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How do I stop my blind kitten from biting/clawing living things?
I’ve trained many cats and kittens, but I recently adopted a new challenge, that’s proved to be, well, a bit of a challenge.
I’ve adopted two kittens, brothers, and one is a special needs cat: he is ...
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Cat behavior change: less playful indoors after became more active outdoors and ignoring the other cat
I adopted Korian 2 years ago. He was said to be indoors by the shelter place. However I noticed he seemed always curious about the outside at times begging me to open the door for him. I decided to ...
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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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Help - How can I help rescue this young stray kitten?
So there's this young stray kitten (can run and eat solid food) that got stuck outside our window on the 3rd floor of an apartment building.
We helped bring her down and brought her inside the house (...
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Cat staring at the wall all the time
My cat Annie is staring at the wall by her food bowls, so I keep changing her water every hour. She won't come out of the kitchen now. Annie and I are extremely close. I have always told her to show ...
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What is my cat trying to say and why is she refusing food from me?
Today morning when I was working on my study table. My cat jumped on the table. She started to meow. Then she started to lick my cheeks and nose. Then she started to put her paws on my cheeks and nose....
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How to stop cat attacks
I have a eight year old cat who has never shown any sign of aggression until the last six months or so. There have been no household changes during that time period.
The first attack happened when I ...
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Foster momma cat causing trouble, how to solve it?
One month ago we rescued a pregnant cat from a risky area. People who knew her there told us she already got pregnant about 3 times before, but they never saw the kitens and they suspected someone ...
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Why doesn't my cat seem to mind loud music despite stronger hearing?
I am effectively making a colloquial assumption that my cat's hearing is better than mine but... if this truly is the case, why doesn't my cat seem to mind loud music? Surprising noises that come out ...
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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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Male cat attacking female cat
We have 2 cats - one male and one female, which are 8 months old now. Both are siblings and they were very attached to each other as we separated them from mom when they were only 2 months old.
I ...
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Introducing a 6 year old cat into a home with a 12 year old cat
Until 6 months ago, my husband and I had 2 cats we rescued from the local Humane Society. One was larger that the other and loved sleeping with us. If the smaller cat jumped up on the bed and saw the ...
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New cat stressed
Hi I adopted a cat from the spca today who was abandoned. When we first picked him up he was super loving and was taking as much pets as he could. We placed him in a room and he was meowing and ...
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Why is my bonded pair of cats suddenly fighting?
I have a bonded pair of cats: 1 male and 1 female. They are the same size and both were adopted from the shelter as kittens. Now, two years down the road, my male is suddenly attacking my female.
I ...
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Almost fell on my cat and now she's scared of me
As the title says, I was feeding my cat her dinner and she was winding around my legs as usual. Except, this time I tripped on her and accidentally stepped on her paw. I also almost fell on her, but ...
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Cat suddenly being aggressive
Two cats - both male, neutered and have access outside.
Older cat has recently been hissing, hitting and yowling at the younger cat. Younger cat is not aggressive or retaliatory and is pretty ...
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What is that cat trying to do?
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I have a male pet cat whose name is Gulu and his mother's name is Kuchi who is a stray cat we used to feed.
We don't really keep him in all the time. He can go in and out anytime he ...
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How to stop neutered male cat from mounting the other one?
I have two neutered male cats that sometimes exhibit dominance behaviors. I've had them both for about 5 years, and they go between cuddling, ignoring each other, and trying to be dominant multiple ...
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My cat is afraid of me after bringing him to the vet
I tamed a rescue cat, took a long time. He became really loving and friendly after a few months and we became the best of friends.
Yesterday I had to bring him to the vet because he had a cold for a ...
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Momma Cat dragging her older kitten to her newborn litter when nursing
My momma cat just had a new litter of kittens. The newborns seem to be doing well. But Momma Cat keeps leaving them to come find her older kitten that is now about six months old. And trying to drag ...
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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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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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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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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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Cat licks her tummy
The moment I start to pet my cat, she starts to purr and then takes breaks in between to bend forward and inward to lick the primordial pouch on her tummy. She only does it when she's purring. She's ...
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I have a rescue that needs to lose weight and another that doesn't- I am not around at meal times to supervise- help!
I have put Nacho on a diet per the recommendation of the vet (15 lbs). He's a rescue stray that climbed into my car engine and was engine burned and we nursed to health.
