>>5121111
Cats have personalities and internal thoughts. They can ponder and learn and grow like we do, and they can decide the change their mind about things. If she never purred its cause she never trusted you. If she does now it means she's warmed up to you. When she was gone for 3 days she probably developed a new appreciation for you.

>>5121111
Cute cat OP!

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>>5121111
Its a different cat

This happens all the time

>>5121321
I have a long hair cat. My gf usually brushes the mats of his belly with a metal brush and it's rough going. When she's not around I "brush" him with the back side of the tv remote. It's so smooth so it feels good and he thinks I'm the better brusher. Anyone have more cat hacks to share?

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Do you think this is funny?

>>5121750
"differently balanced" that's a fucking new one lmao
given that this is a tiktok-type video it's obviously not showing the many times it most likely stumbles and falls, which will naturally lower its quality of life
it also looks like a fucking zombie and i have no idea how you can look at this day in and day out and not get sad

>>5121750
>>5121752
My friend and his gf are the types to take in foster cats and bring them to vet every other week because they like pissing money. Anyway, they adopted a wobbly cat that no one wanted and while he is adorable with a cute personality it is really sad to see. Sure you get some good laughs when he falls in the water bowl or tumbles down the stairs, but he's less than a year old and this is all he has to look forward too. Sometimes he falls while taking a shit and gets covered in it. By the time he's old he will be a miserable pile of arthritis and bruised bones. I genuinely believe killing him is the humane thing to do.

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>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
Sorry I had to get that off my chest...

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Any anons here have experience with cats with FLUTD? How fatal is it?

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>>5121750
Did he get hurt right as the video cut?
>ah yes i know what i will do to show everyone i am a good person
>i will make my severely uncoordinated cat run in the kitchen
greetings from kazakhstan

breeding and keeping severely disabled animals is animal cruelty

>>5121750
not putting these cats down is supremely cruel
give yourself vertigo and imagine that never going away

and social media freaks are seeking them out. is someone breeding them? are white women this desperate to pretend to be compassionate?

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Cat has whispered, barbarism is in poor taste

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Some questions
Do male and female cats/kittens act differently? Like is one more aggressive/calm etc. They'd be neutered if that matters
I've only been around elderly cats and either were chill but I think that was just nature by being older. but I'm not sure about how younger cats/kittens would act

And at what age are kittens fine with being around steep stairs? I'm worried about them going through the railing similar to image related and falling down. The older cats were smart enough not to, but we still put up a barricade to stop them looking out in case. Wondering if you'd need that with kittens (even thought they could jump over that compare to elder cats)

We also used to have food/water/litter downstairs and upstairs so they didn't need to walk down/up every time if they didn't want to. I assume kittens would be ok with that in one location?

Just trying to learn what having a kitten is like compare to the older cats that I'm used to. I don't know what habits/environment I'd need to change for them

>>5122065
Females are generally more independent and less close than males, males need their daily rubbing and will come get it and then sleep on your head
Depends on the cats ofc but it tends to be true for mine

>>5122019
One thing you failed to see is that he bumped his head on a pillow

>>5122091
Pretty!

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>>5122112
Thanks

>>5122065
From my anecdotal experience, my female cats have tended to be less tolerant of strangers and more aloof around the house. My male cats were all lap cats who would live by my side or literally on my lap, and enjoyed the socialisation with house guests. YMMV.
As for the steep stairs, I rented a flat with some a few years back while one of my cats was a kitten and by the time we let her have free-roam of our place, she could go up and down the stairs without much issue.

Want to a little plant for my desk, what do plant do you guy recommend that won't kill a cat?

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This guy is very affectionate to the point of being obstructive

i dont know much about cats so i came here to ask
>mom takes in lots of cats from her neighborhood
>so many that she never takes them to a vet unless they're sick
>a few young ones started dropping dead recently
>vet told her its panleukopenia
>quick search says its easy to spread, fatal and basically untreatable
i worry she's about to witness a mass extinction event in real time
what advice am i supposed to give her?

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Guys help, I think one of my kittens is growing up to be a looksmaxxer.

>>5122874
I have advice for you instead
Don't let your mom do stupid shit wtf?

>>5122874
>easy to spread, fatal and basically untreatable.
Its FPV. Neupogen treats 91% of the cases.

>>5121744
>metal brush
Get a Tangle Teaser (tm), makes the job way easier and you don't have to worry about the rounded cap on the metal brush wearing down and scratching the cat's sensitive belly

>>5122302
Lil bowl of cat grass.

