Cats - April 2007

As in getting their claws REMOVED, not just trimming them.

I just answered a question about problem scratching and one woman said she should 'get the cat declawed'.

Personally I think this is awful. It is taking away a vital part of the cat. It leaves the cat defenceless.

I think that if you're so bothered about the cat scratching your carpet you shouldn't get a cat in the first place.

What are your opinions?

2007-04-23 11:19:14 · 151 answers · asked by Sparklepop 6

2007-04-23 11:09:28 · 4 answers · asked by The G Man 1

I am going to be getting a pure bred Ragdoll cat, who will be strictly an indoor cat. Should I get pet insurance? I know some insurance's start at less than 10 dollars a month, but at that cheap will they be worth it if I need them?

2007-04-23 11:01:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is less than a year old and just recently started spraying. I had him fixed last week. will this stop the spraying?

2007-04-23 10:25:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

my cat is overweight and we bought a collar and leash so we can take him in the backyard. that was just two days ago. and since then i've only taken him out 3 times. but now he meows by the door constantly and begs to go outside. is there a way to fix this problem? or do i just have to deal with it?

2007-04-23 10:03:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just adopted a new 3 month kitten. Its being crying(meowing) all the time. When I come it stops, but it's very affraid of people including me. What do I do?

2007-04-23 10:02:08 · 18 answers · asked by mahjabeen_haque 1

2007-04-23 09:16:21 · 17 answers · asked by jdubs914 2

Were having a huge problem getting rid of fleas this year. My persian-himalayan has never had a flea problem up until now. We tried advantage, frontline, flea dips, dawn dish soap-NOTHINGS WORKING!!!

The worst part is my son (5) is badly allergic, and he's completly covered in hives from the bites. No one else in the home is being bit~just him.

I bathed the cat a couple days ago, cut his long fur off, and took a flea comb to him. He is now flea free, but our house isnt.

We need advice. Has anyone else suffered this? What did you do? We are to the point of maybe rehoming our cat~but he's been in our family since a kitten with no flea problems. The kids would not appreciate us rehoming their beloved pet.

2007-04-23 08:45:48 · 17 answers · asked by chicata25 4

I'm looking for a kitten to join my family. I do not have any cats, so I don't know what to look for. I was told NOT to get a male cat cause they spray. But than I heard from someone else that as long as I get my male cat fixed before he is six months old than he wont spray..Can anyone help me???

2007-04-23 08:19:03 · 22 answers · asked by Ashley M 1

He Is mostly White with a black mask, black tail and black spots on his back like a lady bug. He has pretty blue eyes too. I was thinking something like Jimmy or Marcus.....
what do you guys think?

2007-04-23 07:08:02 · 51 answers · asked by Natashia R 1

My cat had a small scratch on her upper back (right about where the scruff of the neck is) a couple of weeks ago but as it healed, she managed to reach. Now it's a large hairless patch ( a few inches wide) with 2 nickel sized open sores that she can scratch with her back paws and can sometimes twist around and lick. I tried a tea tree oil spray designed for hot spots on pets that is supposed to be soothing but didn't appear to be. I also put neosporin on it, which helped but just before it heals she completely scratches the scabs off. It seems not to bother her for a day or two, then she scratches the crap out of it.
Is there an over-the-counter product that I can buy that can keep her from getting at and scratching this spot? Maybe a hydrocortisone spray? At what point should I take her to the vet (which is expensive but will do it if necessary)? (I tend to over panic about pet injuries. When I get to the vet it turns out to be something I can take care of at home, that's why I ask.)

2007-04-23 05:38:36 · 10 answers · asked by ginsu_cat 1

get my cat to eat less beings that I live with my boyfriend's mom ~ she feeds ALL the cats, we have 3 in the house & she puts out a BIG bowl of dry food for ALL day & she feeds them wet food every morning ~ my cat eats ALL damn day on the dry food ~ his mom will NOT take anything away, how can I get around this?

2007-04-23 04:49:52 · 10 answers · asked by mpt1110 1

2007-04-23 04:19:06 · 17 answers · asked by Ðarkrose 1

My 2 year old cat is an out side cat she is on her 3rd liter .The other two liters only one baby survived.She had two twin white ones ,one black and one black and white.They are about 6 DAYS OLD.They are inside now.

2007-04-23 04:01:18 · 17 answers · asked by Gypsy 4

my cat who was 14 got hit by a car two weeks ago,her back leg was ripped off and her front leg broken,jaw was broken and other back leg was broken with possible hip injuries.I had her put to sleep as she was quite old and i couldn't bear to see her suffer.Now with hind sight i am wondering if she could have recovered,obviously her back leg (what was left of it)would have had to be removed.Was it the best thing for her or should i have put her through the trauma of a long and painful recovery,i feel so bad that maybe i should have tried.Please dont tell me i should have kept her in,she hated being inside and had 14 years of happy roaming.

