My partner and I adopted two kittens recently, a brother and sister who are 2 months old. We want to get them some treats but weren't sure what was best/better for younger kittens as not a lot of treats are directed towards kittens. We already bought Wellness Kittles in the chicken flavor but we wanted some opinions on other treats as well. My friend gave us a bag of kitten temptations that she had left from her cat but I know temptations are not the best for our fur babies.

Would freeze dried treats such as minnows and chicken hearts be good for them in moderation? Or should we get those wet treats in the tubes?

EDIT: We have gotten them some wet and dry food as well. Someone recommended Wellness Core's Kitten food and then we got tiny tiger pate as of right now. We will be switching it up so they have a variety of food. We are also hydrating their dry food with water and will be ordering bone broth or something to hydrate it with in the future! But ANY food and treat advice yall have is needed!!! I wanna do right by my babies <3

I'm having some litterbox issues because my cats have conflicting needs. I have taken them to the vet and have enacted their suggestions (litter with attractants, hormone diffusers, moving food and water).

The biggest issue I have is one of my cats won't use an enclosed litter box, so she'll pee and poop on the floor in front of it. My other cat doesn't put his butt down when he pees, so he'll pee all over the walls and floor without an enclosed box. I tried to do a middle road and get a litter box with really high sides but no top, and that was too enclosed so my girl cat isnt using it again. I've tried to do a mix of both styles, but ultimately my boy cat will use the non-enclosed box and pee on the floor.

I'm at my wits end and I'm tired of cleaning up cat pee everyday and spending money on litter boxes. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

My little guy loves fruits (the ones he’s allowed to eat of course) so I was thinking about making him a cat sized ice cream cake with some fresh fruit topping. Since he seems to love cold stuff as well

Does anyone know if you can make ice cream out of cat milk? I would assume you can but I don’t know if it’s a different process than making human ice cream.

Thanks guys!

There is so many to choose from. Are they all the same as long as it says 100% salmon oil?

I know the decision is ultimately mine, but I really need some outside perspective. I have never done this before, and am emotionally lost. I've had Gandalf since I was 9 years old, and I turn 30 this year.

Just got off the phone with my vet - they think it's about his time, and said it's not too early. He's lost a massive amount of weight - he was still over 8 pounds in December, now he's 5.3 pounds. Isn't really eating anymore - he'll lick a bit at his food, but not much else. Has a hard time lying down and getting comfortable, he'll often just sit awkwardly for a long time. Cries a lot. Has more bathroom issues than ever before. Also seems to have a tooth problem of some sort, he's pawing at his mouth a lot. Is drinking a lot more water, which is generally indicative of kidney problems.

However, he's still very mobile. Walks around completely fine, jumps up to the couch, comes to my bed every morning to cuddle with me. Is always purring while cuddling, which gives me pause because he seems really happy in those moments....

I really don't want to euthanize too late. I don't want him to be in pain. His quality of life have taken such a huge hit the last few months - it's been a very rapid decline.

Can it be time to euthanize, even if he's still mobile and happy when cuddling?

Hey y'all! My cat just gave birth a few weeks ago and I fed her boneless chicken (a few ounces) alongside her regular catfood (Nourvet salmon dry cat food). Now that a lot of time has passed and her kittens are no longer dependent on her milk, she is acting weird. She only wants boneless chicken. She would starve the whole day and doesn't eat her cat food. Somedays, I would avoid giving her anything else and she would helplessly eat her catfood at the end of the day. Should I continue doing this for th betterment of my cat? Also, I give her cat treats every weekend (but I have been doing this for 2 years). should I avoid doing this too? Thanks in advance

For context; I’m moving in with my bf this week and we are still in the process of moving my cats (17 and 2 years old) over. He already has a cat (4 years old) and i’m worried about how i’m going to do it.

