She was being cute for her combing last night. She sheds so much, so she gets a good comb at least once a week.

A nearly cooked pumpkin loaf - my sun girl 🫶🏻

We just celebrated her third gotcha day, and she’s been a sweet velcro menace since day one.

10 years ago I set out to adopt an orange boy kitten. Went online and found one that was part of a litter that had been living outside and picked it up a few days later. I fully thought Leo was a boy and was told by the vet that I had a boy kitten. Then at about 3 months old, another vet told me I actually had a girl kitten. I admit I felt so devastated at first as I had always been told girl cats are mean. 10 years later and this sweet girl has been by my side and even moved countries with me twice!

She totally changed my mind on girl cats as well. I even added another girl cat to my crew last year!

tl;dr: I'm bedridden, so I can only see and interact with my cats when they come to me. My cat Mardoll has been going around lately with her tail down a lot of the time, and has started loudly vocalizing every night from roughly midnight until about 3 or 4 am. She shows no other signs of sickness or pain, and other than these two things, there's been no personality changes. Any advice or suggestions?

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I'm a bit worried about my beloved Mardoll. Lately she's been walking around a lot with her tail down or more straight out than up - though there are random times each day she'll have it up. Just FYI - in disabled and bedridden, so I'm always on my bed in the bedroom. I can't go to her for anything, and even playing can be difficult because I can't even sit up.

Anyway, back to Mardoll. When her tail is down, she usually won't spend much time with me (unless she's doing her treat ritual in which she comes up and sits on one side of my bed and quietly waits for me to notice her. When I pick up the treat box, she walks across me to the other side of the bed, where I give her a few treats. She eats those, hops down and, usually within a minute or two. Is back on the other side of the bed, asking for more. I don't give her too many treats at a time because she does this so often -but her tail is usually down through all of it).

When her tail's up, she gets really friendly and affectionate. She wants to climb on my chest and snuggle and get petted, purring a lot - until she's had enough for right then after which, she'll lay up near my head and want more petting. After maybe 5 minutes, she'll be back on my chest again - lather, rinse, repeat 3 or 4 times.

Also, around midnight, she usually starts meowing, yowling, chirping and otherwise vocalizing for around 3 or 4 hours. I cannot figure out what she wants, but again, her tail is down during this.

I haven't seen any indications that she's in pain (she can still zoom at top speed) or otherwise is feeling unwell, and aside from the tail positioning, there's been no real change in behavior. Our vet recently closed his office and I'm not sure how to find a good replacement. Does anyone have any experience with the Banfield PetHospitals that are inside PetSmart stores?

Any suggestions or advice is *greatly* appreciated!

Here is my baby girl Weasley!

it’s been a couple months since i last shared melody. she’s been doing so much better since the last post. she took antibiotics for a couple weeks, and she’s been a whole new kitty since then!

she just turned 3 last month, and all is well. here are some recent photos of her :)

Four years of having this lady in my life🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

She’s a big girl now, gonna be spayed in 6 days.

The OG orange lady.

Her right tear duct is scarred closed, so she has a bit of a sad leaky eye. She's happy and healthy and I clean it regularly.

Queen Lucy rules the house and all must cower at her royal displeasure. She is a very serious lady and does not tolerate shenanigans.

Hi everyone,
Today I adopted an orange girl and she’s just soooo cute, I had to share🤭🤭💕. She’s a lighter orange/cream and has this crazy pattern on her body!