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Transporting new cat with resident's cat blanket?
I'll be picking up a new cat tomorrow. She is 1 year old. At home I have a kitten (3-4 months old).
Is it a good idea to rub a blanket on the kitten at home, and then bring that with me to transport ...
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Introducing new cat (or kitten) to kitten at home
I have recently gotten myself a cute little kitten at the start of September. I might want to get a second cat/kitten to keep her company. I've done some research about introducing new cats and read ...
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Update and some questions about my cats
Hello I'm back with very good news and some questions following up on my cats. Last post I made was this right here: I need help rebuilding my cats trust after abusing them multiple times. Where I ...
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The new Kitty is to aggressive with the other [duplicate]
We had a kitten (Gala) for a couple of weeks and she is the sweetest thing ever. Always playing and following us.
So we decide to take another kitten now that the first one is still a little so they ...
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My seven year old cat is hissing at my new three month old kitten! [duplicate]
I just recently adopted a three month old kitten; while already having a seven year old resident cat in my home.
My seven year old cat is not a happy camper and is aggressive towards my new kitty.
I ...
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What next for our scared shelter cat?
We have a 2+ year old male, neutered cat, name George, that we recently picked from a local shelter.
George was dropped off at the shelter at about 4 months old, and has been there ever since.
He now ...
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Male cat attacking female
My mom and I have 3 cats, a 3 year old female, and a 2 year old male, along with their 1 year old daughter. The male is fixed, however our female is not. We have noticed that he randomly attacks the ...
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Why does my cat like licking tape so much?
One of my cats (3 y.o. female Bengal, spayed) absolutely loooves the taste of the sticky side of tape - especially packing tape (or at least, that's what's usually available) but I've also caught her ...
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Cats don't know how to mate
My Persian male cat is 1 year and a month old. Two days ago, one of our close friend brought her Persian female cat, because Queen was in heat, who also is 1 year and a month old. Tom is 10 days older ...
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Should I let my cat go outside?
I got a 6 months male who has been used to freely wander outside in the countryside.
I'm wondering about letting him go outside. I live at the second floor and share a balcony with my neighbor (a ...
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My cat doesn’t stop chasing and bothering my kitten
So I have a 1 year old cat, he’s a very leave-me-alone kind of cat and only gives affection every now and then. In July we adopted a female kitten and unfortunately she was sick when we adopted her, ...
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Kitten does not clean herself after using the litterbox / only after a few minutes
So, I'm having a hard time with my new kitten. She uses the litterbox just fine. After using it, she gets out and only cleans her butt after a few or so minutes. By the time she does, she was on a lot ...
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Cat associates closed door with getting caught
There are a few questions about closed doors, but I feel my question has a bunch of different angles which makes most replies inapplicable.
One of our three cats has a big issue with going to the vet. ...
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Do stray mother cats hate their kittens after they grew up?
So there is this one stray black cat that I have always been feeding. After a year, she started to stay most of the time around my house (still in my lot), up to the point that she decided to give ...
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I need help rebuilding my cats trust after abusing them multiple times
Before I start I want to say I am now on medication and have received professional help. It is not an option for me to rehome these cats as I will explain later.
To start off i am 16 and still live my ...
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Cat poops on the lawn without burying it
A few days ago, a cat appeared in our garden and was very adamant that he was here to stay.
From pretty much the first day, we found poop on the lawn which looks like it is his. Somehow his instinct ...
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New kitten (3 months old) was very affectionate at first, now ignores me
I'm a new kitten/cat owner, and I'm somewhat worried here.
I've only had the kitten for one week yet, so this might just be a "phase" it's going through.
For the first few days after I got ...
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Why does my cat come to me when I'm sitting on the toilet?
Whenever I sit on the toilet, my cats come to me and rest at my feet. Why? Do they miss something?
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Cat glove carrying behavior
Our cat has a habit of waiting until night time, or until we leave the house to start hunting around for gloves. She likes to pick up gardening gloves, athletic gloves, gloves from superhero costumes, ...
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Should I help my cat defend her territory?
We have an older cat who almost never leaves the house. Our house is fenced but open, if you go to the kitchen during rain you'll get wet. So occasionally other cats turn up in our living room.
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Cat won't use cat flap
We have 4 cats and have recently moved from an apartment with no cat flap to a house with one. 3 of the cats started using it within a week, but 1 is very stubborn and just won't use it and it's now ...
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Cat wets paw in water, then licks it?
We've recently noticed our cat goes to its water plate/tray/pot and, instead of drinking the water as she usually does, she puts the tip of her paw in the water, and then licks her paw.
She does that ...
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My cat needs me to follow him around when I pet him
My cat insists on being pet. He will insistently meow until someone comes to him and pets him. After just a few seconds, he will take a few steps away and look back, asking for more pets. He leads me ...
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Can two cats live in one room?
A couple months ago, me and my boyfriend rescued a 6 week old kitten who was thrown out of a car. We decided to keep him, but we live in a two bedroom apartment, with a roommate who is allergic to ...
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Is it normal for kitten to stray off for a week?
We had three stray kitten of which one have gone missing. We were used to feeding them since their mother had left them (actually we have not seen her since, which is unusual, and wonder if something ...
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Do cats recognize cats from different litters but same parents? [duplicate]
I adopted a kitten who is now 6 months old. His cat parents just had another litter and I want to adopt another kitten to be his buddy. Will he recognize that the kitten is related to him? I’m worried ...
