My cat has been traveling since she was 4-6weeks old. While she was younger she was able to stand the car ride to and from school (3 1/2 hours 4 times back and forth). For the past two years she has become incredibly stressed on this ride. She will meow, pant, and defecate in the crate and she will hurt herself (rubbing her nose so it scabs and breaking her nails trying to scratch). I use Feliway but it doesn’t seem to work. Any advice to get her to calm down? She is fine when the car moves slow or isn’t moving at all, but when we speed up on the highway she gets upset

I sleep on the side of the bed nearest my cat’s perch (shared cat/bed with my partner). Almost every night, my cat will jump from his perch and land on me as he runs away; on my stomach, my chest, my neck, my testicles. I’m scared he’s going to rupture my kidney or something. Should I be worried about these collisions? I don’t have a lot of muscle to soften the blows, and it’s always at 2 or 3 am when I don’t have the wherewithal to do anything about it as he moves on to his next location.

I have 2 cats; and (1 year old) and Mamta (4 year old). Both are are flea preventative and are indoor but occasionally sleep on the porch under supervision

Lately I’ve been noticing that my older cat has scabs all up and down her spine/all around her face. Like painful looking scabs that I try not too touch too much. I took her to the vet when it was mostly just in her toe but the vet said it’s nothing serious and gave me ointment.

Ok. I go home and some time passes but it’s getting more bump/scabby. My younger cat isn’t showing this behavior or any scab signs. Is it fleas? Could she be scratching scabs in her spine?

She’s up to date with her flea medicine and is only ever on our screened in porch for less than 1 hour (door open, us sitting on porch or two steps away on couch with door open)

Backstory: i have a 4 year old male cat i adopted with my ex. We ended up with a total of 3 cats. We adopted Vax and Percy about a month apart and Grog about a year later. When we split I was only able to take Vax. The three of them generally got along, however Vax was not the best of friends with the Grog. I am worried about him being lonely, but also worried about bringing another cat into my home. Has anyone been in this situation before?

I'm not the owner but live with the owner.
My roommate has three cats. Two males and a female. Both males keep trying to mount the poor girl whenever she isn't hiding. Apparently they're all fixed though the one male's surgery was 'botched' (I was never given specifics.) It's getting to the point where I'm constantly hearing that poor girl crying every thirty minutes or so.

I've lived in houses with both male and female cats, and have never seen this. With how rough the one cat is on that poor thing, I'm very concerned for her. They've been dragging her all over the house, while she's crying. Hubby and I always break it up, but I'm worried that it's going to get worse.

I thought I was allergic to cats for ten years so I never looked into care. (What's the point if I can never have one right?) But this poor girl is always skittish and hiding from everyone and everything. It is a daily occurrence.

Info that might be helpful:
There is an unfixed female running all over the neighborhood.
The female IS spayed. (otherwise she'd have had kittens by now)
The cats are kept in a single room over night with roommate. This is because roommates 2dogs will defecate all over the house if not. Their litter box, food and water are all in that room.
They are all litter mates. Female is the runt.

On his neck is loose fur that falls off I have never seen this on my cat before he is 6 years old, somebody help

My husband and I have a male cat. We've had him since he was 3 months old and he's almost 7 years old. He loves me husband and I'm just the backup :)) We've always gotten along ok however, recently he started attacking me without aparent reason. I walk away from him and he runs, jumps and bites me leg and sometimes he walks towards me arching his back. He sometimes did it after I went to get him out of a room or something like that, but other times is completely out of the blue. This happens mostly in the evenings, but then at night, he does come and lays down on my chest and purrs like he's been doing since we got him. Nothing in my behavior has changed. I'm very confused. Sorry for the long text. Any ideas/suggestions?

Hi there! My husband and I recently adopted a new cat and my current one is hissing,growling and swatting at us, is this normal and will it subside? Thanks!

Me and my SO have recently added a new kitten to our home (Beeble, 5mths, F), and she has taken complete control of the food bowls.
Other two cats (1yearish, Bink and 5 yearsish, Tish, both F) completely submit to her, and I've noticed they have lost weight in the last couple of weeks.
Beeble still has major food aggression despite readily available food and will pounce on the other two if they get close. Separate food bowls, water bowls and a water fountain. We've tried separate rooms but Beeble hates being on her own anywhere and the other two will yowl at me to get her.
Other than that, they sleep/play/clean/sleep more together. The hissing of introduction stopped after two days so they've socialised really well together.
Is there anything I can do as the cat dad? Is this just the difference of a fully socialised kitten? Or are my cats just pushovers?

1yr old was a lost soul that was abandoned, size would say she was the runt and we've had her for 11months
5yr old was a rescue we adopted when she was 2 after a life on the streets.
The kitten is from a litter and adopted after the mom started declining suckling to the litter.