We only have one room to do the introduction in since the cats can’t roam around the rest of the house. The room is big enough to accommodate two more kitties, it’s just i don’t know how i can do the no contact and slowly introduce with them for their first few weeks/getting them accommodated to his room if they have to stay in the same place with his cat also. I don’t want to stress my old man out too bad with the move plus the new cat, i want to minimize it as much as possible. My bfs cat also has never lived with other cats either, so i’m worried for her as well with two dudes coming in and invading her safe space. My other cat will do just fine he used to come with me on car rides, walks, and my friends houses.

my cat loves to play with mouse toys. i don't know if this is allowed, but he's very energetic, and the normal ones don't amuse him enough to keep him playing. do you have any recommendations for robotic toys or mouse toys i can get to entertain him?

ive only got my cat a few weeks ago, a 6 month old persian. he’s previous owner used to free feed him dry food and give him wet food twice a day.

i noticed that he has developed a taste for chicken. im trying to give him a rotation of different flavored wet food (chicken, tuna, salmon).

recently, he hasnt been eating his other flavored wet food as much as in the past besides chicken. i’ve noticed that he would smell it, scratch the floor infront of it, then leave. as i understand, they do this to somehow bury/hide it to save for later(?).

what i would usually do is i would food wrap the untouched wet food to give him later but he would still do the same thing.

would it be okay to only give him the chicken wet food? wouldn’t a variety of wet food be better for him? what can i do to make him eat the other flavored wet food?

Hi everyone, we (me and my wife) have two male cats (both 8 years old and neutered) and a 7-month-old baby. Recently, one of our cats, who is and always was a bit nervous, has started peeing on the areas where our baby plays, especially on carpet and the mirror on the wall just above the carpet. We have three clean litter boxes, ample food and water. We've consulted both a vet and a behavior specialist who mentioned that our cat is stressed and is trying to "protect" the baby by covering its scent. Maybe he is nervous because of the smells from outside, she told us. We are using Feliway with no significant improvement yet. The truth is he sometimes does not do it for several days, then do it again. Also, he tries to "punch" the baby with paw and forgets to not release claws, so the baby is srcratched. The other cat is OK, he lets the baby play with him and pet him - or just leaves like a boss when not in a mood. Has anyone else experienced this or have any tips on what else we can try? My wife is going crazy and suggested to "get rid of him". Thanks for any suggestions!

hi everyone! so idk if anyone has any ideas for me but i need some help. so i have two cats and my roommate has one. i like to feed my cats high-quality kibble mixed with wet food, which can get expensive but it’s worth it for them. i’m not sure what he feeds his cat but she seems to prefer my food.

anyway, in the morning his cat will fight my cats for their food. i always take her away from the food and keep her away, but as soon as they’re done, she races back over to their food and continues to eat all of it! what are your best tips to keep cats out of each others food, that i might not be thinking of?

So my cat, who just turned 3, went in for a teeth cleaning today and they called and said he has a degenerative teeth disease and has to have about 20 teeth pulled. He was having gingivitis issues which was why the vet recommended a cleaning but I’m in shock. I feel horrible that I didn’t notice that he was in pain.

Does anyone have any advice for how I can make his life easier when he’s back home? The vet said he will have 8 teeth left. I know he’ll mostly be eating wet foods but maybe there’s some other things I can do to make him more comfortable?

Thanks in advance!

I’ve had cats before when I was younger get but this is the first cat that will be mine. I want to feed her the right food, make sure she’s happy and has adequate stimulation. I also want to train her to do a few tricks as well as go on walks.

Right now I have a few things in my Amazon cart including non clumping litter, a cat tree with a hidey hole, toys, a harness etc.

I went to the pet store the other day and looked at the kitten food for the ingredients, I found that tiki cat baby seems to be the best for money, but if you have any suggestions for kitten food please drop them in the comments.

I’ve been doing a lot of research on when to vaccinate and when to deworm etc, but again if you have any suggestions let me know.

I’m just nervous about making sure she is going to have a good home, so please if you have any tips please comment them.

Hi!! I have a question about the benefits of cats, more specifically emotional support cats.

I’m a teenager who has been inclined to a lot of anxiety and depression. I also have a high functioning ASD diagnosis. Although quite personal, i believe it’s necessary to bring up for my question. I have recovered a lot yet i do sometimes struggle with mood and stress and I’ve heard a lot about cats being good support.

I had a pet hamster and some fish when i was around 8 (im 16 now) and when they died i was very upset for a while. My mum said it probably wouldn’t be wise to get a cat or any other pet as if/when it died i would be distraught and she doesn’t want that for me. Don’t get me wrong, i have matured, but i still harbour a lot of discomfort around the topic of death/loss.

