Okay, so i (16f) am still learning about my rescue cat ,hses about 5 or 6 months old right now?? Currently she is behind me on my chair.

Ive been harness training her and she is comfortable in the harness and isnt trying to get it off, it is a bit hotter out than I thought but I have water and we are in a shaded friends snack-shack with shade and airflow from fans.

She is breathing a bit fast, but is kinda walking around then hiding, right now she i sitting against me curled up and looking around while breathing fast, but like she is just observing? She seems like she wants to be near me...

Is she okay, do you guys have any tips?? I have a treat with me and am about to give it to her for being a good girl, im also keeping peoole from crowding her

I feel really really horrible, I thought she was ready and would be alright, am I scaring her or is this normal for a cats first time out? She has so much trust in me and I worry I've broken it, any advice us greatly appreciated, and please please understand I am new to being a cat mom and only want the best for my baby. I never intend to hurt or cause her harm, and in learning all of this and how to raise her with love and care. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you

Edit: she is in her carrier, she's a bit hot, but i think she has calmed down a bit, thank you everyone for the help, and I'll give her a lot of love and treats when we get home, as well as a comfy place to unwind on my bed as always

(Germans near Leipzig, please help my cat)
[In Leipzig oder Nähe Leipzig]

Hallo,
mein Kater hatte einen Balkonsturz und dadurch wurde mitunter auch eine Lungenblutung festgestellt und beide Vorderpfoten gebrochen.
Er musste zwei Operationen durchmachen und jetzt wurde festgestellt, dass durch die Operationen und die Lungenblutung eine schwerwiegende Blutarmut vorherrscht, wodurch eine Bluttransfusion notwendig ist. Kriterien sind max. 9 Jahre, Blutgruppe A (wie die meisten Katzen und wie mein Kater) und ca. 4kg (oder mehr) und wahrscheinlich Wohnungshaltung/keine Krankheiten im besten Fall.
Es ist wirklich dringend und es wird zwar erst einmal mit Hundeblut versucht aber falls er das schlecht aufnimmt wäre am Besten für Sonntag dem 18. Oktober eine Spenderkatze zu haben, aber die Ärztin meinte, dass sich sein Zustand trotz Maßnahmen auch am Montag verschlechtern kann und er dort eine Transfusion braucht. Ich bitte um eure Hilfe, da sonst seine Chancen wirklich sehr schlecht stehen und ich nicht genügend Leute mit Katze kenne.

Is there any sort of numbing cream that’s safe for cats? I brought my boy to the vet today after a cut on his ear began to abscess, and he got some injection antibiotics. Now that he’s feeling better, he’s begun to scratch at it and keeps pulling the scab off. I really don’t think he would tolerate a cone or donut well, but if he can’t feel the itch, he wouldn’t scratch.

Still about 11 hours till the vet opens back up and I wanted to know if numbing cream was even available. I also don’t want to take him in for another exam because I just put $500 on my care credit today and he gets so stressed out going to the vet. Since it’s his ear, it doesn’t re seem feasible to put a bandage on it either.

Has anybody had any similar experience, and how did you go about it?

My baby boy my last surviving boy of his mother's only litter. They were ferals but me and my fiance saw them being born in our backyard. Most of them stayed some left us.

His name was sweetheart because he was an absolute doll and we wanted to bring them inside but couldn't because of our current baby boy who doesn't do good with other cats.

We were driving back from a church event and there he was laying in the road one block from home on his way home for dinner. Which is 4pm sharp and he knows that. We were only at the church for an hour and he was laying in the road. Cold and alone. My sweetheart died alone without the love he would crave every second of the day.

Sweetheart deserved to be inside a loving home and ill forever regret now not giving him that. May you rest is peace baby boy - love your big burly Hooman dad

Ive never had a pet before my current house cat. So ive never had to experience a heart break quite like this.

