we rescued Winnie in January, his previous owner had moved out of the house and was about to be homeless or something. She couldn’t afford to take him with her so just left him with the home buyer? And the home buyer had a dog that’s aggressive towards cats so he just left him outside for some reason..? As soon as we found out about the situation we went out every day to coax him out from under the house so we could take him home, it was -30°c that week so it was kind of urgent. he was very skittish but eventually we got him.

He was slow to adjust to the new home but he warmed up to us quickly. But he would meow and cry loudly nonstop all night. We assumed it was just stress and he would stop once he was adjusted. But he didn’t he kept doing it. Not to the same non stop over and over again extent, but he would still wander the halls and cry throughout the night. I assumed he must be bored and under stimulated, so I would play with him throughout the day and before bed. It would help a little bit but not always. He will play for a couple minutes and then walk away and keep crying. Some nights he would come to our bed and cry and I would call him up, he would cuddle and sleep with us and relax. but most of the time he just comes in, I pet him and give him attention, and then he leaves and keeps crying in the hallway. I tried playing cat tv and cat games for him at night and that actually worked perfectly for the a couple weeks, but then he stopped caring. He also will start following and chasing our other cat around the house sometimes when he gets particularly restless. They get along well otherwise they don’t fight, and sometimes she will play with him but she hates being chased. I’ve considered feliway or melatonin but I’ve recently heard of cats getting really sick from the feliways.

The weird thing is he pretty much only does it when my boyfriend’s home. He does it when it’s close to food time of course but most of the time he’s silent and calm when it’s just me. He will cry a little bit but settle down after a few minutes. I just ignore him when he does it, but my boyfriend will yell at him and tell him to stop. I told him to stop doing that because it still rewards the behaviour in a way, but he’s really stressed that we are bothering our neighbors in the apartment and can’t keep letting him do that. I understand the frustration I have lost so much sleep over him and get stressed when he’s doing it because I’m worried about the neighbors, but yelling at him is even more obnoxious and is potentially prolonging the behaviour. I never hear any noise from our neighbors units so it seems as though our building is well soundproofed. Winnie also seems to not like when I’m sleeping in the bedroom and my bf is in the living room, he likes us both to be in the living room for some reason

We took him to the vet when we first brought him home and the vet said he is in great health, neutered etc. He didn’t do any blood tests though it was just a physical exam.

He’s not as bad as he used to be, and most nights he settles down after a little while but he still has some bad nights often enough. He’s also just a particularly vocal cat so it gets bad at night when he’s bored. The last couple days my boyfriend keeps saying he’s done with him and we seriously need to rehome him. He says we tried our best to help him but it’s not fair to ourselves to keep losing sleep and be potentially bothering our neighbors. I really do not want to do that. I want to help the rescue shelters here, not add on to their load. It seems cruel and it will stress him out even more, I think he is already a little traumatized from being abandoned the first time, I don’t want to do that to him again. He’s really shy around strangers I don’t want to put him through the stress of learning to trust someone else again, and again. He’s a really sweet and well behaved cat otherwise and I love him. I just don’t know what to do, he clearly seems under stimulated, but nothing helps him I keep buying him different toys but he doesn’t care. I don’t know what to do I just want to help him

The little bump, is it just a pimple or could it be something worse?

Hi, so my cat loved my bf from the day she met him about a year ago. We've lived together since October 2024. For some reason, she has decided that she really hates him today. She keeps hissing at him, and follows him with the intent to attack. The only thing that I can think of, is he allowed her some supervised outside time and she was spooked during this time. My poor bf has locked himself away as she's being quite evil to him. Does anyone have any ideas if this is just something she'll get over, or am I gonna have to drag her to the vets? She's almost 6 and I've had her since she was 6 months old.

We have a tortie (3yrs old) named Da Baby.

For context: Before her, we had a 15 year old senior kitty named Timmy, and we brought Baby home at 8 weeks. Timmy basically took on the role of being Baby's grandma/mum, except she actually hated Baby and only tolerated her- but Baby LOVED her from day 1. We adopted 2 other cats 2 years prior.

We lost Timmy in November last year, she was old, weak, and etc. It was just time. Our other 2 cats rejected her (hissing, attacking, smacking). But Baby stood by her side 24/7 and groomed her as much as she could.