However, I’ve always really connected with animals and love them dearly and I’ve heard talk of emotional support cats. Sometimes I get very overwhelmed so i feel it would serve good for me. Yet others have said the maintenance of a cat can add to the stress or give another place for your anxiety to live.

I’d like to ask if anyone who has been in a similar situation would recommend striving for a cat, or any other animal, and how it helped/didn’t help!

Hi all,

Our nearly two-year old cat has suddenly (past 48 hours) started struggling to eat crunchy food (kibble / hard treats). We are going to take him to the vet for a check up, but just wondering what some possible causes could be?

He's sleeping more than usual but still eating wet food as usual, still playful (when awake). He's been picking up treats/licking them but struggling to eat them.

We had recently fostered a cat for a month who at one point attacked him when she escaped from her safe room, but he didn't have any visible injuries other than a couple of tiny scabs. We also considered the possibility that he had been stung by a wasp as we've had quite a few recently, but he hasn't got any swelling or other indication of that.

Hopefully the vet can figure it out but if anyone has any suggestions/ideas of things we can try please do share, thanks.

This last weekend I adopted a bonded pair of kitties who have known each other most of their lives. I knew from the jump that they were going to be shy from their foster mother (their prior owner passed away and apparently they weren’t found for a while). The thing is, one of the pair has adjusted incredibly well and the other has not. I live in a one bedroom and decided to keep them in the living room with my bedroom blocked off. Both hid from me their first night but one had started coming out immediately the next morning and now mostly hangs out not in hiding, is somewhat wary still but lets me pet her, plays, and is definitely eating well and using the litter box.

Her sister on the other hand went under the couch that first night and hasn’t really come out. I know this is totally normal and this is not my first experience with this (my prior boy hid for two weeks before regularly coming out to interact). But when my last cat hid I at least knew he was coming out to use the litter box and eat a little bit because he was the only cat. With the pair, it’s very hard to tell if it’s just the more outgoing cat eating from both of their bowls so I’m having a hard time not being anxious about it.

Their second night together, I separated them in different rooms just to get an idea of whether or not the hiding cat was peeing/etc. she did use the litter box, though it was hard to tell if she really ate a lot of the wet/dry food I have out. The pair did NOT handle being separated in different rooms and meowed across the door at each other all night so they are now both back in my living room. I can tell she comes out to explore at night because of that. She also made the briefest appearance yesterday to check me out and stare for a couple minutes before going back under the couch. I have been trying to basically ignore her, and have put her food, water, and litter box all near the couch.

I realize this is kind of a long post for something that I’m sure the answer will be “give it more time” but does anyone have experience dealing with one cat of a pair hiding? When should I be taking her in to the vet?

I have three cats. Ani,15, and Rodry & Tobias (Toby), who will be two next Monday!

The issue is I WFH and the boys are driving me batty. They sleep a lot during the day, but when they're awake, they're impossible to ignore. Rodry will claw at me, so I shove him (nicely) away, but he comes right back because he thinks we're playing.

Toby will claw at me but only because he wants picked up...which is a lot.

I can't shut myself up in a room because they claw at the carpet and meow like I'm torturing them.

I do NOT want to start coming in every day but I need to find a way to be as productive at home as I am at work.

Advice welcome! :)

Can any users advise if this auto litter leaks urine like the Pura Max does? I'm looking for a replacement. Can't stand the leaks already neither can my

hi! is it normal for cat constantly being hungry and what that could mean? we decided to feed cat which came to our yard, and now everytime I go outside he's in front of the house and always looking at hands seeking food. I fed him today 3-4 times, and as I said, every time I walk past him he's running up to me and meowing. to mention that I think he is about 1 year old, maybe younger. Could that mean he just want attention, or maybe to play, to pet him? But if I go right now and feed him, he would eat, even though I fed him like 1 hour ago. thanks.

Hewwo 😺

We have 3 cats and 3 litter boxes (4th box is on the way lol). We've been using "crystal" litter for the longest time but the smell when stirring it would make me gag, even if it was still fairly fresh. So we just switched to clumping litter from arm and hammer.

