My wife and I have been thinking about getting a kitten, but we have some
concerns about how our 6-year old cat (Katie -
http://www.geocities.com/cademair/katie.jpg) will react.  We adopted Katie
from a household that had 2 other cats, a dog, and was a high-stress

My ex-landlady is about to move out of her house next door over to San
Francisco, in the Haight Ashbury. I became very attached to her cat,
Jackson, and am nervous about how he will adapt; mainly I am nervous he
might run away. She put a tag around him and plans to keep him inside ...

How can hold my cat Dewey still while I brush his teeth?  I can manage
to get my finger brush in for two strokes at the most.  Is there a
more effective way of holding him?  I try not to rush him or be too
rough and I reward him with lots of praise when I'm done.  Any

We recently acquired a new female kitten.  We currently have a
neutered, male cat who is almost 2 years old.  The kitten is about 3
months old.  We've noticed dry patches of blood by our male cat's
ears.  Last week it was the left ear; this week it's the right ear.

What actually is a granuloma?

A few weeks ago, we discovered that our house had fleas, but we have no
pets.  We don't know where they came from nor how to get rid of them.
The possible causes are:
1.  There has been a raccoon hanging around outside our house--near the

Rizzo likes to amuse himself with the rings from plastic milk jugs.  He'll
chase one all over the house for hours, and work himself into rolling and
jumping fits.  (Jack, on the other hand, will play with it for two minutes,
gnaw it into bite-sized pieces, and eat it.  Rizzo then ...

We have two, nearly two years old, desexed, male, burmese cats.  Their names
are Trim (Blue) and Fidel (Lilac).  They are litter-mates.  They get on very
well and are almost inseparable.  For example, I have to take them to the
vet together even though only one is sick because the ...

Hey guys,
How do you guys serve your cat's meal to him/her, do you put it on a raised
platform or leave on completely on the floor?
cheers,

  I was wanting to know how any of you that do private adoption is handling
the Yo-yo effect? I have had two cats returned to me yesterday. One after 3
weeks the other after only 6 hours.
  The one that was returned after 6 hours was almost killed from the young

its not new, but it's worse
I have used feliway
gotten new toys and rotate them, play with her several times a day,,,making
sure to do longer session in evening

My daughter's room's cat had a litter of 2, the one was litter train very
easy, of course the one she kept, has not caught on.  What can she do to
train it to go in the box?  She's tried letting her smell it and then put it
in the box for her to smell and get the idea.  No luck.  ...

My 12 year old male tabby is exhibiting behaviour that has my vet stumped.
For the last few weeks he vomits once a day.  The vomiting always occurs
somewhere between midnight and 6 a.m.  The vomit consists of a small amount
of liquid that looks like the residue of the dry cat food ...

About three months ago I noticed a blond tabby hanging around a house
down the street on the corner (five houses from me). He was in
terrible shape, badly matted hair, runny eyes, arthritic and skinny.
After a few days I happened by when the homeowner was outside (an

I have two cats right now, one just about a year old and the other
maybe one and a half. Both fixed males. A friend is worried about a
very cute cat named Puff that was thrown out of his home by a
neighbor. Puff was having trouble locating the litterbox.