Hey there Reddit,

I have a small catto coming from an animal hoarding case, thankfully he only was half a year to a year in a bad place, and he is pretty much attached to me and my crotch. This cat introduced a fetch type of game to our sessions by bringing me a felt ball with a string, not quite sure where he bit this off or not but since then he is pretty much addicted to this.

https://imgur.com/a/vfzILUQ <--- Crotch Cat is the black one, the other one is our older tabby.

I have not quite found something like that with a felt ball and he only likes this one ball. I tried other similiar looking balls.

My ragdoll lady is 16 years old but still very healthy and spry. My friend's ragdoll breeder friend has a little male ragdoll kitten available and want to offer him for me at a discount.

Is she too old to introduce a kitten to? Anyone have a similar experience? I just need a sanity check.

I have a 6 month old kitten, domestic Short hair. Adopted him at 4 months, had him on the same food as his previous home (mix of wet and dry). I noticed he had soft stools. I removed the dry food and they immediately changed to hard pebbley poops almost like he was dehydrated/constipated. Took him to the vets to get neutered and spoke about his toilet issue, they say he's a nice healthy cat, told them I was gonna try him on royal canin and the vet really supported that decision, so we're about 2 weeks in with that and the wet food. It has improved so much since the old dry food, but he still has his days where sometimes his stool is completely fine and other times it will end soft. There has been times where he's stood in it so I have to catch him and clean him up afterwards which isn't ideal. Regularly there's been times where a tiny bit of his soft poop would be left on him and would fall off after he leaves the litter box which I have to look out for now and make sure I nor him stands in it. It doesn't get stuck on his fur or anything, it's like it hasn't fallen out fully. Will this eventually adjust? Will he grow out of it?

I'm not sure what else to do? I just don't want to worry every time he goes to the toilet.

What is the best enzyme recommended that actually works to clean cat urine, maybe I get lucky and it will work on dog pee too.

Hello! I have questions about introducing cats (even after hours reading articles and other posts about it. I'm just scared of doing something wrong and potentially ruining my cats' relationship!).

My fiance and I adopted a 6 month male old cat from the shelter 6 weeks ago. We were initially going to adopt two at the time, but that didn't work out. He adjusted super well almost immediately, has shown little signs of nervousness or fear, and we've never heard him hiss or growl. We still wanted to adopt another cat so he could have a feline companion, so one week ago we adopted a 7 month old female. Both spayed/neutered already and we have Feliway in the bedroom and rest of the apartment.

The girl kitty we adopted was known to be fearful and nervous, but she really opened up to us at the shelter and felt a strong connection, so she went home with us. She is staying in our bedroom so far, while we are sleeping in the living room with resident kitty. The first 18 hours or so she was anxious and hid in her carrier, but all of a sudden came out for headbutts and nuzzles during her second dinner. Ever since then, she's been getting more and more confident, has fully explored her room, runs around like a crazy kitty, and plays all the time, and has no litterbox issues.

We gave her 3 days to adjust in the room before we started scent swapping blankets during meal times, although they had both heard each other meow and could probably smell the other through the door. Both kitties seemed curious of the blankets, and exhibited no overt adverse reactions (ears were straight up, no growls/hissing, tail up). Ever since then, they spend sooo much time by the door, chirrup/meow at the door/other kitty, and stick their paws under the door (even though it's low to the ground so they can't get it all the way under). They roll around on either side of the door and kind of lunge at it in a playful way when the other is there. That seems positive, right?

However, the past few days it seems like resident kitty is getting increasingly stressed over not being able to interact with new kitty. He spends so much time sitting at the door and has lost some appetite (eating about 60% of what he used to, once we goad him into it). Increasing playtime for him has helped, but not entirely. We did their first site swap today, and new kitty seemed a bit nervous about the living room/kitchen, but did explore a bit. Old kitty didn't do much in the bedroom, but played a bit. We were planning on having their first face to face meet tomorrow, and doing that for a couple of days before their first supervised play session (5-15 mins). Then doing increasingly longer supervised play sessions for a few days before letting them roam free.

