Questions tagged [cats]
Small, furry (usually), domesticated members of the feline family.
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I brutally abused my one-year-old kitten for two days. I have no good excuse. Will he forgive me now? I feel so guilty now😢 [duplicate]
I brutally abused my one-year-old kitten for two days. I have no good excuse. If I could go back in time and stop myself, I would, but I can't. I have to live with it and get better. Will he forgive ...
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My cat attacks me then hides
My cat isn't aggressive, she has all her needs met but sometimes she runs away and hides under our dresser. Sometimes she'll attack me and then run away to hide. Am I making her scared somehow? I've ...
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Our cat scratched his head - do we need to go to a vet?
We have an indoors cat who has scratched his head a little bit a few days ago and then scratched the scab off earlier today, resulting in a bit of bleeding.
His behaviour seems unchanged (feeds, ...
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How can I fix my relationship with my 6 month old cat after I've abused him for days? [duplicate]
my kitten is 6 months old, and last month i abused him in periodic crises, which occurred approximately 5 times a week, for two weeks.
this is what i did to him: (open spoiler to see)
I'm already in ...
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How do I know when cats playing becomes actual fighting
I have two cats that, most of the time, get along just fine. However, I see them wrestling regularly (almost every day, and since I don't work from home it probably is every day) and this often seems ...
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Female seeking out young male at attacking
I have 7 cats and have for 5 years they all got along. My one female got pregnant before I had her fixed so I sent her to foster care when she was ready to birth and she stayed with her babies for 12 ...
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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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Newly adopted cat (adopted because she was getting euthanised) hissing at me and scared
She's about one year old, and I rescued her 2.5 weeks ago. She was really scared, obviously, so I let her 'live her life'; my dog isn't bothered; she's living her life as well.
During this time, I ...
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How to get my new cat to stop chasing my other cat?
We’ve had Goose (Male, fixed) for about 4 years, since he was 7 months old. The other cat we had at the time was his best friend, unfortunately he passed this year. We weren’t planning on adopting ...
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Any experiences with Ficus Alii and cats?
I know some sites may list them as poisonous, most don't mention it. Now that doesn't impress me much.
I have various plants like Devils Ivy (cat nibbling on it for years, never any symptoms), Rubber ...
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I accidentally gave my cat double the dose of antibiotics for a few days
My cat was diagnosed with a UTI and was given ciprofloxacin for 14 days every night
But accidentally I gave him a dose in the morning and at night for 5 days now.
There is no sign of blood with urine ...
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cat and dog fight
I got a cat around the beginning of October. My boyfriend and I have kept her in our bedroom where she has space and everything she needs. My boyfriend has a dog who is not very comfortable with cats ...
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I'd like to make my cat try his cat puzzle
I have a difficult cat. (To some people, that kind of pet is known as "a cat.") He's always complaining, but I'm never sure what complaints are about. In some cases, it's clear he wants to ...
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Why are ants biting the skin of a cat?
There's a long-haired cat in my neighborhood that likes to come to my house to eat with my cats. Lately I noticed that there's a bald spot on the cat's lower back, and it turns out there are ants in ...
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My cat has something like a dead nail
My cat has this under the nail, is this something that should concern me?
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My cat likes to claw my feet when it is under a blanket
My cat has this behavior where anytime he sees my feet on the bed especially if it under a blanket, regardless of where he is in the room, he will jump to the bed and use his claws to dig deep into my ...
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Shedding kitten [duplicate]
My kitten is four months old and she has longer hair. She is shedding like crazy and the hair gets in my face and itches so bad. I have been brushing her and even got her shampoo just for this. Is ...
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Kitten would play around more than eat?
A relative of mine found a kitten on the side of the road and is feeding it wet cat food for kitten, however, the kitty seems more interested in playing with the other kitties than eating. Even when ...
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My cat has a balding spot on her chest
I'm feeling concerned about my cat. I just discovered a bald, bumpy spot on her chest with a yellow scab on top, and I suspect it might be from a fight with another cat a few days ago. I’m planning on ...
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Cat being looked after by neighbour for 1 month. No access to his home
I'm going to be away for one month.
My neighbour has kindly offered to care for my cat whilst I am gone.
He is an outdoor cat so we have fitted a Catflap on her front door.
My cat won't have access to ...
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What does it mean when my cat's tail vibrates at the base
My cat often has the base of his tail vibrate (closest comparison would be the way you feel yourself vibrate when raising your arms over your head and stretching hard after a long period of sitting ...
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Is it possible to regain my cat's trust or have I permanently damaged our relationship? [duplicate]
We took in a stray cat who had been abandoned and living on the street. Hungry, skin and bones, lonely, not chipped, not neutered. Not feral, was comfortable around us. I got him vaxxed, neutered, ...
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Why are 3 sibling kittens singling out and hissing at 1?
We took 4 sibling kittens to get fixed about 5 days ago. When they got back, 3 of them (2 girls/1 boy) started hissing at 1 (girl) whenever they accidentally got near her. They won’t play with her and ...
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Second cat steals first cat's food [duplicate]
I recently got a new cat (Saffron, about a year old) and she's ...very food-motivated. I'm not sure exactly what her background is but she was underweight when I got her and apparently was bullied by ...
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my cat had to go to work with me and now he's mad at me
So my cat ate something he shouldn't have so I brought him to work (I work at a vet clinic) to get hopefully get him take care of. He ended needing to go back again a week later both times he was ...
