Cats - November 2006

he seems like a very quiet, affectionate cat, should i just let him hide, or does he need loving?

2006-11-06 03:18:01 · 16 answers · asked by Kalinka 3

2006-11-06 03:15:58 · 14 answers · asked by US 2

2006-11-06 03:14:14 · 18 answers · asked by US 2

it was attcked by possibly a racoon or another wild animal. its has a gash down its side and its been there for about a week and isnt closing up or getting better. its actually getting bigger. i cant afford to take it to the vet. is there anything I could do, myself? i think it may need stitches. could it become rabid? i really dont want to have to take it to the human society bc i love it so much. please help?

2006-11-06 03:10:52 · 7 answers · asked by Abby R 1

I got a new christmas tree and i put it up to see if i like it and my cat will not leave it alone. He will not stop biting it and has climbed it a coulple of times. How do I get him to leave it alone? I have tried the spray bottle but he likes water. What can i do?

2006-11-06 03:08:09 · 15 answers · asked by Jen 1

Most of the itme, I consider myself pretty much an expert on cats, but I'm having a problem with my new kitten that I don't know what to do about.

She meows PROFUSELY when I'm trying to sleep, usually starting around 4:00AM. She doesn't have a loud meow, so it's not like the meowing itself is that bad, but she just does it so persistently that it drives me crazy.

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow....NONSTOP for an hour plus. Letting ehr out of the room doesn't stop her, whether I leave the door open or shut. Feeding her doens't stop her. Petting her doens't stop her. Yelling doens't stop her. Ignoring her doesn't stop her.

The only thing that stops her is me getting up - and staying up - and I just can't do that every day at 4AM!

How can I get her to stop meowing?

2006-11-06 02:51:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

We recently saw a car driving off and my little brother saw them put a cat in a cage and when we got home we couldn't find our cat. i was wondering if there was an online database that gives peoples numberplates and where they live in the uk?

2006-11-06 02:43:06 · 34 answers · asked by Sam G 2

i'm going to get a little cat (male or female...still don't know) and I'd like to give him/her a nice nordic or celtic name...any clue??
thank you all...

2006-11-06 02:30:51 · 32 answers · asked by ♠Margoth♠ 3

I am having trouble with a kitten my grandmother bought me over the weekend.

He's a six week old gray male, with patches of white. He won't eat regularly. He didn't eat at all on Saturday, which is the day I got him, and it took me until last night to convince him to eat a little of his cat food, along with a little bit of warm turkey from a pot pie.

And now today he won't eat again!

Is it normal for a kitten new to a house not to eat?

2006-11-06 02:11:52 · 15 answers · asked by Rosemary Ann 1

I hate the litter.

2006-11-06 02:07:58 · 1 answers · asked by bess 4

I went home over the weekend and as my dad was getting our of his chair my kitten ran under it. She was crushed on the back of her neck. It was an accident, but when i got to her she wasn't breathing and she had pooped. I rubbed her stomach and blew in her moth. she bagan to breath. I then saw her left shoulder was a little disfigured, and since i am a paramedic i know enought o know is was dislocated, so i popped it back in place. She now shakes whenever she stads, and all she wants to do is lay on her left side in her bed. So hasn't eaten since and doesn't want to move around too much. She is breathing fine, and can walk, she just kinda goes at an angle now. The vet can't see her for over a week and i can't affoord the $700 emergency vet clinic cost. I am thinking she just has a bruise and is trying to recover from it. Do you think maybe she shakes from being traumatized by it? What do you think i should do for her?

2006-11-06 01:54:44 · 15 answers · asked by Jon C 6

I came home Saturday at 10 pm and when my outdoor cat (originally a stray) came to greet me, I noticed him limping. I have allowed him to stay inside for the past two nights, however his limp seems to be getting worse. I inspected his paw, and it appears to have two ulcers/sores that he has been licking. It looks like a little blood has dried around it. The wounds are directly above his paw joint,on the inside, and the joint itself is slightly swollen. He is avoiding putting pressure on that foot even when he is just sitting. He appears to be in some pain, as he is not as active, however, I am concerned about possible infection, and don't know what to look for. I live paycheck to paycheck, but I will bring him into the vet if I have to. Do I have to?

2006-11-06 01:50:36 · 13 answers · asked by JLea 2

2006-11-06 01:47:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I could just strangle my male cat! EVERY morning around 4:30-5:00 AM, right before the alarm goes off, the stupid thing PUKES up cat food. Being 8 months pregnant, I DO NOT enjoy waking up to smelling hot, wet, already chewed cat food. He's driving me insane. He can't do it anywhere else but beside the bed.

How can I stop him from puking up catfood all the time? I thought about picking up the food at night before bed and putting it back in the morning. I have 2 cats...my other cat never does this..

2006-11-06 01:38:46 · 11 answers · asked by jevic 3

A pregnant cat was found in W. Belfast cut open, the kittens, still in sacs,were removed and trampled. into the ground. The cat had the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck. I DESPAIR

2006-11-06 01:37:53 · 49 answers · asked by xenon 6

Our neighbor's cat (about 1 yr old, very friendly) has started following us around our yard while we are working outside. It gets right under our feet, and has gotten stepped on accidently a few times, but that doesn't seem to discourage it at all! We have been carrying firewood into the shed, and the cat will suddenly jump in front of our feet. Sooner or later, it's going to get squashed.

