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My cat will not wear a cone. He's had surgery twice before and each time he wriggled out of the cone. We tried a soft cone, but he didn't like that either. Tomorrow he is having eye surgery, which he hasn't had before, and I know the danger is that he might paw at his eye or rub it against...

My husband accidentally stepped one of Floyd's front paws two days ago and ever since then he's been hiding, which is completely different behavior for him.  He won't even come out of hiding for meals and when we do see him he looks very nervous and subdued.  We have both gently felt his front...

The ironic thing is that he was just at the vet for a checkup a couple of months ago, and this wasn't happening this. If this is being caused by a UTI, it sounds like I need to get him back to the vet to check that out. Thanks! Also, I forgot to mention that he's deaf - could this have...

My 20-year-old Butch kitty is suddenly urinating outside the litter box. First he was going behind the couch so we cleaned that up with vinegar, then he started in one of the bedrooms, again when we cleaned that up he started going under a chair in the basement. He was always very good about...

My 18-year-old kitty has very overgrown claws, almost disc-shaped claws. It looks like he's not shedding his claw sheaths anymore. He doesn't have many teeth left but I see him biting at them trying to groom them. They get very dirty also from the litter box! Ewww!!! Is there a way I can...

Thanks to everyone who responded. I still have the kitty. He wants to go outside and it's hard not to let him. I keep thinking he is missing his home and I am keeping him trapped and unable to find home. My husband says no, he just wants to go out. He's neutered and not afraid of strangers...

I posted a few days ago about a cat who showed up on our doorstep. We took him, in, and have been searching for his owners, looking for posters around the neighborhood, and have posted "Found" notices on several websites. I got an email tonight from a lady in my neighborhood (whom I don't know...

We found a cold, wet, hungry kitty on our front doorstep Saturday night. He looked healthy and not starving, plus he is neutered, so we think at some point he was obviously someone's pet. He was dirty and had fleas, so he's probably been out a little while. He is very friendly and...

He did have the test for hypothyroidism, diabetes, etc. I kind of thought that even though he and Jumbo did not get along (except for sleeping together) that he still misses him in some way. He is not an only cat though, we do have two younger cats but they seem to be too active for his...

Our elderly 17-year-old kitty has been meowing excessively and it seems to have started after the death of our other old kitty (we still have two younger ones as well). You are probably thinking, "well of course!" - except for the fact that despite living together for about 12 years, these two...

Yeah, I guess I should have clarified... The assumption I made was that these people had a real choice, that their pets were rescue-ready. I once moved and had to leave a stray cat behind that I had been feeding for months. She was dependent on me for food but we couldn't catch her. I asked...

I am reading stories about evacuees from the California fires who are returning to their homes, and I have seen remarks like "My cat was still there, I thought he would have died" or "We lost our cat in the fire"... My question is - HOW can you leave your pets behind like that? There is no...

I wanted to post this in the IMO: In My Opinion forum but apparently I do not have access to that. So I am posting it here. I'm from Ohio and saw a disturbing story on last night's news about a man who is trapping cats in his neighborhood and apparently dumping them off in some remote...

We are really attached to the one kitten, and he seems more independent than his brother. The brother is attached to the mother, so my solution is to find a home that will take the brother AND the mother. I am just worried about the brothers missing each other. Of course I worried about this...

What have I done? I live in a rented townhouse with my husband and 6 - Six! Cats. The management here is very lenient towards pets, obviously - but we want to move. We started out with four, and about a year ago we rescued a female who we didn't intend to keep, but who turned out to be...

I have two identical 10-month-old cats, who were born under my bed. They cannot be more different personality-wise. One is friendly, playful, curious, and extremely outgoing. The other is deathly afraid of people, even me and my husband. We find this so strange since we have had them since...

I've read that all kittens need deworming. The mother cat, however, was dewormed early in her pregnancy (before we knew that she was pregnant). She is now an indoor-only cat. So why would her kittens need deworming? Do they?

Our mama cat, who just had her kittens yesterday, was vaccinated before we knew she was pregnant. We asked the vet (it was one of those low-cost clinics) if she was pregnant before the vaccination was given - she said "maybe" but didn't seem concerned and gave the vaccine anyway. This was 44...

My cat had her kittens early this morning... Husband and I were out (I had no idea she was this close to delivering). Even though we prepared a few spots for her to deliver in, she chose to do so under our bed. Obviously it is wet and bloody there now. I tried transferring the kittens and...

My cat gave birth early this morning. The last kitten was born at 4 a.m. and was having a hard time finding a nipple. I tried guiding it to an available nipple but it wouldn't latch on. It is sucking, however, but sucking everything but a nipple. And it's crawling all over the other ones...