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would you adopt a cyclops octopus cat?

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Well, my family is about to put the old lady down on Monday. She’s gotten to the point where she can’t take more than a few steps before having to lay down from exhaustion, and she’s completely stopped eating now.
I’d like to think 18 years was a pretty good run. I’ll miss her.

>>5123458
Good luck anon. Our lady had lung cancer, but she had an appetite so I could give her a cocktail of sedatives in her food hours before they gave her ketamine and the lethal shot. I'm glad her suffering is over, but I never forget the glassy eyed, dissociated look before euthanasia. It's haunting.

>>5123216
This sounds interesting
Thanks, friend!

>>5121111
Ya my cat is about 6, never purrs and now will come by about twice a week randomly this year wanting a petting, claws me when done and darts off.
Cuddles my 3 year old pitty daily.
Cats do whatever they want to whenever they feel like it.
Had a mean manx that finally wanted cuddles and purred at age 22. Died soon thereafter.
Dad could pet touch and cuddle it since year one. If I tried it became a razor beast.
Waiting two decades made it feel special.

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I put my cat down on friday, and my soul is ripped apart. I'm going to have a few other people know he existed.

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Stupid file sizes. I dont want to spend time cropping these.

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Ever see a cat choose a bought bed over a cardboard box?

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Just a perfect cat. Affectionate, talkative but just below the level of maddening, explorative, chill.
I was there for him every single day of his 17 year life, except maybe 100 days total.

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Goodbye, Polo. I hope Marco was nice and welcoming to you on the other side.

>>5123570
These are really great anon, thanks for sharing. He seems to have done all of the cat things very well

>>5121111
have you ever tried purring like a cat? it's not impossible for a human, and it's very calming actually, I can see why they do it all the time.

it's a lot harder on the exhale than the inhale though, but with some practice you can get continuous purring just like a cat.

How can cats sleep in the sun without overheating?

>>5123705
warm blooded body temp falls when sleep

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I feed my cats a combo of dried kibble mixed with raw mince beef and wet sachet food with the odd cooked chicken breast here and there. As long as they are not overweight is that an alright feed for them?

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>>5121111
I need advice /an/

my roommate has a young female cat, about 1-2 years old. it has clearly imprinted on her, and will sleep on her bed, her chair, or climb up onto her shoulders and sleep there when she's sitting in the chair.
i should mention that this cat has the most minor recurring issue of one of her tear ducts getting a little gunky (it's not an infection, it's probably structural or just a quirk), and the cat doesn't do a good job of cleaning it. my roomie often asks me to help out w/ it (idk why she doesn't do it herself, but she says i'm good at it, and i'm happy to help since i like cats and it clearly can't help it).

however, the cat cannot stand to be in the same room as me and usually tries to avoid me, despite the fact that i am usually the one to feed it, and very delicately mind you, clean its face with a lukewarm damp cloth. cleaning its face when it gets eye boogers has become more and more difficult over time, as the only time i can approach is when i put food in her dish, leave the room, then come back in.

the method i've been using is to approach the cat just after she's done eating, lightly but firmly get a hold of the scruff of her neck (this is how i was taught to immobilize a cat without hurting them, and from what ive read this is how you're supposed to do it), and then very lightly brush the cat's cheek and tearduct area with a lukewarm cloth until the gunk is cleared away. i then lighten my grip on the scruff of her neck, give her a few massaging pets there because it couldn't have been that comfortable, then let her go.

i cannot do this anymore though, as the cat flips out now and scratches me if i try and immobilize her to clean her face.

i should mention i own two male cats who are completely chill, and who have no issue being picked up, cleaned, or even pet on their bellies or paws. i should mention the problem cat doesn't interact with my cats unless she's trying to steal their food.


what do? how do i gain cat trust?

>>5123898
I'd skip the raw mince beef imo unless you really trust the butcher. If it's grocery store mince then I'd stop doing it altogether. You don't know how good their quality control is, or how long it was ground before being packaged -- grinding meat exposes more of its surface area to bacteria. The risk of it negatively impacting your cat's health is slim, but not none. I'm probably being paranoid though, but I thought I'd play devil's advocat.

I was playing with my cat in the backyard and somehow the neighbor's cat got into our yard. For a while they were just following one another around and growling a little, and after like forty minutes the neighbor cat raised a paw and I chased him off
Is that normal? Are they enemies now or is this how gets to know each other?