Both of them seem to be reacting fine to the other cat and seem stressed about not meeting face to face yet. Are we doing this right, or is it overkill? I was just trying to go veryy slowly as I didn't want new kitty to regress in fearfulness. Thoughts? I don't want to stress resident kitty out by prolonging them meeting, but also don't want to make new kitty afraid.

tldr; We are 1 week into intro process for resident 7 month old male and new 7 month old (both spayed/neutered). Resident cat is outgoing and has never been nervous/fearful, new kitty is known to exhibit fearful behavior but has been confident for 5-6 days now with minimal hiding. Both seem to have had positive reactions to scents and interact through the bedroom door in what seems like a positive way (pawing under door/chirruping). Resident kitty seems to be getting increasingly stressed (eating less, hangs out near the door to her room constantly). New kitty seems mostly fine though, although sometimes loud noises will scare her. We were going to do several days of site swapping and then several days of meals across a baby gate before supervised play, and have a week or so of that before letting them roam free. Should we try and speed it up to hopefully reduce the stress on resident kitty? Would it be detrimental to just have a quick face to face meet through baby gate after 1 week? They are my first kitties and I don't want to harm their relationship unnecessarily. Thank you :)

I noticed that in the mornings my cat will meow to wake me up by jumping on my bed, but if I shuffle or get up or even turn my head he scatters. When I shuffle it's light like a leg twitch or turning on my side.Or if Im laying down in bed and he thinks I'm sleeping he joins me by resting on my foot or leg, but if I move or shuffle, he darts away, this is only on my bed and nowhere else around the house.

He also will avoid the center of my bed when I'm on it, either meowing at me from the dresser at the foot of my bed, or when he wants to look out the window above my bed he will jump off the dresser(Mind you the dresser is touching the bottom of my bed) and circle around my bed and then leap up on my pillow and go to the window. I try and play with him and feed him treats on my bed but he wants nothing to do with it when I'm sitting or laying anywhere on the bed.

I recently adopted a 3 month old kitten and it has been a whirlwind. He scratches literally everything and even tries to use our backs as a scratching post. I have 2 scratching posts with beds and a big cat tree and scratch pads throughout the house and I bought tons of cat toys for him and he is still destroying literally everything in our house. I just ordered some nail caps which I’ve never had success with in the past but I am willing to try anything. I have a 17 year old boy as well and I think he too is astounded by this kitten lol. Please I need some advice on what else I can do cause I am losing my mind!!!

A little bit of a silly question when I think about it but still wanted to ask.

I live in BC Canada so it gets cold here, rains a lot. Moderate to heavy snow at times.

Mostly cold and rain. Unless cats are being bred by breeders, I wonder if the birth of kittens slow down around winter?

I’m asking because it is around December I want to adopt kittens. If I were to guess I would say no to this question.

But I can’t help to think there are a lot more kittens showing up when the weather is better.

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One of our cats refuses to poop in the litter box. He pees in it 100% of the time, but 95% of the time he poops a few feet away from the box. He's been to the vet and has a clean bill of health. We've tried multiple kinds of litter, litter box types and box locations. Any suggestions welcome!

Hi all! My 3 year old cat was diagnosed with asthma about 5 months ago. We've been tweaking things to manage his care, and we are currently using an inhaler twice a day and an oral steroid every other day. I'm curious to hear other experiences with this. He purrs a lot and is generally a happy guy, but he is very noisy most of the time. He doesn't appear to be in distress or struggling. He has pretty much lost his meow entirely and rasps at me now. I speak with my vet often and she doesn't seem to be concerned about any of this but she can't really tell me what is 'normal'.

Hi all, my girl has the 'betes. She's been prescribed purina dietetic management food. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get it the cheapest? Obviously it's a prescription food so I know not to expect much off a drop in price but I know some online retailers do subscription deals or discount programs? 80+ for a 10 lb bag of dog food is hard as is and she's ravenous as she lost a lot of weight so if I can save even a little it would help.

