ago because she had some bleeding and skin issues on her chin and apparently it was purrfectly normal dreaded Feline Chin Acne. But recently I've noticed that her sister, who lives upstairs (because they hate each other) also has developed a pretty...

My cat LOVES to shred my molding. I've gotten her to use the big nice sisal scratching post her sister loves a few times, but she wont use the one I bought for her. Does anyone else have a cat with a preference for scratching wood? and is their a particular post they liked? She likes the low...

Almost exactly two years ago my partner and I adopted Vega from a local rescue. We were hoping she would be a companion for our senior kitty who is very active, and who lost her doggy and kitty friend a few months before. That has not worked out. What has happened is that the cats generally...

Around this time last year we brought home our new kitten Vega to keep our resident cat company.  To say that it has been a spectacular failure might be an understatement.  But we love them both and they both have their own parts of the house and seem fairly happy, the gradual introductions...

We adopted an adolescent cat in July, to keep our older cat company. So far, this has not worked out great. We love them both but the new kitten is just too playful for my shy tabby. So we are mostly doing site swapping and keeping them separated for now.  The new kitten, Vega, is VERY playful...

I'm looking for advice and or reassurance that I"m doing the right thing.  The first time we introduced our new cat Vega to the resident cat Dora things went pretty well at first, and then slowly deteriorated.  At a certain point the Dora would not come out of the basement/office area.  So we...

About a month ago we decided to bring home a new kitty. They warned us when we adopted her that she didn't really want much to do with other cats. Which is fine as our older cat mostly wants to be left alone. When we brought her home she seemed comfortable VERY quickly, she was happy and...

So I adopted my dog Vlad (5yo Husky) about two months ago. I have two cats, Dora and Shinobi that are both about three. Vlad is partially blind, which makes him great for a house with cats because half of the time he can't see them. He has lived with cats before, and up till recently has...

Weeee, after the fiasco with the first dog we wanted and his crazy foster mom we found a dog we loooove named Vlad, we brought him home yesterday!!! Here are his pics on petfinder. He's all dirty so I haven't taken any new ones yet. Guess who gets a bath. Unfortunately I cannot get him to...

My boyfriend and I are trying to adopt a husky from a local breed rescue group. As part of their adoption process they do home visits. We are supposed to have ours on Saturday (and are franticly trying to finish unpacking, as we just moved in a month ago.) Can anyone give me any advice on...

I'm finally going to be living somewhere with a fenced in yard starting this weekend, so the boyfriend and I are looking into getting a dog. The problem is the only dogs that he things are "attractive" are basically husky and malamute type dogs. I love all dogs but his dog love is very...

My roommate has a "friend" whose cat is having problems using the litter box. He has managed to convince her that the solution to this problem is not in fact to have the cat put to sleep. (grrrrrrrrr evil people) And so, it is likely we will soon be taking him in. I have recomended that the...

I just moved in to a temporary living situation. I have one very large room for me and my cats. We moved in last night. THey seemed to do okay last night, checking out the room etc. This morning though, I went to the bathroom and Le Gasp they have escaped. I managed to wrangle one of them...

Yesterday I took my kitties to the vet for a Pre-Moving check up. (I'm moving from Pittsburgh, to Chicago) They got their 1 year vaccinations as well. I brought them home and the one cat wouldn't come near me. She's better this morning, but you would have thought I had done some horribly...

So I just quit my job, next week I'm going on vacation for a week and then if I'm lucky I'll find a home for my foster cat, and me and my 2 cats will be moving to Chicago. (About 600 miles) This is an aweful lot of big changes for my kitties and I was wondering if there is anything I can do to...