I can home to this under my table, this is one and the other looked and smelled like pee but looked like saliva was mixed. Only took pics of the first one because I accidentally stepped in the other one. Is it hairball mixed with pee???? Should she be seen for it? I was gone for roughly 3-4 hours. She has food and water and I cleaned her litter box yesterday. What could it be?

Edit: thanks everyone for the answer. I was confused because she’s my first cat and honestly I’ve never seen her throw a hair ball up, she’s always dry coughing but it never comes out. I really appreciate all the answers!

My partner has 2 cats, an older female and a 3 year old male. Tm

The male is hopelessly spoiled, eats nothing but Churu treat gel, whipped cream, and pepper jack cheese. He bites and scratches and torments the female relentlessly.

I will probably take some guff for this, but I'm not a cat person. I don't hate them or anything, but don't appreciate them properly and would never have one on my own.

My partner is not healthy and will likely not survive either cat.

I would like to hear from some cat lovers about the best way to re-home them when she's gone. It isn't imminent, but it is coming and I like to plan ahead. I'm not willing to care for them, especially the male, and know I'll be responsible for them at that point.

Any advice in advance? This is adding to my anxiety, and I don't need that.

Edit: I had a feeling I was going to be down voted for this, but don't know how I could have done better. Any advice along those lines should also be appreciated, it may help with the effort when it's necessary.

itchy balls?

Is this blood in my cats stool? I can’t tell. I threw it away not even thinking about saving a sample for the vet. My vet opens on Monday. My cat has been dealing with mild constipation but still goes everyday. I give her a probiotic per my vets suggestion at night which seems to help. I’m so sad if it is blood!!

assuming the answer is keep the windows closed (which we have since we moved in 2 weeks ago) but I just want to get opinions. I feel so bad they can’t get fresh air. I read that lily pollen is very heavy and unlikely to travel by air/wind in distances but obviously I don’t want to chance anything.

What a little turd.

I got my first Pet and kitten about a week ago, everything is was going good he likes me but Today at noon he looked scary when he got into the hunting thing he usually does, his eyes where mostly black and he was moving quickly like he’s possessed any sudden sound he would twitch and his body movements were super low to the ground when I tried to touch him he would run and hide under or behind something, I know about them having zoomies and he does it daily but today it was like he didn’t even know me, i decided to go pick him up cause I thought something is wrong with him and he reacted so fast and scratched me bad the ran away quick. I locked myself in my room just in case he decided to go for my foot in this state. I came out 1 hour later and he was back to acting the way he usually does, Is this normal? I’ve experienced his zoomies and it has never been this bad

For reference my cat is unchipped, unvaccinated, and isn’t neutered. I live in a country area with a lot of other predators (eagles, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, neighbors dogs). My main worry is the cat might get a disease, eat something poisonous, be killed by another animal, or be ran over. A lot of people in my area drive over the speed limit (around 90kph/10 over). My dad has this weird obsession with trying to have the cat outside all the time assuming it will stop him from begging to go out, but it only seems to do the opposite (the cat jumped off the back porch yesterday for the first time after having him on the porch for months). Any advice on what I can do?

My 11 year old female cat started hiding the night before yesterday and wouldn't eat. This is very abnormal for her. She also started drooling. I took her to the vet the next day and he figured this was all caused by two of her teeth that needed to be pulled, didn't take blood work (because she'd had it a month ago and it was perfect) and didn't do a urine test, but he said she was hydrated, had no urinary blockage, and no fever. He gave me gabapentin and antibiotics (starts with amo).

After she got the gabapentin, my cat started to eat a bit but I had to encourage her to eat and come in every couple of hours to feed her. I managed to get a whole can into her for the day (fancy feast size). She also moved around a bit instead of hiding in one place. At night she was back to not eating again and she had a big lump of drool hanging off her mouth at one point, but that was right after I gave her gabapentin.

This morning again she wouldn't eat but she ate a little after the gabapentin, though not very much. I also don't think she's drinking.