Is this just a very dumb cat? Is there a way to teach it to stop this behavior? I'm beginning to feel like Old Mr. Johnson in that song 'The Cat Came Back'... the cat came back the very next day! The neighbors leave it outside all day (this is not going to change), and it has to walk 1.5 km. to get to our place, and still it comes back. I know it's looking for attention, and we do pat it, but we aren't interested in playing with the cat all day, either. Any comments and suggestions from those who understand cat psychology?

2006-11-06 01:29:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

They have lived together their entire lives. Old cat-14, the males are three years old- brothers.

2006-11-06 01:28:25 · 3 answers · asked by Denise W 6

So, we've been feeding three kittens that live in our yard for about a week or two now. We set out plastic bowls with warm milk and friskies and they come and eat, being cautious of us. Now, we have other cats in our neighborhood, including a few that are feral, like the kittens. There is a grey adult female that we thought was the kitten's mother who also comes and eats sometimes, but just this morning when the grey cat was eating, one of the kittens tried to eat from the bowl and she swatted him good in the head and he ran off. Since we saw this, we yelled out the door at her to get her to leave so the kittens could get a chance to eat (the adult had already eaten most of what was in the bowl). Now, we've thought to catch the kittens and domesticate them because they're still little, but we're not sure if it's a good idea. My two questions are 1. What should we do about the adult cat right now to make sure the kittens are fed and 2. Should we catch the kittens and domesticate them?

2006-11-06 01:24:46 · 7 answers · asked by Asuka 2

i need some more info....


i know im going to get alot of **** for this one but it has to be done, im yet im worried. I have a 6 month old neutered male (he was netured at 1 month before i even got him) and we had trained him to use his scratching posts and he was doing really well for the first few months, now its like we never trained him. We just had to replace our boxspring because he tore through the lining and into the wood, it finally broke! I want to get him declawed. We are renting so if he starts at the carpets or walls we'll be paying double what is would usually cost to have things fixed. I want to hear from people who have had there cats declawed. Like whats the down time, about how much did you pay, did they seem "mad", anything helpful you could tell me

im not all for declawing either...but im not giving him up either!
i clip his nails twice a week, but it still does major damage, and like i said he uses his posts most of the ti

2006-11-06 01:09:13 · 19 answers · asked by sassy2sloppy 2

But, she sits on my friends laps when they visit and recently when i took my kitten to the vet, i brought him home and she sat on my lap for the first time ever and im sure she was doing it on purpose to annoy my younger cat who is very affectionate towards me

2006-11-06 01:08:03 · 12 answers · asked by hornyheluk 2

My poor cat is suffering terribly for hairballs! I live in South Africa and it is going into summer so he is loosing loads of hair. I have even started feeding him special food from the vet to reduce the hairballs but he still brings them up at least once a day! Any suggestions please?

2006-11-06 01:06:01 · 9 answers · asked by Steph_G 1

2006-11-06 00:59:52 · 5 answers · asked by hornyheluk 2

We went to the local animal shelter yesterday and found two cats to adopt. One is between 1 and 3 years old and the other is between 6 and 12 months. The older one was abandoned by her owners while the younger one was a stray. We want to adopt both, but we're concerned about them getting along. How should we introduce the two? Should we sequester them in different parts of the house initially and gradually introduce them?

2006-11-06 00:58:41 · 4 answers · asked by Katie 2

My cat is 7mths and today she didnt want to eat and is a bit quiet.

2006-11-06 00:54:12 · 22 answers · asked by auntie 2

She will most likely never Ever EVER go outside (we're in apartment with 2 doors to outside). Is the rabies shot really nec?

2006-11-06 00:42:13 · 12 answers · asked by Freakgirl 7

I just needed to check if its true. Every all ginger cat that I have met or looked after is a Tomcat. So does anyone have a female cat that is ginger all over? Its been bugging me for 30 years.

2006-11-06 00:36:21 · 24 answers · asked by MsLupwolf_jan 1

I just stupidly left my bowl of custard and my cats alone together in the same room and well, you can guess what happened. They seem fine, but I'm still a bit paranoid, is custard at all harmful to cats?

2006-11-06 00:33:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

HIS NAME IS TAZ HE IS A MIXED BENGAL VERY WELL TRAINED IN TRICKS. HE HAD A BROTHER THAT MISSES HIM SO MUCH..I WENT TO EVERYHOUSE IN NEIGHBORHOOD ASKING NOONE HAS SEEN HIM.I MISS HIM SO MUCH,

2006-11-06 00:28:41 · 5 answers · asked by JANELTHE GREEK 1

What is used to stop bleeding if one cuts to much off?

2006-11-06 00:24:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know im going to get alot of **** for this one but it has to be done, im yet im worried. I have a 6 month old neutered male (he was netured at 1 month before i even got him) and we had trained him to use his scratching posts and he was doing really well for the first few months, now its like we never trained him. We just had to replace our boxspring because he tore through the lining and into the wood, it finally broke! I want to get him declawed. We are renting so if he starts at the carpets or walls we'll be paying double what is would usually cost to have things fixed. I want to hear from people who have had there cats declawed. Like whats the down time, about how much did you pay, did they seem "mad", anything helpful you could tell me

2006-11-05 23:48:17 · 5 answers · asked by sassy2sloppy 2