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What if a kitten is still nursing on other cat?
My 3 month old kitten is still nursing. Not on her mother cat but her lola cat. Her lola cat has a 6 week old kitten on her own and I think the 3 month old kitten that is not her biological kitten ...
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My cat gets scared and I don’t know why?
so I adopted a cat that is around 1-2 years old three days ago.She was doing really well, using the litter tray, eating fine and all in all settling in perfectly.
But yesterday and today she just ...
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After my 4 month absence, why does my cat only recognize my flatmate as the owner? [duplicate]
Here is an upsetting situation. I was away from home for 4 months because of work. My flatmate took care of my cat when I was away. Now I come back and find my cat run away from me. It has been 4 days ...
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Letting cats outside?
I've temporarily moved to a semi-isolated cabin in Northern Wisconsin for the summer, and I've brought my two cats (sisters, ~1.5 years old each). They've lived most of their lives in the city, but ...
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How much time per day should I be spending with my cat?
My cat is 6 years old and a total sweetheart ... when he wants to be. Sometimes, though, he gets extremely needy and obnoxious, demanding a lot of attention from me. I want to make sure he's ...
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Proper cat breed's wife for our Persian cat
We have a 3 year old, male, Persian cat:
and because he is alone, I wanted to bring another cat, so do you think I must bring female Persian cat for him? What should be the optimal age of his wife, ...
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How should I stop my aggressive cat from viciously attacking me?
My 2 year old, male, part Egyptian Mau cat is really vicious when he attacks. There is always blood after it has happened. What can I do to stop him?
He will attack any part of you and he always ...
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Why does my cat keep meowing at our condo front door?
I live in a condo and my cat always stands in front of the front door and meows. I don't get why, because we've never let him out there. Even when we're about to leave the condo, he doesn't run out, ...
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Bengal/Maine Coon kitten: crying loudly/repeatedly
I was recently given an 8-week old Bengal x Maine Coon mix kitten. Best guess is that the mix is 60% Bengal and 40% Maine Coon.
The kitten was crying sharply/loudly/repeatedly from the minute I first ...
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Translucent sheets of polycarbonate or polyester. Safe to make a crinkle toy for my plastic packaging loving cat?
My 1.5 year old calico is perfect in every way except she cannot resist the crinkly temptation of plastic bags and packaging. Since adopting, the family has been mindful of how one handles plastic ...
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Cat wipes its bum on floor
Surely this cannot be the first such question, but I have not found the appropriate keywords...
This morning, I saw one of my cats (9 year old, male, fixed) hop out of the litterbox (where he did not ...
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How to get cat not to steal food?
We took this cat from a shelter 4 years ago when he was 1 year old, but this problem did not happen until recently. Basically, it's not possible to leave any food anywhere in the open. He climbs the ...
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Why does my cat become extremely well behaved when we put on his harness?
We use a harness to make sure our cat doesn’t jump off the balcony when we let him out there.
We’ve noticed that the harness dramatically changes his behavior for the better. Zero biting, zero meowing,...
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Why does my cat beg for food with a cute kitten meow, only to not eat it afterwards?
So, almost daily, my cat looks at me as if he's been starving for 25 days straight (but it's actually been hours at most), looking at me with huge eyes, making a pathetic "meow" sound to ...
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Young kitten first day home, bathroom behavior
Today I just rescued a kitten that was under my porch at the restaurant I work at. One of my coworkers rescued him about two weeks ago, housed and feed him.
Because he is feral and has just been re-...
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Took in a feral cat, but she is hiding and not eating
I started to feed this feral cat, who would walk around my apartment building but I would only see her at night. She would wait for my boyfriend and I Outside our door,she would come inside and eat ...
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How can I teach my cat not to vomit on carpets?
My cat sometimes vomits (usually to get a furball out), but he seems to always do it on a carpet. I moved the carpet somewhere else and he still vomits on another carpet. So what I wanted to ask was ...
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I rescued a kitten and my cats stopped coming home
I adopted a female kitten and she gave birth to her first litter, I decided to keep 2 kittens. Then, she had her second litter in a very short span and we adopted one female, so I have total of 4 cats....
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Fever and diarrhea in 4 month old kitten
I have a 4 month old kitten which was very active and playful. However, it seems sick as of two days ago. It's eating much less food and sleeping all the time. It has an increased body temperature, ...
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My cat's chin is black
My cat’s chin is black. He cries all the time, so I think he also feels pain due to this condition. Also he can’t close his mouth.
I don't know what to do, should we visit a vet? He’s been like that ...
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My cat is on steroids and she won’t stop crying for food
So my cat has been on steroid medication for a few months now and it makes her hungry ALL the time. She wakes me up at 6am every day. And at night I keep her in my bedroom like I have done for years ...
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I hit my cat and now he hates me
Well, I used to hit my cat from time to time when he did something wrong. He had just turned one year old and I’ve been hitting him so much lately, that now he no longer asks for cuddles, kisses or ...
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I spooked my cat yesterday and now he has become suspicious of everything at home; how to bring him back to normal?
I have two cats, both male. Both are very playful and active. Yesterday when we got some new groceries, we got a broomstick which came wrapped in a red plastic and thus there was long red shaped thing ...
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One of our cats is a bully (and the victim is scared to go the litterbox)
We have three cats: two slightly older females (4 and 5 years old) and a young male (about 1 year old). The two females get along fine and the younger female and the male get along fine, but the male ...
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