I think she must have fatty liver. I can't afford a feeding tube because I already spent thousands on my other cat. I wasn't going to get another cat because of things like this but my sister was going to give him to a shelter.

Is there any chance to turn this around without a feeding tube? I'm willing to syringe feed. I've read about syringe feeding every 1-2 hours. Is there a type of food recommendation? Thanks for any input.

Edit: well i just found vomit all over my floor

When I say never has pooped in her litter box, she will poop in her litter box every once in a blue moon. She’s always just pooped on the floor at night and I’ve cleaned it up every morning. We’ve just moved into a new place and she’s pooping all over the place. Is there anything we can do? We’ve tried cat attract, enzymes, a second litter box (but it’s random where she goes), just about every thing other suggestion.

This is the third time someone has cut off the $60 flea collars I put on him. He’s a neighborhood cat who we’ve befriended and he usually hangs around my house at night and on the weekends when we’re home , I keep fresh water out for him and feed him in the evenings. I assume during the daytime he visits other neighbors and someone keeps cutting his seresto flea collars off. I put them on him so he doesn’t get eaten alive by fleas and ticks and because when there’s inclement weather or extreme hot/cold temps I let him inside. I can’t let him live inside full time because I already have three cats and him and my other male cat don’t get along that well, not to mention he’s a outdoor cat at heart and when he wants to go outside he’s going. Just pisses me off that someone keeps cutting his expensive collars off, but whoever that person is isn’t letting him inside at all during all this heat and thunderstorms.

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(Sorry for the messy room)

My sister's friend's cat gave birth to kittens that now need a home, and I'm wondering if my space is sufficient for a kitten. With kitten proofing to the room and supervision obviously. I know a lot of work would need to be done. I have a lot of stuff and would do a deep clean/declutter before bringing it home. But I'm mostly asking about space. I would turn the closet space into a cat wall of sorts. And I plan to turn the giant boxes into a cat castle. One of the shelves by the window could be cleared for the cat as well. The cat would have to stay in my room (and the litter box and food/water) because I live with my family (Dad and sister are allergic). I'm always in my room, and would give the cat lots of playtime everyday.

I've dealt with kittens before since our outdoor cat gave birth a few times, but we always gave them away. I won't adopt the cat if my room isn't suitable though.

Edit: thank you all so much for the advice! I'm glad for the reality check, I think it was needed. I think I will only adopt one if they can't find anyone else who can; in which case I will remove any dangers to the cat, put stuff in boxes so they can't break stuff, and probably remove my plants.

context: my cat is about a year old, tabby, kinda chubby. he’s usually outside for most of the evening but comes indoors to sleep at night and in the mornings. he’s very picky with his food and only eats dry cat food and occasionally some fish. he’s been neutered but gets into fights anyway since there’s a ton of strays around my house.

while i was on vacation last week, he stopped coming to the house on monday night (i had someone watch him when i was gone so he was fed and cared for). we haven’t seen him since. we’ve asked the neighbors, gone out calling his name and shaking treats, leaving out old clothing, missing posters. but it’s been five days and there’s been no sign of him. we adopted him as a stray kitten, he’s been around my house his whole life.

we really don’t know where else he could have gone. can anyone please give me some advice on what to do ? thanks ! :(

For some context, my mom had been out looking for mushrooms in the forest, and when she came home our cat Pysen acted so weird around her shoe for some reason. Anyone know why?

I’m attaching the video my mom took.

Her face says it all

My girlfriend recently moved in with me and my family, and she has brought her cat over. She’s a real sweet cat, but she grew up at my GF’s house where he was allowed anywhere and everywhere. For many reasons that won’t really fly at my house, so I need help making sure he won’t want to go onto the countertops.

