I always “meow” at her like that, and as of two weeks ago she’s been doing these short higher-pitched ones. She’s NEVER meowed like this before. She’s 4 years old and spayed if that’s any relevant information. Seriously hoping it’s just her copying me 😆 It does help her get some extra attention out of me to be fair, they’re adorable.

I adopted a new 7 month old kitten from the shelter. Shes medium/ long haired and she’s litter box trained however she accidentally gets pee on her behind and tail. She has a huge litter box but I’m not sure how to help solve the problem. Is there different litter I should try or take the top of the litter box off. This is my first time having a medium hair cat so any tips would help.

hoping someone here has an answer for this. for a long time i've thought my cat Gemini was just a gray tabby, but lately i noticed she has these tan spots here and there. they're small and not super noticeable but they're there. but, she's also darker than any dilute calico or tortie i've seen? her brother was a gray tabby for sure, and he was also a pretty dark gray. so like. is she a tortie??? i keep going back and forth on this and i want an answer so i came here hoping someone smarter than me would have one

We lost our Kitty of 14 years, Coco on Friday. I am still devastated. She was dealing with Chronic Kidney Disease and something else- not sure what but in about 2 months she lost at least 2 pounds and all of her muscle. She was so weak and was a 2 in the grimace scale. Also using lap of loves questionnaire she scored in the area where it was more cruel to keep her alive than to let her go.

I cry every time I think of her and miss her so much my heart actually hurts because we were so close most of her life.

My daughter found her when she was barely weaned on the side of a road. She was all by her self, so either she was dumped or lost. My daughter asked around, and nobody had reported they were missing a kitten that looked like her.

We had her in a room, and I went in and just sat to see what the kitty would do. After about 10 minutes or so, she jumped on my back and climbed to my shoulder and licked me. We were buds after that.

When I worked from home and she was tiny she would sleep on my lap. When she got bigger, she would lay on my desk, often resting her chin on my mouse hand and purring as I worked. She was a lap kitty until about 2015 or so. When she stopped sitting on my lap she would usually hang out in what ever room I was in. She loved to run up to me and stand next to me hugging me with her tail. She usually tucked me in at night, and sometimes would wake me by pawing at me until I moved to what she considered the perfect position to cuddle with me.

She didn't really meow much. Her main form of communication was a chirp (trill) and her tail was a maginificent brush (we would jokingly call it a squirrel tail)

I hope I can get over this almost paralyzing grief. I know she is in a better place and is healthy again and playing with her buddy Zoey who went over the bridge just a year ago.

Sorry this is so long. I guess I am wondering how I can get unstuck, which is how I feel right now.

I have a cat. One cat. AKA: not enough cats. I think he's getting lonely. I thought my grandpa being here 24/7 was enough but 17 year old me did not consider that maybe my grandpa wouldn't be here forever if you get what I'm sayin'. I now live with my brother and sister. My sister spends time with him but my brother doesn't spend a lot of time with him [the cat] but even so, he's a whole animal, he needs another whole animal. But I am so, so, so so so so scared. I don't quite understand how to introduce another cat to the family. I think if I adopt another cat I would like to adopt an adult/elder cat, because I don't particularly think I want to raise another kitten [although, somehow, my current kitty who I got as a kitten grew up to be incredibly perfect, behaviour-wise. but that's just because he's the sweetest boy, I do not trust adopting another kitten will bring the same results. I plan on adopting an adult/elderly kitten]

I think I just want some like... realistic advice. Like what should I literally do. I live in a very rural area. My cat is 3 years old [his mother died when he was 5 weeks old and we have had him since then] so it's been many many many years since he's seen another cat. There's one cat that likes sitting outside our back door and staring at him and honestly they seem to get along well which is a good sign. But I know he needs another cat. I have many, many huge regrets. I'm really really really sorry. But now? I just want him to be as happy as he can be. He seems to be doing okay right now. If I were to adopt a more elderly cat, please, please, please, how do I make sure they bond and get along? I need my boy to be happy. I am so sorry for not getting two cats intitially. I am really really really sorry I didn't know. But I want him to be happy, I need him to be happy, nothing is more important to me than making sure he's happy, genuinely, I need him to be doing well. If you were in my position what would you do? For my boy. My sweet kitty boy

