r/CATHELP

Probably a couple months ago I noticed quarter sized blood stains on the end of my bed where my cat sleeps and I didn’t think anything of it cause I thought cats could have periods, but I just searched it up and it might be something serious. This morning I had to clean a spot up. And she has ni cuts or anything. She’s six years old and not neutered. But she hasn’t been in heat in a while so I don’t know if that’s something with it as well?? We don’t have a lot of money for vets and I’m only 16 so I don’t know if this could be life threatening or if shes in pain please help. advice or maybe a probable diagnosis??

Hello guys, today I’ve spotted a stray cat roaming around our summer house. We gave her some food and water, and she disappeared into the wheat fields shortly after she was done eating. When we first approached the cat, she was acting rather skittish, which is not really a surprise since we saw her for the first time today at around 6 pm.
Time has passed and she came back at 11 pm. We fed her again and she was starting to rub her head against walls, chairs, legs, shoes, and basically everything that was near her. Apart from that, she was also making biscuits and purring from time to time. She would stop when we distanced ourselves, and begin again once we came near her. Honestly, her behavioral change kind of surprised me.
This poor thing looks very young and her belly has already gotten so big. We’ve only noticed her pregnancy after our second encounter. I’ve been asking myself if she’s about to give birth in the next few days. We’ve put some blankets out just in case.
I’d love to hear your opinions about this.

EDIT:
Thank you all so much for the helpful and supportive comments! ❤️
Unfortunately, we were only here on vacation and are departing in a few hours. :( I’m honestly so heartbroken that I won't be here to help her through this, especially when she chose to trust me. But thankfully there is someone permanently staying in this house who will be able to keep an eye on her and take care of her. I’ll show them the post and responses as soon as they wake up.
I set up a laundry basket with blankets for her to nest in. As of right now, she seems to have wandered off the porch, but hopefully she comes back to use it when she's ready. Thank you again to everyone for the advice, I will try to update as much as possible.

I don't have much experience taking care of cats but I have been feeding this stray for the past two weeks, two days ago it came back with a matted dirty tail and that's when i noticed these, at first i thought it's poo but upon closer inspection it seems to be something else. I can't tell if it's just dirt or something more serious. any advice on what it could be would be helpful.

many thanks in advance.

I am helping a friend to find a new, loving home for his cherished cat, Lady. Due to unforeseen personal circumstances, he is no longer able to provide her with the care and attention she deserves.

Lady is a gorgeous all-black Bombay cat, approximately 4 years old. She is spayed, fully vaccinated, and comes with all her paperwork up to date and fully clean bill of health!
Lady is a gentle soul who adores people and is especially sweet with children. While she may be shy at first, once she feels comfortable, she becomes a loving, affectionate companion who enjoys being held, petted, and included in family activities.
Lady is playful and curious, often chasing after her favorite toys or exploring sunny spots by the window. She is also very tidy, always using her litter box and keeping herself well-groomed. Lady enjoys cozy evenings curled up next to you, and her soothing purr is sure to bring comfort to her new family.
She would thrive in a calm, patient home, ideally with people who understand she might need a little time to fully come out of her shell. She has not lived with other pets, but I think with the right introduction, she could potentially adapt.
Lady is currently living with a loving foster family in Brooklyn. While the foster arrangement is temporary and will be ending in the coming weeks, we’re focused on finding the right forever home for her.

I don't know know what to say.

This is my roommate's cat and whatever's happening just does not look right she thinks the cat is pregnant and in labor I don't think so. The cat is about a year old I think is this a cat being in labor or is this something else. No cannot afford vet care as per the last question

I saw this cat in our rooftop (yellow), few days she came down in ground floor like she was begging to be adoped , yet we adopted her few months we didnt expect to this so cruel , it went to non stop sneeze yet still eats , i expected to last long till i reach college now, i didnt expect she will last today.

The age of this cat was like adult 3-5 years needs help how do treat the parvo, im also visible in philippines

-the cat doesnt have a vet yet we care for her

—The main issue the cat has a parvo we didnt know because it eats such anything we feed her as possible every meat and naturally drinks , didnt expected to last long but today could be her last day , its also gonna happen todays on my sisters 8th birthday ,i didnt expect to rant or get help in reddit

The cat us female furred so many hairs and i dont know if its spayed , and also we cant afford vet care

We taken this moment before the symptoms happened the last pic breaks my heart 💔💔

Is this normal?