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>>5124017
Here's them
It was a meeting of the minds

i play-bite my cat back when he play-bites me

>>5124023
same

>>5124017
probably fine, you can tell a lot by body language and how close they are together

>>5124029
They were like three feet apart the entire time with some occasional growling and hissing

>>5124030
nta but that's the usual territory / turf dispute situation for kots. it's too soon to tell, but if there was hissing and growling going on the whole time, that's not too promising of a first impression. maybe time will tell and they'll become more amicable. there not being any physical violence is a good sign in that regard.

Any advice for a cat pissing indoors out of his box?
He's neutered
Has constant access to fresh litter that he'll use
I'm very certain he doesn't have a UTI as he's not showing any sign of distress, constantly cleaning his crotch or straining/meowing while peeing.

9 times out of 10 he uses his litter box just fine, but that 1/10 he'll piss either in front of the living room window or on my bed where we sleep together most nights. He's never peed there while we sleep.

He's indoor only and lives a very stress-free lifestyle, constantly access to his needs and I'm a quiet person so there's no loud noises, surprises/startling or anything

Only thing I can guess is a stray(?) cat occasionally drops by that he hates and he's marking territory. That's a hard thing to deal with though as I've contacted our local council and they offered cat traps but it's not a regular visitor and I mentally don't like the idea of them hauling off what could be someone's pet even if they're an irresponsible owner.

>>5124290
piss in his litter box

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Exhausted after his walk.

He greed know no bounds.

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>>5124363
Its not a long walk, but the cat was born with swimmers legs and has a funny walk, I have to carry him part of the way.

introduced 2 older cats into my 3 floor house after inheriting them. didn't want them.
my actual cat is terrified of both of them. kept them in their own rooms for a bit but one managed to escape and has taken over the basement. i'm so exhausted. my poor cat is so stressed.

>>5124363
that seems like a lot of kibble; your cat doesn't over-eat and then barf on the carpet?
mine have done so their whole lives unless i limit their portions; you'd think they'd learn after the first few times not to

cat got diagnosed with kidney disease
im doing my best to keep her alive paying $4 a can for this fucking food but on top of all of this, she's being picky and just won't eat the same food twice in a row and wants diversity
apparently cats would rather STARVE TO FUCKING DEATH THAN JUST EAT FOOD

holy fuck
and on top of that I got 2 other cats
one of them literal down syndrome retard
the other bullies the old kidney disease girl and just won't let her live stress free
I just want to die
literally biggest mistake of my life was allowing my retarded family to get more than one cat

Catfriends, I need your experiences with cats and blankets. They really do not enjoy being covered up the way a dog does, huh.

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Any anon here have experience with cats and feline asthma/hyper sensitivity? I have found out through bloodtesting my cat has it and is allergic to humans, so I am going to need to give him steroids soon.

>>5124580
Depends on the cat. I have two and one is not fussed about blankets at all, but the other will not allow you to pet him unless he is wrapped in a blanket. Fuss his neck or chin? Nope. Fuss his neck or chin while he surrounded by a fur blanket? Yes. You can even wrap him up like a baby and carry him around and he absolutely loves it, and when he goes up to you for a catnap on your lap he will wait for you to put a blanket on your legs or otherwise he will stroll off to find a blanket himself to sleep in without you.

>>5124554
my cats have always had infinite food, so they never overeat

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>>5124636
Biblical levels of gluttony after today's walk

>>5124657
cute sinner

>>5121773
same, there is this horrific video of a cat with half of its mouth missing, so the full tongue is always sticking out. Obviously the sick fuck pet owner who records this shit does it for JewTube money. There is nothing cute, funny or empathetic about keeping something alive in this condition. I would have put that poor thing down too.

>>5123441
He exists beyond our scope of understanding

>>5124657
>sudoku book
>handheld electronic dictionary
>whiteout tool
is this a picture from 2026 or 2002?

>>5124714
my mother is 70

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Look at this dumb blob

all kots are good kots
there are no bad kots
all kots go to heaven

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>>5124842
>>5124816

I may require an opinion, my cat is 6 years old, she has, for the past year, been shitting all over the house. She has a sister so initially I tried to get two different sandboxes but it has not worked in the slightest. I didn't notice anything really all that concerning but today she went into my lap and her butt was all filled with shit. She didn't clean herself so I dragged her to the bathroom to see and clean it, her fur has also become dirtier in the lower half specifically, I was wondering if this could be a real issue and if it's worth calling a vet over, she is impossible to handle when I bring her to a clinic.

