I have a long haired cat with very fine fur which tangles a lot when he's
moulting (ie now) especially around his bum.  However, although I'd love to
brush him he has some sort of phobia about brushes and combs and becomes
incredibly violent (biting and scratching) when approached ...

The other day my cat came running from the top of the garden and when
I looked at his face he had blood underneath his whiskers on one side
of his face.
He only goes into the garden and doesn't venture anywhere else.  My

My 4-year-old Siamese cat's behavior has changed very abruptly starting
yesterday morning.  Usually, she is quiet, playful and likes to be around me.
But since yesterday she constantly licks herself (especially her back, her
belly and her paws), scratches herself very vigorously ...

Hello, all: Just a brief question.  My cat likes Fancy Feast, but I've
heard that any cat food that's seafood flavoured isn't good.  That seafood
flavours are unhealthy for cats.  My cats getting finicky in her old age
and I know that she'd love the seafood flavours, but I don't ...

Hi............
A friend of mine has a mother cat w/4 kittens who are about 4 weeks old.
She was told to feed the momma cat since she is nursing kitten food.
Is this correct?

I will be moving a friend's two cats from their old home to a new
dwelling.
The friend has been away on vacation for a month, and hasn't seen the
cats. The friends grandmother has been taking care of the cats in the

I brought a cat and her 5 kittens home from the shelter last summer.
Her owner had given her up because she "had mites."  The cat and her
kittens were covered with fleas, so we at the shelter assumed she didn't
know the difference between mites and fleas, so we bathed everyone and

i hav a new two month old kitten. she was the runt of the litter and is
small for her age, but doing well. we have had her for about a week. her
stomach is very large so i suspected tapeworms. i went to the store a
brought some medicine for it. But i accidentally got the one for

My brother has a 14 year old cat that is somewhat overweight (14.1 lbs).
Every year I take his cat to the vet to have an exam and some bloodwork done
(he's very good about this, says he'll pay as much as it takes... it's just
that if I didn't take her, she wouldn't go at all... he ...

We recently brought home a kitten that was carrying fleas before I
noticed. He and his companion have been treated with a soapy bath and
Advantage. Now I'm worried about the apartment. I've used a spray on
the rugs and cloth furniture, but what do I do about the floors? I was

Allrighty y'all -- here's a puzzler for ya.  I have recently
found an absolutely fabulous veterinarian to treat my three
cats.  She is a mobile vet who comes to my house to see them.
The problem is, my cats are utterly freaked out about having the

A cat woke up her owner when the house caught on fire.
Smart kitty.  :)
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ok, i know i've been wondering about my kitties strange behavior which
may be perfectly normal, but i wonder if kittens do need sugar because
she much prefers drinking iced tea out of my glass then her clean
water.  also, she is not drinking "properly", not with her tongue

I trully do not know if anything can be done at this point. Figured
will throw it up there, see if someone had simmilar problem.
The cat is 5 years old and extremely submissive. Its afraid of
everything and anything and recently it started 'spilling outside'.

Frank had an abscess on his shoulder about two weeks ago. The vet cleaned it
out, put him on antibiotics. We finished the antibiotics a few days ago. The
affected area looks really good; it's dry, scabbed over nicely and looks to be
healing. The curious thing is, the area still ...