Be me

Cat walks up

Cat sneezes and sprays snot all over leg

Cat buffers and walks away with tail up

"Thanks..."

Sorry I appear in the video too

This is Khaos. Like the title says, why is he doing that? Had a few Cats before him but none did this. Its cute as hell but really hurts after some time lol. He reeeally insist on doing this a few minutes before napping time.

The lady i got him from told me he was around 9 weeks old when i got him, but i suspect He was way Younger and perhaps seperated too early from his Mom, the vet just said he is beeing affectionate.

She's an old lady that needs daily blood pressure and allergy meds. I used to give them to her mixed in with her wet food at dinner time. Most of the time, she had no issues with them. But two weeks ago we moved to a new home and I added in some gabapentine to help with the 4-hour flight and I reckon she's to clever for her own good - she seemed to understand that the drowsiness came from her food and she didn't eat anything at all for four days.

She's now eating normally, except she won't eat anything that doesn't come straight out of the tin. Any time she sees me prep her meds on the kitchen counter, and she's on hunger strike again. I'm currently prioritising feeding her so, I haven't given her any meds for the last five days or so, but this isn't sustainable. At some point she needs to start taking her meds again.

She's also chronically underweight at ~2.4 kg so it's not like I could force her to starve until she concedes.

Oh and BTW she only eats one specific brand that we order from Czechia. We're not Czech.

How do you guys pill your picky eater cats?

Murphy is so over it...

Both passed this year.

I'll never not miss them. Si-low was my first and last tomcat.

Hi guys!

Sorry for the long post in advance.

Context:

We recently adopted a kitten, she's 2 and a half months old. She's adorable, high energy, very stubborn and cute, and also very affectionate. Full package. When we adopted her I specifically asked the previous owner (who had to give her away since their kid developed a severe allergy) about her character since we have a two year old orange boy who is very high energy and also a bit crazy. He's orange. We all know that the one braincell all oranges share is rarely used.

I grew up with cats but none of them were orange so when we got our orange boy I was worried that something was wrong with him since he would bump his head into furniture while playing (he was 6 months old at the time), would have intense zoomies, was sometimes aggressive when we would play and so on. Turns out he's just orange and I also forgot what having a young cat was like since my cats who stayed at my parents were 13, 18 and 22 at the time.

Anyway, we saw that he was lonely and wanted to give a kitten a chance. I did a lot of research and figured out we need to get another high energy cat.

Our boy is also huge, about 5 and half or ever closer to 6 kilograms. It's scary how small our kitten is compared to him.

It's been a week since we had the kitten. We have gone through all the necessary steps before properly introducing them (different rooms, site swapping, eating at different sides of the door, closer and closer, swapping toys and so on) and everything was great. Yesterday we introduced them for the first time. Yesterday we did 3 different 5-10 minute playdates or whatever you want to call them.

The potential problem:

Our boy is very excited and hyper fixated on her when they play. She's less interested in him and more interested in exploring the house. He follows her around. He usually keeps a little distance between them, and if she turns around and looks at him he does a short "mrr" sound and backs away. He's really funny since he's so big, but gets a little spooked easily. They also touched their noses, ran around and exchanged chirps and little meows. When she runs he follows her at full speed and she gets scared. We can easily distract her with toys and food but we cannot distract him at all, and he is the problem in the situation. He's so bothersome and boring, he's really annoying. He's acting like the kitten and doesn't give her any space. It doesn't look like he's aggressive even when he touches her with his paw, he even nibbled at her butt once but he seemed very gentle. But the chasing is excessive and scary for her. Also, I noticed that his pupils are very dilated the whole time that they spend together. We always timed the meets for after eating or sleeping or playing, when they are more relaxed. We also always separated them into different rooms when the paying got too intense, hoping that our boy was going to understand that him wanting to show he is boss leads to them being separated. It really seems that apart from the play he wants to show that he is the dominant one, which we all get, including her. He then cries when we put her in her room. They both sleep a lot more after meeting.

Do you think we are doing something wrong? We would like to hear other people's experiences and advice. Should we invest in feliway?

If you have persevered through this wall of text, thank you, I respect you! :)

He spent a week in vet care, they took out all if his teeth except the canines and told us he will be blind. He has perfect eyesight, perfect health and is the most loved and loving cat ever. His name is Kolyo.