Got my first kitten (first pet as an adult!) a little over a month ago now. I do feel less lonely living alone, but he does piss me off sometimes when he wakes me up at 3 am clawing and meowing at my bedroom door. On weekends and less busy week days i let him sleep with me, but he does sometimes wake me up by sniffing my nose and walking around the bed purring. The first few days were rough, constantly worrying if he's okay. He got comfortable quick but I wasn't used to being followed around all the time and woken up every 2 hours. I still have a bit of worry i made an impulsive choice, but it's nice coming home and not having the house be completely empty every day. He can be a ball of energy though. I hope he calms down a good bit more as he grows up (about 5 months old now).

Just wanting to hear your stories with your first kitten. I've read posts saying they're crazy but he's honestly been surprisingly manageable. Did you have initial regrets? Indifferent? How did they turn out?

So I live in a shared flat with 3 rooms. My room, my flatmates room and the kitchen. My flatmate moved in with her cat 1 month ago. It's a nightmare since. At first the cat (him) and i got along. I was allowed to pet him every now and then. However, as he got more comfortable in the flat he got more brave - but not in a good way. He started to jump on the counters and even slept inside my closet, in my room. I don't want that. Don't get me wrong, I really love cats; I grew up with two of them but because of that, I know you have to set boundaries to achieve a peaceful coexistence. However, this little creature does never got to now an inch of boundaries since he was born. And my flatmate does not really seems to care either. He’s walking all over her. She puts up with everything from him. And she treats him like he is a prince. But sitting on counters wouldn't be an issue not to solve.

The real issue started, when he was screaming and meowing all night, scratching every surface and also eating my plants. I really think he is bored because my flatmate works from 8am to 8 pm so he figures other ways to get exercise. The worst part is, that I think in his eves im the absolute evil because im the one setting boundaries and tell him no. As a example; he jumped on the counter and when I told him no, he started hissing at me. Then when I was signaling with my body language that I don't want him to be on the counter (approaching and talking loudly) he attempted to hit me and then ran in my flatmates room. He could escaped the situation at any moment but decided to test his boundaries. I expected him to be more peaceful at such a situation.

But the recent encounter I had with him is what really shocked me. I went from the kitchen to my room an he sat in the hallway. When I passed him he attempted to bite and scratch me - not in a playful way but really aggressive. He was ready to fight me. I was so surprised and scared and stomped on the ground and screamed at him so he would not hurt me. He rushed in my flatmates room.

The catch is, this all happened, when my flatmate was not at home. HOWEVER, every time my flatmate is in the room her cat comes to me and DEMANDS PETS. But the second she is gone he wants to fight me brutally.

I really thought about this behaviour and figured that he is maybe frustrated and regulates his emotions through attacking me. Additionally he could be bored I think because my flatmate works 10 h per day. I would never consider this situation his fault for behaving aressive in any way. It's just that what he learned to do.

I advised my flatmate that she gets him a cat tree an maybe cat grass as soon as possible. Of course I also talked to her about all this an she just replied with; "I know he can be challenging, maybe I should discipline him also more often".

I know he is not my responsibility. But I want him to feel safe, even when he is a furry nightmare on 4 legs, because not the pets are the problem, their owner are.

I'd like some advice here how how to approach this situation.

Side infos: She has him since he was 1 year old, he is now 4. I asked where she got him and she said from a private person. He never got along with other cats, being territorial and antisocial. (Perfect pet for a beginner don't you think ...?) She moved twice and never had issues with him being aggressive. Although she said that he really did not liked her former flatmate either. However, it's her first pet ever. So she is very unexperienced. Unfortunately. ( I also talked to her about handling a cat an that its irresponsible to keep a living being without knowing anything about it. Which she replied she didn't think it would be that kind of challenge.)

I even considered to talk to my flatmate about giving him away to a experienced and caring new owner because the current situation can not continue like this.