2007-04-23 02:35:17 · 16 answers · asked by Claire j 2

I have a kitten which is half Siamese and half british blue - she looks siamese with beautiful blue/grey hair - I need a name which is oriental and pretty like her! please help!!

2007-04-23 01:55:52 · 33 answers · asked by carley 1

friends smoke weed and their cat sits on one of their laps and lys there content

2007-04-23 00:39:39 · 13 answers · asked by myersrecords 1

1)when i get my kitten,i dont want to bring the home(boy and girl) and they infest my home?
2) and i scared to give them a bath and then i have to pick the fleas of there face.is there another way i can clean ALL of their body?
3)are there any TEAR FREE kitten shampoos..
4)is tidy cats multicat a good brand for kittens

5)will my two new kittens who stay in the same cage together a the pet shop,use the same litter pan?

2007-04-22 22:52:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

My kittens are 3 weeks old, and one of them has a crusty thing around her eye and we tried to open it and puss came out. She had both eyes open at 4 days old, and then about at 2 weeks old her eye was closed with crust surrounding it. We cleaned it and she re-opened it. But today we tried again and instead puss just came out...and her eye immediatly shut again. We're really worried. Has this happened to anyone else before? Is it just an eye infection that will go away on it's own? Should we continue to clean it? Please help!

2007-04-22 19:58:47 · 11 answers · asked by Megan 1

Here's one of mine:

"God made the cat in order to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger." - Unknown

PS: I'm putting this under "Cats" rather than "quotes" 'cuz cat people are cool.

2007-04-22 16:51:09 · 17 answers · asked by ptortuga 2

My stupid male cat poops right beside the litter box! We have him on special food and medicine, so he cant have a urinary tract problem. He's nuetered, he's 13 pounds, and he's never had a problem with our other cat.... We change the litter box daily, and our other cat has a separate litter box. We haven't changed our litter brand in years. What do I do??

2007-04-22 15:42:40 · 5 answers · asked by ebony_adrail 3

My 18 lbs. adult male cat uses the litter box most of the time. But sometimes, he goes on the rug in the bathroom next to it. We clean the box once a day, and haven't changed the litter brand recently. He shares the box with a younger, 10 lbs. male who is very, very clean (covers up the larger cats messes for him sometimes!!!). Haven't had this problem before. What could be causing him to avoid his litter box?

2007-04-22 15:19:56 · 17 answers · asked by Jay 2

i have heard that if we say cat they'd hear it backwards or do they hear cat like cat not tac. do they not hear it backwards and just not understand what it means. otherwords words are clear to them except they just don't know what it means.

2007-04-22 14:15:21 · 19 answers · asked by i'm addicted to yahoo answer 2

For some reason my cat likes being spanked! (gently) Why?

2007-04-22 12:14:29 · 5 answers · asked by ebony_adrail 3

2007-04-22 11:41:44 · 8 answers · asked by shells5148 1

I want to avoid declawing the new kitty I am getting soon. So far, I have two alternative options coming to mind, but I wanted to ask how well they work. Obviously I don't expect my apartment to surivive kittenhood and beyond unscathed, but I, like any reasonable person, I want to keep damage to a minimum (especially if I can avoid it).

Soft Paws--the little claw covers that you glue on to let them scratch, but not cause damage....how well do these work? Will I have a hard time putting them on? Would a vet put the first set on for me so I know how to do it right? Any disadvantages?

Scratch Post-some people say that cats won't scratch your furniture or whatever if they have a scratch post....but how can you make sure that they know to scratch the POST and not anything else? :-)

I want the cat to be healthy, happy, and well-behaved. I really do not want to declaw, especially if these alternatives work pretty well! If anyone knows of other non-surgical alternatives, please let me know!

2007-04-22 09:12:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking up kittens/cats at adoption agency websites and they are described as having short or medium hair. Is there more to that description than meets the eye?

2007-04-22 09:06:33 · 12 answers · asked by CD 2

Before coming to stay with me my kitten and her sister were taken care of by my grandmother. She fed them dry kitten food and a specially formulated Kitten Milk every 3-4 hours. I don't want to keep my kitten on the Kitten Milk but she doesn't seem to be interested in the dry food? How do I "ween" her off the kitten milk to water? Her sister likes both either way.

2007-04-22 09:01:18 · 8 answers · asked by polkadotprincess101 2

this man that I room with has read in one book, one book, that leaving food out all day for a cat, shortens their life because it allows their digestive system to always be active..I think it is crap!..

2007-04-22 08:22:56 · 24 answers · asked by ladypac4now 1

I don't need to be told that I need to take my cat to the vet. I just want to know measures I should take before my visit in the next couple of days.

2007-04-22 08:13:28 · 6 answers · asked by S 3