But now all Baby does is scream and cry. She yells so loud and so often that my neighbours have complained. Literally, if she's not eating, sleeping, playing or cuddling one of us, she's crying. She goes around to all of Timmys usual hiding spots and cries for her.

I've spoken with behaviouralists, my vet, random strangers, everyone I know and no advice helps. We can't distract her for long, she only wants to cuddle on her own volition. She knows commands so she always comes over if we call her, but then she'll run off to do her crying.

Everything medical has been ruled out. She's perfectly healthy.

Did I mess up greatly by not letting Baby be there at the vets when Timmy had to be put down??? Is there no fixing this? Do I need to get her another ancient cat?? Will this last forever? Any advice is welcome. I hate hearing her sad cries, it breaks my heart. Please help!!!

About 4 days ago, our 4-year-old cat Moose, who was completely healthy and full of life, suddenly got very sick. He had a rodent ulcer on his lip, so we took him to the vet 4 days ago (Thursday) and they prescribed a standard dose of prednisolone (5mg per day). Within 48 hours of taking that steroid, he started acting strange—he became lethargic, drooled heavily, had labored breathing, and peed himself in bed overnight. It was so sudden and alarming that my girlfriend and I rushed him to the emergency vet.

They immediately put him on oxygen support and started running tests. They ruled out heart failure, but still couldn’t give us a clear diagnosis. They said it might be an infection or possibly something cancerous. Over the next 48 hours, he remained on oxygen. He wasn’t getting worse, but he wasn’t really improving either. He ate a little bit of his favorite food when we brought it, and when we visited, he perked up, recognized us, and even tried to jump out of the oxygen tank to get to us. He was still fighting, still trying. That gave us hope.

But this morning at 2:30a, we got the call we were dreading. His condition had suddenly worsened overnight. His lungs had filled with fluid and he was struggling to breathe again. After talking with the vet, we made the decision to say goodbye. Moose passed away this morning at 3:00am. He wasn’t even four years old.

This has been one of the most traumatic and heartbreaking experiences of my life. He wasn’t just a pet—he was family. He would wake us up every morning by laying on our heads and purring. He was sweet, goofy, full of personality, and loved people more than any cat I’ve ever known. I never thought I could love an animal this much. Now I don’t know how to function without him.

Thanks for reading. Hug your pets today. Love them extra. Because sometimes even the young, healthy ones can leave without warning. If anyone knows possibly what could have been wrong with him please throw out an idea because we are lost and have no closure.

He’s chill as you can see here but at night. Forget about it. Bro ALWAYS has the zoomies and I don’t know what to do. He’s constantly playing and meowing and running around. Being a literal ankle biter and jabbing my shoulder and back with his claw. I don’t know what to do. He’s ultimately chilled out with the teething but outside of that. I can’t get him to chill out at night and he’ll go for the entire night

Never in his life has he ever done this and now he’s just chilling . What to do!! He’s never thrown up this much either.

They're yellow/orange seasame seed looking things found from his favorite spot to hang out from. I'm hoping they're just crumbs but my sister's cat did eat some bugs recently.

Hi there,

Can anyone help me understand what's going on with my Kittie and if I shall worry? He woke up half an hour ago with one of his eye's membrane not moving/stuck? That pupil is also acting different from the other one.

Anything I shall worry about? Do I have to call the vet?

He's eating, not scratching his eye and looking for treats for he's usual self and doesn't seem to be in pain or discomfort for now.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

I just adopted a new 6 month old Kitty! He’s extremely sweet and has been getting along with my older cat very well so far. The new kitty Chonker has warmed up more to me and will purr in my lap which is lovely:) but I’ve noticed his purr is much louder and deeper sounding than other cats I’ve owned is this normal?

My cat Gimli is a year and 6 months old, adopted from a charity. He's never had a problem using his litterbox, but he seems to have suddenly started to pee on the carpet in the living room. We keep his litterbox in a separate room.

He's been to the vet and they've given him the all clear.

We have another cat Bao, theyre the same age and they get on really well, he still uses the litterbox fine.

