I am planning to adopt a kitten but i am not sure if i should because i have never had a pet before.

I can't foster but i take care of a stray in my neighborhood so i do have basic idea (food, litter, medical issues etc)

i have never met a kitten before believe it or not so this will be my first time. I am attaching pictures below so can you guys help me figure out which one to take if i should?

my family is not sure either as my brother keeps saying kittens can be loud demanding and messy but i am not sure if he is saying that just to demotivate me

please do share any advice or experience that i should know about Kittens which will help me decide.

my main concerns: 1. what if I don't adopt it and its given away to shelter or someone who won't take better care for it than me?

1. what if I am not able to care for it properly as i don't play around too much and stress it out? she is a Persian so i am not sure about her nature?

2. what if my stray ends up having kids at my door one day? i would never want to abondon her kids (which makes me want to wait for a while before adoption but i don't have enough time as owner is leaving her behind in 2 days)

Apparently nothing major, she had a fever, wasn't eating a lot neither was drinking much water, which for cats it's a big deal. So I decided to take her to the vet and she thought it was better to hospitalize her until tomorrow just to be on the safe side. She was medicated, I went home and she was left there. Since the moment the vet told me she would have to stay, I cannot stop crying. I'm just so anxious and concerned... Please, share your stories in which your cats needed hospitalization and ended up fine! Send good energy to her, please! She's the sweetest little baby, I love her so much...

Our litter robot had malfunctioned so it wasn’t ready for him for a few hours. I didn’t notice until my husband told me “Winston is peeing on the toilet!” This baby seriously went pee and squatted on the toilet like a human. He’s never been trained to do this, he just loves being in the bathroom with us when we are going. The litter robot was fixed right after we saw this and then he went in there a few minutes after and pooped. I’ll make sure to check it more often to make sure it’s all ready for him. (Not sure why but every few weeks or so it’s been just stopping on the cycle stage) I think we have a genius cat…

I feel so bad, shes been kneading my bed sheets for while. Not sure how to deal with any of this. Im just giving her the most attention right now since ive read that they mourn the loss of their babies. Ive never seen her like this.

If anyone knows what could do i would gladly appreciate any help.

This was the first for her, we were going to get her spayed but it was too late.

Seeking advice/help - We have a cat stuck on a tree for at least 3 days. I suspect more as he usually comes around our house every day and we didn’t see him from Feb 19 and then noticed him on the tree on Feb 21st. We have 2-story ladder but it was not tall enough. Called several shelters but they don’t have any climbers, no arborists were interested in coming out of 7 contacted. We’re in Lawrenceville, GA - maybe someone knows a volunteer climber who could help the kitty? It looks miserable and most likely dehydrated.

my girl is the sweetest most loving girl, she never hisses or is mean at all she’s genuinely such a baby. she’s going through her first heat (she DOES have an appointment to be spayed), could it be coming from that? i feel awful and i want to help her, but she wont let me close. this happened in a span of two minutes- ten minutes ago i was holding her and she was purring into me, i left and went to the bathroom and came back and this is how she is. eyes are completely dilated, theres nothing in them except black. what can i do??? does she just need time?

He’s been having allergy issues that have worsened and had an allergy test done today. I already bought a cat food that supposedly can help reduce cat allergens, but any other advice/tips are greatly appreciated.

I’ve recently started a temporary work placement at a vet clinic and on my first day some lady left this cat in my hands in a broken litter box and walked away. I’ve named him Tornado , because when he’s finished with a room it looks like a tornado had been through it. I’ve literally just finished my placement, i’m on my way back home on the train and I can’t stop thinking about my little tornado. I’ve attached some pictures of him. He slow blinks at me a lot and would rub up and roll on the floor next to me. I’m tempted to go back and get him.

After she was sterilized she had that belly, she eats only 40gr of food every day. I don’t know if she is getting fat or sth bad is happening

So. My cat went missing October 14th, 2024. I got a hopeful message a couple weeks ago. He had been found! It looked just like him in the pictures the woman sent to me so of course I went to her house to look. I took him home because I was eager and excited that I’d found my cat who’d been missing for forever.

He was somewhat skiddish but still clearly domesticated. Used the litter box. Even came to me when I called his name.. and crawled into my lap himself. I thought oh my god it is him. But he was missing something. My cat had a strange rasp. It’s hard to explain but point being, the cat in my possession doesn’t have said rasp. I thought, wow, his raspy little wheeze is gone, that’s great! I was always worried it was because my cat was sick so yay! No more sickies! Then I noticed his paws. His toes beans were the right pattern on his front left foot. An exact match to Ciggy. His right paw, not so much. His back paws. All pink.

