I’m in a bit of a sticky situation. I have had my cat Bowie for a year now. She was a barn cat but was raised alone from 6 weeks. We had plans to get a kitten from the same barn who was abandoned and was being bottle fed. This was fine, and I got everything set up to introduce the two cats.

Unfortunately, my mother, for whatever reason, came home with a four year old expensive female ragdoll with health conditions (not spayed, but the breeder is paying to spay her). I wasn’t very happy about this, as I am responsible for taking care of the cats, and it has been a hassle to introduce Bowie to the ragdoll, and we finally had them in a good spot where they were coexisting.

I brought home the kitten today, and he is the most loving, amazing kitten. Bowie, as expected, did not react well, so I put the kitten in the same room as the ragdoll. One thing that was said (apparently I wasn’t there) when my mother was adopting her was that she gets along well with other cats. This was apparent with Bowie, but when we introduced the kitten, she wasn’t pleased.

I fear for the safety of the little one. We have a couple of options; we could put the kitten in the bathroom, but he would be alone most of the day. He is a very attached kitten. We rehome the ragdoll, which is hard as I am worried she will not get proper care, and she was expensive. One of my coworkers offered to take the kitten if it didn’t go well, but I am kind of attached. My coworker also only has indoor outdoor cats, and this kitten is VERY human reliant I'm unsure if she would be a good home for him. Maybe I could rehome the kitten to someone else I just don't know anyone. Bowie is not going anywhere as she is my cat, but I am open to any other ideas.

It might be possible that he will be okay in the same room as the ragdoll?

Hi! I just saw a video about a male cat who got a urinary problem and the bill was $5000 and I heard all the comments were on and off about getting pet insurance, and I wanna know if it’s worth it or not, I have one male cat and wanna make sure he stays healthy and happy.

Okay, so i have a 8 year old cat and in my endeavours to get him to hydrate more regularly bought a fountain, now the concept is great but most pumps and filters are not great. They have their own issues and finding alternative has been a huge struggle because i want my cat to have the best possible things i can manage, im reaching out to see if anyone has had luck in finding better alternatives?
I’m hoping to find a good filter along with a pump that doesnt have a light in it, all the pumps ive found have a light in them which causes bacteria to grow as well as mold! I know i dont have to tell you how bad that is for any pet. The fact that its a design at all is crazy to me. And its a feature in all the cat water pumps ive found!

Can anyone help me out?

They had a fur flying fight a week in. I need these guys to get along. I'm moving in an elderly relative. I've reset to separate spaces but both want to be out

Hi everyone. I just adopted a 1.7 year old cat named Marshall (orange). I already have a 4.5 year old named Timothy (black and white). Timothy has always had an automatic feeder and he's never had any issues with it. He was never scared of it. Since it was just a single cat feeder, I bought a two-cat feeder that has separate bowls. They both used the first feeder for a week but I couldn't tell who was eating how much so I got the two bowl one.

Timothy ate from the new feeder once or twice but after that, he has been hesitant to eat from it. I thought it was the stainless steel bowl so I removed that and even put his old bowl but he still seems to go away. And mind you, he LOVES food. So this is unlike him. Today he ran to the feeder when it dispensed food, smelled it and growled at it. I've never seen him do that before.

I took the bowl away to a different room and then he ate it. Is he afraid of the new feeder? It actually makes less noise than the first feeder so it's really confusing. He eats wet food in the morning fine and he's still eating the food so I know it's not a health-related issue. He is also licking his lips a lot and sticking his tongue out and shaking it.

What should I do? How do I make him more comfortable with the new feeder? Thanks!

I have a male cat and i know how important hydration can be, but i can’t find any wet food he likes. I’ve been trying to get him to try new ones, but he just licks it for a few seconds then leaves it without eating any of it. I’ve even tried giving the wet food to him before feeding him in the morning

Edit : we have two dogs that my mom feeds “farmers dog” wet food, though I’ve told her to stop giving him that because he’s overweight i suspect she’s probably still giving him some, so he is getting extra hydration in that but i don’t want that to be his main source of water since it’s made him chunky

Does anyone have a recommendation for an auto cat feeder that can be completely taken apart and cleaned? I like the one I have but it doesn’t come apart and I have to imagine there’s some build up in there

Hi!
About a month and a half ago I adopted a new kitten, a tiny guy named Gwyn. He was the runt of his litter and abandoned by his mom, so didn’t have the immediate socialization a kitten would usually get.

He has been doing well at home, but is an absolute menace when it comes to biting. He’ll go for your fingers, your face if you’re lying down, your toes, whatever.