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I have a huge problem with abusing my cat, anyone got tips to stop? [duplicate]
I currently have a problem with abusing my kitten/cat, hes currently 1 month old if I'm not mistaken. I found him on the street alone with no mother and sick, I brought him home and took him to the ...
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How can I stop my younger cat from chasing my older cat? [duplicate]
Pretty desperate here. I have a 3 year old cat, Capitaine, who keeps chasing my 8 year old cat, Gigi. We have tried everything to make him change this habit. It happens more often at sunset. He will ...
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Troubles with my female kitten
So I have a 7 months old female kitten who's now growing a lot and now starting to cause lots of trouble especially stealing fish and raw chicken from kitchen. I also have a 3 year old male cat but I ...
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Getting your cat into toy feeders
I schedule feed our cat two full meals and then a small snack before bed just for my own sanity. I was giving this snack right after putting our toddler to sleep but then he got in the habit of it and ...
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Why does my male kitten (13 weeks) keep chasing and pouncing on the female (about 10 weeks) [duplicate]
My dad recently got 2 new kittens. Tiger (male) about 3 weeks ago, and Ren (female) today.
Tiger is A very rambunctious little boy, while Ren is much more mellow and a snuggle bean. I brought Ren ...
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New cat chasing resident cat [duplicate]
I have adopted my daughter’s cat Velma, she’s eight months old, I had her spayed a couple weeks ago. Resident cat Theo is very gentle and mellow. Velma has been here for seven weeks, I did the slow ...
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Should I prevent my cat from eating flies?
My cat has a thing for hunting flies and sometimes he'll stay in position for ten minutes waiting for the fly to come off from high ground so that he can hunt them but after hunting them he usually ...
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New cat acceptance
We have 6 cats and introduced an older rescue cat a few months ago. They all were fine at the time we were looking after my daughter's cat who didn't like the new cat and stalked her and bullied her. ...
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Cats keep repeating the same behaviours everyday despite knowing they shouldn’t
I live on a farm turned into an open-face apartment complex. The landlord’s dog has free roam of the grounds, so my cats have to remain indoor cats or they’re dead.
Anyways, there’s a large window by ...
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First time feral cat owner with kittens
We have been feeding and loving our feral cat and her boyfriend kitty for about a year now. She had kittens about 6-7 weeks ago and she has moved them twice (we know both locations) should at this ...
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Why is one of my cats suddenly harassing one of my other cats?
I have two male cats who are both five years old and neutered. I got Kobe when he was three months old and when he turned 5 months I adopted another cat and named him Jordan.
For the most part they ...
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What's a good way to stop my cat from going through my jalousie-type window?
I have a window that I often keep open to let some air in. It's a jalousie-type window (pictured below) and my cat always jumps up through it to get to a part of the backyard that does not have an ...
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Is it true that cats only meow at humans?
It's been said that cats only meow as a way to communicate with their humans. They are not supposed to meow at each other.
After our cat just gave birth to 7 kittens and now I have to question that ...
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maltipoo and kitty [duplicate]
I've recently got a new kitty after two or three weeks of close door sniffing and viewing our vet gave us the go and we started doing face-to-face with a leash my dog is more interested in food than ...
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Does the fine "plate" comb really pull or cut fur that isn't ready to be shed?
Trying to avoid brand name, but here are a few pics of the working end of the tool. It's similar to a flea comb, actually...
It's a remarkably effective grooming tool, getting down to loose hair in ...
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Why does my cat sleep so close
Why has my indoor feral cat become so clingy? Each night she gets a bit closer to me. Tonight she's on my pillow next to me. Am I sick and don't know it? I know I'm depressed due to my sister's ...
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2/3 cats fighting, help/advice urgently needed and greatly appreciated
I have 3 cats and I have issues with two of them getting along. My first cat is the oldest and we adopted him in 2015, he is laid back and lazy and doesn’t fight with the new cat but doesn’t bother ...
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Trying to introduce a new cat
Here's the progress so far, I'm looking for tips on how to make sure the situation doesn't degrade.
We got a new cat about 1.5 years old. His owner had passed and he's a little withdrawn. We started ...
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Sister cat stealing sister's kittens and trying to feed with no milk [duplicate]
My 1 year old keeps stealing her sister's kittens. The 1 year old is not fixed, and never been pregnant. She is 100% indoor cat. The babies are 26 days today. This has been going on for 3 days now....
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Why is my kittens hair falling out in circular patches?
I have a 10 week old kitten who has been losing hair in circular patterns. It's on her back in 2 places, on her left leg, and on the top of her head. No itching. I've treated her for ear mites. I've ...
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Possible cause of cat runny nose
My cat started having problems a few years ago. He started having a constant runny nose and sneezing with a lot of discharge. He also started vomiting frequently. I took him to his vet a few times, ...
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Why does my cat have scabs on the webbing between her toes?
My 11 year old Maine Coon mix has been having these scabs on the webbing part of her toes. I unfortunately can’t provide a picture because she won’t let me.I know a few weeks ago we had fleas but we ...
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My rescue cat now meows incessantly in the morning for food
I adopted my rescue cat about 5 weeks ago, he was immediately confident in the house (from appearances) but had some very clear food anxiety. He was someone’s pet but they abandoned him outside :( He’...
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Why does my cat scream only at night in my mother's room? [duplicate]
Every night my mother has to make sure that the cats are out of the room before going to bed. If not, then our cat will start screaming at the top of his loungs as soon as she falls asleep. Or even ...
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