Cats - August 2007

Hi there! My parents just adopted a new kitten, and she does not meow- YET! What are the implications of this for the long term, and do you think there is still a chance she could speak meow) being she is only 15 weeks.

THANKS SO MUCH!!

2007-08-06 00:40:23 · 17 answers · asked by BWM 2

He never uses a litter tray and always does his wee's outside! I've kept him in since 6pm last night and it's now 12pm!!! i keep putting him in the litter tray but he just wont go! any ideas on how to make him use the litter tray would be great

2007-08-06 00:13:28 · 4 answers · asked by gingergeorgecat 3

I took my cat Rusty to the Emergency Room tonight. He is still there. They had to put him in the oxygen tank and monitor him closely, give him a chest x-ray and some steroids.
He is everything to me. I love this cat very much and there is nothing - no price too high - to save him or make him feel better.
I called the hospital back three hours later and the vet said that they don't think they are going to draw blood from him tonight because everytime he is out, he gets a bit stressed and of course they don't want to sedate him yet because of his breathing etc. He is only around 5 yrs old, he is a larger cat, not huge, but he needs to lose some weight.
I am worried though, because when I brought him in, he did have a fever, which is why they wanted bloodwork to rule anything else out. His chest x-rays point to asthma though.
How are they gonna be able to get blood, (if they try at all again)?
Im worried i just don't want them to stress him anymore, but I think he needs it done

2007-08-05 23:22:08 · 5 answers · asked by xapryl 2

where putting butter on cats paws will help them find their way home?if so how do you go about it?

2007-08-05 22:00:35 · 15 answers · asked by mimi 5

that has been raised outside and is very tame...adapt to a new home in an apartment with a desexed 4yrld female cat with no access outside? im worried for my baby that went to his new home today????

2007-08-05 20:37:08 · 9 answers · asked by stars7s 2

And she's the oldest pet I've ever had.
I had a cat 15, one 9, and one 4...before.
And I have a dog 6, one was 12, and one was 15 when they died.

I heard on Dog the Bounty Hunter of a cat named Forfeiture, who was 20...

2007-08-05 20:30:16 · 13 answers · asked by §♫♪‹(•¿•)›☼»-(¯`v´¯)-»\\ 6

theres this stray pregnant cat that hangs around my house, and my mom doesnt want her to be here especially with more kittens so she wants to take her to the pound.
will she be put down even though shes pregnant?
how about if she arrives with a litter of new born kittens?

2007-08-05 20:23:53 · 11 answers · asked by lily 2

red,oval, quater size rash. only in one spot.

2007-08-05 17:52:38 · 7 answers · asked by tx_sa_princess 1

hey I want to get a kitten but how do I convince my parents? I already have two dogs. But a kitten would be a nice addition.

2007-08-05 17:18:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

He has been neutered and declawed. Any sugestions on how to ge the smell out of furniture and clothing?

2007-08-05 17:07:25 · 5 answers · asked by jojo8 4

OK,I have had snuggles going on a month.He was sickly when I rescued him but Within 2 weeks, he had gained 5 pounds and was given a clean bill of health. He thru up his morning food.I figured he just engulfed as usual but This time vomited.Well,He has done nothing but Loaf around all day,ears outward,head down,sad looking.About 2 hours ago he spat up a hairball.And I found a little bit of spittle.Still not worried at that point because i have rescued animals for over 15 years.But I noticed about 30 minutes ago that snuggles has shallow ,rampid breathing.Very Shallow.He is still purrring.But That does not mean he isn;t sick. I cant get him to a Vet till Morning.I am not sure if he is just under the weather as we all can get(including our 4 legged kids),and the breathing is from being nauseated,or from vomited a hairball and his tummy is sore..Im just looking for any kinda answer.Ijust dont want to lose him over nite.Any ideas?

2007-08-05 15:59:07 · 13 answers · asked by petshaven 3

And i want to feed it some tuna,

but my mom told me i shouldnt, because they will poop everywhere in our garden and will be at my doorstep every other day begging for more food.

