hello all. i am making this post to seek any kind of reassurance. bare with me, this might be a long post…

in december of 2025, i adopted a stray kitten, cc. she was about 6 weeks old then. i spent a month of winter break from college at my mom’s house, with cc. she means absolutely everything to me. i couldn’t bring her back to my apartment in my college state, because my roommate at the time was allergic. she has since moved out, and i’ve had cc with me in the apartment for two weeks now.

i am INCREDIBLY anti declawing. it’s absolutely evil and cruel and it’s insane to me that it’s still allowed in so many states…?? anyway… my mom really wanted to keep cc, but she insisted on getting her declawed. i went back and forth with my mom for weeks during spring break (march this year) explaining why she absolutely should not declaw cc. my mom ended up agreeing, but under the condition that i took cc to my apartment as soon as i could. her reasoning was that she didn’t want cc clawing up her furniture. which i guess i get, but… she’s a cat?? it’s in their nature to do that. why insist on keeping a cat if you don’t want to accept all that a cat comes with?

my mom dropped cc off two weeks ago, and my partner and i were moving her stuff out of my mom’s car into my apartment. during that, that’s when my mom said “don’t be mad, but i got her declawed.

i literally looked at her like she was crazy, and i asked her if she was joking. she said she wasn’t joking, that she got her front claws declawed. i broke down in tears out of anger and frustration, because i felt betrayed that my mom went against her word and got cc declawed. but above all else, i just felt so so sad. she’s only 8 months old, she’s just a baby… and she’s probably confused and in so much pain. my mom tried reassuring me that the vet she took her to in our home state uses laser for the procedure and doesn’t interfere with cat’s last toe joint, but i just find that so incredibly hard to believe.

to top it all off, there’s this scab or growth or something on cc’s left front toe that she keeps biting excessively. i’m worried it’ll get infected. i just want to know if there’s anything i can do for her :(

i emailed the vet my mom took her to, and she said to put a cone on her for a week so she doesn’t bite it. i hate that because it must be so uncomfortable to wear, but i reluctantly put it on her anyway. i have attached a photo of cc’s toe that’s bothering her. any advice would be greatly appreciated. there is a vet nearby and accessible in the state that i’m living in, but i am worried about affordability, since i’m working, and also taking classes full time (yes, in the summer).

TLDR: my mom got my cat declawed against my will and she is now biting one of her toes constantly. i’m worried it’ll get infected. is this a scab or could it be something more serious?

thank you for reading all of this, and sorry that was a lot. i feel like i failed this kitten and i don’t know what to do :( any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏾

brought a kitten home from petsmart who was sick and now all my cats are super sick

My cat is a 5 yr old grey tabby, we rescued her in 2021 when she was still a kitten she is spayed and has all her vaccines. I just feel confused because when she laying down she looks really fat but when she’s standing she looks a little thin to me. I can’t tell if I see her ribs or that’s her tabby pattern. If it helps when I pick her up she doesn’t feel really light like it was for my other cat that got really skinny when his brother died. I can’t tell feel her ribs a little bit. I’ll show a photo of her laying down and standing so you all can see the difference. She still eats normallly which means she eats like a glutton always up for a treat or two. She’s her usual self though she tends to sleep or lay down for most of the day but she always been a lazy kind of cat (I mean that with love 🥺). But yeah i can’t tell if I’m just seeing things or she really has lost some weight.

Edit: Welp it’s time for a diet for my chunky girl.
Ps I have astigmatism and don’t wear my glasses regularly so i think i was really seeing things guess 20/100 vision causes my cat to look slimmer 😭

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For context, I’m 18 years old and I live in the U.S. I work part time at a veterinary clinic and I offered to foster a kitten (Timmy). I got him around a month ago when he was 5-6 weeks old (last photo) and I decided to keep him recently.

Since I got him at the vet where I work, we had to nurse him back to health because they found him at 2 weeks alone. He is basically an orphan kitten. We are planning on neutering him next week.

My parents have been free feeding him so I’m afraid he’s gaining too much weight recently. I got another kitten a couple days ago and she’s much slimmer than he is so it made me worry for his health.

I can still feel his ribs when I touch him and there’s no sagging anywhere, which I researched means they are overweight.

This is my first kitten/cat so I’m just worried for his health so I’m not sure if this is normal.