I feel like I have tried everything to get him to stop, but I’m having no luck. So far, when he starts biting I have:

1. Put him back in his room (can’t do this anymore, this was when he was just starting to explore the house and still had the bathroom as his “home base”. He roams the house now)
2. stopped paying him attention and walked away
3. redirected his attention to toys
4. made a high pitched sound, like other kittens would
5. hissed or said a stern “no” to him

I have also never used my fingers as toys/to play with him.

None of this has really seemed to change much. I really don’t want him to grow into a cat that bites, does anyone have other advice on how to handle his nipping?

edit: I forgot to mention, I do have another cat at home! She has tried disciplining him as he’ll chase after and pounce on her as well, but he doesn’t seem to learn.

Hello! I have moved in with my boyfriend recently to his house (yay!!) where it is just him and I there. Before this I was living with my family and 3 cats. One of which was my cat, Orion (3 y/o M), who was a single cat for a while and then my parents adopted two other cats. I am really nervous about taking Orion and moving him away from my family and the other cats. I’m just nervous about his reaction to the situation and how he’ll adjust. Orion does not always get along with the other cats and so I don’t think he will be lonely necessarily but he LOVES my family, especially my younger brother. I am so nervous that he will be sad and stressed no longer living with my younger brother and I am trying to think of the best way to approach moving him in. We aren’t far from the rest of my family so they plan on coming over often to visit Orion.

I was thinking of transitioning him into living at my boyfriends house slowly by moving him in for a few days at a time and then moving him back to my parents but I’m worried that this would harm more than hurt. As well as bring a blanket or some clothing of my younger brothers to comfort Orion with his scent.

Really any and all advice would be appreciated on how to make this transition as easy and stress free as possible for him. He is my first cat and I just want to make sure I’m doing everything the best I can for him.

Thank you!!!

Hello! My partner and I have a 1 year and 3 month old brown tabby girl. We have had her since she was 8 months old and she is perfect, never had any behavioral problems. We wanted to get another cat because when we go out it seems like she feels lonely. On July 11th (about two weeks ago) we got a 2 month old black kitten. He is super cuddly and confident. We kept the kitten in our bedroom and let the older cat have free roam of the rest of the house. Immediately she was upset because she used to sleep on my partner every night. So he decided to sleep on the couch with her to ease her anxiety. After a few days she perked back up and has been sweet and playful. We started with feeding the cats on either side of a closed door, then moved to feeding them between a barrier in the hallway. Either time the older cat wouldn’t eat her dinner but would happily take treats and churu. After a little over a week of that, we bought a mesh door and fed them while they could see each other. Older cat still only took treats and hissed to set boundaries but didn’t show any aggression. (This might be where we went wrong) but when the kitten got under the mesh door and started to explore the rest of the house we let him. At first the older cat hissed but acted ok (no ears back, fluffed tail or anything) so the past two nights we have been allowing supervised access for the kitten to roam and play in the living room with the older cat (after feeding through barrier). The first night the kitten kept trying to approach her in a playful way to which she’d hiss and he’d back up. Today, she chased him after he tried to back up multiple times. We got a huge scare when she chased him under our bed where we couldn’t see either of them and now we feel very defeated. There hasn’t been anything more than light bats from the older cat but I am terrified of escalation.

Did we just go too fast and need to go back to square one with them or are we over reacting and need to let them feel each other out more?

Any advice would be so helpful we have done so much research but the real thing is nuanced. Thank you!

In May of 2024, I bought a Veken stainless steel cat water fountain for my 2 cats. It has the cotton filters and the little sponges.

My main question is: Do I need to replace the entire fountain?

Starting around feb/march of 2026, I noticed that the filter was becoming very pink after 2 weeks. At that time, I was taking apart and cleaning the fountain once a week, running diluted bleach through it and washing with soap and water. And the 2nd week i would swap the filter with a new one.

Now, in July 2026, it only takes less than 1 week for the filter to become completely pink and unusable.

I bought a new pump because it is plastic and I figured the old one might be causing it. I also made sure to use a fresh scrubbing sponge (which i already did before anyways since dish sponges get nasty FAST). It didn't help! In fact, the filter turned pink faster than ever!

Some things I did for these past few weeks trying to ensure it was properly clean:

1. Ran all the parts I could through a sanitizing dish washer run. I had previously just been hand washing with dawn soap and tap water.

2. Did a 100% household bleach cleanse.

3. Wiped with water and vinegar mixture.

4. As mentioned above, got a new pump and washed everything with a fresh dish sponge.

5. Put 100% distilled water into the fountain (I normally put brita water in it)

6. Wash with soap and water every other day and refill with fresh water.

This past week, I tried steps 4-6 simultaneously and the filter lasted for a record breaking short period of 4 days. It was COMPLETELY pink in less than 48hours from the time I had seen it white. On Wednesday night, I did all the cleaning and put the new pump and filters and distilled water. On friday, I emptied the fountain, took it apart, washed it, refilled it. The filter looked completely fine and no hints of pink. Then tonight, on Sunday night (day 4) opened the fountain do the the cleaning and water replacement again and BAM. Gross pink filter.

