Hi!
I am new to the cat site but i think its an awesome and amazing place! I've already learned so much.I adopted, out of fate, a medium sized tabby Kitten that my good friend found on the streets on China Town in Toronto about 2 months ago. The vet assumed he was 4 months. So I think he is at least 6 months as of today. Probably 7 months. He was taken to the vets a few days after I got him.
The things I pointed out to her that were of concern:
He pants after playing excessively. But its almost like a happy kitten face panting, and he only does it for a few seconds.
- The vet said not to worry about it unless it got worse, and it hasn't. BUT i read in the forum that a panting kitty could be something more serious. could the vet have just blown it off?
-He used to sneeze about once a day, in the first few days i had him- he had a funny sneeze fit. But it was after he was drinking water and he may have gotten some up his nose.
-She said not to worry again.
I asked a bunch of questions and she told me there was nothing to be concerned about.
I was wary because she didn't really do a GREAT job at giving him a full check up and feeling around. She gave him a look over- checked his ears, etc. Said he had a healthy heart beat. So I went home feeling good, but it could have been more complete.
I have to go back (right about now) to get his 2nd round of vaccinations, then I am setting up an appointment to get him neutered asap. Im going to call a different vet clinic.
So: My Set Up Now is This;
He is being Fed Orijin dry food
Along with Merrick Wet Food ( I have the Beef, Chicken, Turkey varieties)
But I just mainly feed him the Cowboy Cookout beef variety to get him used to one of them 3x a day ( about 1 -2 cans depending on how much he wants)
He is a fully indoor apartment cat. He can lie on the window sill but he has a little toy bird toy to attack above him when he wants to kill
He has 1 litter box with a lid and the door taken off. He uses it regularly.
He naps. he plays, he does everything a normal kitty would do, and oh does he jump HIGH.
He seems to be in good health. I play with him for hours.
I fed him Whiskas Beef Pate for less than a week before I got the Orijin and Merrick, and I noticed around the end of the week that it gave him diarrhea.
I transitioned him onto the Merrick beef food, but he still hasn't had a really hard stool. Is this alright? Its not so much diarrhea anymore, but inbetween.?its been about a week an a half.
My concerns now:
1. A) COUGH:
Not so much of a concern because it hasn't happened again- was his strange hairball like, coughing fit. I was reading about asthma attacks and he was in a similar body position . crouched, tail / body down. it lasted for about 30 seconds. I was concerned for a while afterward but he acted completely normal, ate food, and it hasn't happened since.
1.B) NOSE GOOP
He gets some black , almost hair/stringy hard goop in his nose often.
Its not like he has a runny nose, but i will wake up in the morning and there will be a little fluff like hair sticking out of his nose, then i will Q-tip it with some warm water to get all the goop out and put some of my super organic olive oil lipchap on his dry nose to heal any soreness.
Whats the black hard stuff? IS this due to a URI or something else?
2.PEE
He has started spraying.
First in my bathtub. with these "clean my litter box" eyes- and i KNEW i had to- so i did. and he was pleased. BUT....
Then in his kitty basket with my old quilt in it.
Then he TRIED to do it in my bathroom sink,
followed by a secret surprise smell on my kitchen mat the next day.
and last night at 4 am after we hung out out all night-
HE PEED ON MY MIRROR? while looking at me.
weirdo.
i stopped that one before it got too messy.
and then i noticed the cardboard box i gifted him to play in was smelling funky.
( Ive already read about discipline etc. I do not use a spray bottle. I clap my hands really loud and shout NO. and then grab him by the scruff and hopes he stops. )
So my Question-
He Drinks ALLOT of water. He loves his big Cup I have out for him, and in the past week I put it out- he has been drinking more water than usual. (maybe 5-10 times a day, when hes eating and when hes not eating) and he gets really intrigued by the washroom sink. Today i cleaned it and filled it up with water and he just sat there drinking like a dog for a minute.
Also- He's been peeing in his litter box quite a bit- maybe from 4-8 times yesterday. but it was like he was marking his litter box because I just got new litter ( that he likes) and I've been keeping the box really really clean. He was spraying a little really high on the sides where i had piled litter at the back.
But I watched him pee with the lid off yesterday and it was a normal stream, and then spurty at the end. no blood. no straining to pee.
Could the litter box use be a sign of something like kidney disease? Am I crazy?
Is the spraying a marking his territory thing- or is it a "Im trying to tell you something mum" thing.
3. HORNY
I have such a sexually frustrated little man on my hands.
He loves this fleece blanket, and he starts pawing, then shaking his bum, then getting erect, then he bites, mounts, humps, humps, and the finale. ew? well, its actually pretty hilarious. He has not been neutered.
Last night i came home after seeing a friend with a female cat.
I came in and he MEW'ED forever. I changed my clothes, picked him up, fed him, and all i got was MEW MEW MEW>
I then realized the only thing he really wanted was to get all of his sexual frustration out. So I let him hump for hand covered blanket for 10 minutes until he was relieved, and after that the MEWs sufficed.
He has such a face and a look when hes horny, he will jump up on the couch and put his paws on my shoulder and MEOW! . then a little nip. then he runs away.
Is this anything to be worried about? i read allot of similiar storied in a cat forum somewhere else, so I think its just a matter of getting him neutered and seeing what happens afterwards.
4. I am driving myself crazy. Any advice or suggestions would be so helpful! Thanks for reading this ridiculously long post!