This kitten is about 3 weeks(?) She was abandoned and we took her in. She was starving. We had her about a week and she's much stronger and healthier.

Her belly is very big and round. It's not hard, it's squishy. When does this become cause for concern?

My family took in a stray cat last year (around late fall) and she recently had a litter of kittens. This is actually her 2nd litter of kittens, they were born in the middle of July. I noticed she has started to feed them less and less. I know it's natural for cat moms to wean their kittens off, but it feels like it's too soon. Only two of the kittens enjoy eating soft food while the other three don't care for it at all (they do have slight interest but never try to eat any). I'm concerned that the kittens who aren't eating soft food will starve. Should I buy kitten milk and try to help out? Or how can I get the other kittens to eat more soft food?

Some other information: Even though I do most of the caretaking for the cats, I don't much control over them. I'm only 18 and going off to college soon. I know she should had been spayed to avoid her having two litters but my mom just won't take her to the vet or stop her from going outside. I'm from America. The cat mom and none of her kittens have ever been taken to the vet. My family isn't in the best position to take them to the vet either.

Not my cat, but a kitty roaming outside (Germany). He seems to be an old cat, and was super relaxed around me, and he gently started pawing my hands at some point. Is it playful,or was he annoyed? He is purring, so I hope it is good?

Hi guys, I’m a college freshman and I go to an hbcu so their housing office sucks. They assigned me to a new room the night before move in and the girl told me she was allergic to cats, but my family feels like she was lying because her mom was yelling at me through the phone telling me that cats were disgusting and she told me that cats shouldn’t be in schools, after I told my mom what the other girls mom said she immediately told me to pack up my stuff and we went and got assigned to a new room the same night. However, they didn’t tell me that the new room I was getting assigned to had a kitten in it. It’s a male and he’s not neutered because he’s too young, and I have a female cat I got from the shelter so she’s spayed. However, my roommate is a sophomore which makes this even weirder but the housing situation is just fucked up. I was so tired from the run around all day that I immediately went to sleep, and the next day my roommate told me that they were hissing at each other while we were sleep because she was on the phone with her friend and her friend was trying to wake her up on the other end to get them to stop. My roommate that I have now is way better than the other one but hbcu’s suck at accommodating people with disabilities. Because technically I’m supposed to have a single.The room is a good size for both cats but for now I’m keeping my cat in the bathroom with her litter and everything and the other kitten in the room, and we’re gonna make them switch places each day so they can get used to each others scents. Does anyone have any tips on how to get them to not be aggressive towards each other.?

Got my first cat about 6 months ago from a shelter because I was looking for a buddy to come home to, anyways I took her to the vet and got her dewormed/any parasites delt with but just recently after some traveling and her laying down in my suit case I noticed these sunflower seed shaped whiteish “seeds” she seems to be leaving behind. 1 cat household no other pets and I looked for fleas on her and can’t see any. My wife seems to think it’s cat litter but I don’t think it has the same shape at all.

Anyone know why my 14yo female cat’s claw is hairless?

31F - USA - Vet accessible and already contacted. They can't find anything wrong.

Cat: Female, 11, spayed

Issue: For the last 5 years or so I have noticed her front paws shake and sometimes buckle whenever she is standing on all fours and looks up. She doesn't appear to be in any pain and behaves normally - eating and playing as she always has. I've brought her to multiple vets who have taken x-rays, and they can't see anything wrong. I was hoping someone had seen something like this before and could point me in a direction on what might be going on.

I’m 21 and my cat is about to be 8 months old. I am a first time cat owner and every little thing scares me because I want to give him the best life I can with what I have. I live in a one bedroom about 800 square feet so not tiny and try to have enough height and hiding space for my kitty. He’s on an automatic feeder and has 6 meals a day all meals are one small portion and for two of the meals it’s two portions. At first is was very skinny but not malnourished. He’s been growing and getting bigger but as he gets bigger and as his stomach gets better he’s started having to take breaks in his playtime and whenever there’s intense play or he’s chasing his wand around he starts to HEAVILY pant like he’s winded and has to stop playing. Mouth open tongue out dog type of pant. It lasts for less than a minute but he’s never done that before last week (I’ve had him since July 1st it’s now august 18th) I hear him sneeze every so often and I can hear him breath through his nose like he’s somehow congested sometimes. I only have one air purifier in my bathroom (they’re very expensive for me right now) and I try to keep a clean home. I’m not sure what to do, I pay for pet insurance so I could go to the vet but I wanted to ask here before anything. Let me know what you think, is my Mamoru getting fatter or does he have asthma (or other lung/heart related issues)?
He was neutered the day before I got him.