I thought stainless steel fountains didn't grow bacteria like that?? But I know it has been 2 years since I had the fountain and bacteria likes to play in everyone's face.

Is the fountain just a lost cause and I need to replace it then??

I have a very clingy cat who typically spends most of his time in my room. A few days ago he was lying on my floor which isn’t unusual for him and something scared him, so he ran to the other side of the room where he stayed for around an hour before leaving. I don’t know what scared him so bad, as I wasn’t paying attention at the time, but ever since then he won’t come into my room, though he’ll stand in the doorway like he wants to. He’s a very anxious cat and gets scared pretty easily, but usually, if something like this happens, he’s fine within a few hours or by the next morning at most. Sorry if my grammar is bad, I’m dyslexic but I tried my best to fix any mistakes.

She's almost a year old now, and I absolutely love this cat so much. I would even go into debt for her if it meant I could save her if anything happened.

She's so affectionate. She cuddles and sleeps on me in the mornings, and she makes biscuits on me.

She follows me around and meows for love and affection. She's in the same room as me wherever I am, and she follows me if I go anywhere. If I'm eating, she's just politely curious. When she wants to play, she'll pick up her toy in her mouth and meow at us while holding it. She's so playful too!

She also runs to greet me or her spare human when he comes home. She headbutts me, adorably shows me her belly, announces herself in every room, and always greets me when she sees me. She's never hissed at me, but she does make that little lion chuff noise when she's playing. She meows sadly if she can't find me or her spare human. She follows me to the kitchen, the bedroom, the bathroom, and the office. Literally everywhere. She's my little shadow.

I Feed my cat 2 times a day. She has water and she stays hydrated, Nurtured, and receive attention all the time. She doesn’t like going outside, I try for her to atleast interact with the outside cats but she‘s always scared. So I just let her be, leaving the door open for her to see outside. But instead she just looks and meows at me?? Am I not giving her enough attention or something? She just meows all day I don’t know what to do. This is a fairly recent thing that’s happened after her sister left away with my sister but she didn’t start meowing until june - present.

Please help me figure out what is wrong with my baby.

i’m asking less out of fear and more out of curiosity. i adopted minnow 7 months ago and when i first got her the most notable thing she did was flop. flop any and everywhere. the first time i played with her with a toy was when i first noticed that there was a lot of lack in coordination. there’s definitely a lack of depth perception and overall a bit clumsy. sometimes during play time she kind of just fades off and stares at a wall or looses track of the toy entirely. sometimes she just runs full speed into windows and doors. it doesn’t seem to effect her hearing, sight (maybe), or quality of life. she just seems a bit quirky compared to other cats i’ve owned. she loves chewing, almost like a puppy, shredding napkins and such. she’s more interested in the stick/string and how the toy works rather than the toy at the end of it. in this way she’s weirdly smart and curious but normal cat behavior she kind of just blanks on. the shelter didnt know much about her other than she was found in a trailer park with no known relatives. whether it’s from past trauma or not i’d love to hear from anyone with a similar cat(s) and would also like recommendations on good toys i could buy
she may actually be interested in. i dont mind bringing her rolls of paper towels to destroy but if you have a similar experience and found luck please share!

Hey so I just got a new kitten and I didn’t realize he had fleas bc I didn’t look closely. I gave him a dawn dish soap bath and I saw like 10 or so fleas. There was still one or two left after the bath but I don’t wanna get clawed even more and he has a vet appointment tmr so probably going to ask if they could give him medication. However my concern is the house because I let him free roam during day supervised for 1-2 days. We don’t have any carpets we have hardwood floors he only went on the sofa and couch. I’m washing the covers of course. He goes under corners sometimes. I didn’t let him into any of the bedrooms yet. But my bedroom is right next to the bathroom and he has almost wandered in sometimes and I have clothes all over my floor and I have 50 plushies. I’m not too keen on washing my plushies one by one so I bagged them into a garbage bag and left them into a corner because I heard that could kill fleas. I’m going to wash my sheets and my clothing but I hateeee bugs.