Is this true??? I really want to feed them some tuna but i dont want them to fall in love with me. DAMMN pusies of all kinds booyah hahaha

2007-08-05 15:50:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 15:43:59 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I used to have a Golden Ret. that would freak out wheneverI left her, but I heard that was common for her breed. Now I have a kitten that follows me around the house and crys when I leave. If I set somewhere he has to be in my lap, and if I get up he follows me and then plops down again wherever I go. Even when I go to the bathroom he has to be in my lap.

Do my pets think I am their mommies?

2007-08-05 15:41:14 · 5 answers · asked by Lauren Ashley 2

it is having diarear everywhere and i showed it the litter box i just got it my friend said she didt take it to the vets but they had alot of cats and shes really rich so dont u think she had to like keep it healty u kno well that and shes sleeping alot like i mean alot! and idk if thats normal i kno there suppossed to sleep alot but i mean that much ????

2007-08-05 15:29:18 · 4 answers · asked by Reefer Goddess 1

They pee in the middle of the night so it got between the cushions . I've tried soaking it with Lysol spray and urine smell remover for cats. Since I can't figure out which cat it is yet (seems to be more than one) it is a never ending battle.

Perhaps a professional leather cleaning is in order after I figure out who is doing it.

2007-08-05 14:17:45 · 11 answers · asked by extremepms 2

Do you find you have some stereotypes of them yourself?

2007-08-05 12:41:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just adopted a 4-week old kitten who is very playful as kittens can be. I've had cats before but she is the most active!

All she does all morning, day, and night is climb, scratch, bite, and repeat. I lose sleep and my arms are scratched up because she likes to attack me in my sleep. When I'm on the laptop (she is doing this right now) she will climb up my legs or jump on my chair to attack my arm. I will clap and say no and place her on the ground but she will immediately do it again. I've tried spraying with water as well but she actually enjoys it.

I've placed her in time out for a good amount of time but this only makes it worse. The longer she says in time out, the worse she is.

I play with her as much as I can to get her tired, but it makes no difference. She still sees me as one of her toys, though she has lots of toys!

She even feasts on my electrical cords and digs them out when I hide them (which is a normal cat thing) but I still need help on it!

Any ideas?

2007-08-05 12:40:27 · 8 answers · asked by fdmgjfdkjess 2

i just got a cat and she goes outside sometimes so i want to make sure she stays lice, flea, and tick free. ive bought the packets that have 3 treatments in them but they cost around 40$! do u no any good 1s that work and are cheep?

2007-08-05 12:32:17 · 8 answers · asked by fashionlooker 1

Me and my family just bought a siamese kitten today.
It seems very scared, and whenever it hears a loud noise, it hisses.

Or, when you put your hand near it, it hisses.
It sat in my lap a couple of times, but it's still scared to death.

My stupid dad brought in the dog a while ago, and now the kitten is like.. growling. She's scared to death..

I feel bad. what can I do to make her more comfortable?
Or will it just take time?

2007-08-05 11:48:28 · 10 answers · asked by S@r@h 2

2007-08-05 11:28:58 · 8 answers · asked by thyckredhead 1

My cat seems to have strange looking teeth. It seems like her incisers and premolars are abnormally small. I could not get a great look because she does not like to be handled. She is an orange tabby with pink gums (+nose and paw pads) but she has these black spots all over her gums and/or lips. The spots look wierd. It seems like there are too many of them to be just normal pigmentation. Does anyone know what this could be--or am I just worrying about nothing. --Thanks

2007-08-05 10:31:13 · 5 answers · asked by Emily Z 1

He doesn't have any ticks that I can see and I know they have to be 12 wks before you use the tick shampoo. So for just a normal bath, what can I use on him that is safe? normal human shampoo?

2007-08-05 10:17:34 · 7 answers · asked by paganmom26 3

Theres 2 orphan kittens that i have, someone dropped them off at my doorstpe and i began nursing them back to health about a 4 or 5 days ago.. I've run into a few problems... with one of them, every time they sleep and i go in there to check on the kittens, he has a bunch of eye boogers all over his eye, one day it was closed because of that stuff, is there any form of treatment needed to be done? it has been slowly going away recently...

