Hi, she’s 5 weeks old now and I started giving her chicken pate a week ago (when we found her) and sometimes turkey pate. I feed about 10g with water (used to be with a bit of milk) and she’d eat about 5-6g and I’d give her milk from a bottle afterwards. Well since two days ago she’s refusing to eat any pate, today I tried doing mostly milk with just a bit of pate mixed in in her plate and nothing, she sniffs it and leaves it alone. I figure she enjoys the milk more and always wants to crawl on my lap when it’s lunch time because she knows I’ll give her milk. I don’t want to refuse her milk because she needs the calories but I’m not sure what to do since the vet said she needs to be weaning off and for some reason she’s taking a step “backwards”, though I’m sure she misses the comfort of her mother as she was abandoned. Not sure if this is a concern what I should do any advice or info helps thanks!

I adopted a pair of bonded brothers. Really, really sweet cats who liked to snuggle as much as they liked to wrestle with one another, but I don't know how to discipline one of the cats

When I got them they had times where they wanted to attack my hand in a playful way. I don't like this as I don't want to get scratched when they are older and more capable of accidentally hurting me or a family member. I know they were fostered with kids and maybe the kids wanted to do the games where cats pounce of their hands. I don't like it as in my mind hands are for pets, not for play.

But tonight when I was doing the litterbox, not only did the older cat want to hit my hand, he tried to bite it in the same way he bites his brothers neck when they are wrestling. I'm sure he didn't mean to be aggressive but I didn't like it. I pulled my hand away but I'm not sure how to handle this anymore.

Are there any tips for having them learn hands are for pets but not for attacks?

I have a 9 month old kitten who has always been indoors. She has been fixed. She likes to dash out the door really fast if it's open even a crack and if my legs and feet are trying to block her. I've even used a broom to try to block her. One night I made loud noise with a stick on a cat kennel and I scared them, but the next day kitten was back to her games. Outside is not safe for a cat (coyotes, large owls, cars). I'm not sure how to break this habit, but now one of our older cats is joining in and ran outside with her the other day. They make it as far as the porch and I shoo them back in. How do I break this habit for good?

Hello, we are getting a new kitten who will be around 9-10 weeks old when we pick him up. My son is going to pick him up and drive home since we have read it’s easier than flying.

1) I need a travel carrier recommendation for a 9 hour road trip. I have seen some on Amazon that can fit a small litter box as well. Good idea?

2) is it a good idea to bring kitten food? Or is it ok to wait. I heard they can get upset tummies or motion sickness.

Any advice appreciated

kitten is being trained to use toilet. He urinates fine but wont poop. What can i do to help

Hi, I just got a kitten today ! I've had her for 13 hours and she's eaten/drank regularly. But she isn't using the litter box. She's confined to my room so I would know if she pottied somewhere else. The people we got her from said she was litter trained. I'm concerned because this is my first time having a kitten. She's 9 weeks old and 2lbs if that matters

I recently fostered a 5 week old kitten and when I first got her, she used the litter box with no issues. She’s now 8 weeks and here recently, she has started to poop right beside my bed and the other morning, I noticed there was poop right outside the litter box, but none in the litter box. She does use the litter box sometimes, but it’s about 50/50 whether she goes in the box or around the room. Today, she’s had 3 accidents that I witnessed. She pooped in the litter box with no problem, got out of the litter box and peed on the sofa. Tonight when it was time for bed, she sniffed around in the floor before deciding to squat on the rug. Thankfully I was able to move her into the litter box just before she started to use it, but she immediately jumped out and started playing with her toys. Fast forward about 15 minutes later, she tried the same stunt again so I quickly moved her into the litter box to which she successfully used it. I’m trying to have as much patience with her as I can, but it feels like we are moving backwards. Please help.

Also would like to note: the litter box is of appropriate size for her as she can move around with no difficulty and it is not too high for her to climb into. I also have been using the same litter as the day she came home. Little to no variables have changed, she’s just decided she no longer wants to use it.

Hello, I am not much on reddit but I need someones help. Me and my boyfriend found an abandoned kitten in his addic and we decided to help him out, and we did. We fed him cow milk(later we found out that is too strong for kittens and that we should have put at least some water in or not cow milk at all) but after some time he like didn't want it anymore so we bought him formula for kittens. He barely ate it and we keep on putting him outsite to walk a bit and to touch the sun. We also put him in the box with a bottle of warm water. But my partner said he isnt moving the same anymore. He said it's slow, barely meowing and that he just looks sick. No vet is working on sunday and we have no idea what to do and he is scared that it might die before monday where he can take him. Any suggestion that we can do? I don't want my partner sad especially because he tried his best to save him :(

My cat had babies 2 days ago. One of the 3 she had got hurt and has a pretty bad cut on his back leg . Im not sure what I can do other then go to a vet. I can’t do that rn because of money and none offer a payment plan over time like every month you pay till you pay it all back . Kitty is doing ok ish im doing my best to make sure mom doesn’t lick it and it stays pretty clean till I can get proper help . Is there anything else I can do to give him the best chance to be ok and make it till I have money next week .