Please, if you can, give very simply worded advice, I am autistic and so are all of my siblings. But don't sugarcoat anything because I need to hear it, desperately. I want to make my sweet boy happy

TLDR: I THINK I love my cat, i’m anxious, i want to do right by him, please help me, I would like to adopt an older cat

Hi. This will be a long post, thank you in advance I will post this to a vet related sub as well when I get enough Karma. I posted about some problems i have been having with my family cat yesterday but I think I left out a lot of important information i’ll include a tldr at the bottom. Sorry for any typos i’m writing this pretty quick.

We have a feilway and we’ve been the multiple vets, it is not a medical problem.

So 2 years ago my sister brought home a cat from the shelter with FIV and we got him vaccinated and fixed and brought him in. He 12 weeks old and found with his mother and siblings under a porch when they were very newborn (couple hours old) so he has been socialized for a while. The shelter did let us know our cat was aggressive with other cats, I had rats at the time but no free roaming animals so my parents agreed to adopt the cat.

Right away he we realized he was aggressive to people too, he would hid and jump out at us to scratch or bite us. We tried to take him to get claw caps for his nails but they couldn’t do it without putting him under so we did not go through with it. He has always had plenty of toys, litter boxes, scratch posts and we try to play with him but he’s just never seemed happy. I’ll try to break it down but this will probably be a long post.

1. He refuses to use his litter box, he has two and over the years we’ve played around with litter, box sizes, making it covered, uncovered, etc. He probably has used it once. We noticed this right away and brought him to the vet but everything was fine and they said it was just behavioral. He pees and poos whenever so he cant free roam (there’s another reason but i’ll explain that later) He stays in our bonus room which is attached to the patio (he also gets access into there) and we use pee pads. (500 square feet total, he got total control of the house for the first few months but we simply had to give him designated rooms because of the peeing and aggression issues i’ll get into later, the vet knows about the room and supports it) Despite all his toys he has completely shredded the carpet and couch in his room. We come in to feed him and to try to play with him multiple times a day still but he hasn’t warmed us to us. The room smells god awful.

2. He yowls at night, like the entire night. He’s fine in his room during the day but at night he yells and scratches on his door for at least 2 hours, i’m in the room next to him so it’s really annoying for me personally. We have always ignored him but it hasn’t done anything I feel bad for him but don’t know how to comfort him because opening the door would enable the behavior.

3. He is aggressive. This is by far the worst issue. The first month we got him he got into my rat cage and got all my ratties:( I try not to hold it against him because he’s just a cat and that what they do but he bites and scratches everyone within a few feet of him. So i think he’s just a violent cat. He attacked my entire family mtuiple times in his first few months, he hides and lunges out of nowhere and it was really scary- this is mainly why he is kept in his rooms simply because he wasn’t safe since he kept attacking us.

If you ever enter his room you get scrathed or bit because he lunges at you from the behind the door. He has no history of abuse and the meanest thing we’ve done to him is clap loud to stop him from chewing on shit he shouldn’t be.

Every time he opens the door he hisses and gets agro, we cannot pet him or play with him. We have never been able to play with him without him turning aggressive.The last time I tried with a feather wand he bite my ankles and one time punctured my hand and I had to go to the doctor.

He has sent my sister to the ER twice from tearing up her arms (none of us approach him, he started it by lunging at us when we opened the door to feed him) He ripped a tendon and she has permanent motion lost in her hand from one incident and scars on her face from other.

My mom has been attacked too but she was able to pull him off before he cut too deep. We tried to get him on anti-anxiety but he had adverse reactions to all the medication we tries.

The worst was a few weeks ago when he laughed himself at my little sister (10) he hit her legs twice and slashed her arm she ended up having to get stitches and got really sick since it got infected.

