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I currently have one cat. I am moving to a new home where we will have a larger house and larger yard. I would like to adopt another cat now that we will have the space, and am wondering if moving to a new home is the ideal time for 2 cats to get to know eachother since neither is the 'resident' cat. Other wise, should I wait until my cat is settled in before I bring a new cat home? Dec 10
Hi, i have recently lost my 3 month old male kitten which has left his sister alone. She is missing him desparately and i have reserved two male kittens of the same age and breed to come and live with her. Is this a good idea and will it work? Also, how would i introduce them to eachother? Kind regards Aug 28
My unfixed, 8-year-old cat has recently gotten outside and went missing for about two days. Nothing seemed different when she came back, but three days ago I noticed that she threw up a green liquidy-like twice; however, I didn't think much of it. The next day she was in a strange daze and wouldn't eat. She was moving incredibly slow and was very lethargic all day, hiding under my bed. I got an antibiotic in her and she started to perk up and is more like her normal self now, eating and begging for food when she's hungry. I noticed, though, a discharge coming out of her behind, and when she sits down, her spots look like it could possibly be blood. She was a runt as a kitten and has always been a very tiny cat; is it possible she has had a miscarriage? Aug 28
I have a six year old short haired tabby who recently has not been eating regularly and is sleeping quite a bit. He is not drinking very much water either. He is not as playfull as he usually is and seems rather unhappy. Should I be concerned and do I need to take him to the vet? Aug 28
I adopted my 2 cats, brother and sister in febuary of 08. they were very well manoured, ever jumped on my furniture, and we played all the time. they are 4 years old. Lately I notice a change in both of them, they are ruining my things, knocking things off high places, jumping on fridges, and crying alot during the day, oh and they dont greet me at the door anymore..are my cats depressed?, is there something I can do for them? please help me as I love my cats to feath and want them to be happy Aug 28
I have a female brown tabby that i rescued from the side of the road 2 yrs ago she was around 3 or 4 months old then. she was a typical kitten playful energetic and happy but as shes gotten older she has become like she has a split personality and its getting worse. like take for instance awhile ago she was sweet and meowing wanting attention and i left the room and came back and went to pet her and she literally climbed me and this has been going on for the last 8 months or so. I have been considering taking her to the Animal Shelter but cant stand to think that they will put her down. What if anything can i do? She is not spayed or declawed nor has she ever been around other animals. she is a strictly indoor cat because of where i live. Aug 28
We are having a major problem introducing Lilly, 4 yrs., to our two existing cats. We have Sega, 13yrs. Female, and Toby, 7 Yrs. Male. Sega and Toby have been together since Toby was a kitten, with no other animals in the house. The two of them have a very good relationship, sleep together, play, eat at the same time, etc. There is an end of our couch that our cats used to sleep on at night that we set up for Lilly to sleep on since there was really no other place for her to be above the floor and safely away from the other cats. We wanted to introduce them gradually as we read online, but we do not have a room that she could have slept in to get them accustomed them over time. Ever since we introduced Lilly in, at first things were icy, but it has been a month and the two existing cats still do not want to be around her. Lilly will not go upstairs or really try to explore the house, she mainly stays in the living room on the couch, where her food is, in a box in the living room we put down for her to lay in, or in the computer room to use the litter box. I have taken Lilly upstairs to try to get the other cats used to napping with her, and she will stay on the bed with them. At night, she sleeps on my pillow. Toby has taken more of an interest, but has tried jumping on Lilly and at first she just cried at him, but now she has taken to hissing and swatting at him. Sega will hiss at Lilly, and in return she will cry. But Toby and Sega’s behavior has radically changed since Lilly came in. I have been trying to facilitate getting them together and it seems to have made things worse. Sega Sega would come to eat when the food was placed down, (run the feetsies) now she has to be put in front of it. She used to go to both her and Toby’s bowls and sample the food from both if Toby did not eat. If Lilly is there, she hisses and won’t eat until later when Lilly is not near the food. Sega would walk freely around the house, now she more lays under the table, and when walking by Lilly hisses and sulks very close to the ground. At night she would come upstairs when it was bedtime and sleep next to me. Now, she either comes up later, or I have to carry her up in order to come upstairs. Every evening Sega would come and sit next to me on the couch when I called for her. Now she either won’t come sit with me or I have to come get her. Sega would lay on my pillow when we slept occasionally, now Lilly does. Sega will not lay out on the living room floor like she used to. Sega last night attacked Lilly. Lilly went downstairs, and tried to come back up. Sega went after her, hissing with claws out and had her trapped behind the armoire. She went back and forth from side to side to see Lilly, and when my wife went down to break it up, Sega turned on my wife. Sega acts very distant and nothing like herself. Toby Toby will tend to lay more in the kitchen on the rug than be in the living room. Toby is very curious around Lilly and will tend to follow her around the house. When she is lying on the couch, he will walk by her, and sometimes just stare at her. He has started jumping up on the couch at her, nobody really hurts each other, just swatting. I am afraid it could escalate. Toby will tend to go into the computer room to see what Lilly is doing, and she feels cornered and cries out. Every night, Toby would come up to me in bed and nestle with me. He rarely does it if at all now. Toby would sit at night between my wife’s legs while watching television. Now, that is where Lilly lies, and he might be getting jealous. But there is no where else for Lilly to be where she feels safe and be close to one of us. We cut his nails this past week, as we do every couple of weeks, and normally while not that calm or happy with it, was just horrendous and very upset, almost as if we were hurting him. Toby used to come eat with Sega a couple of times a week when food was placed down if it was interesting smelling. Now, he tends to shy away when Lilly is there, or lately, if he doesn’t want the food placed, when trying to walk away will go by Lilly and she will hiss and swat at him. Toby and Sega would sleep on the bed together during the day. Now Sega will, but Toby has taken to sleeping in the corner on the laundry. I am wondering if we did make the right decision by bringing Lilly in. While I love them all, I have raised Sega for 13 years, and have a very special relationship with her and Toby. Toby’s mother abandoned him when he was 6 weeks old, and I took him and raised him since. When he nestles, it is very similar to how a kitten responds to a mother cat. I believe since he was so young he bonded to me as a kitten would. I want this to work out, but it is breaking my heart to see them both, especially Sega (queen of the house) not acting like themselves. While my wife is a good cat mother, she doesn’t share the bond with them that I do. I am also home all day and see them acting different more. I always wanted Sega to be able to live out her life happy, loved and stress-free as she got older. Her and Toby had a happy, symbiotic almost relationship. However, I have wondered how Toby would react the day something happened to Sega, and hoped that Lilly would make it easier on him by him not being alone. But Lilly has been passed around twice before, and abandoned by our neighbors. I also fear just perpetuating the cycle, and when it’s not convenient just passing her off to someone else. Lilly is a very loving cat, very gentle, and I have come to care about her very much. I don’t know what is best or the right thing to do for all the cats. Aug 28
I have a 13 year old female cat who has always been healthy and well cared for. Just today I noticed a patch of fur missing on her side, back near her right leg. She shows no signs of being in pain or irritated at all. There is no itching, no redness, no scratch marks, no cuts. There is no change in appetite or any other unusual behavior. She is an indoor cat. What could be the cause of the hair loss? I am very worried about her, but money is a big problem for me right now, and I don't want to pay for a vet just to be told it's nothing. Please help! Aug 28

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