We finally bought animal crossing today, will get to playing it later. Joe loves to game with me, I adore how calm and loving she is. I adopted her as a kitten, she was spayed before I got her and originally thought boy until took to the vet back then and now find out she’s a girly pop. Isn’t she beautiful!? She’s very well behaved and a bit of a mommas girl, she is very bonded to me

Every pack I look at fish Fish FISH. I thought the friskies poultry pate was fish free? It's not. Two of the 4 flavors contain fish (plus his recent food strike was over friskies and a flavor of fancy feast). Which Bandit can't have large amounts of. Lucifer needs SO MANY CALORIES a day I need big cans or high calorie small ones. I did not expect it to be this hard. My sister just let me know she's increasing the rent and the rotation I just started went out the window mostly (this was due to Petco not being transparent about carbs. I asked the feline diabetes group. Apparently they've asked multiple times. Petco ignores any requests for the carb content of the recipes). I'm keeping the flaked and the chicken kitten wholehearted but the turkey has been a whole struggle.

I can't afford weruva everyday. The packs I found I can afford won't last Lucifer a week. They aren't high enough calories. I got all these coupons and did the math. It's not enough for him for a month. I can throw some in but it can't be his main. Everything that could be his main Bandit can't have most of the pack. I'm at a loss.

Does anyone know anything? Bandit has been doubling the costs having to have completely seperate food or me having to buy singles for him. I'm trying to find something affordable both can have but I think I'm just screwed.

Do you put collars on your cats?

Over the summer, I took in a feral mom and kitten. The kitten just got his microchip, so I'm wondering if I should now take his collar off? I read somewhere that it's good to have both a collar and chip so that if the cats ever get out, people know by sight that they are pets who should be returned. I have mixed feelings on it.

Mama cat gets chipped next week so then I'm also wondering if I should remove her collar too.

They both like to hang around doors and would love to run outside any chance they get (more so with the mom who lived outside for years).

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thank you!

Recently I've just adopted 2 female (sprayed) cats, they're both domestic shorthairs. I've had them for about one week now, when they first arrived, the foster parents released both of them in the room and they immediately fought, not playful fighting. The 7 year old (nana) scratched the nose of the 2 year old (anan) which caused it to bleed. I've separated them since then and have been doing scent exchange where I exchange their boxes, beds and toys which have each other's scent to get them more familiar. Today morning, I've let both of them meet directly, while holding onto the nana in case she starts a fight. They didn't fight... for about 5 minutes then nana meowed loudly to anan which then anan hissed at her. I've continued separating them since then.

The advice I need is, do you guys think they are inherently incompatible? Personally I'd like to keep both of them because I've grown affectionate to them, but this situation causes me stress as well. For now, I've decided to keep this going on for another month and see how it goes, I would appreciate advice on methods or items which could help them bond.

This literally just happened and I'm worried she's possibly having some kind of pain and trying to communicate that to me, so please give me advice as I've never dealt with this before.

My cat was outside of my room, and she's not really good with people besides me. My step-mom and nephew are out there. I let her in, laid down flat on my bed and she just randomly attacked me. Like, full-blown attacked me as if I were another cat and she was getting territorial. Her ears were down, she was hissing and swatting at me.

Now, after a few minutes of trying to get her to smell me and remember who I am she's acting pretty much normal. She's purring and making biscuits. She's meowing a lot and wanting me to pet her.

Is something wrong here? Should I take her to the emergency vet? We got a new cat around the end of May but they've had no issues whatsoever. Any advice is welcomed, thank you.

My cat keeps going to the litter, every 1-5 mins, able to pee a little but keeps going back and just standing in there. I just noticed he’s also licking his belly a lot. Like when he’s not trying to use the bathroom he’s licking. He’s eating and drinking like normal.

Took him to the vet and he doesn’t have a blockage or anything super fatal. His bladder is small, everything around it though inflamed. His belly does look bigger recently but nothing that looks alarming. Hes a growing boy (2ish years old). It was really expensive to do all the tests. I had a similar thing happen with my other cat, and it was a stress induced bladder issue, except then my cat was urinating too much .