I could be naive because my current cat is my first, but I am quite confused on why the indoor/outdoor cat debate seems to be so black and white among cat people. We know outdoor cats are a safety risk to themselves and the environment, but in my opinion never letting your cat outside is kind of neglectful in many cases (I have known cats who just have a scared or lazy disposition that would hate to go outside). I walk my cat on a leash everyday, and I also give him an hour or so of leash free roaming time before dinner in the yards around my neighborhood and I just meander down the street with him to keep him in eyesight, and he comes back to me when he’s ready to eat. He gets to chew grass, play in bushes, and climb trees. I also take him to parks in a carrier, take him camping, etc and it seems to enrich his life. Why is this not normalized with cats? We go to these lengths for our dogs so i don’t understand why the standard is so different. Maybe I just have a cat with a dogs disposition? Curious what people with more cat experience opinion is

I got a new kitten a week and a half ago. At first him and the resident kitten were not getting along (hissing, growling, fighting with yelps and whines). Since yesterday they’ve seemed quite chilled. They sleep together and even started grooming each other. They seem okay with the other using their designated litter boxes (we have three 1 for each and an extra). I don’t know if I should worry about that considering how territorial cats tend to be over their litter boxes. I think they get irritated with each other sometimes (sometimes the one seems to want to play and the other doesn’t). The younger also seems to bite the older while he is sleeping. I suspect it’s to wake him up to play.

I struggled a lot in the beginning differentiating what was fights and what wasn’t. I read that running away is an issue but they seem to chase each other around and there doesn’t seem distress.

I’ve read that introducing too fast and incorrectly can lead to issues. I just want to know if this seems like a success and that I no longer need to keep them separate/begin the process again. I’m worried that because it did happen quickly (a week and a half) that I may have issues later.

I’m trying to keep an eye out for worrying signs. The only change I seem to really pick up on is that the older (who was alone before) is no longer as vocal.

This all may seem like a ridiculous question but I worry about changing environments quickly and causing stress/anxiety in my boys.

I want to get this bed frame, and was looking up if it was safe on google and got a few different answers. My vet is closed on the weekends otherwise I would also call them! It’s the TARVA bed from Ikea, I want the pine wood one, it’s solid pine, and it’s got a pine odor to it. Not sure if the smell would be a problem, or if she chews on it. My cat normally doesn’t chew on things she’s not supposed to but I don’t want to chance it. Thanks in advance for anyone who helps!!

Okay, so last year I adopted (or was rather adopted by a kitten), she’s now 1 year old and as the days have gotten shorter and especially after the time change I have noticed that she has gotten depressed, I guess? She’s completely healthy, eats and drinks fine and was checked out by the vet, who didn’t find anything. Still she sleeps more and seems less interested in playing. This is not my first cat, in fact I currently have another older cat (10 or 11 years old), who never in all those years has had a shift like that. So my question is, can cats have seasonal depression? And if so how can I snap her out of it? It makes me sad seeing her sad.

Helloo, so first i have adopted a baby kitten at 7 weeks old (the lady just wanted to get rid of them because they have a lot of energy as babies and are mini menaces, and so she lied saying she was 3 months old but wasn't even 2 months old when we took her to the vet for first checkup). She's almost 3 months old now and will be 4 months old in december, and that is when me and my boyfriend will leave to visit my family in my home country for 3 weeks. My question is would it better to leave her with a trusted sitter at their house with another cat for this period, or have my friends who offered to take turns caring for her in my own home do so? Im afraid the moments my friends cant be there she'll be lonely and upset. She can't go outside yet for long periods (we have a protected garden) because she only had her first vaccines and needs a few more. Also my concern is that going to stay with a sitter and another cat she would get used there and struggle to recognize my place as her home when she comes back... Its a lot of doubts.. First time pet owner. There's also possibility to do 1week and half w friends and another with the sitter. Its also hard to get them to learn so i am afraid she will "unlearn" what we're currently teaching her because she was taken out of her mom earlier than usual (like no biting hands and no jumping 4paws first into peoples food loll) Anyways any feedback is appreciated :)))

Hey so I wanna start off with a disclaimer that I wouldn't usually do this. I genuinely wouldn't usually try to force an anxious cat to interact with another for the sake of me wanting a pet, these are some extraneous circumstances that got us I this situation.

So we have a cat (9F) who we adopted early this year. Now we have another cat (17M) who ended up in our care suddenly last Monday. To make a long story short, he's my childhood cat. He's always lived with other cats, but hes always been very anxious. This has always been seen as aggression, but really, its just fear. We had him since he was a kitten so I'm not quite sure where that fear stems from.