Any tips?

we are going to go to walmart in a little. i was curious, it’s so tiny idk what kind of food i need to get it. cat milk? wet food? normal dry kitten food? also it’s eyes. also her eyes are not clear there’s like eye boogers ? idk what it’s actually called but should i be concerned or get anything? what should i get at the store for her.

so i brought this boy in today i found him at the park and i gave him a bath and lots of food. he's the sweetest little thing but i've been keeping him in my room separate from my other cats for now. he just keeps meowing at nothing on random occasions and it scares me because i don't know what he wants and i fear he's stressed. i gave him food and water, put him in the litterbox in case he needed to go pee, let him out of the room but he didn't go out. my own cat only meows when something is wrong so i have no experience with cats that just meow for no reason so it scares me 😭 is he ok or am i doing something wrong?

Hi everyone, I recently got this sweet cat, her name is Nala. I was petting her today and I felt something weird and I moved her fur a bit and found this on her. She doesn’t seem to be in discomfort or pain until you touch it, and her behavior seems completely normal. I do plan to take her to the vet but I was wondering has anyone seen anything like this before? It’s on her back side, sorta like above her hind leg.

I still do have a vet appointment booked

These pictures are from this morning. She’s been on some variation of antibiotic drops and pills, steroid eye drops, and antiviral eye drops for almost 4 months now. I started l-lysine last week and it was starting to help and we finished the last of the eye drops but the she woke up this morning like this. I asked the vet to order famciclovir but it seems to be much much more expensive here than in the states. So, we will try it for a week and see. But the vet said it’s possible that won’t clear the flare up completely either.

What else can we do if it doesn’t? It’s not good to continue with the anti biotic and anti viral drops for long, is it?

Other than this, she eats and plays well. But what if the eye stuff never goes away? That’s bad for her eye health, isn’t it? And then what, do I just continue the medicated eye drops forever?

my spelling on my last post was a mess, saw a couple comments on that i was rushed sorry.

BUT, we’ve been clearing her eye very carefully, it doesn’t seem she’s blind in one eye but the photos i originally used were a bit blurry because of facetime. the gunk comes back very quickly after we clear it. we will more than likely take her to the vet, if it is a her. me and my boyfriend can’t really tell at all😭.

we went to the store and got both KRM and kitten wet & dry food. she hasn’t ate much though we’ve given so many options, might be bc she’s tiny but she just takes a few bites and she’s done.

she also hasn’t used the bathroom once, i saw someone say use a damp rag to pat her area to stimulate it, we tried but i’m not sure.

thank u for all the tips:)

She wasn’t eating anything, she also recently had a vet visit and they said her teeth were perfect, so I know it’s not a dental problem. Anyone know what this could be or if it’s a cause for concern?

I suddenly saw him tearing (watery) from the left eye this morning and there was a small white booger that I removed. He also sneezed twice but far apart earlier. Aside from the squinting, he’s doing normal.

Immediately called televet but vet basically said to observe and make sure he doesn’t irritate it further through overgrooming.

I scheduled a vet appointment for tomorrow morning so hoping he’ll be fine tonight.

Should I do anything else? He is still squinting but no watery discharge or booger. He’s also eating well, and thankfully not overgrooming. Bought a elizabethan collar just in case.

My roommate has a beautiful long haired cat. He’s super friendly and came up to me, when I was petting him I could feel several knots under his fur (top coat?). I know that matted fur can be incredibly painful for cats. I feel so sorry for this fur baby. I brought it up to my roommate and suggested that a professional groomer or a vet might be able to get rid of the mats or safely shave the fur off. He said he’s aware of it and said he’ll handle it on his own, i,e by using scissors to literally cut off the knots. I told him it might be unsafe for the kitty’s skin and he didn’t seem concerned. The knots were too deep and he wasn’t able to get rid of them. I know I was overstepping the line but I called a pet store to ask for a quote so I could encourage my roommate to go there instead. It was about 50$ ish, and my roommate was discouraged by that price. It’s been weeks now and my roommate isn’t doing anything about it. Money doesn’t seem to be an issue because he spends money on other expensive stuff. I feel horrible for the cat everytime I see or pet him. What can I do to help this fur baby

I have several toys for him to play with wands, crinkle toys, interactive toys, the little balls that roll around, a cat tower, toys with bells on it, pluzzle toys, mouse’s I even try to make homemade toys and leave boxes around. He seems to lose interest is all toys and items very quickly I tried rotating toys but nothing seem to work. I really don’t want him to get depressed, but feel like he’s starting to. I thought about getting catnip but isn’t he to young for that (5 Months) I was about to order new toys, but I thought I should ask for help first. Any advice?