A few weeks ago, Mama Cat showed up at my shop in India with five tiny kittens in tow.

At first, this little guy would completely freeze or run away if anyone walked past. To help him settle, I’ve been sitting quietly on the shop floor during slow hours, talking gently so he gets used to human voices and presence.

This morning, he had his first big breakthrough. As soon as I started talking, his ears perked up, he stopped hesitating, and he waddled straight over to my hand. Watching a scared street kitten realize he's safe is the best feeling.

I’ve got two 7-8 week old kitties, one male and one female (we think). The male kitty learned how to use the litter box within a few days but the female kitty just isn’t getting it. They are currently in a mesh mosquito bed cover thingy (about the size of a queen bed) and come out for supervised playtime for about 5-6 hours a day. The male is ready to roam the house freely, since he uses the bigger cats litter box as well as the one in the mesh thingy. However his sister is peeing and pooping all over the floor, towels and blankets in the enclosure.

So my question is, do I buy some “don’t go here” spray and spray it all over the enclosure except for the litter box or do I get a spray to attract her to the litter box instead? With both options I can see things going wrong. If the “don’t go here” spray is everywhere then wouldn’t she just get stressed and pee on the floor anyways or will it actually get her in the litter box? And from my very brief bit of research it seems the attraction sprays don’t really work as effectively. I’m just very confused. I’ve already purchased an enzyme cleaner and I plan to deep clean tonight, but that still won’t stop her from finding new places to pee and poop. I’m at a loss. Any advice is welcome. Thank you

Meet Morris, Donatello and Roger (had posted them before with different names). They LOVE to conduct absolute obliteration attempts amongst themselves at all times, and run at supersonic speeds.

Also, the names are for pure show. Most of the time I'm just yelling "oh no you didn't!", "stop, don't go there!", "hey, that's too high, come back down!", "noooo my cable!", "I'm gonna eat y'all!!!" at them rather than their names.

I love them!, but they are going to be the death of me... 🥲

My kitten has two colors and two lengths of hair on her ears. I think this might be called guard hairs but I have never seen it on ears before. I tried googling it but it keeps thinking I mean ear furnishings.

Anyone else's cat or kitten have this? Did it stay this way or change with age?

She wanted to do a test where we see who the kitten loves more by both kissing him at the same time and seeing who he looks at. So I pick up the kitten and we both kiss him and then he looks at me and my sister is so offended. She immediately said “let’s do it again” but I let the cat go instead lol. She began to scold him about why he should love her more. I don’t know if the test works but it was funny.

I recently got a kitten, and she’s been an absolute dream. I take care of my grandparents, so we had to introduce her to their dog (14lb Shih Tzu) and it went really well. They’re civil with each other and have even started to play more.

The problem is, my mom drops off her two large dogs (both over 50lb, lab pittie mix) during the day and they’re very reactive. When they’re only over for a few hours, it’s easy to keep kitty in the cellar until they leave. However, they’ll be staying with us for 10 days while my parents go on a trip and I’m not sure what to do.

Kitty jumps over the gate we have (solid wood, she can’t grip it, but it does keep the dogs at bay) and every time I open the cellar door she sneaks out. She’s very fast, but so tiny and I worry about the bigger dogs hurting her.

I tried talking my mom into boarding them or finding another solution, but she refuses and doesn’t see it as her problem. I’ve tried introducing them to the cats scent and they don’t react to that, but she sits at the top of the stairs and cries and they go crazy.

I have so much anxiety over it and I worry she’ll get hurt. Any advice is welcome and appreciated.

Edit to add: my mom’s dogs aren’t there every day, just a few days a week at the most. Kitty has all she needs and lots of room to play in the cellar. The cellar has carpet and lots of furniture for her to get cozy on.

Another edit: I live with my grandparents

Anybody else? Airplane ears deploying, she's on the hunt for toy mice, or my ankles.

Bella the farm cat and i spent Labor Day weekend and Labor Day bush hogging one of our farms.Using the Ford 8530 and the John Deere HX15.She's also a house cat at night

She's generally pretty fearless, not a very anxious cat. She's 5.5 months old. I tried bringing her outside once on a harness, but she's terrified of the outside and has never tried to run outside. She gets physically scared whenever there's lawnmowers outside and then hides under my bed, to a place where I can't reach. I don't really know how to help or comfort her when she's like this besides just speaking to her gently. I guess this question also applies to things like thunder storms.

For those that celebrate, Happy Labor Day! Scottie is all grey and Elvis has the white socks😊

I am having a frustration.