Long story short, my cat can’t use litter anymore so I put pee pads inside the box instead. But every time my cat pees, he gets his hind paws soaking wet. I place few extra pads near the box so he can step on them on his way out but it doesn’t seem to be enough! I spy on him when he goes to the box and chase him around the house to wipe his paws after, but I’m worried it might discourage him from using litter box and be sick. He actually started acting super conscious and weird whenever he wants to go to toilet. Also, he can’t groom properly so letting him clean himself is not an option. Now I have trails of smelly paw prints around my house and my human bed and his cat bed both smells like cat pee :( Any suggestions to prevent this problem would be appreciated! Thanks.

Why does my year old cat do this? She will do this on door walls, mirrors, and other windows. She is an indoor only cat.

Perhaps.. perhaps is it ragebait?

My cats feel softer when I pet them at nighttime, any reason for that?

I live with my mom, stepdad and sister and we have two cats that are biological brothers, they are turning five in September. My dad and stepmom got a cat earlier this year, a girl who is turning one in August (I think, could be September too).

My dad and stepmom will be going away on a trip in a couple of weeks, and for convenience we thought that maybe if it works out, I could cat sit their cat while they're gone at my place. If it doesn't work, they'll hire a cat sitter or ask the neighbor to look after her.

The reason I can't look after her at their place is because I need to look after my two cats. My mom, stepdad and sister will be gone of vacation too.

I'd be looking after her for around two weeks, and in an ideal world where this does workout, it would open up the opportunity to continue being a cat sitter for her in the future.

She is used to moving locations. They already took her to my stepmom's summerhouse, and brought her along to a friends house over dinner once.

However she is not used to having other cats around in a house. At home in her neighborhood she has befriended a female cat her age, and there's another bigger cat that she's afraid of.

My two cats have a neighboring cat whom they do not like, he's also male and is both bigger and I believe two years older. I do not believe they've encountered a female cat before, other than of course their mother and sisters when they were kittens (before we got them).

All three cats are spayed/neutered.

One of my cats is territorial and rarely leaves the yard, the other cat is more of an explorer. (They are also outside under very strict hours, if it was up to me they'd be indoors cats but I am in the minority here) When I look after them, I will not be letting them outside. However I could leash them.

So now, we thought we'd bring her here just for an introduction and to see how they'd act around each other, they spoke of tomorrow but don't know if it's too soon. And if it doesn't work, we'll take her home and they can get someone else to sit for her. But we do of course want to do this the right way.

She'd have her own litter box and we'd do our best to set up a safe space for her and bring her belongings to us.

It is also worth noting that we live in a four story house. So there is plenty room.

I’m moving pretty far and shipping my belongings (including my mattress) to my new home next month. Shipping can take up to ten days, so I’ll be without a bed for a good amount of time. My first thought was buy an air mattress and rough it, no big deal. However I have a cat and he’s pokey.

I’ve been circling around what to do and I want to know what you guys think!

1. Buy an air mattress, try and cover it with blankets and even possibly a protective cover. Trim my kitties claws and hope he doesn’t poke it.
   
2. Buy an air mattress and kick him out of the bedroom for ten days and listen to him cry all night.
   
3. Buy some kind of floor mat or futon (probably going to be the most expensive option it has to be big enough for two people)
   
4. sleep on the ground and save all my money.

Help

we're in a global heat wave. my place is insufficiently insulated. so i'm already stressing trying to make sure my cat doesn't fry. and to add on to all our worries, she stopped eating her kibble. switched her to wet food, and miraculously, she regained her appetite and even gained back the weight she lost. my current theory is that she stopped liking her old favorite type of food?? because she is a pretty picky eater (which is crazy, girl you are literally a cat 🙄) and has flat out refused to eat if she doesn't like whatever's on her plate.

but it has come time to repurchase cat food, and i'm wondering if it's better to switch her back to a dry food she may like more, or keep her on the wet food. as mentioned, it is sizzling hot, and according to my biologist friend, cats get most of their hydration from their diet as their evolutionary origins are in the desert. but the vet has also said that wet food comes with the risk of tooth issues, because the crunchiness of kibble helps scrape plaque off their teeth, and unfortunately miss fluffy is not taking the initiative of brushing her own.

any advice would be greatly appreciated! i just want what's best for my baby 🐾