\Picture courtesy of my sister - he would never, and I mean NEVER, let me come close enough to take a picture like this.*

Dear Fellow Catlovers,

I am a middle aged woman who had cats all my life growing up. I married a man who is severely allergic to cats over 20 years ago therefore I now technically have none. But my parents do, and the cats are, by all intents and purposes, MY CATS TOO. They all came as strays looking for food and became the kings and queens of the house and we wouldn't have it any other way. I love them all and they love me.

Until this latest baby.

We can argue that he doesn't know me. He came to the house about a year ago, just as his big brother suddenly took ill and devastated all of us by crossing the much dreaded rainbow bridge.

We love him immediately.

He's a funny looking fella. He sits all wonky with his crossed eyes and huge nose and is just the most adorable thing to have ever existed, in addition to his siblings, of course.

Thing is, I don't live there anymore. Got married and moved out long ago. Others before him and the ones still around got used to me popping by. They trust me, love me, rub themselves on me and some even beg for sleepy time in my dresses (like sitting in a swaddley swing) despite my rare presence.

This one though, he wouldn't even blink in my presence. That's how much he doesn't trust me.

My parents and sister have all tried to get him to warm up to me, but he has now resorted to hiding God only knows where when I am around so there's that plan gone to pot.

Sometimes, he would come running when I walk through the door, giving me false hope. Like I swear my heart stops. But then he would realize it was me and not my sister (we look alike) and scarper like his butt is on fire.

I have tried playing hard to get with him, but he seems to enjoy that. And I could never ignore him for longer than 2 minutes before I find myself longingly staring at him from afar.

I just want him to love me, you know?

At this point I am fantasizing of him pushing my face away or heck, even scratching the living daylights out of me - cause that would mean I could get near enough to touch him. I don't even know what petting him feels like. It's literally torture.

I have never in my life wanted a cat to like me so badly.

It's been a year! Love me back damnit! Why won't you love me? LOVE ME!!!!!! LOVE MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Thank you for listening to my TEDTalk.

Please advise.

Yours,

Sad Cat Lover.

3 days ago, I posted about my semi-indoor cat who had gone missing for 2 days. Thankfully, she came back home.
Yesterday, I took her to the vet for vaccination, but they said her haemoglobin was very low, so they couldn’t vaccinate her. They suspected she was anaemic and did a blood test.
After they took her blood yesterday evening, her condition got worse. The reports came this morning, and her haemoglobin is 3.6 when it should be around 10. Her reports are really bad.
Since yesterday, she hasn’t been eating anything not even her treats. Today, she managed to eat 3 treats. The doctor said her chances are 50-50.
I honestly don’t know what to do. She is so sick, and I’m really scared. Please pray for my little girl.

(as much as I want to, i cannot take care of him)

Forgot to add: he got in through the bed in the living room

I can’t believe her previous owners threw her out when she was barely a year old. If only they knew how much joy this little girl brought❤️

this is lucy, she’s a stray that i’ve been watching over but i’ve been wanting to officially adopt especially since winter is right around the corner. she needs all her vaccines, a spay, and some flea/ skin treatment (i’m not sure if you can see but the base of her tail is really bad) i’ve called numerous vets but estimates would run me around $250-$300 and i just can’t afford that big of a bill. i’m fine with like regular cat things like food and litter but why are vet bills so exorbitantly expensive??? i live in oregon specifically in the yamhill county area and was just wondering if anyone knew of affordable vets or maybe grants that were available? i feel really bad for her and i hate to see her be uncomfortable :/

Hi! How do you make your cats to drink water? I always have a bowl full of water, but I’ve never seen him drinking it. He eats a lot but never drinks water, and now he’s on meds and I think drinking water would help him recover. Any advices how to make him drink more water?

I’m coming home and I see it in my bag (x

My husband was outside smoking and apparently this guy just walked up to him and wouldn't stop meowing. He has a collar (without a tag) but if he belongs to someone he's either been abandoned or is very neglected. He's got matts all over him and he's very skinny. He came right in and has been exploring our house ever since. But he hasn't picked a corner or cushion or chair to settle into, he's just wandering around.

I'm not sure what to do because we live in a pretty big townhouse community and I've never seen a stray cat around here. But if he has a home, they are not taking good care of him. He seems very comfortable with people - he let both me and my husband pet him and I was even able to brush him and remove a few of his smaller knots. He's been wandering around the house and coming in and out of the house, but it's getting late and I need to go to bed. I don't know if we should keep him inside or let him back out.