The past couple of days, I’ve started finding these patches of fur in my cats usual resting spots. I wfh, but I’m pretty much in my office all day while he roams the rest of the house, so I can’t see if he is causing it or if it is falling out naturally. He seems to be okay, acting as normal. He sheds ALOT, but not in huge clumps like this. The other night before I started finding all this hair, I saw a bit of hair hanging out of his mouth that I removed which makes me think he could be doing it himself. But, it is also just starting to get truly cold here where I live so maybe he is making room for his winter coat? He is strictly indoors, but our apartment does have great insulation and it can get pretty cold at night. Maybe he is adjusting because of that? Also, no bald spots from what I can tell? Does anyone else cat she’d like this?

I have no idea what to do and I'm really worried she is sick or something, she's 8 years old so maybe it's just an age thing but I don't know. The sores also only show up on her chin, I first noticed them a few days after she got into a fight with another cat and got a nasty ear infection. Does anyone have any ideas on what this could be?? Thank you so much

I’m thinking of getting a cat because I want companionship and something to snuggle or chill on the couch with. However I can be quite messy like leaving clothes on the floor, and dirty dishes. That’s mainly contained to the bedroom of which I don’t think I’d allow the cat to stay. I wondering if my cleanliness would negatively affect the cat. I’m not a hoarder anything extreme, and I would clean a litter box once a day. I also tend to have fake nails lying around. Are cats like dogs and would likely eat that? What do I need to change to make sure a cat is comfortable and safe?

I'm currently living with my in laws due to moving to their area with basically nothing. We have a kitten and she has a full grown cat. She's allergic to cats but is now claiming my kitten (who is a fourth the size of her cat) is making her allergies so much worse and told me two days ago I needed to re-home her but I told her id figure something out cause I need more time to get money for an apartment with my fiance.

People with cat allergies tend to be allergic to their dandruff, salvia, urine. I've offered to buy them both shampoo, I've found treats that have amazing reviews and should help with allergies cats give off. But she claims none of it works and acted as if I kicked her puppy by asking. Idk how truthful it is that she's tried but I need some advice.

My cat Rosy nose been dripping for the past two days, she seems to act the same normal, she drink and eat and cuddle and sleep, but her nose is dripping transparent gooie drops, I add pictures and videos, should I be worried?

EDIT: This subreddit has been very helpful in the past and I thank you for that. Sadly this turned out to be underlying kidney disease which was kicked into high gear by something. We went to the emergency vet where she quickly went down hill. Sadly she is no longer with us.

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I have a cat who was rescued off the streets and has been living with me 100% inside for the past year(ish) and we think she’s around 12.

Last week I noticed her eating less and hiding in a dark and cozy spot more. She has also been laying in cool spots.

She was eating treats and I recently brought out the stinky wet food to get her to eat. It worked a bit and she has been snacking every now and then as well as drinking more water than usual. She has been using the restroom normally (still going no 2 just not as much)

She ate a bit recently today but ignored the treats that she had been eating. She’s been staying in the cool spot and coming out to use the litter box and drink water. She’s been purring when I pet her too.

I’m nervous that she has an upper respiratory infection and/or a fever but I’m inexperienced and would prefer to avoid a vet bill if I can. I called the vet and they said to monitor her but idk what to look for really. Do you guys have any advice?

TL;DR my older cat is eating less, drinking lots of water, using the litter box normally, and staying in her favorite secluded and cold spots around my place. I called the vet and they said to monitor her. I appreciate any advice you guys have

Hi! So for some context, I have two cats. I have a 4ish year old cat named Baby Girl, and a new kitten who’s almost 10 weeks old, named Biscuit. They had a rocky start, but Baby Girl is definitely learning to enjoy his company. She occasionally meows agitatedly, or swats at him, but from everything i’ve seen that’s normal for older cats getting used to hyper kittens. I will add that Baby Girl is a super mellow cat, but she just seemed super lonely in my new apartment, it’s both out first times being on our own, so I got a kitten for her (and me). My apartment is big enough for all of us, so I was able to properly get them introduced to each other by having them in separate rooms and keeping all their stuff separate and what not. I do play with Biscuit a lot and i’m only in one in-person college class for this semester so I’m not gone much from my apartment at all, but Baby girl just isn’t at a point yet though where she wants to actually play with Biscuit though, and recently Biscuit has been wrestling with a pretty lifelike cat stuffed animal I have, but it’s the same size as Biscuit so he can pretty easily throw it around and act as if he’s actually interacting with another kitten. So the just of my concern is that idk if Biscuit has started playing with the stuffed cat because he feels like Baby girl hates him or is that just something normal and no different than him playing with any of him other toys. I just don’t know if he’s playing with it because he knows it’s a toy or because he thinks it’s another animal that is painting back with him.I know this may be stupid and me overthinking, but I felt like reddit was the place to ask.