I joke that he is an ...
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Resident cat not staying in the house when new kitten is out of safe room
So, we rescued our cat in February and decided to get a kitten 2 weeks ago. We have done everything the internet suggest and kept them separate. The kitten has his own room and our cat the rest of the ...
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Introducing a blind cat and a playful kitten
I am currently fostering Alex, a two year old cat who was left completely blind after a car accident about two months ago. He has only recently left the vet clinic but is already quite well adjusted ...
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How does heat affect the relation between a mother cat and her child?
My mommy cat has a 1 year old. She was always a great mother she weaned them perfectly. However one day recently she stopped wanting anything to do with her even as a friend. I was worried I was going ...
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My 2 cats never faught each other. When we moved, fighting was common. How could I resolve this?
Could I condition them?
I'm gone for 10 hours a day.
There are toys laying around. I play with them once I'm home & through the rest of the day.
Could I effecively condition them to not fight, in ...
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Suggestions to expedite a 7 week domestic kitten's tolerance of humans
I help in a private cat/kitten rescue (cleaning litter trays feeding etc) we had an orphan litter of 5 five week olds come in via a 3rd party.
Day 0 or 1 they were all distrustful of us (owner and 2 ...
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Cat suddenly scared and won't come in
My cat, Cali, was feral after the neighbors abandoned her. I think they had abused her. She gradually worked her way into our home after a year of being skittish and running away while we fed her ...
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Cat so spooked of me she attacks and stalks
That's my first post so be patient with me please:)
My bf and I moved into a new flat with a couple we know for ages (their cat knows us very well and used to love sitting on my lap).
The move ...
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How to gain my cats trust back after a 4 day long vet visit?
Recently my cat has been feeling really bad. She stopped eating, using the litter box and was really asocial. We went to the vet but it got worse so we ended up going to another vet. They told us that ...
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My kitten Melody just doesn't know how to be a cat!
At the beginning of this year, a kitten was washed up in Cyclone Gabrielles floods, which we adopted and named Melody. She must have been around 3-4 weeks old, much too young to be away from the ...
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Is my cat being mean?
I’m a new cat owner and have only owned dogs so cat behavior is kind of a mystery to me. I recently rescued a 5 year old tuxedo cat from a shelter. They said he was a stray but he’s a very intelligent ...
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How do I stop my cat inappropriately urinating and the other litter box guarding?
I adopted two kittens three months ago, they've since become a bonded pair.They were both using the litter boxes with no issue. After the first month my more timid cat began inappropriately urinating ...
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Cat refuses to walk on carpet?
A few days ago, our cat has started to avoid walking on the carpet. Our living room is carpeted and has been the whole time we have been in the property and had the cat. As of a few days ago he had no ...
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Catsitting a kitten
I will be catsitting a friends kitten for a couple of weeks starting next week, the kitten is a female, about 2 months old, not litter trained and probably not yet neutered last time I checked. I have ...
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Can I stop my male cat from beating up my female cat?
One morning my grandson and I found a cat digging through our trash can. He was literally skin and bones. We decided to fees him. His need for food over powered his fear of us and he let us pet him. ...
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Why does my cat make growling noises at night time?
My cat makes these weird noises only at night when everyone is asleep. It sounds like a growling noise. She is the only pet in my home, she makes this growling noise when she is resting and/or asleep. ...
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My 6 months old cat stopped cleaning itself. Help
My cat used to be very clean, but suddenly stopped cleaning itself as usual. It's a Persian with medium to long hair, is causing poop stains every time it goes pooping, and its tail remains dirty ...
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How to teach young cat to groom after using the litter box?
I recently (~14 days ago) adopted a young cat from a non-profit organization. He's a domestic short hair, about 8-9 months old, neutered and knows how to use the litter box - he found it right away ...
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I took in a malnourished kitten; how do I stop my other cat from stealing her food?
I took in a abandoned kitten; she is skinny, malnourished and needs to eat. I bought her kitten dry food, but my older cat keeps stealing her food. He has his own dish of food filled to the top ...
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Cat is in heat with about a 2 week break
Usually, my 7 year old cat would go into heat about once a quarter. However, over the last 3 months, she has been on heat several times. It will last around a week, then subside for a week or two, ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