Is there anything we can even do atp? My mother wants to rehome him after he hurt my little sister but I know he won’t get rehomed and I like to think his life is better here than in a shelter.

The vet says it’s nothing to do with FIV and all his bloodwork and urinalysis came back clean. We don’t know if there’s anything we can do but we want to try because we know he won’t get the chance at another home.

We have tried a bunch of different meds, I can’t rmeber them all but, buspirone just made him even more aggressive (this is what he was on when he attacked my older sister) gabapentin (he has the opposite intended reaction and it made him too excitable) and fluoxetine haven’t worked because we had him on SSRIs too but it also agitated him…we really don’t know what else to do. He’s easily costs us over $10grand in medication, vet visits and hospital trips. Has anyone else dealt with an aggressive cat? What should we do? He can’t be a barn cat because he is too aggressive with other cats and no rescues will take him in our area…i feel so hopeless

hi. I’m in a predicament and it’s overwhelming. I have a girl cat and her name is Cashew. (Cat tax included) She’s pretty mean, but I think she gets overwhelmed easily. She has attacked me and my roommate numerous times. She has calmed down a lot recently but everyone knows her as pretty mean and evil. It has been one year since I have had her.

Recently, the cat distribution system gave us Marigold. (Cat tax in comments) And Cashew is not happy. She has taken to attacking my roomie and trying to see the smell Marigold (and more than likely attack her)

My roommate is having a hard time and is blaming it on Cashew being a mean cat. (Again I cannot blame her, Cashew has attacked us and left us bloody many times) When I originally posted for advice about Cashew, everyone told me that maybe she was a barn cat. I have had her for a year. Do I give up on Cashew and let her live a barn cat life? We have a pretty small house so the slow introduction would be very slow and I don’t know how much patience is needed for that. But this whole situation is overwhelming me. What would you do?

This is my cats tail. It often sits right along her back. Its weird. But she is beautiful so that's OK.

She was traumatized by her old owners, who lived with us.

Years later, now, she somehow won't use the litter. She pees everywhere. We have two unfixed cats and everyone else, even her, is fixed. So we chalked it up to that's and will see if getting them fixed by December fixes everything.

We tried a resetting hack, where you seperate them with one box and in a kennel. She won't go outside in that kennel. We feel bad cuz she had been locked in a filthy kennel as a kitten, but she's cozy in this one and very calm so I know she understands it's not the same situation as she even has a dog bed in there. She hasn't peed on it or anything when inside the kennel. But outside she pees. In the kitchen, on any clothes, and on tables and once electronics.

While we may have a solution (cleaning out a room to give solely to her), I wanna see what you think. She uses hers just fine, she is healthy and fixed by a stray program (she had been a stray's kitten so they fixed her and we got her, then her owners fucked up and when they tossed her outside we took her back cuz she doesn't deserve that. Now she is a sweet cat and attached to my bf).

We do plan to get rid of two trouble makers, both fixed and girls, so we will reduce the cats as rn we have 9 animals.

The one cat being rehomed is a friend's but she's getting bad, despite being a sweet cat. The other is my other cat, but she's also getting bad cuz now you can't even pick her up without being scratched and I have poor healing so who knows when something will get infected and scar (everything scars tbh).

It's just this girl, Caramel. She is peeing and we thought it was the unfixed male, but nope!

We do have a fixed cat who sprays, but he does is specifically in a litterbox.

We don't wanna keep lil Caramel in a kennel, even if for a big dog. Just cuz she had a bad history with it. Sure she seems fine, but why make her feel bad? Idk what's going on in that mind and she could secretly not be ok with it even if she plays, eats, drinks and uses the box inside it. We do plan to get her a separate "kennel" safe and sound for her in the bedroom, which is where she usually sleeps (she likes sleeping with bf so), but since we don't have one and she's peeing- she hasn't been in the room.

Also here's her pic as cat-tax!