So without detailing his whole background, he's never truly been actively aggressive to other cats but he will hiss and usually make 1 swat at a cat who comes near him, and then immediately turn around and leave. Never started a real fight. Even now if we try to let them see each other through a little peek in the door he will usually hiss and turn around.

So im not worried he will actually attack my other cat, and we are introducing them very very slowly and have kept them separate since he came here. And I think they might be able to cohabitate fairly peacefully, but I was wondering If anyone knows any way to calm his fears more? All his body language shows that it's not necessarily aggression but he just seems to be stressed out by other cats coming close to him. I'd love to help him with this stress just so he can live his last years out as peacefully as possible.

Sorry if this is a jumbled mess or missing information I'm very tired right now

I'm trying to get my cat to eat wet food. He likes yogurt and sour cream and will happily lap up the Friskies lil soup cups. However he turns his nose up at pates and shreddies. He will eat dry food however.

What are some wet food that has the consistency of yogurt or Lil Soup?

Her name is Ginger, she's 8 months. She was rescued and surrendered to the rescue by neighbours when her previous owners moved away and left her behind.

I've ordered a cat carrier, stainless steel litter box, cat bed (with a cover), cat tree, scratching post + scratching mat toy, and a stainless steel cat fountain. I'm going to be using what the rescue recommends for litter (tofu litter) that I'll pick up alongside Ginger.

As for food. The rescue (doubles as a cat cafe) uses Fromm Surf n Turf, but it's like 92 CAD for 5lbs on Amazon so I'm hoping to find something of similar quality but not as horrendous of a price. If someone can recommend a brand they like I'd appreciate it!

I've gotten in contact with the local vet and scheduled an appointment two days after Ginger comes home. I'll have to get her spayed so that's my immediate next step and a hurdle I'll hop when I get there.

I'm preparing one of the spare bedrooms in the house to be Ginger's private space until she settles in.

Gonna grab some of the smaller things like food bowls (stainless steel), toys, and nail clippers in person

Can someone write like a checklist of things I need to give my cat monthly/weekly/annually? Only the mandatory things please thank you! For example do I need to give heartworm and flea stuff etc every month?

Hi! I recently have been giving my cat more wet food (I know I should’ve done it sooner since I’ve heard it’s better but I’m doing it now so please be nice 💕) and was wondering what affordable brands people give their cats and also wondering how much wet food should she have per day? She is 2.5 years old, about 13 lbs, but very long/lean and active and lovessss to play!

I have only been giving her about half a can when I get home from work as a treat since we recently moved and she has always had plenty of dry food out all day. I know free feeding isn’t always recommended so I’m looking for suggestions! I assume she can have/probably should be having way more than half a can a day.

I don’t make a ton of money so I’d prefer to find something I can get in bulk for cheaper if possible and isn’t too expensive but is still decent quality food. Her dry food is nulo (which I’ve heard is a very good brand but it’s quite expensive 😅) so any/all recommendations are appreciated! Also, would it possibly be better to transition her to just wet food and not give dry food anymore? She obviously likes the wet food way more now that she’s given it every day lol.

Thanks in advance!

Over the last year, my girlfriend and I have formed a significant bond with a stray cat living around our apartment complex.

6 months ago, we started leaving food out for him and he's become fairly comfortable with us. We already have two cats, a 5 years old and 1 year old female. Elvis, the stray, has consistently been coming to our porch nearly every day around 5 PM for food. He sleeps around our porch so much that the three of them even take cat naps together with the door closed. When I go out to feed him, I have been leaving just the screen door closed and the cats get along fine. Babette, our 1 year old, will even pounce at the window sometimes trying to play with him. This cat has been around the complex for years, seemingly abandoned by a previous owner, and appears to want to come inside. Also, I don't believe he is neutered.

At this point, we seriously love this cat and, at the very least, want to get him checked up with a vet and help him find someone to adopt him. Preferably, he would live with us.