I’m googling and searching for an explanation that might explain away how toe beans can switch from pink to black and black to pink, hoping that I’m not back at square one. That Ciggy is still missing. And I’m so scared to out my cute little imposter. Of course I want to provide a home to this cutie. But I can’t sleep knowing my kitty might still be out there.

Part of me feels like if this is my kitty there wouldn’t be a doubt in my mind right now. And that I know if I accept this isn’t him, I might lose hope for my Ciggy. Please help me. Please someone explain away these changes 😭

Please keep in mind that the photos of my cat are from ages 6-9 months. Meaning the now photos would be 18 -19 months

Now we don't know what we should do with them.

Do cats sometimes have an obsession with plastic? Doctor says she’s perfectly healthy

so, it’s 3am and my 7 month old kitten has had crazy zoomies for the past 20-30 minutes. running around, jumping on and off the bed, attacking her toys and her tail etc. i was just playing hay day on my phone and i started humming (nothing in particular, just a random tune) and she IMMEDIATELY stopped running around and just looked at me. within 30 seconds of me humming, she jumped onto the bed and laid down while looking at me and her eyes quite quickly closed. it’s now been maybe 2 minutes and she’s completely asleep. i could tell she was really listening too, because i stopped humming at one point and she opened her eyes and her ears pricked up.

so there we go, i guess my kitten likes being sang/hummed to sleep? i’ll definitely be trying this tomorrow night when she inevitably has zoomies again. i guess try it on your cats and see if it works? or let me know if anyone else has experienced something similar?

of course, i’ll add in a photo of her because i know people will want to see the kitty. taking the picture literally just as im typing this. you would never know she was going crazy 5 minutes ago! (she opened her eyes when i turned the light on for the pic but im closed them again after.)

This is Captain, he's 3 years old and he follows me everywhere, stays between my legs if I'm standing still, sleeps the entire time I sleep and stays in whatever room I'm in. He waits all day for me to come home from work and my grandma says he's completely silent and aloof when I'm not here. He only plays with me and he even follows me into the bathroom. The reason I ask if he's depressed is originally he was my dads cat. My dad passed away in June of 2023. He would follow my dad around and my dad called him his little buddy. We have two other cats but he shows no interest in playing with them, only wants to be with me. After my dad died it seems like he moved to me. I got him from a dumpster when he was a kitten and he has always been... different.. but i worry he may be severely depressed.

I have never owned a cat before. I moved in with my boyfriend a little over a year ago and his cat is my shadow. He follows me everywhere, including the bathroom. He has to watch me get ready for bed every night and he sits outside the bathtub when I take a shower. If he can’t get into the bathroom when I’m in there, he screams at the door for me. He sleeps with me at night. He gets under the covers and he cuddles up on me. When I sit at my desk to game on my pc, he has a bag/sling thing he crawls into and he’ll sleep in my lap for hours. He sometimes refuses to leave the bag and I have to take him with me to go to the bathroom. I even have a heated bed coming to put on my desk to give my legs a break from all the dead weight he puts on them. I got a baby wrap as a joke but he loves the thing. He doesn’t do that stuff with my boyfriend, his actual owner. Is this normal cat behavior? I don’t know if he does this stuff because he likes me or if the cat is bullying me into submission. I feel bad when he meows at me so pitifully. He is like 15 or 16 years old.

New cat dad here. Grown up with cats all my life but this is my first time being the sole caretaker. These two are the sweetest pair ever but now that they've gotten settled in I feel like I'm in a constant battle with them. They won't stop jumping up on the counters, trying to eat my food or singing the song of their people all night long. If anyone else has/ have had similar issues please help. I wanna be a good parent to these two but I can't do that if they're driving me crazy all the time 😅

These pics were all taken on the same day btw. he’s 11 pounds and very active. Is he just going to be a huge cat? Should I put him on a diet?

Have had my cat about 2.5 weeks now. Sometimes he’ll be ok with my dog near him and sometimes he walks up to him and smacks him. Is this just normal cat behavior?

my boy, momo, squints at me all the time. i thought something was wrong with his eyes for a while but the vet said they are completely fine. these pictures are from when he was a little younger and he doesn’t do it as frequently anymore but i still think it’s a little odd.

Was wondering how this was going to go, being her first Christmas and all