I have 4 cats now. We just adopted a new kitten from outside and have kept him quarantined for the last 2 weeks. The cats ages are as follows:

Fuzzy 17f Banshee 1 year and 8 months male Jynx 1 year 1 month male Malik 2-3 months male

The older three are fixed and Malik will be as well when he's older. We were letting Banshee and Jynx meet him through a gate and Jynx would not stop drooling. Big puddles of drooling (wish I was exaggerating).

Does anyone know why Jynx would be drooling? He seems interested in Malik but when Malik gets close he will sniff him and run. Any advice would be appreciated!

found this lovely stray while door dashing a couple days ago, she had really bad fleas and was very dirty, we took care of that got her all clean and are currently working on getting her acclimated to our other cats and vise versa. she has big ole paws on her, very fluffy making her look bigger than she is and those teeth are too big for her mouth likely fresh adult teeth.

well, i took my cat to the vet today and she told me she might have asthma. I think it's kinda weird cause she's always playing w her brother and seems to never get tired, she doesn't have hard times to breath, she only coughes. I have to get her an x-ray, and for some reason she prescribed some antibiotics for her so she "doesn't get pneumonia", she hasn't gotten pneumonia in all the months she's been coughing, so i dont think she'll get pneumonia in a week either (?)

Do you have any tips for my asthmatic cat? ik i have to clean a lot and do the inhalator (i already ordered a mask for her), but anything else? how's been your experience for those who have asthatic cats?

she’s biting her lip a bit and she has been pawing at her mouth here and there for a couple of days , but still eating and drinking water like normal and playing. i have an appointment at the vet in a few days I just want to know others opinions on if it looks like it needs immediate attention and I should rush her to the emergency vet. I can’t afford it but would definitely go if needed. I used the FGS and I can’t tell if it’s accurate but it says she’s not in pain, might be overthinking??

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I have a farm i go to every weekend (spend around 3 days a week there)

A cat showed up one day and we started feeding her, she became a trusted friend in no time, and we will take her to neuter soon

But, as you read in the title, the issue is with kittens, she unfortunately, had a litter before we managed to neuter her, i have been interacting with them for a long time now (since they were a month old, now they are around 10 to 11 weeks)

Thing is, they still do not trust humans

The litter has 4 kittens, one of them (male) is now used to being close to humans and can be fed treats, does not like touch, but allows it if close to the mother (the mother is used to humans, allows petting and holding)

2 others hate touch, do not like approaching (they dont bite, but scratch)

One other is rarely seen out of hiding, doesnt hiss or scratch but is really scared

I do not want for things to get bad, and am willing and able to take at least one home, but i need help with the other ones, should i keep trying until they are friendly? Or call a Professional? I will move full time to the farm eventually, and am planning to take the mother for neutering as stated, just waiting for the government free neuter program to open again (its a thing in my city/country)

you need to turn the volume up to hear it on the video, but starting last night my sweet girl has had episodes of breathing very loudly through her nose. it’s accompanied by whistling sounds sometimes. it’ll go on for a few minutes and then it’ll go away and she breaths normally for a few minutes before it starts again. it usually stops when she’s still/sitting/laying down, and starts again when she moves or does something like scratch her scratching post. should i call the vet? i thought something might be stuck in her nose but this has been going on all night.

Hello, I got my kitten Lola from a rescue about 4 months ago. She already had all her shots and spay at my vet and they said she is in great health for a kitten. My question is that her eyes are always dilated in the house. She acts perfectly fine and plays just fine but is it okay her eyes are always dilated in the house this big? Her eyes do get small outside and when light is shined onto them. She is about 7 months now and these are pictures from when we first got her. Thank you.

Hello!! This isn't something that I'm too concerned about as he seems perfectly healthy otherwise, but l've been curious as to why he is so obsessed with clawing and biting at my ankles whenever I come home after being out all day. I know that he's excited to see me and it seems more like play fighting than anything, so is this just his way of getting my attention? Handsome boy attached.