With another kitten, they eat canned food fine, i poured some water in it so they can get plenty of fluid. Are they not eating enough? They gobble that stuff down like theres no tomorrow, i always put my full attention on them and let them cuddle with me all the time, but they just keep meowing like they're wanting something, i cant determine what it is! Every once in awhile they'll just lay down on me and purr really REALLY loud, i often let them sleep on me for a couple hours, unless i have to go do someting. Any ideas on what they want?4.5weeksol

2007-08-05 10:06:37 · 12 answers · asked by Aaron D 2

My cat is sneezing, has a runny nose with a discolored discharge. How can I treat her?

2007-08-05 08:45:40 · 11 answers · asked by kitty cat 3

outside her castle. There she saw four kittens in front of her feet! She was so happy she ran inside to tell Laura, the queen about the kittens!
Laura grabbed a box and McKenzie but the kittens inside! “Mew” “mew” they shouted!
They were hungry. McKenzie the beautiful princess, grabbed some royal hot dogs to feed them by the time she was back all the kitties were asleep!
The queen said, “YUCK get those kittens out of my house they are wet and dirty!”
“FINE!” said McKenzie! She put the box out in the rain.
“LAURA, LAURA!” the princess squealed! The mother cat is here!
“Good they have one I thought the mother might have died good thing she’s back!”*** Laura said with a snobby voice!
“What is she doing?” Said McKenzie. Laura replied, “She’s feeding them.”
“Oh.”

McKenzie and Laura went up to there rooms and fell asleep. The next Morning the kittens were GONE! McKenzie was so sad she yelled “KITTIES! WHERE ARE YOU?”
All the Kittens ran up to her and were meowing like crazy they remembered her!
McKenzie wanted to scream she was so happy! However, she did not that would be “princess like!
The next morning The Kittens greeted her, the next day, and the next day.
Until one afternoon All four kittens where asleep on the princess porch but he heard a mew noise it was coming from the tornado shelter!
She ran to the shelter her Best friend Madison opened the shelter and saw a little kitten stuck inside! McKenzie ran to tell her mom! Laura quickly jumped into the shelter and grabbed the kitten. The kitten was saved!
The next morning McKenzie and her mother went outside to play with the kittens.OH NO the EVIL LANDLORD came and took the queens money for rent and said, “YUCK KITTENS! I will be right back to get a bucket I am going to eat them MUHAHAHAHA!”The EVIL LANDLORD ran to get a bucket but McKenzie was so mad she grabbed a kitten and took it inside! She whispered in the kittens ear “NO ONE EATS MY KITTEN!”
All the kittens where captured and eaten by the evil landlord but the one kitten was safe
THE
END!!!

2007-08-05 08:42:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Oh... i can add details uhm...

I have 2 orphan kittens, ive had them for about 5 days, and im assuming they're 4.5-5 weeks old, they have teeth and dont like to drink water or a kitten formula from a feeding syringe, they refuse to eat from the syringe, they gobble down the canned food and run around on it, and im cleaning their paws as they of course get dirty. Is the liquid from the canned food good enough? I have a deep plate filled with water that they refuse to drink, i put them infront of it and offer to let them lick my fingers, but they just walk away, and i'm out of formula... any other suggestions on how to show them to drink water? Is the canned food alright?

2007-08-05 08:10:34 · 12 answers · asked by Aaron D 2

it got hit by a car the vet said that it had a broke leg and fractured tailbone and that it would heal .1 week later the cat trys to poop and cant /there is no swelling in the leg no sweeling around the tailbone/ it eats and drinks and wets but cant poop

2007-08-05 07:56:54 · 6 answers · asked by catcantdo 1

I had to have my cat put to sleep today.

He was seriously ill, very very thin and had stopped eating and drinking this week. The vet had given him some antibiotics which we were trying but today he started struggling for breath and couldn't stand up and we decided enough was enough.

I feel so awful - did I do the right thing? The vet said that yes it was probably the right decisions - the only other thing they could do was to put him on a drip and subject him to loads of blood tests which I didn't think he would be able to cope with, being as ill as he was. They weren't sure what exactly was wrong with him.

So we took him to the emergency vets and had him euthanased so he wouldn't suffer anymore. I was with him right till the end.
This is the part of having a pet which I hate. Losing them. I miss him so much.

2007-08-05 07:53:13 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

By clipping I mean using a pair of clippers and clipping the sharp points.

2007-08-05 07:49:30 · 9 answers · asked by al5645al 2