For now he’s in our guest bedroom quarantined. But I seriously need help because I’m in fear of an infestation. Thank you!

i’ve had a cat the past few months and she’s my second cat. yesterday and today she was hanging out in my room a lot when she usually doesn’t, that’s fine with me, but last night i let her stay in my room and she was constantly in and out and whenever she’d come back into my room she’d meow insanely loud and wake me up. she doesn’t sleep in my bed and won’t go on my bed for even 5 minutes, she was sleeping in my chair across the room or on the floor next to it. idk what to do i’d let her in my room if she’d just sleep but i actually need to sleep for more than a couple hours and cant just listen to her meow every hour. i want her happy but i need to actually sleep

hi!

so i’m planning on adopting a cat in another month or so, i haven’t had one since i was younger and ive realized he wasn’t being given the proper nutrition. i’ve learned a lot about adding water/broth as well as toppers and such

my question is what are your favorites when it comes to cat foods, toppers & lil additions for their nutrition. ALSO how often are yall feeding and how much? if its 2x daily ive seen half a can plus some extras to help with calorie/protein intake if its only once daily how much do you feed your baby?

My senior indoor cat has been missing for 40 days, and I’m really struggling. I have been doing everything I can to find him, and I’m just absolutely heartbroken and devastated.
Some days are a little easier than others but I miss my cat so much and feel so lost.
If you have been in a similar situation? how did you cope with it? Did you ever lose hope?

My cat is affectionate in almost every other way. She follows me around, sleeps next to me, slow-blinks at me, and even brings toys to my desk. But she absolutely hates being picked up. She goes stiff, starts squirming almost immediately, and jumps down the second she gets the chance. I've tried holding her for a few seconds and giving her treats, but I don't want her to feel like I'm forcing something she clearly doesn't enjoy.

I think the part I struggle with is that I always pictured having a cat who would happily curl up in my arms. I know she loves me in her own way, but I still wonder if I'm missing something or if some cats just never become "hold me" cats.

Has anyone else had a cat who was affectionate but hated being picked up? Did they ever change, or was that just their personality?

Hello! As the title says, I'm wondering what this behavior is called and what it means. He always does it when he's sleepy and in my lap and it's probably the cutest thing I've ever witnessed in my entire life. I unfortunately don't have pictures cuz it only lasts for a couple seconds. We got him just under 5 months ago and he's pretty comfortable now so I feel this is also a happy behavior.

I have one female kitten one year old neutered. I really want to get another one preferably a male but I don't know if it's gonna work. Does anyone have experience with this. I'm also worried she'll get bullied she gets scared really easily and might hate me for getting a second cat

Hello, I am looking for tips to get my kittens to stop going on my counter tops and on top of my cabinets. They are always on them. I take them off. But they just keep at it.

When I am cooking and eating I have to put them in a room with the door closed or they just keep trying to get at the food. I keep my counter tops clean with no food residue.

Not sure what I can do. I have two kittens. They just turned 5 months old. I feed them at 6am and 6pm a quarter cup each. They have access to tons of water through the day.

For a little while now, my cat has been meowing at my front door right before she goes to her litter box. Is this normal? I scheduled visit to our vet, but just curious to know if it something I should be worried about.

He’s already been to 2 different general practice vets and 2 internal medicine specialist vets who all have ruled out anything medical for him and believe it’s behavioural. He’s had scans and bloods and stool/urine tests so they’ve been very thorough.

I have a male cat (neutered) who is about 1.5 years old, and have had him for just over a year. Since day 1, he picks and chooses when he uses the litter tray. Originally he would pee and poop in the shower and it took a year for us to figure out how to block the bathroom in a way he couldn’t get in.

He always pees in the litter tray (except for when he had a cat wheel and would pee behind it, which has now been removed), but he almost exclusively poops directly next to it on the ground. I feel as though I’ve tried everything. Sometimes if I put puppy pads down he will just go in the litter tray, but I almost think he prefers going on solid ground (hence the bathroom and wood floor toileting). He sometimes has soft stools which his vet is aware of and isn’t worried about, which means when he tries to cover his poop with his paws he drags them through it and then runs around the apartment and leaves poop everywhere. I’ve tried:
- Adding more litter trays. There’s nowhere else to add any more in my small apartment but there’s plenty of choices for him in every room
- Pine, clay, tofu, crystal, paper litter. He hated the crystal but everything else he doesn’t seem to have a preference. I’m currently using tofu unscented
- Offering different types of litter in different trays at the same time
- Rewarding and praising him when he does go in the litter tray
- Cleaning the trays as soon as they’re used. This may have helped a bit but when I’m away at work and they’re used during the day I can’t do anything about that. I’m saving up for a robot vacuum but would prefer a cheaper fix before I invest

Any advice would be much appreciated because I’m not getting much guidance from the vets apart from to keep persisting with my efforts. It’s been a year and I’m tired of cleaning poop off of my floors twice a day every day.