How much litter do you guys go through? We bought 37 pounds because I wasn't sure how much we need and it was not enough, so I went out and bought another 40 lbs to top off.

How often do you completely switch the litter and clean the boxes? With the crystals we did that about every 3 weeks. Or is it fine to just top the litter off when it gets low due to the clumping?

We don't use those plastic "trash bag" like liners, one of our cats would just dig around just to claw through them (he loves chewing and scratching stuff 🙄😅). But am I right thinking with the clay litter it's fine anyway since it clumps with urine?

I'm a scatterbrain and it probably sounds like I've just gotten cats and don't know about all this haha. I grew up with 2 cats but these are the first one we've added to our own family in 2020. I just like to make sure I'm doing things right for our babies and googling has me going in circles. It's also been a long weekend at work so please bear with me 😅

I'm reposting here because it seems that this sub is more active than the one I originally posted in.

For the past year, a spayed semi-feral cat has been living in my building's courtyard. Although she wouldn't let anybody touch her for the first 10+ months, she now seems to enjoy a good petting (on her own terms). All the neighbors really like her, and we have worked jointly on getting her socialized. We don't want her to stop being a courtyard cat (she seems to be doing well, and has shown no sign of hunting instincts - in spite of the pigeons that roam about).

However, when it rains she doesn't get to come out of her hiding spot for days or even weeks. The idea would therefore be to slowly get her used to coming into one of the neighbors' apartments, to give her shelter during rainy days or winter nights. The big but is there is no simple way of reaching the apartments from the courtyard. We will eventually also need to take her to a vet at some point. So I was hoping we could get her leash trained or used to a cat carrier.

Does anybody have any idea if it is even possible get a semi-feral cat used to a leash/carrier? If so, are there any tips on how to do this without betraying her trust or overstepping her boundaries?

Some background: She is a shy and gentle being who has rarely ever shown any signs of agression, but can get very moody and aloof during rainy days. I get the feeling that she is open minded, but that her timing has to be respected when it comes to trying new things out.

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

(TLDR at bottom)

I just wanted clarification as I've never introduced a new cat to an older cat before. Me and my partner just got a 8 week old (M) Toybobtail and are in the third day of introductions to my Resident 2 year old (F) Siamese.

we've been keeping the kitten in a safe cozy spare bathroom with blankets laid out a litterbox, toys and food/water with nice lighting. the kitten is very happy to see us any time he can, and is super explorative when it comes to play time.

It's now day 3 of the the new kitten and the last 2 days we've done our best to scent swap and make sure our resident cat knows he's there.

It's been going great and our resident cat shows no aggression, the only thing she's doing is Groaning loudly when my kitten is really close (he likes to walk up to her very slowly and smell her) and then runs away. There is almost no hissing..

We try to have them play in the same area with separate activities between my partner an I, and we have them eating on opposite sides of the bathroom door.

Is there anything more we can be doing to speed the meeting phase along? i know its a slow process meant to not be rushed but as there is little to no aggression at all, and my baby kitten is super excited to see and play with my resident cat she even tries to play with the same toys with her.

MY MAIN QUESTION / CONCERN SORRY FOR RAMBLING

: I'm terrible at reading cat body language/signs, is my cats Groaning when the kitten comes close a sign of aggression or should i let them go even with the groaning. I don't think my Siamese would ever attack him but i always interfere before anything can happen i don't want to stunt any potential progress.

It’s not a problem but I’m always wondering if she’s trying to tell me something. She’s about a year old so maybe it’s still the kitten in her but she always has something to say haha. Always starts as soon as I wake up and I move and then I feed her and my other cat and she continues to yell and then I’ll usually check water and litter box but she never seems satisfied with my responses to her. Maybe it’s that she wants to play as soon as I’m up but mama has to rest LOL. I love her and her yelling but I don’t want to be not understanding her. Is this a kitten thing? Is she even still considered a kitten? When I play with her sometimes she stops sometimes she’s not even interested in playing she just is yelling for the hell of it. Lmao just wondering if yall have any ideas of what it may be or if that’s just Stevie.

Hello my fellow car lovers.

