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Is Feline Diabetes painful?
My 14 year old indoor/outdoor cat has been diagnosed with diabetes. I travel for my work, so am unable to provide the twice daily insulin injections. But I did change her diet to all protein. Over ...
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Kitten stopped using litter tray after having had diarrhea
TL;DR at bottom.
I've bought a new kitten 2 weeks ago. I had her confined to a room the first few days, with litter box and food/water. After a few days, I've let her roam the whole apartment, and ...
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Neutering a kitten at 9 months of age?
We have a male 9 month old 'Turkish Angora' kitten. He is very aggressive, yowling all day, doesn't want anyone to be closer to him; when anyone goes closer to him or touch him he leaves the place ...
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How do I discourage my cat from biting?
I adopted an adult cat from a shelter. The cat had been seized (along with 20+ others) by Animal Control from a hoarder and there is no prior medical history. Age estimates range from 3-6 years and he ...
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Making a cat less scared [closed]
My cat is a very sweet guy, and around a year old. He's very cuddly, but still gets scared by my wife and me around the house. There is no shortage of love that he receives, and we thought he would ...
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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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How much play time does a 5-month old kitten need? [duplicate]
First time posting here, and Furry is my first pet ever.
Furry joined us when he was 1-month old. Last month we decided that he was being too annoying at night so we set up an environment for him in ...
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Kitten is cuddly, not playful--typical?
I am fostering a 10 week old kitten, tested negative for feline leukemia (but littermates are positive). He's the sweetest kitten, is very cuddly, walks around the house with me (and that's just after ...
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Do cats shiver when they have a fever?
Just like us humans, do cats shiver or seek warmth when they have a fever?
My 6-yo domestic short-haired cat likes to sit in our hot tropical sun for a long time and I’m worried she may get dehydrated ...
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How to get my cat to stop being annoying at night?
My cats were always allowed in the bedroom. Lately, the youngest one, who is the least affectionate and the most adventurous and most-likely to get into trouble, has been waking us up every night. He ...
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Cat is eating and drinking but hasn't gone to the bathroom since I got him a different kind of litter yesterday
My cat is normal overall, but usually I get up in the morning and there's something to clean. There was nothing.
Yesterday I got him a new litter box with new silica litter. Up until this point, he ...
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Both cats "yowling" in a specific location of the home
I am trying to understand an oddly consistent behavior. I have two cats in my home that will "yowl" at a very specific point of the home, a small hallway leading back to a bathroom and ...
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What should I do to make my cat spend more time with us?
So we have a black cat, who is the son of a white female stray cat we used to feed.
We call the female cat Kuchi, and her son Gulu (9 months old).
Gulu was born inside our house, he is almost like our ...
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Why does my cat get aggressive when I'm inhaling loudly?
Recently I've realized that my cat gets very nervous, and even aggressive, if she hears me snorting loudly several times, even when she's a long way away from me.
If I start doing so, she immediately ...
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Is it safe to let cats tear up paper?
If a cat likes finding paper and tearing it apart, is it safe to let the cat do so? And does it matter for the type of paper, e.g. toilet paper, tissue paper, wrapping paper, printer paper, etc.?
I'm ...
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What is my cat doing?
My 4 year old keeps doing this. Does anyone know what's going on? (sound on)
https://youtu.be/OWCEf7Gz0ZI
Video description: the cat holds a toy in its mouth, carries it while walking around in a ...
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Did my kitten have a seizure?
We just brought home a kitten an hour ago and everything seemed to be fine. As I was crawling over towards it, it stopped and looked scared and started to shake. Its eyes were focused forward, but at ...
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My Cat is Licking Everything
My cat is around a year old and has had the same bed ever since we've gotten him. Lately, he has been licking the wood frame. I've also seen him lick the wood of his older toys and stuffed animals of ...
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Kitten keeps using bed blanket and carpet to poop on
I've gotten a new kitten recently, and I'm facing quite a few poop related problems.
The kitten had been fed dry food and BARF before I bought her. At my place, I started off with only dry food (...
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What is the best way to deal with cat jealousy?
I have two cats, both 10 year old males, same litter. One has been recently diagnosed with small cell lymphoma (but is in remission and doing well); however, he's been getting extra attention from it ...
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1 Year old kitten doesn't like playing with 2 year old cat unless she is initiating it
I've had her for over 6 months and my 1 year old kitten refuses to engage in play when my 2 year old male cat tries to chase and play. She always bugs me to play and is clearly more attached to me, ...
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Are cats appropriate pets if I am not home for most of the day?
I love cats, I also work a full time job and am in the office from 11 AM till 9 PM.
I would like to get a cat, but am afraid that my absence for majority of the daytime will be a problem. ...
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How do I get my cat to stop jumping on things?
My cat has the tendency to jump up on things. I had my food on my table and he knocked it over. How do I get him to stop jumping up on things?
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Cat holding baby's stuff hostage, but cat's demands cannot be met
We've had this cat for almost 4 years. She's peed on stuff only when obviously mad at us, until about a year after we brought a baby into our lives.
The problem is the baby loves to interact with the ...
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My cat suddenly started to attack us!
My cat was really calm and remarkably very friendly for a month since the beginning of March. She was sterilized when she was 3, now she is 5 years old. She has always been always aggressive and does ...
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How can I deter my cat's unwelcome guest from coming inside?
This week, my neutered middle age male cat called Garfy brings home a 'guest', who is a much smaller cat. I guess it's very young, but not sure of the gender or origin, so let's just call it Taby. I ...
