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This is my precious fur baby Toast. She has a habit of flipping over her water dish. I’m looking for recommendations for ones that she can’t flip. We’ve tried getting a bigger bowl so that it was heavier and she still managed to flip it. We even got a non slip carpet so that she couldn’t slide it and she still managed to get it flipped over. Recommendations are greatly appreciated!

Hello, it's my first time posting and i need some help. I found this kitten near my home and he keeps crying like this. I gave him some wet food (vet's advice), helped to stimulate him to poop held him in my arms. He was asleep for some time, but when he wakes up, he's crying like this, what should i do? Is he maybe in pain and i'm not realizing?

So my cat breathes like this sometimes and idk if I should be worried. She’s purring and half asleep

Hi, first photo was taken in June this year, other photos were taken yesterday. Their inside enclosure is near a glass sliding door with 2 windows either side of the door. The door is under a verandah. She likes to sit on the small cat tower and look out the door. Could it be freckles? I'm going to make a vet appointment for her, just in panic mode. Thank you

He’s a year old and has had this sore for a couple of months. It’s bigger than it’s been. Doesn’t seem to bother him but I wondered if someone had insight and could tell me what it is or what I can do for it?

my kitten has been doing this since the past two days whenever she’s eating, and this seemingly involuntary jaw motion goes on for a few minutes. i’m so worried and i even took her to the vet yesterday for a checkup. could someone please help. thank you

So I got a new kitten just a little over a week ago. She's 4 months old, (born may 11th)

She's been wonderful, both with me and my other cat who she's bonded closely to.

But my one issue is that she pees in my bed. And I don't understand why.

I clean the two litterboxes i have every day, and she does use them.

I have a king sized bed, and I have two covers for it. But I sleep in it alone, so the older cat usually occupies the other cover to sleep on during the nights, while she sleeps next to my head on a pillow.

But in the mornings several days in a row now, she'll sit down and pee on the second cover. She does it while I'm still in bed too.

I'm going crazy here. What can I do? She isn't showing any signs of being sick. She's very energetic and happy otherwise.

Thanks for any help.

Its not that serious, just posting some cuteness. Everytime hes like this, if i pet belly he rolls over. If i do nothing he stays like this. Its hard not to pet it. Is he just showing me that im his person?

I have three cats and one currently does not have any medical issues other than miliary dermatitis on her skin. She is 13-15 years old, I don’t know the approximate age but that’s what the vet estimates based on her teeth, she had 10 extractions.

I have two cats that have stage one kidney disease. I have a feeling that this cat may have something too, but I’m not sure what. I have heard that Trupanion is fantastic and I know Chewy has insurance as well. I’ve heard that the older they are the more expensive it is. Also, does anyone know when the insurance actually kicks in? I want to get her to the vet soon because I wanna get bloodwork and get a diagnosis if there is something to be diagnosed. But I didn’t know if it was like a 30 day post insurance purchase or something like that? If that makes sense?

I have spent an arm and a leg on my two senior stage one kidney disease cats, and prior to that I had a diabetic who was seven years old when she passed from diabetic ketoacidosis and pancreatitis, which cost me almost $5000 at the ICU and she died… on my dad‘s birthday… my dad died of ALS… So the day is already really hard for me…

I want to be proactive, but I am not sure which direction to go in. I don’t have a lot of money because I’m currently unemployed, but I have unemployment $ and I’m willing to spend a reasonable amount of money if I have to.

I just wanted to hear from anyone who has a senior pet that has benefited from pet insurance:

-which company

-average cost per month

-when it actually kicked in/started letting you use it.

-if it is a papers and then be reimbursed later type of insurance.

I kick myself for not having enrolled in insurance sooner bc the kidney disease bills would be less, but hindsight is 20/20.

Thank you so much in advance.

The void in question:

it’s already been two weeks which is when my vet said she should be healed but i can’t tell if it looks okay or not because this is my first time and im scared something is wrong and i dont know. It had like scabs before but just now she licked them off and now it looks like this so i dont know if something is wrong or if she is healed and im being paranoid. I’ve had her enclosed in a cage throughout the whole recovery and in the cone the whole time she never struggled so im just wondering if anyone that has experienced this could tell me if it looks okay i already emailed my vet but the never got back to me.

I recently brought my cat to my apartment from my parents’ house (Friday night). It’s a new environment for her & it’s now much quieter since she’s not surrounded by my family.

She hasn’t left my closet all day, & doesn’t leave until I get home from work. I left it open for her just so she could feel safe but I am wondering if it’s best to keep it closed.

Or should I keep her litter box & food all in one space so she can slowly get accustomed to my apartment? (I failed to do this when I first brought her).

When I am home though she is mostly normal, still a bit scared though. She will follow me all over my apartment & come cuddle too.

so for context, my cat is my ESA. Ive had her for 10 years and until 2023 she never really produced tears. But, one day I brought her over to my grandmothers house and she started doing it there (as seen in photo above) initially. But now whenever she’s seen me in distress, if she’s hungry or if she seemed to have missed me. she will cry. In the photo she doesn’t seem to be crying that much but now she produces a lot of tears. and it’s in both of her eyes not only one. I know cats don’t cry because they’re sad.. but can something like that have an effect on my cat? if I’m sad does it really make her cry? is she mimicking me? her eyes are normally dry it’s just those things I’ve noticed. She also meows at me while I cry too and licks my face :,) I don’t know if this is something medical I should be worried about or if it’s really a reaction to me being upset.

Edit: I forgot to add that she’s been very vocal ever since 2023 aswell. She never meowed her whole life and she’s been a fairly quiet cat but in recent years she meows at every noise I make. Whether I’m talking to her or saying hi, meowing at her or whenever I cry she will meow at me. I don’t know if this means anything either or if I should be as concerned as I am .

My female cat is around 5 years old and is not spayed. She is currently in heat and has been howling, spraying on objects, etc.

She is eating and drinking normally and otherwise seems fine. However, today I noticed a few small pale-red/blood spots on the floor after she came out of the litter tray. She also seems to be urinating differently, although she has been spraying frequently.

I know cats generally shouldn’t bleed during heat, so I’m concerned.

Has anyone experienced something similar with an unspayed female cat? Could this be from her urinary tract, or should I be worried about something more serious like pyometra?

What did your vet recommend, and how urgent was it? Any experiences or advice would be appreciated.

anyone know what this sound is called or why she is doing this? She is always very content when she does it, purring loudly.

My bf woke me up saying he thought one of the cats got into laundry detergent but I tried digging through it to see what they threw up and the bubbles are kinda firm???? I don't think its bubbles is it some kind of stomach bile??? Has anyone else ever experienced this with their cat? Taking both to the vet but figured I put it out here as well.

In the last three days, my cat (12-13 years old, male, neutered) has had two episodes where he has trembled and stared into space for 30 seconds. This is then followed by 2 minutes of lameness in his back legs and instability walking. I am so concerned as I don’t know what could be causing it - the vet says it looks like focal seizures and to just monitor him for now.

He’s been undergoing tests for long-term gastrointestinal problems (diarrhoea, vomiting) so has recently had a chest cavity x-ray (clear), an ultrasound (slight thickening of his intestinal walls, consistent with inflammation), and a GI blood panel (cleared for pancreatitis).

His thyroid levels were a little high so he’s been taking methimazole. We checked his thyroid today at the 3-week mark and now his thyroid levels are on the low end of normal. He has an adjusted dose of methimazole and will start taking that tomorrow.

Could these episodes be linked to the methimazole / low thyroid? Something else? I’m scared we overlooked something. Has anyone else seen this in their cat?

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