I am new to the cat site but i think its an awesome and amazing place! I've already learned so much.I adopted, out of fate, a medium sized tabby Kitten that my good friend found on the streets on China Town in Toronto about 2 months ago. The vet assumed he was 4 months. So I think he is at least 6 months as of today. Probably 7 months. He was taken to the vets a few days after I got him.
The things I pointed out to her that were of concern:
He pants after playing excessively. But its almost like a happy kitten face panting, and he only does it for a few seconds.
- The vet said not to worry about it unless it got worse, and it hasn't. BUT i read in the forum that a panting kitty could be something more serious. could the vet have just blown it off?
-He used to sneeze about once a day, in the first few days i had him- he had a funny sneeze fit. But it was after he was drinking water and he may have gotten some up his nose.
-She said not to worry again.
I asked a bunch of questions and she told me there was nothing to be concerned about.
I was wary because she didn't really do a GREAT job at giving him a full check up and feeling around. She gave him a look over- checked his ears, etc. Said he had a healthy heart beat. So I went home feeling good, but it could have been more complete.
I have to go back (right about now) to get his 2nd round of vaccinations, then I am setting up an appointment to get him neutered asap. Im going to call a different vet clinic.
So: My Set Up Now is This;
He is being Fed Orijin dry food
Along with Merrick Wet Food ( I have the Beef, Chicken, Turkey varieties)
But I just mainly feed him the Cowboy Cookout beef variety to get him used to one of them 3x a day ( about 1 -2 cans depending on how much he wants)
He is a fully indoor apartment cat. He can lie on the window sill but he has a little toy bird toy to attack above him when he wants to kill
He has 1 litter box with a lid and the door taken off. He uses it regularly.
He naps. he plays, he does everything a normal kitty would do, and oh does he jump HIGH.
He seems to be in good health. I play with him for hours.
I fed him Whiskas Beef Pate for less than a week before I got the Orijin and Merrick, and I noticed around the end of the week that it gave him diarrhea.
I transitioned him onto the Merrick beef food, but he still hasn't had a really hard stool. Is this alright? Its not so much diarrhea anymore, but inbetween.?its been about a week an a half.
My concerns now:
1. A) COUGH:
Not so much of a concern because it hasn't happened again- was his strange hairball like, coughing fit. I was reading about asthma attacks and he was in a similar body position . crouched, tail / body down. it lasted for about 30 seconds. I was concerned for a while afterward but he acted completely normal, ate food, and it hasn't happened since.
1.B) NOSE GOOP
He gets some black , almost hair/stringy hard goop in his nose often.
Its not like he has a runny nose, but i will wake up in the morning and there will be a little fluff like hair sticking out of his nose, then i will Q-tip it with some warm water to get all the goop out and put some of my super organic olive oil lipchap on his dry nose to heal any soreness.
Whats the black hard stuff? IS this due to a URI or something else?
2.PEE
He has started spraying.
First in my bathtub. with these "clean my litter box" eyes- and i KNEW i had to- so i did. and he was pleased. BUT....
Then in his kitty basket with my old quilt in it.
Then he TRIED to do it in my bathroom sink,
followed by a secret surprise smell on my kitchen mat the next day.
and last night at 4 am after we hung out out all night-
HE PEED ON MY MIRROR? while looking at me.
weirdo.
i stopped that one before it got too messy.
and then i noticed the cardboard box i gifted him to play in was smelling funky.
( Ive already read about discipline etc. I do not use a spray bottle. I clap my hands really loud and shout NO. and then grab him by the scruff and hopes he stops. )
So my Question-
He Drinks ALLOT of water. He loves his big Cup I have out for him, and in the past week I put it out- he has been drinking more water than usual. (maybe 5-10 times a day, when hes eating and when hes not eating) and he gets really intrigued by the washroom sink. Today i cleaned it and filled it up with water and he just sat there drinking like a dog for a minute.
Also- He's been peeing in his litter box quite a bit- maybe from 4-8 times yesterday. but it was like he was marking his litter box because I just got new litter ( that he likes) and I've been keeping the box really really clean. He was spraying a little really high on the sides where i had piled litter at the back.
But I watched him pee with the lid off yesterday and it was a normal stream, and then spurty at the end. no blood. no straining to pee.
Could the litter box use be a sign of something like kidney disease? Am I crazy?
Is the spraying a marking his territory thing- or is it a "Im trying to tell you something mum" thing.
3. HORNY
I have such a sexually frustrated little man on my hands.
He loves this fleece blanket, and he starts pawing, then shaking his bum, then getting erect, then he bites, mounts, humps, humps, and the finale. ew? well, its actually pretty hilarious. He has not been neutered.
Last night i came home after seeing a friend with a female cat.
I came in and he MEW'ED forever. I changed my clothes, picked him up, fed him, and all i got was MEW MEW MEW>
I then realized the only thing he really wanted was to get all of his sexual frustration out. So I let him hump for hand covered blanket for 10 minutes until he was relieved, and after that the MEWs sufficed.
He has such a face and a look when hes horny, he will jump up on the couch and put his paws on my shoulder and MEOW! . then a little nip. then he runs away.
Is this anything to be worried about? i read allot of similiar storied in a cat forum somewhere else, so I think its just a matter of getting him neutered and seeing what happens afterwards.
4. I am driving myself crazy. Any advice or suggestions would be so helpful! Thanks for reading this ridiculously long post!
