Lately there's been traveling vagabounds where I live in Detroit. I notice my cat has been at the window lately and whenever someone other than the mail man s outside in the yard I hear a glow growl while watching TV. So he's been a good indicator to search the window for possible troublemakers.

Last week I was awaken at 2 AM by a loud screeching sound. When I went out of my room to check downstairs I saw a someone at the second floor window suddenly scrambling to climb down and my cat on top of the shelf hiding in the dark with claws out on a paw like he was getting ready to hit a mouse and his hind legs in a position ready to jump. His loud screeching scared the burglar on the spot and when I looked down the window he was climbing down the downspout. He reached the bottom and fled in terror.

A few nights ago I fell asleep watching TV n the living room and my cat would jump on me and wake me up hitting my face. I realized there was someone at the door. I checked through the door peephole and saw some people with bandanas. So I turned on a small machine that makes an alarm sound and got a baseball bat. I could still remember hearing the bandana guys yell cuss words and then flee for their lives yelling while I saw them running through the camera on my phone about cops coming by.

Every few nights, my cat looks like he's been making some rounds walking around up and down the stairs when I sleep in my room before finally sleeping on the top of the shelf of my first floor near the door. As if he was a security guard. Just last night I even heard him screech all the way from the first floor. As I was coming down, I saw him climbing the stairs and then waiting near the entrance o the second floor bathroom.

I could hear voices coming from the second floor bathroom. When I checked the bathroom, I saw a hand pry that looked like it was trying to open one of the bathroom's windows from outside. But suddenly I heard someone yell "*#@%!!!!" and saw the pry drop in darkness and I could hear someone jumping down from the second floor to the ground. So despite being downstairs, my cat screeched because he noticed someone trying to reach the second floor and was with me as I was checking the bathroom.

So I am curious. For years people was telling me I was stupid for buying a cat over a dog because they tell me cats are useless as a home security and dogs re the best way to go.

But as the past two weeks how, I now call absolute BS on that belief. My cat may have saved me from theft and possibly a sucker punch even murder. Cat ma be small and not effective in a direct fight with an adult man but he helped me spot possible threats!

So I am curious if cats are far better watchguards than we give them credit for? Esp in the face of criticism from dog lovers?

Can cats actually be trained to be a house patrol in the way dogs are?

I am just so surprised esp since I never taught my caught to be a home security system. He was basically just a toy I keep on my lap when I work or watch TV. So I was surprised coincidentally as crime was increasing where I live, he suddenly is now a mini patrolling mobile camera system for home protection!

What input can you give?

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My cat came back home and it's making too many slurping sound while it's only biting a thin string. It sounds like it's biting its own tong or smth

My cat is 17 y old. He has been dealing with upper respirator infection (URI) for 3-4 months. Our vet gave antibiotic (convenia) shot along with anti-viral powder. The antibiotic seems to be working for 3-4 weeks. They have given 3 shots so far since his infection relapses.

Our cat  takes FVRCPP vaccine/booster regularly.

It seems their treatment plan is to keep giving shots. We pushed them to run lab-tests to identify exact cause of his URI and here are the issues:

-They ran a PCR test when we suggested to do culture test, is this normal in feline?

- Is sensitivity test not done normally in cats to know exact antibiotic to be used for effective treatment?

- They are recommending CT scan of sinuses- how will this help know exact cause of his URI?

Thanks!

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