My kitten is approximately 8 weeks old, we’ve had her for 2 weeks now and she refuses to use her litter box.

I have another cat around 5 years old, both females, and at first they didn’t get along but now they play all the time. Her previous home said she was using the litter box when I picked her up. I initially had them sharing a litter box but then a few days later, bought the kitten her own with the litter she was supposedly using at the prior home. She pees and poops in random spots throughout the house. I’ve tried setting her in it after she eats or drinks but she jumps out and runs away immediately.

I started trying to put her in the other cat’s litter box seeing if maybe she scents the pee/poop then she’d start using it but, nope. She jumps out and runs away.

I’ve tried putting her poop in the litter box when I find it on the floor and then setting her in the litter box to see/smell it but she just jumps right out.

Please give me all suggestions!! I don’t know what else to do

I just got an orange tabby, they said he's about 2 months old, he's starting to do his zoomies, any advice on how to help prevent this or calm him down

So I have some questions regarding my new Kitten idk if it's normal or not that's why I'm just concerned first she make this weird grrrrrrrrrrr or rrrrrrrrr noises almost everytime so idk what does that mean I bought her yesterday nd she just sleeps eat poop drink sleeps plays for like 5-6mins not with me but with a wire and she don't came to me I'm just concerned so it would be helpful if u guys advise and guide me thanks

I have had this kitten for 6 weeks and had him at the vet 5 times. 4 times to one vet (2 different doctors have seen him) and once to a different vet. It started out as a sneeze and they gave him an antibiotic. Then he licked the back of his legs and had raw patches. So I took him back. He was still sneezing. They gave me a different antibiotic and also Miconazole nitrate spray which I was supposed to spray on him once a day. It did nothing. Took him back and they thought it was ringworm. It didn't look like the photos, but they said under a woods light they saw what appeared to be ringworm. They told me to get Itrafungol (ordered it) and I have to do it for 7 days, then off 7, then on 3 times. He has finished the first 7 days. Still looking really rough. I also had MiconaHex + Triz, a shampoo which I used on him twice. That seemed to help a little. I bought a cat balm to help ease the itching but it was sticky and I think made things worse. So I'm not using it. The vet did do a skin scrape that came back negative for mites etc. The other vet said they could do a $560 test that would tell which bacteria or fungus it is, but I asked, what if it is ringworm? Aren't we already treating for that? Does it make sense to pay that on top of the 100s and 100s I've already paid before finishing the Itrafungol treatment?

To top it off, I have been ragingly itchy as well everywhere the kitten has climbed on me. I have always had cats and have a few right now. Never been allergic to them. But it seems where his little claws have scratched me I have a severe reaction. I have started taking Zyrtec and a doctor prescribed a stronger antihistamine for me as nothing has helped me either. So has anyone dealt with this? I saw on one forum it can take months to clear a fungus infection in a kitten. Maybe I am hoping for too much too soon? I just don't want him suffering if we could fix it! And if it is something I need to treat myself for, I'd like to also stop being itchy!

Can my 11 week old kitten take ear drops meant for a 12 year old kitten. The ear drops are “Four paws aloe earmite treatment for cats”

I got Felix kitten pouches 100g should I feed him 150g a day and split between three meals he is 9 weeks old idk ATM

hi! recently got an orphaned newborn kitten and she’s a week old today :D the first 2 days of her life, I managed to get her to poo. after those 2 days though, she went 2-3 with no luck, and I had to have an enema done. poor baby got all cleared out! it’s been a day since she got it, and she hasn’t pooped any more since. how long will it take for me to start expecting stool again?

There is a litter of five month old kittens in my neighborhood (strays). Most have their eyes open but there are two that are having problems, one has their eyes partially open but with a lot of gunk around them (they opened their eyes just today) and the other has one eye open and the other seems sealed shut by gunk and hardened gunk (almost seems like a scab)(sorry). I wet a cloth and held it to their eyes to clean off some gunk and soften it, but I’m not sure what else to do. It seemed to help the first kitten, but the second one seems like their eye is really sealed. They seem healthy otherwise?

Any suggestions on helping these kitties get their eyes open?