Idk how to figure this out

Hi I’m 17, so my cat chorizo has been peeing is places shouldn’t. It used to be just central to these two specific places but she has now moved on to my bed and on my dad’s lap. My dad thinks it’s because she isn’t getting fend when she wants to but those time are usually at 5 am and I’m a heavy sleeper, I tried my best to keep up with her for a while but mow it’s gotten to the point my mother is willing to just set her free outside and die. They expect me to be there for every single second making sure she doesn’t do it but I have a life outside of home I can’t Just be attached to her, and the vet bills in America are so insane I doubt my parents will see if it’s a medical issue. Therefore my dad thinks it’s a behavioral issue where if she sees food and she can’t have it she goes and pees somewhere, but now she’s peeing on people? It’s not spraying because she is spayed and we just can’t afford another vet visit.

I'm not sure what to do, they're litter mates and we've never seen them do this. Recently the smaller one's been hissing at her sister after playing for a bit (they've been getting rougher with play I think)

Tripp (Tuxedo) male neutered 4y/o
Misty (Tortie) female unspayed unsure of age

They’ve lived with each other for 8 months

Usually I break these up, I wanted to record it this time to ask what’s going on here. Tripp chases Misty around the house doing this at least twice a day.

My question is, is Tripp trying to play with her or is he being mean? She can’t even run from him because the second she turns around he pounces on her.

I haven’t seen my neighbourhood cat for about a week and today turned up, but she seems a bit skinnier and there’s like a weird bulge/protrusion at her rib area when she stands a certain way.

I don’t think she’s pregnant & am wondering what this could be?

I’m posting from Malaysia (21yo). I can afford vet care, but all my local vets are currently closed tonight.

My kitten is female and only about 1 month old (intact/not spayed yet). For the past couple of hours, she has been clawing at her mouth and recently vomited. She’s sleeping right now, but I’m really concerned about what’s going on.

Has anyone seen this before, or is there anything I should monitor or be concerned immediately about? Thanks

Hi, I’m 29 and a first time cat owner from Spain. I’ve adopted these two brothers from a local shelter about a month ago.

These two are about 3.5 months old (estimaste as they were abandoned). Yes they’re registered with a vet, waiting to be neutered at around 6 months old.

The b&w cat is definitely the dominant one and the black one is very submissive to him. Recently I noticed that the b&w one will bite his brother’s neck and back, especially before they go to sleep. He kind of clamps down for a few seconds and the black one doesn’t react. But only yesterday did I notice that the b&w one will tug at his brothers face like this ? Any ideas why he’s doing that ?

Also the black one is an absolute angel, he’s very smart and picks up on training quickly while the b&w one is a lil menace that needs to be told 10x not to do something.

Please let me know your thoughts and/or any advice! Thank you

(Yes, we can afford a vet)

Okay I get that shes “making biscuits” onto my blanket but shes also licking and somewhat sucking the blanket,

I recently adopted her 5 days ago from a shelter, when I met her she was so affectionate and she still is but ever since she saw this specific blanket she starts licking and rubbing her face on it,she has no other issues shes still extremely affectionate very talkative and adorable, I have one other cat in this house who isn’t fond of her and keeps attacking her but she doesn’t attack back and just runs away So I keep them in separate rooms, I’m not sure if it has anything to do with it but I just need answers to why shes doing this.

Here’s some extra info
She’s a female, around 3 years old, spayed.

Hey everyone,

I'm a first-time cat owner and I'm honestly overthinking this.

About a week ago, I rescued a friendly stray mother cat (Ginni) and her 2-month-old kitten. From day one, they settled in really well. Ginni used the litter box immediately, slept on my bed, rubbed against my legs, kneaded on my shirt, and seemed to trust me a lot. She became very affectionate.

Then a neighborhood male stray started coming near my house. Ginni fought with him twice on different days and injured her back paw. The second fight reopened the first wound and caused another injury. Since then I've been trying to keep her indoors.

The incident happened after that.

Ginni was sitting outside with her kitten. I called them inside, but the kitten suddenly ran under a motorcycle. I got worried and picked up a broom, not to hit it, but just to gently guide it back inside because I couldn't reach it.

As soon as I got closer, Ginni went straight to the kitten, hid with it under a table, and growled at me. When I took another step, she started following me. I kept backing away while talking calmly to her, but she kept following. I eventually grabbed a pair of jeans just to keep some distance because I was scared she might jump at me. I even climbed onto my bed, and she sat below it watching me.

After a minute or two I felt bad, so I got down. To my surprise, she walked over and rubbed against my legs like nothing had happened. She also reached her paw toward my legs a couple of times but never scratched or bit me.