I got some inflammation med and “cat Advil” for now, watching him closely. I am keeping my other cat away for now, other cat is hissing i think cuz it saw the vet bag and smell on my cat. I’m so tired. Haven’t slept. What does this sound like to yall?

for the past few months ive been constantly thinking i need to do better for my cat.
i play with them for a good while 1-2 hours with breaks, but they just want to keep going and i try to keep them fed and hydrated well with 3 meals at: 7 am, 3 pm, and 7pm.
But i still can’t shake the feeling i’m not doing enough, i already am buying a cat tree and some more toys (i don’t make a lot so it gets expensive).
I even read that it’s better for the cat if there’s another around so i’ve been thinking about getting a second, but i’ve tried getting them used to people ever since they were a kitten (2yrs currently) and they have a hard time meeting new people and animals.
Am i just mentally spiraling or is there something i’m missing, cause from the way my cat behaves i feel like i’m not doing enough.

Hi everyone, I just adopted a cat from a friend, who has since left the country.

They say they got no idea what it is, and they got this cat from SPCA in Canada like a year ago.

I notice these markings inside the cat’s ears like a week later…

Do you guys have any idea what it likely is?

Fellow servants of our air biscuit making friends- do you have any reccomendations for a clumping litter litter brand that does not excessively stick to paws? We have changed to a litter robot type of box and now have a stray litter drop zone radius of 10'.

The picture is just to draw attention to the question, Toddrick has been working on his forms and is proud of himself.

My cat that i felt was my animal soul mate died earlier this year, i loved him so much but unfortunately he was ran over at 5 months old after running out our front door. I don't know if the sudden death has anything to do with why I feel how I do now but I feel like im not connecting with my new kitten as much. I do love her and she loves me back, she's around 4 months old I've had her for 2 months now. She's still a bit skittish but doesn't run from me just becuase I walk over to her anymore ans she likes to come over and sit on me and lay down and sleep on me if she's tired and likes playing, which is like my previous kitten but for some reason it's just not clicking with her. I love her but I don't feel she adds much to my life which is an awful thing to feel. I'm not going to re-home her she doesn't deserve that stress as shes naturally more shy and is attached to me. Will this get better? Can someone who had a similar struggle give advice

Hi, my cat got misdiagnosed with diabetes and was described insulin, after which she fell into a hypoglycemia coma after a month of taking it, the vet makes it look like its our fault to not have double checked the blood faster, but that was after he ALREADY diagnosed her and gave her 4 stripes of insulin in a 40 syringe 2 times a day, he also didn’t explain that we had to give that AFTER food, our cat went into a coma yesterday, her temperature went down to 33 and her sugar was almost non existent. We paid a total of 1000€ for everything and we have a big trauma from it all, do you think the vet has to make this right? He also never checked her urine or anything else, her sugar was slightly higher but still in a very normal range, she has alot of annoying symptoms such as obsessive eating and drinking and peeing an pooping all over our house, but that could be many reasons and could be many ilnesses. We feel so angry, so defeated by it all. Luckily she made it, hopefully the weekend goed well. I feel like he has to fix this or pay us back a part of the expenses. We almost don’t have any money left for food and this situation cost us almost all our savings, but the biggest issue ofcourse is that this was deeply traumatic. We went to more vets and also the clinic and all of them told us this in not diabetes, and the blood results don’t say anything obvious proving the diabetes, they were also shocked, what do you guys think? After all of this craziness we still don’t know what her real illness is.

I have a stray cat that lives on my roof and I was just out petting him. I have an ingrown toenail that ive been picking at, and he stepped on it very briefly. He is eating wet food, and is very affectionate and vocal. He has never bitten or scratched me, I'm just a severe hypochondriac and rabies is one of my biggest fears

My cat is indoor outdoor (ik ik keep my cat in) but anyways. He is acting normally. But he has 3 of these on him one near each shoulder blade and one at the base of the back of his neck. Ive never seen something like this in all my years of having cats 😔 please help
Some people have told me to remove it myself I said no I'm to scared. I dong want to cause him Pain. Ofc I'm likely going to take him to the vet but they dont open till Monday. Just looking to see if anyone has had something similar happen.

Dw he loves me🫠✌️

My kitten makes constant noise. Not that I mind at all I’m just worried that he’s upset or distressed for some reason. He’s been checked by the vet recently as he was just neutered and then had his booster vaccine and he was fine.

He does the same when I walk around the house. He winds round my legs and makes constant noise and I can’t figure out what it is. He doesn’t want food, litter is clean, doesn’t want cuddles and doesn’t want to play. I’m not sure what else it could be or if he’s just very vocal.

Any advice please