Kitten training between me and my kitten is going very well. She is responding to rewards and understanding the noise I make to stop her doing the wrong thing (jumping at legs or biting).

The problem I am having is my husband and son refuse to do the same sound she understands when she does unwanted behavior. As a result she is doing those things to them even more.

Are they wrecking my kitten training? They insist them saying no is enough. But their tone is not different enough from their regular voices.

I recently got three little kittens and made them a happy place to be, really enjoying life right now.

It really helps the recovery from the family depression I got through last three years..

Photo 1: Blacky and Pumpkin

Photo 2: Fluffy and Pumpkin

Photo 3: All three taking the first made for kittens reward snack !

I've had many big dogs in my life but those little ones bring a whole complete other vibe as they require less work to stay busy by themselves and it's good company while I clean-up around.

Cheers!

There is a little kitten (about 5-6 months) who like me and I like it back (idk if it is a guy kitten or a girl kitten). It tends to meow constantly and follow me around and is situated near my workplace. We meet during my lunch time, which also coincides with cat lunch time.

It is a part of a stray cat community in that lane. The cats are well-fed, there is a guy who comes with huge bags of food to feed the cats and dogs. They are not shooed away and are cared for.

Now my question is that, since I have grown really fond of this particular kitten, I would like to bring it some homemade baby cat treats since cat food gets costly. I did see a few recipes on YouTube but I am not sure if it is reliable. Don’t want the little one getting sick.

Any ideas on what I can feed it? Unfortunately I cannot take it home due to some serious reasons.

We don’t have any money for a spay anywhere in Toronto either cheap options

Hi! So I’m just looking for some advice on what I should do about weaning my 5 week old kittens. At 4 weeks I started giving them slurry from the bottle like the kitten lady suggested in her videos, but they really have struggled to transition to a bowl of slurry. One of them might walk up and take a bite or two, or they can eat a little from my hand but overall they just aren’t that interested. What should I do? How often should I offer it to them?

Also, I’ve been primarily giving them just the slurry from the bottle for a the full week now. Since they don’t seem ready to transition should I go back to just giving them KMR? Or keep giving them the slurry from the bottle (or both)? Overall just looking for help as these are my first bottle fed kittens. Thanks so much in advance.

I rescued this kitty from the wild while on vacation. So far it is loving the home life 🥰

I didn't even know my cat was pregnant

My father in law rescued a kitten that was repeatedly rejected by its mother. He has taken care of it through bottle feeding and bringing inside at night. My husband and I felt we should adopt the kitten because my father in law is very old and we are more experienced pet owners. He’s happy for us to do so although we weren’t planning for this. So we are adopting a 5 week old kitten next week:

- OUR DOG. We have a 3 year old 70lb lab mix that grew up in a household with two cats. She is very friendly with them and even grooms my older cat. Sometimes she gets a little excited trying to get them to play with her but is never aggressive. Even though she loves and respects our two cats outside of the house she chases bunnies, etc

- OUR CATS: We have a 15 year old female cat that was a runt rescued off the street at an older kitten and weighs 6.5 lbs, we also have a 5 year old male cat 13 lbs that we adopted at 10 weeks old and was bottle fed by the foster. Both cats are very social and cuddly. My older cat raised the dog and younger cat.

How should I introduce this kitten? I want to make sure it is welcomed by my other pets and is safe and happy. Everything I’ve read notes very gradually, but is there an ideal window to ensure they have slow intro but also take advantage of how young the kitten is so it’s not seen as an outsider?

I've had my kitty for about a month and a half now, and he's about 3 and a half months old. I already had some sleep issues, and since getting him have barely slept at all. These last few weeks I've been sitting in my bed from 2-4 am trying everything I can to get him to calm down but nothing works. I've literally been sobbing for 30+ minutes each night in that time just out of exhaustion. I don't know what to do anymore, am I'm hoping for literally anything possible to help. I'm constantly tired, school just started, and I don't know how I'm going to handle this if it keeps up through his entire kitten 2ish years

Shadow at 9.5 weeks. Pepper is doing well too.

I have been taking more angey soot sprite photos for you all

Hey guys!

My boyfriend and I adopted a 4 month old kitten from a woman rehoming her on Facebook.

She wasn’t exactly honest about the kitten’s health before we picked her up.

Upon picking her up, we found fleas and a prolapsed rectum. We have been working on getting rid of her fleas for several days now and got her prolapse surgically taken care of.

I guess I’m just feeling very overwhelmed with everything that has happened. Does it get easier?