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This is Miss Widdle. She is my little princess who is about to turn 7 ❤️

Hi all! I'm a first time cat mama here so bear with me! We adopted a kitten about 6 months ago and she's the little love of my life. We have two kids (boys, 3yo & 2yo) and one dog (12 year old female Aussie mix). I saw another kitten I wanted to adopt and I wanted to get all you cat people's opinions on adding another cat into our already perfectly chaotic home. Unfortunately the kitten I saw got adopted already but now I can't stop wondering about adding another cat while ours is still young (8 months). She's a female tortie and she's FEISTY and can be an absolute handful but also so sweet and snuggly. I have so many questions so please hit me with your stories of adding another cat or any advice you may have!

So my cat had some issue stomach wise recently. Mainly throwing up bile and constipation. We took her to the only vet in town. He gave her some shots and we fed her with a syringe for a few days amd she got much better.

Later on, she got fleas or something, she couldn't sit still anywhere and would constantly itch. She would also stop using litter box and had empty spots of fur.

We took her to the vet immediately and he said she's fine and he applies some purple spray on the spots and gave her two shots and he said everything is fine and he left.

When we went home she hid for a while and now, she's just sitting in warm places and not moving much, she might play for a minute. She still eats a bit but seems overly tired. She also is not using the litter box unless we take her to it.

She also doesn't sleep in her usually places, she's preferring sitting on someone's lap or on a cloth on the kitchen table.

She licked off the spray and vomited it and we tried contacting the vet who is not responding now. We don't know if she's just tired or if she's still sick.

Does anyone know anything that can help? I'll take her to the vet again if she doesn't get better but I'm starting to think that vet is a dumbass.

Edit: she had much more energy before we took her to the vet the last time. It was only afterwards that her energy levels gone down.

Hello! My boy unfortunately has to have his anal glands removed. He’s only 7, the vet and I went through all other options, and nothing has eased the situation. As of now, we have gone every 4 weeks for an expression since August. My boy hates it. I hate having to put him through it. I can afford the upkeep, but the quality of life for him is painful and I will do anything to help him.

The surgery is in a month and I was wondering if anyone else has gone through this process with their cat? How was the recovery? Was the quality in life improved? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

This decision is not impulsive. It’s been quite stressful and upsetting for everyone.

Cat Tax: Zeke Yeager - rescued him over a year ago. Just a big mush of a tax paying man.

Hey guys. I want to adopt a cat, but I’m a little fearful, and I have lots of questions. I don’t know many people who own a cat, but those I know the cats are very unsociable and are practically invisible. Can you tell me your experience? I will be very sad if my own cat doesn’t “socialize” with me lol.

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Meet Tubby. 10 months old persian furrball. Absolutely does nothing whole day other than asking around for neck and belly rubs. Sometimes I am jealous of Tobby's life

Advice introducing cat to dog

My boyfriend rescued a male pit bull (about 2 years old) that was being abused. And I have had my male orange short hair cat (2 years old) since he was a few weeks old. We want to move in together but we need help and any advice as to how to introduce them and make this transition as easy as possible! It would be greatly appreciated.

If you want to know more details regarding their characteristics which make this challenging; The pit bull is extremely friendly and is not at all aggressive, not even around other dogs and does well with children too. The problem is he seems attracted to small animals like cats or squirrels. One time he accidentally got introduced to my cat prematurely and he was attracted to my cat immediately and wanted to play/lick my cat but my cat did not like his presence at all. My cat on the other hand is very well behaved, super affectionate lap cat. But he can be very anxious or scared. Just seeing the dog scares him even though the dog is attracted to being with him.

We have enrolled my boyfriend’s pit bull into professional dog training to ensure we can have better control of any behavior. If you have any recommendations as to what to practices to instill that may help with this transition. I would appreciate anyone’s input as to how they have introduced cats and dogs together successfully in your own home. Its greatly appreciated!

They tolerate each other(ish) 🙈🤣

I live in Michigan so the weather right now is rough. It’s extremely cold, there’s a lot of snow, and it’ll just get worse. There’s a stray cat that ive discovered, at least I believe it’s a stray, but the issue is it seems to have made its hideout someone’s grill cover. This grill is on an enclosed porch, so we legally cannot get there. I do not think this is their cat though because why would they let their cat out in this kind of weather and in a very populated area? We tried to ask the owner of the apartment if we could get in there to get the cat, but the door to their building is locked. We tried coaxing it out with treats but it didn’t work. I am at a loss but I don’t want to give up. Any advice on how I can get this cat out legally???