I got Clemy 2 years ago from the shelter when I was 19. The Shelter put her age as 2 years olds but when I took her to my vet they told me she was actually around 10 ( She is my first Cat and didn't seem like an old lady to me). After a few months of having her I felt weird lumps under her belly and turns out they were mammory tumors. Since then she has had surgery twice because the tumors keeps coming back. The most recent one was last year November. The tumor is back, bigger and bleeding. She's struggles to walk but is still eating and very affectionate. Her temperant has not changed. My vet has told me that that with the type of cancer she has the tumors are going to continue to grow. I'm truly at a lost of what to do. I think I know what I must do but I'm really struggling with the thought of it and I hate to see her this way. Also idk how to add in the video of her tumor and of her limping. It only allows pictures

When I got her from the shelter they spayed her before releasing her to me. I'm posting from the US. Each surgery has been around 1,300 and I had to pay for school and won't be able to do it for a third time. I am not a minor. My cat is Female and around the age of 10 years old.

Not a minor. posting from Texas, USA. Went to urgent care vet and advanced care vet. 5.5 yr neutered male bobtail. Cannot afford much more vet care.

TLDR; my normally sweet cat rapidly developed severe pain, extreme sensitivity to touch, and aggression when handled. X-rays were clear and bloodwork is normal (kidneys/pancreas fine, glucose slightly elevated). Gabapentin helps with the crying, but he now has muscle/leg spasms, back twitching, rapid breathing, and eye widening.

Long version:

Hi everyone. Wanted to see if anyone could offer any advice as the vets have felt entirely unhelpful. My cat who has historically been the cuddliest, sweetest cat for the past few years has declined very quickly. On Thursday I went to trim his nails and when I picked him up he squirmed out of my hands like I scared him. I thought it was weird but didn’t think much more of it. Then I left for a trip Friday. On Saturday my sister went to move him and he hissed at her and snapped but overall still seemed normal. Unsure of his actual behavior over the weekend as I am his main owner and was out of town. Then Sunday he seemed normal and scurried over to greet me as soon as I got home. He went to climb on me so I went to pick him up like I always do and he bit me and flipped out and started yowling in pain, hiding, hissing etc. vet said his abdomen was hard. We got x-rays done and those came back clear (did not send to radiology) but no foreign object ingested, bladder was small, had a little fecal matter present but not much. Got sent home with 1ml gabapentin 2x day. Did not eat or drink at all. Then the next day he had not drank any water and had not urinated (but did eat some wet food) and was wincing at the slightest pet or anything touching him. He would bump into something and scream/yowl in pain. so I took him to the regular vet. He peed on himself in the carrier but I was just glad he peed. He got bloodwork done that just came back this evening and vet said pancreas markers are normal kidney is normal, just slightly elevated glucose. Gabapentin has seemed to help him not cry in pain but still sensitive to touch and will whimper if I am hovering anywhere on her fur but his head. I was at work all today, so not sure of behavior, but he was in the exact same corner crouching where I left him in the morning. He ate a little wet food (only eats when I put it directly in front of him) and peed. Very slow moving but was waiting by the back door to go outside on the deck. Since Saturday he has just been loafing with his bed down and body stiff, but as soon as he went outside he was twitching a little and he laid in this chair and started having larger twitching and leg spasm up, rapid breathing, wouldn’t say pupils are dilating but eyes are widening then squinting then widening. Still has not drank water or passed bowel movement since at least Friday, maybe before then.

Hi! I posted on here yesterday about my cat, Loki. At the time I didn’t have a good video of him getting those weird spasms and sneeze like symptoms. The episodes have been generally brief. I’ve only seen him do this when he’s relaxed. FYI, he is NOT sleeping here - he had just made himself comfortable. He just did it again so I thought I’d post it here and see if anyone has any clue what this could be.

Background:
My cat, male (7) has been having these weird spasms and sneeze like episodes for about 2 weeks (first sneezes, and spasms since yesterday). Took him to the vet twice yesterday but was told he’s fine.