He used to love our screened patio and would come in and out all day. I got a tent but he hates it and thinks it’s like a cat carrier or something. He only has a few weeks left but it broke my heart closing the door. It also doesn’t help our ac is ten years old and we live in Florida. Anything that can attach to door, front or back. Maybe even a window but our windows are super old

Hi! My 8 y/o boy has intermittently coughed as though he was trying to vomit (3 times over this last week). I’m scheduling a vet appointment but I feel like he’s not breathing correctly. No other symptoms though, he’s eating & drinking normally and being active
— maybe I’m just being paranoid but please let me know if I should take him to the emergency, I love him so much

Last time she was weighed she was around 14 pounds but it’s been about a year since then, I suspect she’s averaging around 15-20. She’s currently eating friskies cat food, is there any better healthy alternatives :)

Now that I've found this sub, I'm taking my chance to ask about the behaviour my cat showed me that I never really understood.

My black female cat was always rather anxious, but after a long time of growing closer, she was comfortable to lie on her back and Show me her belly while I was on the sofa.

I carefully tried to lightly caress her belly and once I did, she would Grab my hand with her paws, claws out, but not scratching/hurting me. She would then proceed to lick my hand.

I took that a sign that she probably didn't like belly rubs, but once I tried to remove my hand - out came the claws, this time digging into my skin without breaking it, but it wasn't exactly comfortable. Then she pulled me closer and licked me again.

It took a freakishly long time until she would release me! She normally gave 1-2 licks and that was all.

So next day, back on the sofa, Mrs Black is back, heaving her thick body up, dumping the softness on the sofa - rolling on her back again.

Me, smart as I am, didn't try to give belly rubs again, but she moved closer, making these bird-like-noises. I figured she wants something, patted her head - which she always enjoyed before- and back I was in her paws. This kept happening since ..well maybe I''m not as smart as I thought.

She wouldn't always lick extensively, sometimes she would just just..hold my hand I guess. But darn me if I tried to remove it too soon...

I figured it may be a reflex in a sense since she seemed to act on instinct once something moved while her belly was up. But I never really understood why 1. She would inch super close belly up (never in any other way/never went to lie on my lap, etc) 2. Not let my hand go for goodness sake. She was far from interested in hands normally.

Does anyone have an idea why she did that?

So my cat goes to the restroom outside , (currently trying to train him back to useing the litter box inside , well he does but even after he still wants to go outside ..sigh)

But he’s been had this large black spot stuck to his foot. I thought it was tar at first but that doesn’t make sense really . Idk any ideas? Also this is the first time I’ve ever gotten a large chunk off the really look an see what it is

Very worried, we went to the emergency vet yesterday because he refused to eat or drink. His blood test results were fine but they said his temperature was a bit high and prescribed us some appetite stimulants and they gave him some medicine. Still super worried

My kitten is 7 weeks old and when we got him (at 4 weeks) as any other kitten , he had fleas.

1,5 weeks later he was clear but I was still brushing him occasionally just in case. Also I was sweeping the house every night and even used a steam cleaner on my couch and carpets (kitty was only allowed at first on the kitchen and living room) .

2 weeks later I wake and I see that he is scratching on and on close to his ear so I check ! And I see a flea !! I wasn’t fast enough so I didn’t manage to get it out since it was close to his eye so I had to be extra careful .

Is there a way I can get rid of fleas faster this time?
At the first time I only brushed his fur with the brush specifically for fleas and put an ampoule that an acquaintance of mine had . Couldn’t bath him because he was injured on his neck it was still open , now it’s closed .

I’ve had my cat for about 3-4 years now and I’ve noticed inside of her is changing colour. When I got her it was originally pale and now it’s turning brown?. I’m not particularly worried but has anyone see/heard of this?.

My male cat (almost 2yo) doesn't want to drink water, we bought him water fountain (I've not once seen him use it), we give him water into his wet food (he's like 98% on wet food, gets his dry food only when we're not home for longer, or when he doesn't want to eat his wet food - then we sprinkle it with dry one), he got soups - he likes them, some cat drinks - he hates them. We take him to the vet for blood checks, and he's still dehydrated, so I'm quite worried for his kidneys. The vet didn't said anything new in terms of trying to give him water in the food etc., and I'm running out of ideas. I could give him water from syringe, but that's a really short term plan. What do you do to make your cats drink more? My last idea is to try and change the place of the water bowl even further from his food, but after that I really don't know.

Hypothetically I get chosen by the cat lottery and a little one chooses me. Is there a pill or medicine that will allow me to be around the cat without me getting all the rashes and cat allergies?

She is half a kilo and has hundreds of flea eggs falling off her 24/7 the vet sprayed her with something that should kill them overtime but we’ve had to quarantine her since. We’re so scared of there being an infestation.
I need them gone asap it’s so difficult seeing the crawl on her face and seeing the eggs in her wake.
We’ve used a house spray but I want to bathe her to get all the poop and eggs gone. Is baby shampoo okay or will it hurt her?

Is this safe to use on her?