So, what do we do? My mom advised building up trust with him so that I would be able to pick him up and place him in a cat carrier, rather than trapping him. I think I am close to that point with him, but is that a good idea?

When I take him to the vet, what should we be asking for to make sure he is compatible with our two existing cats? (As well as getting him neutered, vaccinated, etc.)

What difficulties should we look our for when introducing him to our apartment? They are already comfortable since the way I've been feeding him has basically been how people recommend introducing cats lol.

Thank you thank you, I'm very appreciative and am not sure where to start.

Here’s a cat-tree-Christmas-tree I’ve been eyeing for a while. I know people have suggested cat-friendly Christmas decoration, but I really want a tree.

In the past I’ve used a cheap tree from Five Below, since I don’t care if the cats destroy it.

Hello my wife and I will be having my sister move in with us we have 2 female adult cats who get along we will be adding a male adult cat who has lived with other cats his whole life. is there any special ways to introduce them that are not the general ways we are aware of the basic way to introduce cats but we were wondering if there's anything special about adding a male cat to a female cat home.

The kittens are around 4/5 weeks, I’ve been feeding them kitten pate but they still nurse on momma. Every time the smaller girl cat comes to suckle on mother, she gets up and moves away but when the boy kitty comes to nurse she lays there and licks him as he nurses. (She’s not fixed, that’s why I took them in so she doesn’t continue getting pregnant). Sometimes I see the boy nursing but the girl is in a corner as if she’s not allowed to suckle. I know she’s smaller (but she’s growing, almost up to the boys size) so I understand it might be a “runt of the litter” type deal where she doesn’t want to support the smaller girl cat but i just want to help the situation but I don’t know how .. every time she nurses and mom runs away from her i give her the pate (I also think that’s why she’s growing in size almost to the boys size). I cant help but feel that it’s messed up on mommas end.. but maybe she smells something wrong with the girl that I can’t sense ? Is it cus she knows the boy is a boy and she’s in heat so she has a preference to let the male survive? What do I do?!

Recently, I was adopted by a one year old stray we named Gordy. He's wonderful, very friendly and healthy. The only problem is we've struggled to get him and our 11 year old girl (jazzy) to get along.

Both cats get very lonely when left alone so we've been trying to speed up the introductions asap so we don't have to go back and forth between rooms. we've gotten to the point where they can be in the same room. Jazz no longer panics if she sees him but she still hisses and growls if he gets too close. Unfortunately Gordy is young and playful and he's very curuous about his new sister. We want them to spend time together so jazz gets used to him but we have to be very careful, because he'll pounce at her if we don't pay attention. If he does get too close, she'll throw a fit and slap at him, although I can tell she isn't trying to hurt him - her claws don't come out and she isn't trying to make contact.usually he either backs off or someone picks him up and takes him away. When they're being good, we give them treats and playtime, where they can watch each other.

Am I doing okay? Jazz has always been a hisser and used to get into fake fights with her old sisters all the time. No one ever got hurt and everyone moved on in a few minutes. Still, is the hissing a sign that I'm moving too fast? If she growls and I make him leave and then I give her a treat, does she think she's being rewarded for seeing him or kicking him out? I just want them to be happy together

Hi everyone! I’m adopting a month old unvaxxed kitten and my home already has a 3 year old vaxxed baby, what would be the best way to go about safely introducing them? Should I quarantine the kitten and wait to get the vaccinations or will it be safe enough to have them around each other?

Hi. I have a four year old male cat named Cheese. He was a stray I found and later adopted. He was neutered when I found him.

He's the most handsome guy in the world. But he likes to jump on my bed, start kneeding my blankets, then immediately masturbates after he's done. He also gets erect while kneeding. If I make him stop, he gets really mad at me and leaves. I try to redirect him but he usually ignores me. I don't mind that he does it but it makes me uncomfortable when he does it right in front of my ON MY OWN BED! How can I get him to go elsewhere to do his thing? Should I just let him be mad at me when I make him stop? Should I find another way to redirect him? Do I just deal with it?

He has a vet appointment soon, so I can talk to a professional about it, but I'm not sure what to do in the mean time.