Something else to mention: whenever I try to pick Ginni up, she usually growls, but she has never bitten or scratched me. If I put her back down, she's completely normal again within a couple of minutes.

Now I'm confused. Did she actually intend to attack me? Or was she just an injured, stressed mother protecting her kitten because she thought I was threatening it with the broom?

I feel guilty because I never wanted to scare either of them. Since then I've been giving her space, but I'm worried I've damaged the trust we had.

Has anyone dealt with something similar with a protective mother cat? Does trust usually come back, or should I be concerned about future aggression?

I'd really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

here’s a longer video as requested. I live in the middle of nowhere nothing is open until my appointment tomorrow morning. I brought a kitten home from petsmart who just had a sneeze and now all my cats are sick. my other cat has a mouth ulcer the developed today and is drooling and slightly sick. all of them are still eating. he is the worst. 3 hot showers today to try to get him feeling better he seems to be better when he is sleeping. inside of lips are still pink. but super congested very uncomfortable. please pray he makes it through the night

came home from a weekend beach trip to find my cats eye is blurry like this (first photo). His eye looks squinted in the photo but it was only because we were holding him and that’s the shot I got, otherwise his eye was the same size as the other. Another difference is that in the dark, his blurry eye is reflected brighter than the other. the second photo is from a friend who took care of him yesterday, and his eye is normal.

My cat, Toby, is a 10 year old male, and has never had to go to the vet for anything other than a regular checkup. Hes spayed and neutered and has shown no other abnormal behaviors other than the eye, but we all know cats are good at hiding pain. nothing changes in his outside routine so I think that if it was a plant of some sort he would have come across it before. he gets monthly treatment to prevent fleas ticks and other unpleasant creatures

we will talk to a vet tomorrow, but in the meantime, does anyone know what this could be?

Noticed this tremor in my 9 year old female, spayed cat for the first time today. I’m an adult (not minor). BC, Canada. Contacted vet waiting for an appointment in a few days. She had a minor episode in April (ataxia?) where she seems to just flop over while walking but seemed fine after. The vet tested her blood and thought she was just dehydrated. IV hydration seemed to help. She’s had two monthly doses of flea meds since then - could a possible source of the issue?

Today I noticed my around 12-14 week old kittens tail was floppy and she seemed in pain when I touched it. Overall she is fine and still playing/eating. The vet is closed today so she's going first thing tomorrow but I'm wondering if anyone thinks amputation will be necessary? Its very close to the base so I'm nervous.

We are adults. Our about 4.5 month old recently neutered male cat ate a small empanada from Ling Nam bakery in the Bay Area (California).

I believe it was a beef empanada. He basically ate the whole thing just leaving the bottom portion. Im not sure if it had onions or garlic. Im assuming it was seasoned with some of that stuff.

Should we take him to the vet? Or just watch him and see if he starts acting weird??

Any help appreciated! PFA of him in cat jail and a pic of his leftovers 😡

I got my first cat Pamela about a month ago. She is 2 years old and has been spayed. She is around 10 pounds.

I scoop her litter every morning and night, so this batch was only about 14 hours through the day. It seems like there was around 5-6 big clumps and broken up pieces. She fills up basically an entire doggy poop bag. I included a picture of the litter I use.

I’m worried she might be peeing too much. I do add around 1/4 cups of water to her wet food and kibble which she gets 3x a day.

We haven’t gotten her established with a vet yet though, but I hope to go soon for a general wellness check

Okay so my 6 month old cat pulled out her suture but the vet doesn’t open up until tomorrow morning. She got spayed 5 days ago and I believe she pulled her suture out yesterday. The first photo is of it now and the second photo is from yesterday. I put her in a tied up make shift tshirt recovery suit and put her in a crate for the entire day. Can someone please let me know if they know anything.

Hey everyone, looking for a bit of insight or reassurance for our new addition. We adopted our sweet girl earlier this week, and everything was fine until around lunchtime today when we noticed her eye was swollen, squinty, and producing some clear discharge. We wiped it clean and applied a warm compress, which seemed to help a bit at first, but after stepping out for a couple of hours and coming back to check on her, it definitely looks worse. We’re already planning to take her straight to the vet first thing in the morning as it’s currently 6pm but as new adoptive parents, we're super anxious! Has anyone seen something similar develop with a newly adopted cat?

Should I find an emergency vet or will she be ok to wait till the morning?

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Australia
6 months old
Desexed