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Hi everyone, we adopted two kittens out of a litter of 5 back in April, one male and one female. The female was spayed back on July 3rd. Everything seemed ok, she healed up OK except for a scar.

About two weeks after the surgery, when everything was pretty much healed up, she started sucking on the wound area. She doesn't seem in pain or unhealthy otherwise. She's not losing hair but the fur on her belly is discolored from the sucking. The vet didn't seem concerned and suggested to put something bitter on her belly as deterrent, but that didn't help, and neither do body suits. She still sucks on her belly multiple times a day now, three months after the surgery. We're thinking of getting a second opinion from another vet, but figured we'd also check Reddit to see if someone else experienced something like this? Thanks for any advice!

Timeline:

July 3: spay
July 17: surgery healed up, sucking belly starts
October 13: still sucking belly

Our 2 yo cat, who is a feline of extremes (the cuddliest and also the most destructive) has a penchant for chewing on our crocs. She practically annihilated my pair and did some good work on my partner’s as well. We thought she was just chewing on them however, not devouring them.

The last 3 weeks she has been very ill - eating very little, vomiting bile, lethargic. The first visit to the vet included an x ray where they found nothing. The second visit was blood work, nothing. The third visit was exploratory surgery. Anyway, 3,000 tears and dollars later, we have a healthy girl once again, since the vet found and removed a 2 inch piece of croc strap from her colon. Warning to other cat parents who have croc-chewers - get rid of the shoes.

Has anyone else had this problem - what did you replace your outdoor shoes with ? We have chickens and a garden and used our crocs daily for chores.

I bought my girls a gen. 5 wheel some years ago, and the pads that came with it are now toast. I went to their website and shipping is three times as expensive as the pads themselves, so that is definitely not happening! I tried sticking regular carpet on with double sided tape, but it came off in a matter of hours.

So I'm looking for an alternative, so my girls can get their wheel rolling again...

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Hello everyone!

My family‘s cat Smaug got acute pancreatitis in August and has now developed secondary diabetes because of it. He was a stray who, even after over 8 years with us, barely allows any touches and affection. So when our vet told us that he needs insulin shots twice a day we knew it was gonna be a challenge. We tried it for a week but after a few days he stopped looking at us and kept hiding - obviously not being a fan of touches let alone needles. Now we get him a super expensive oral medicine every other week which he only gets in the mornings with his food.

My main concern/question is: How long should it take for him to feel better? He is on this medication for a few days now and he still drinks and pees a lot. His blood sugar also isn't regulated well yet because he wants food every hour.

This is what stresses me out the most because I don't know if I should ignore him and feed him 2 bigger meals and maybe 3 little snacks every day? Or give in and keep giving him food?

Has anyone had similar experiences? Any advice/experience would be appreciated!!

P.S.: Right now he only gets raw chicken due to not being allowed having carbohydrates.

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So, we're in a pickle and want to make sure were respecting both cats needs. Sasha (current cat) is slow to warm up to new cats and definitely needs to go through all the steps when introducing cats. Ciel (new cat) is very sociable and has seperation anxiety.

At this point, they each pretty much have their own rooms with all their supplies in there. We figured itd be best for Ciel to sleep in her room while Sasha got free roam as usual at night (for the time being). That was Sasha doest feel like shes suddenly getting locked in a room all the time.

Ciel was not a fan of this.

Ciel screamed at us all night until i eventually caved at 5:30 am and switched them. We tried to wait her out and can continue to do so if thats whats recommend but i dont want her to be in distress all night. However, its not fair to Sasha if we lock her up at night just because shes quieter about how upset she is.

We have ordered a screen doorway for when we do start face to face introductions. Sasha seems fine with there being a cat on the other side of the door but does prefer to stay away from it. Ciel, very curious and wants to meet Sasha.

Looking for recommendations on these two. Speed up the introduction process? Ignore needy cat behavior? Alternate who ets to sleep with us? Thanks in advance!

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Her actual birthday was October 9th but better late than never! 😸

My grandma's cat is sleeping on my lap while purring peacefully right now. I'm her favourite human too, she follows me around everywhere when I'm with her.

Never felt unconditional love my whole life. Felt no parental love growing up,parents are abusive as fuck, both physically and mentally. And for some reason I only attract girls that are superficial in their love. None of the girls I've been in love with ever wanted me.

But these animals they've always been there. They don't make me feel unwanted and unloved. I'm glad they exist, I really am.

If you have a person in your life who just can't seem to find love just give them a pet.

P.S- I forgot how warm cats are my laps feel like they're slowly burning. Maybe we could find a way to harness this energy or something.

Edit- She's kneading on me in her sleep, this is kind of painful with her claws and everything.