r/cats

If you chew on a wasp... your chin will swell up.

My parent's 7 year old male cat has a raised black dot on his tummy. is this normal and meant to be there or shall we take him to a vet to get checked out. For extra context he doesn't get bothered when we touch that area so i do not think he is in any pain and he is still happy and affectionate.

She was just born like that.. what is it???

Edit : alot of people think she actually has some mutation. Just to clarify, this was a silly joke (I didnt think this would blow up) her brother lost a whisker and i put it on her head and it made me laugh. (I wish she grew a whisker like that)

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Hi all. We recently took my younger cat to the vet and she asked if she throws up, we said no but that our older cat throws up probably four times a week. Since he was about a year. He is 4. She said that this is not normal which I know and that going on a single source exotic protein diet like rayne kangaroo would help but that she would also put him on prednisone. I looked at the food and we would need to buy 2 bags a month at $135 dollars total. She said if he eats any of the other cats food it would restart the whole process. So that means my other cat would need this food too because of how food addicted he is and steals her food. I’m kind of just at a loss. He can get IBD from this and then cancer if not treated. I just don’t have this money. We already spend almost $300 a month on 2 cats and a dog and I just graduated college with $60k of student loan debt. We also want a baby when debt is paid off. Idk i just feel like I can’t give him what he needs :( has anyone else gone through this? Any other food recommendations? He currently eats Nulo baked and coated salmon and chicken recipe mixed with purina live clear sensitive skin and stomach turkey.

Talkin bout chu

Meet Thea! We adopted her from a rescue on Saturday, knowing she was born with a heart defect called a PDA. It's a blood vessel that was supposed to close after birth and never did, so her heart has been working overtime her whole life.

Today she had her pre-op consult with the cardiology team at Texas A&M, and she was cleared for surgery. The resident told us it's the largest PDA he's seen in a cat, and her heart is almost twice the size it should be. Somehow she's still here, purring and judging us like nothing's wrong.

The good news is this defect is fixable. Surgery is tomorrow morning, and if it goes well she gets a real shot at normal life.

She's staying at the hospital tonight and we're headed home already missing her. If you have a second, we'd love any good vibes, prayers, or stories of your own heart or surgical warriors. I'll update after surgery! ❤️

Charlie, or by the full name given to her by my mother: Charlie Körbel Fußballgott. ( Yes, we are german and yes my mother is a fan of Eintracht Frankfurt and yes she is female but we got her a male name.)

My parents got her on the 27.September 2016 as the second of two cats my parents got that year while I still lived with them. I have since moved out but both cats are alive and well and I visit them most weekend.

She always was and still is the more active of the two and and tries everything to steal food from her sister Trozki ( named by my brother).

First picture from the first week we got her, the other three from the last few months.

My wife always wanted a Siamese. So she got this stray that was haunting her sister’s property. I don’t see Siamese myself, but she does do the Siamese jump on her hind legs that Siam’s do. Who knows? But she has the absolute softest fur of any cat we’ve ever had. And there’s been 9!

Anyway, she picked her up and brought her home and as soon as we met, I was her person! Absolutely daddy’s girl! And I felt bad. I know how bad my wife wanted her and she chose me instead? Rest assured, we got 4 others that belong to mom! LOL!

I loves her!