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Does picking up an adult cat by neck cause them to be paralyzed like kittens?
When kittens are picked up by the neck by their mothers the kittens become temporarily paralyzed.
Is this also true for adult cats if a human was to pick them up the same way?
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My cat acts strange and scared when I take a shower
I have a kitten who acts really strange when I take a shower. It starts as soon as I turn the water on in the shower. If I leave the door open while I take a shower, he meows at me and tries to get in ...
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Advice on my abused rescue cat
I am getting a rescue cat from a local charity, she is 3 to 4 years old and seems very affectionate in the videos. She has had a hard life so far, though, stolen and repeatedly bred, then booted out ...
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Is my cat having trouble waking, seizures, or something else?
Almost exactly a month ago, my cat Dylan (female, 5 years) was sleeping on a chair when she fell out of it, scrambled about with her belly low to the floor and her pupils widely dilated, head turning ...
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One cat doesn't understand the other is just play-fighting
My girlfriend and I have two three-year-old cats: Napoleon (male) and Josefine (female). They are siblings from the same litter. I have been studying abroad for the last 9 months, so currently my ...
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Will getting another cat change my cat's behavior?
I have a ~1.5 year old male tabby cat. I have had him since he was just 2 weeks old, when he was still basically blind and didn't yet know how to walk. I have raised him extremely lovingly and as a ...
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My female cat hisses and pins down my kitten before licking her and cuddling her?
I got a kitten a few weeks ago. At first my older female was unhappy with it of course, but no severe fighting, just a hiss or two.
Now she’s recently started to hiss and pin her head down randomly. ...
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My Bengal cat doesn't cover his feces and pees over the edge of the litter box
We have two male Bengal cats, one of the cats we've had for 5 years (Esxi) and we got our second cat about a year and a half ago (Echo). We have a problem with Echo since the start, he doesn't seem to ...
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Why is my female cat over-licking lower abdominal raw?
Mini Moose, my female cat, is pregnant and is over-licking her lower abdominal area raw. Two years ago she had a stillborn baby. Her babies are alive in her, I can feel them moving around.
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My cat stops functioning when I put a harness on him. How can I get him more comfortable in it so that I can take him outside?
My cat really wants to get outside, he sits by the door meowing and has been chattering at all the birds outside as well. The problem is that I live in a heavily wooded area, and know that there are ...
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Male cat won't stop stalking and chasing our new cat
We have 3 cats as of now... Cassa who is 10 years old, Demon who is 3 years old, and the newbie Twiggy who is going on 2 years old. All are fixed.
Cassa is the first one we got and she was more a &...
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Why does my cat never like to be picked up?
I have a 2 year old neutered male house cat. Had him since he was 10 weeks old.
He has never liked being picked up - no matter how gently we do it. He does not like being petted very often either, and ...
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Letting the 2 cats fight, or keeping them in separate closed rooms?
My male cat got mature and was yowling whole day. We don't want to neuter him, so we bought a female cat approximately the same age as him. Female seems to be calm after 2 days in her new house, but ...
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Suddenly pooping on the bed
All of a sudden, one of my cats, and I can't be for certain which, just started pooping on our bed. I haven't seen which has done it so I can't discipline. We've had our kitten since June, and he has ...
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My Cat Meows at Me Every Morning
I wake up at 6:30 every morning and when I get out of bed, I hear an insane amount of meows. When I get into the shower, she sits right next to the tub and cries at me. I open the door so she can go ...
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Adopted a brother and sister cat. The sister won't stop squeaking and meowing at night
Little bit of background. I just adopted a pair of 11-month old cats, brother and sister. Up until they moved in with me, they were living in a foster home along with their mother. Upon arriving at ...
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Is my kitten growling at her sister while playing with toys?
I recently adopted 2 kitten sisters and they are 3 months old now.
They play together everyday, with toys and each other, chasing each other or play fighting, climbing and other activities. However, ...
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How do I get my cat, who doesn't let me hold her, to the Vet? [duplicate]
My rescue will probably never let me hold her - no clue why - but how am I going to get her into her carrier and take her to the Vet? I'm a senior and live alone and she's 15lbs (7 kg). She is ...
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How to soothe a kitten that had to remain inside a carrier for extended period of time?
I recently brought my kitten in to be neutered, he was approximately 10 weeks old. He used to love going into his carrier and never had a problem with it, he'd even sleep in it if we left it out. I ...
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Overprotective cat wont stop attacking other cat
I adopted a new cat a bit over a year ago now and he moved in with my other 7 year old cat just fine, but the other day he (the newer cat) was misbehaving and hissed at me, which caused my older cat (...
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Can a 4yo cat be taught not to binge eat?
This is a 4 something year old Siamese cat. It is used to being fed precise meals.
I would love to train it to eat only as much as it needs. Currently, it eats everything in the bow, possibly vomiting....
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My new cat won't stop meowing [duplicate]
I just got a new 1 year old cat on January 31st 2021.
He's of course hiding, which is understandable.
He's a domestic medium hair cat.
Last night I went to sleep and he just kept meowing like crazy, ...
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Cat peeing on couch learned behavior [duplicate]
I have two cats about 10 months old. I changed litterbox and litter around Christmas and within 2 weeks it became evident that they did not like the new litterbox situation, as they had pooped on the ...
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Cat won't come out after a year of ownership
Similar questions have been asked, but I've not seen one that matches the situation described below.
I have 3 cats. One is 5 years old and has been with us most of that time, one is 2 years old and we'...
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