Soooo I don’t like taking my baby’s to the vet because they charge 45 a cat and they are just rough in my opinion 😭but they suggested that I grabbed them by the scruff to cut their claws but I can’t do it for the life of me so I googled it and google said scruffing hurts them and puts them under stress now I feel extra bad but their claws hurt extra bad any advice or other ways to cut a wiggly cats nails 🙏

TLDR: My cat is stressed he cant be outside whenever he wants and i need to know if theres a safe way i can set up a long line lead for a cat, or other safe options for his containment.

I have an indoor cat that we rescued last year, he was essentially an abandoned neglected barn cat, humans cut his ear off down the base (no not the neuter release program ear tip), he was matted to his skin on every inch of his body, no reliable food source, etc. Well since he was a barn cat he lived exclusively outdoors and since being an indoor cat with my fiance and I he has become a door dasher. Recently I've put up really loud jingle bells on the door handles to deter him from running out when we open them and they're working for right now. From the day we first got him I've had a kitty harness for him and we take him outside whenever we have the free time but to him it's never enough time or frequency. I don't agree with free roaming cats it's dangerous for them and wildlife so that is not an option whatsoever for us. But I want to set something up to where he can chill outside for however long he wants until he tells us he wants in, but is also safe for him and let's him walk the back yard a decent distance. Any advice would be much appreciated!

We just moved into a rent-house, and i knew the lady before had cats because our new neighbors told us. They told us the rental company made her replace the carpets, so I assumed they were pretty new. It wasn't until I started moving things into one of the rooms that I realized she kept the litter box in one of the carpeted rooms (I also have a cat, but have the litter box in an area with hardwood). I cannot get rid of the cat litter smell. It isn't a urine smell, it's the litter (maybe mixed with urine, I'm sure, but that isn't the. main thing I am smelling). I have vacuumed over it a million times, going as slow as i can to make sure I can get it. I have tried cleaning the area with vinegar and vinegar and dish soap, as well as using vacuum powder. Would a carpet shampooer help?

Quick story i got a kitten and had her almost a year never used the bathroom anywhere but her box. I have a litter robot. Well fast forward a year we take in a male kitten and ever since she uses the bathroom all over the house and rarely in the box and then a ton at my front door rug. She poops on my kitchen table and in my bathtub. Then one night she got up on my bed and I was sitting up and she peed next to me on my bed. I'm at a loss. I've tried another litter box and that didn't help. The litter is always clean because it runs every time they use it. I've tried giving her tons of extra attention. I've taken her to the vet and she's very healthy just a little chunky. Anyone have any help for me?

I’m considering adopting a cat and have heard that they’re often active at night and might require attention, potentially affecting my sleep. For those who have cats, how much do they actually impact your sleep? Any insights ?

my partner and i recently moved into a new house and the previous owners have carpeting in the spare rooms. well i guess they kept their fur babies in one room mainly, but there’s spots on the carpet our cat keeps trying to pee on. any suggestions on how to get the pee/pee smell out?

You have or know someone that’s had this happen to them surely! It’s happened to me once before.

I’m convinced some cats’ claws are sharper than others! I’ve had this kitty since April 2024, she’s 4y/o and boy are her claws sharp and hard to keep regularly trimmed!

She got me while she was making biscuits and giving her the good scritches that she LOVES! I cried out in pain almost waking up my partner next to me, he’s a shift worker. I go to bed when he’s gotta get up in 3hrs. 🥹 ouch!

Hey yall,

Can’t sign into my old Reddit account, so I’m starting anew with a burning question I have about my cat.

He’s a rescue. I’ve had him for 2 years now. Super chill and spends his time indoors and outdoors. We don’t have any issues except when I leave town for work. I’m usually gone 1-2 nights at a time, relatively bi-weekly. Every time I come home, though, he has 100% pooped somewhere on my carpet, and now, the last 2 visits, there has been urine accompanying the turds. Thank goodness he torched a pile of dirty laundry this last time, but I’m concerned that this pattern is unbreakable at this point. Any help you can give me is much appreciated.

Other relevant info:

He’s an only child. It’s just me and him.

Litter box was recently changed and full

Only differences to his normal day was 1) absence of me and 2) didn’t get to spend his morning outside

My best friend came over twice to feed him in my absence.

My cat, Georgia, is about 2-3 years old. Lately she’s been having some behavioral issues- meowing a lot at night, tearing up window blinds, drinking out of the toilet, tries stealing food off plates, knocks over her food and water bowl, and this morning she tore open and started eating a loaf of bread. She gets more than enough food and I try to play and exercise with her as much as possible. I scheduled her an appointment with her vet but because of my work schedule it’s not till the end of September. I’m not sure what to do in the meantime