r/cats

This is my kitty Mabelle. I trained her to use communication buttons, so she presses “I’m hungry!” button when she wants food. I’ve been feeding my cats dry food for breakfast & lunch and wet food for dinner. I want them to eat wet food at least once a day because I’ve learned that it’s better for health and 100% kibble diet can cause obesity. My other cat is perfectly happy with this diet, but Mabelle is different.

When it’s dinner time, she presses “I’m hungry!” button. I give my kitties one can each. Mabelle eats her food a little bit, then presses “I’m hungry!” again. I move her bowl to another place and offer it to her again as if it’s new food. She eats a little bit, then “I’m hungry!” again. She presses “I’m hungry!” until I give her kibble. She’s done with “I’m hungry!” only after she’s given kibble.

I’ve tried wet food from many different brands, including the most popular ones, but she really only loves dry food. I’ve also tried mixing wet food and dry food and she only eats dry food somehow. How can I make her have a more balanced diet?

Two weeks ago we learned that lenny had colon cancer and it grew way faster than we thought it would so today we have to put him down

You may recognize him from my previous posts. My stinky man. He started to decline and i just did not feel like it was fair for him to keep him here in pain while we waited for meds to work.

He had a coughing fit at 3 am (he had lung cancer) and he looked at me and tried to meow and nothing came out. And i just knew that was him telling me it's time.

He had a really good day today. All these pics were taken today. We used Lap of Love and im so happy they could squeeze us in today. I'm so glad he went on a good day and didn't enter suffering territory.

My Cinna, im so sorry our love couldn't save you. If it could, you'd be with me forever. I know you still will be, but it's not the same. I can't wait to see you again on the other side.

My mom found this lovely little kitten on a dirt road in the country this past Saturday. The owners had dropped her off on the side of the road with a large tub of dry food for her to fend for herself. She looks to be about 6-8 months old.
You may not be surprised because the photo, but I sure was when my mom called and said she thinks this orange cat is a girl. When we looked at her, we figured it was a girl and she was possibly in labour as she was panting heavily and had a huge belly.
Thankfully she was not in labour that day, she was very stressed out but calmed down quickly. This gave my mom a couple days to prep the spare room for this kitten to give birth. I figured since her belly was so big she’d give birth any day. I was not prepared for how fast this day would come.
Monday rolls around and my mom leaves the house for about an hour to do some errands. When she comes back she’s surprised to see the kitten (now named Sunny) is in labour. She stayed by her the rest of her labour to make sure it all went okay.
Unfortunately, 1 kitten did not make it, and another kitten is not looking so good. But little Sunny looks like she will have 3 healthy babies. The three babies are active and rooting. Luckily, Sunny didn’t seem to be too stressed during her labour, and it was quick.
We will definitely be getting Sunny spayed once it is okay to do so, and when the kittens are old enough, they will be able to be adopted (probably through the local humane society).
How I wish I could take one of the babies, but I already have two cats. I’m so grateful that Sunny wasn’t lost on the side of the road to give birth to her litter out in the bushes. She wouldn’t have made it with all of the predators around. She’s a strong little lady!

Moonlight was an old lady. Around 13 years old, and she has always been an indoor/outdoor, no way to keep her inside. A sweet girl with an attitude.

She got tumors the size of baseballs when she was 4, but survived and made a full recovery.

She was amazing, and she traveled the country with us.

I havent seen her in days, and smelled rot in the field, and couldnt find anything. We have came to terms that our sweet baby has died.

Our sweet old lady, rest easy.

This is my 4 year old Misha My son came to visit last week and he says she is crossed-eyed. He said the same thing last year when he saw her, but I kind of blew them off and then he was very insistent this year. I do think in at least one of those pictures. They look a little off, but I wanted some other opinions.

At 930pm July 6th my cat sadly passed away. I took him outside to feel the grass one last time and held him close to my heart. I’ll miss you more than I could ever say. God bless his beautiful soul.

he was my fat tsundere cat who always was the one we joked about for his personality and chonk. This was pretty sudden. When we left for vacation two weeks ago, he was exceptionally healthy for his age. When we got back, we found he had a stroke. we’re putting him down in a bit. I’m a teenager and I grew up with him, and I remember when he used to dislike me as a kid but gradually became a very lovey, sweet boy (granted still grumpy before you cuddled him). I’ll miss him.

hey yall. first off, i know we're not supposed to give out medical/vet-ish advice and that's ok. i just wanted to see if anyone had similar experience and have any wisdom on this

my boy, Banshee just turned 2 recently and i noticed he likes to groom himself a little too much maybe? it's not something obvious or particularly stands out. i only noticed it cos his legs look like they're balding? like maybe there was a scab there that he wanted to clean but there's nothing! he doesnt have any bruises or any reason to be doing all that licking in that area.

am i looking too deep into this or should i be concerned of any underlying issues? thanks in advance!

As the subject says, I ended up having to shave my cat due to matting on his lower back by his tail and as well as his armpit areas. I try to brush him regularly but he likes to go outside and roll around which has started causing matting. I started cutting some of the mats when I realized just how bad they were(almost mini dreadlocks) and he would get mad if I pet him in those areas. Now I am being told that I messed up and he is going to end up sunburnt or too cold in the AC due to him being shaved. What I need to know is did I mess up by shaving him and give him a higher chance of sunburn by shaving him down?
He is my cat, I’ve had him since 2020. We have lived with my roommate for 3 1/2 years and they try to act like he is their cat but my name is in all of his vet papers and microchip. Added a few photos of him before the haircut and after.

Update: Thank you everyone. I haven’t had issues with him matting over the last 6 years with me brushing him once a week. But I will definitely be brushing him way more often as his hair starts coming in. This was a first for me with matting as
I also have a senior long-haired black cat that doesn’t get brushed very often but has no matting but he also does not go outside as often as this one does.
I will be turning off comments as I am still working my way through reading all of the current comments.

Edit: Never mind I can’t turn off comments. *Shrugs*

I finally convinced him to let me do a trial period with his beautiful baby. And it took a lot of convincing for that to happen as he was so against cats. The cat loves him more than me (of course) and he will play with the cat and the cat to play with him. I vacuum every day, have a nice e litter, and use the oder sprays. I try everything in the book to combat the cat hair ! Even with all the effort that he sees me putting in he still says “Oh we’re gonna give him back at the end of the week, right?” He works long hours and I’m home alone a lot which is why I would want a cute furry friend.

(Edit) - I didn’t really expect this post go off as much as it did! I barely have anyone comment on anything I post lol.

-I have a full time well paying job
-I used to have dogs my whole life, the oldest one lived till 21
-I used natural cat safe cleaning stuff
-Yes I have saving on my own end
- I’m not 21 (so please stop dming me asking if I’m in collage with a 35yrs bum bf)
-Sorry if I phased it weird, English isn’t my first language
- I hate the term “ trial period “ because the organization found him from makes everyone do it to make sure they are a good fit. No I didn’t adopt him.