I'm hoping someone can answer my curious question the cat I'm talking about Is a 6 years old girl (spayed) But a lately for what ever reason when you stroke her back she is sticking her butt In the air! Doesn't happen when stroking any were else just from the neck across her back not actually touching her behind because she doesn't like it which is what got me asking here. It doesn't matter if it is me or my partner either or where/how she's laid when we're petting her.

i wanted to put photo but for some reason its Greyed out

Please help a curious person🙏

Hello, I’d appreciate if you could give some advice on this. There’s a male cat in my neighbourhood. Whenever it’s cold or raining I let him in my apartment building to warm up and/or spend the night and give him some food. He occasionaly sleeps infront of my apartment door and whenever he sees me on the street he meows. I noticed he doesn’t like petting but he does like to rub on my legs and purr a bit. Recently I was sitting outside and he came over, sniffed my hands and rubbed his cheeks on them and then all of a sudden he bit me but gently. I thought he was just being playful but he did it again today, once gently and then again but harder which caused me to bleed a bit. Why does he do this? Am I doing something that provokes him or is he just weird?

Kitten is 9 weeks old, just got him and every time he eats he stares straight at me meowing really loudly. Is he grateful? Begging for more food? I don’t understand 😭

I saw someone on here say that feeding a cat the same food increases their sensitivity to it. My cat has a sensitive stomach and seems to be sensitive to chicken, all fish, and beef, with the reaction of gas, bloating, and diarrhea (I treated him like a baby being introduced to foods and only introduced one type of treat at a time to gauge reactions). Basically the only thing I can give him is turkey, or if i want to spend a lot of money, rabbit. I don’t want him to become sensitive to those foods too. Should I rotate food or feed him small portions of food I already know he is sensitive to in order to prevent this?

My cat seems to be getting picker with age, when she was a little kitten she devoured everything but now is giving me a headache with her fussiness! I bought her a multipack of 50 sachets of wet food which is the whiskas chunks in sauce but she won’t eat the chunks - just licks the sauce off! How can I get her to eat the chunks? She only eats the whole thing if it’s in jelly, which I thought these pouches were but they’re not - now i have 50 pouches that she won’t eat!

Hi guys, I have a 2YO male cat named Ozai. I got him as a foster kitten, fell in love and decided to keep him. He’s never had issues peeing outside the litter box until I recently moved into a house with 3 other people. After, he started having accidents on my bed, carpet, and bathroom rugs a few times a week. I’m at my wits end. I feel like I’ve tried EVERYTHING and he still is having accidents. I took him to the vet to rule out any medical issues. His urinalysis came back clean. I moved his litter box to a really convenient place so he doesn’t have to leave my room to use it. I make sure to play with him at least 1 hour a day. I created a quiet, dark space in my large closet so he can go hide and not be bothered. I tried feliway (scent hormones that calm kitties down). He’s been on the same food since he turned 1 and I haven’t changed the type of litter I buy. I always clean the pee spots as soon as I find them with enzymatic urine destroyer and wash the covers on my bed. I love him dearly so rehoming him is not an option for me but the constant cleaning/ buying new rugs is getting so overwhelming. I’ll get home after working a full day and have a mountain of cleaning to do because of him. Any advice anyone has to offer would be amazing.

My cat attacked and don’t know what to do

So my partner and I adopted a 3 year old cat about 2 weeks ago and we were told that she did have some issues with her some sounds and could nip at us if she’s feeling anxious. But we were totally ok with that because we had felt the nips during our first few visits with her and they were nothing really.

So flash forward and my parents and my nephew (2yrs) were coming to meet the cat and granted my nephew was slightly crying as he has some teeth coming in right now. As soon as they came in she jumps on our coffee table and started hissing at them. She then proceeds to start attacking my dad’s legs, luckily he was wearing jeans so they just got torn and no real scratches. Then she starts to attack my partners arm then comes for my legs. We were able to get her into a room and close the door but the damage was done and we were bleeding quite a lot. We were able to go to a walk in clinic and get everything checked up and bandaged properly.

So we came back and she seemed to have calmed down but we are very shaky around her and don’t feel safe anymore. We also want to have kids in the next 10 years so we now are unsure if we should keep the cat or give her back to the shelter. I would like some advice on what to do. If we keep her how can we feel safe having anyone over and having kids in the future. It’s so hard because we both love her so much already.