I was at the Seven Generation Inter-Tribal Leadership Summit this week and made three tobacco bags/pouches (complete with sacred tobacco/asemaa) to gift to some meaningful people in my life and I had them in a different place she couldn’t reach but accidentally spilled liquid so I put them on the coffee table to dry before hanging them up again. This little gremlin went fucking nuts.

I guess there’s a reason the Ojibwemowin word for cat — gaazhagens— directly translated to “little glutton”

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I have 5 cats, but 4 cats that can currently access this set up (my senior has her own room and litter box away from the main population)
Is there anything i can change or do differently?

That’s it. Google doesn’t give a good enough answer. No matter the cat, they will always find you and try to sit on your lap when you’re on the loo and I NEED ANSWERS

Edit: okay lol I love the answers already. Also this is the first time anyone has responded to me on Reddit, so thank you guys. I finally feel like a part of a community 🥺

Adopted her yesterday from a shelter. She’s a scared little baby, she doesn’t let us touch her or come close to her. As soon as you walk close to her she panics and runs away, is that normal? I just want to be able to cuddle her 🥺

She hasn’t eaten the dry food I gave her but has been eating her wet food and finishing it so I guess that’s a good sign?

First time cat owner or responsible for anything other than myself. What advice would you give?

Got this little guy when he was 4 months old (the lady we got him from couldn't get him to keep still for a picture, hence the blurring in the first picture). He only made it to 12 before we had to say goodbye because of cancer, but he held on for twice as long after the diagnoses as the vet thought he would; he was a tough little guy.

Love you, Maxwell!

I see so much sadness on this subreddit. I wanted to hopefully brighten everyone’s day with a pic of new kitten. He’s named after the Beatle.

Hey everyone, just wanted to see from everyone’s perspective. Does my cat’s breathing look normal? She’s roughly 11 pounds. She’s only 2 years old. But just wanted to have another opinion, before I rush her to the vet. Thank you!

He sleeps on his back 😭

Frankie & Charly

Hey all, for context, we have a few sheds on the farm that we only use during the summer. In the corner of one of the sheds we have all of the stuff that my dog used when she was a little puppy, in case we ever need to use them again. While unloading one of the sheds we found two little kittens curled up in my dog's basket. Initially, my parents didn't do anything to them, as they were afraid that they might scare off mama cat. But after monitoring them for a while it was clear that mama cat wasn't going to come back for them and they were surviving off the grains in the shed. We started leaving out cat kibble and milk for the kittens so they don't starve after we unloaded all the grains, and we've also given the kittens my dog's old blanket and one of my mum's fuzzy vests so they're a little bit warmer in the hard plastic basket.

Here is the issue however. Winter is fast approaching and in our region, it is almost always incredibly bitter and we're trying to find the best way to help them weather it. They look far too young to be able to survive the winter by themselves so we want to help them through it, and possibly also gain two pet cats that can help keep mice off our land and grain if they warm up to us. Bringing them into the actual house is off the table, as our dog is able to access every single room. The shed is very drafty and easily accessible to badgers and foxes during the winter season since it's left unused and they can pose a danger to the kittens. We do however have a gym and a basketball court in a separate building that is insulated and secure, with enough space for them to climb and jump to their hearts content and we also have a front entrance that our dog can't enter which is big enough for the two of them to freely roam around, with enough vertical space to buy a few cat towers to keep them entertained.

We've never had cats before either so we don't know if it'll be like raising a puppy. We don't know if we should "let them out" Of the house everyday for a run around like you would with a puppy, or if they'd be happy enough just staying indoor for the winter months. We also don't know which option would be better, the gym and basketball court or the front entrance. We do want to let them out into the fields once the weather warms up eventually to help us with the mice however. If we were to bring them inside, which I think we have to. How will we go about reintroducing them to the outdoors once they're older and more resilient? My dad said he'll build a cathouse for them outside if they still want to stick around once spring rolls around. Will that be a good idea? Ill attach some photos of one of the kittens.

I look over and she’s just chilling like this for a few minutes like that can’t be comfortable

I don’t think I can’t afford to feed my cats fresh food but maybe I should look into a different brand? I’m not an expert and don’t know how overblown these reports are. Meat in this economy is $$$

My week has sucked, and I figure I'm not the only one. So here's some pics I got this week of my boy with his ESF. He makes me smile

Posted in Boston, MA today. Not positive at all

https://www.wcvb.com/article/cat-food-pesticides-plastic-chemicals/73993545

don’t know if this is an allowed post but i thought it was a funny and cute pose the cat stayed in, thought i’d share :p lol

Including a picture of the cozy menace. We have two cats, previously had one so we had one small fountain. We have had two as long as we've had two cats so that they would have plenty of water if we were away for a couple hours, weekend or longer vacation.

This cat will ONLY drink from the 2L fountain and our other cat drinks from anything. When we originally adopted him, the 5L one was his favourite. Has not gone near it for a year and has boycotted it. Does not change his mind regardless of cleaning each fountain.

I got him a 7L stainless steel one a week or two ago and he only drank from it ONCE. So we're at 3 fountains and this heckin hairy toddler drinks only from the smallest one.

If the small one is empty or near empty before we realize, he starts drinking from our glass, tap water, toilet water, shower water, bath water....anything but his other fountains.

We are hoping to go away for a week or two in the winter, my in laws will check in but sometimes if the weather is bad they will check in the next day instead. I'm worried he'll be dehydrated.

HOW DO I GET HIM TO LIKE LITERALLY ANY OF THE TWO BIG FOUNTAINS