>>5124961
The recommended number of litter boxes is x+1 where x is the number of cats you have. Ideally you can keep at least one box in a different part of the house than the others. Some cats are just dump and need to have their butts wiped every month or two. They make pet wet wipes for that purpose so you don't have to give them a full bath and remove their protective oils. It's also worth keeping in mind some cats poop and vomit in random places as a stress sign.

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My orange kitty stopped eating about a week ago.
Emergency vet and overnight stay and three hours of driving.
Nothing to be done.
Just making him comfortable until he goes or we put him down. He’s not suffering that I can tell just not eating and kidneys shutting down.
Really fucking sucks bros.
When I got together with my wife I put in a garden and he started showing up to catch mice, birds, and rabbits.
Best cat I’ve ever ever had.
He’d follow us and our six year old on walks like a guard dog.
If the indoor cat got out he would heard it back to the house.
I’m really going to miss my buddy.

>>5124816
So fluffy! Do they like cuddles?

>>5125152
I'm sorry to hear that anon, he sounds like a wonderful kot who has more than earned his spot in kot heaven

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>>5125259
Thanks anon.
He’s a lot perkier today so the wife is happy. I’m just keeping my mouth shut and bracing for the next part.
Really really fucking sucks.

>>5122019
That cabinet is clearly cushioned. Probably for that exact reason.
>>5123556
>>5123557
>>5123570
I see him.

>>5123568
He looks like he was a good boy.
>>5125152
I’m in the same boat.
Bro hugs.

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I got my catsket done for the good boi.
He’s probably not got much longer.>>5125152
Probably going to add handles, sand and stain it in a couple hours after the kid goes to bed.

>>5125247
Rarely. She and her sister are very skittish. My running theory is that my dad fried her brain with catnip as a kitten and now the only exercise she gets is running away from people.

>>5121750
This Elvis is definitely all shook up.

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>>5123441

>>5125882
o7

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>>5126000
He finally passed about an hour ago.
Devastated.

>>5126064
take comfort that he's now at peace, and that he had a good life with a loving family

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>leave food out for local long haired stray cat
>get her spayed eventually
>she keeps visiting for a couple of years
>even let her stay inside overnight a few times
>sometimes run into her and she follows me back home when I go for a walk
>never saw her again around a couple weeks ago
I don't know what happened to her but she was one of the best cats I knew. I hope she found somewhere else to find food and shelter.

>>5126139
I’m sorry anon, but the answer for “why did my outdoor car disappear” is usually a bad one. You should have kept her inside once she stayed overnight.

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>>5126064
Sympathies, anon. It's the price we pay to give them the best life.
Did your orange kitty have a name?

>>5126142
My house wasn't the only house she went to get food and shelter from, but you're probably right. Even though she's likely gone, I'm glad I got her to trust me and spend so much time with me.

>>5126147
Agent orange… because he drove all the vets crazy.

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I need some help finding a specific cat pic.
I think I saw it on this board.
It was a black cat that shook it’s head up and down so fast the camera blurred and it looks like the cat has six pairs of blurry eyes on top of each other and not as a head spin shake.


Here’s one of my favorite cat pics because I love the angle and facial expression.

The cat my wife has had since she was a young child, that was a freshly weened kitten when my wife got her, is scheduled for being put to sleep in home this afternoon. The poor old cat is 26 years old currently, has advanced kidney disease, bladder cancer, eye cancer + glaucoma in the left eye and bad eyesight in the right eye, arthritis, thyroid issues, a heart murmur, has lost 1/3 of her body weight in the last 4 months, has high blood pressure causing the occasional seizure, hasn't been able to walk straight or jump well since her first seizure, hasn't been able to make it to the litterbox in time for a bit over a month now, and in the last week has developed a bad cough that gets worse if she doesn't take two or three breaks when moving from her chair to her food/water or litterbox. Despite all this she still has been eating her regular cat food, drinking water, and purring happily when given attention and affection, but it feels like the right thing to do to help ease her suffering before it gets to a point where it's overwhelming and where she loses that last bit of quality of life that she has been able to hold on to. We've of course been taking her to the vet, where they always remark on how old she is and how well she's done holding on this long, and have kept up with medications and treatments to try to help with all of her troubles and to keep her quality of life up.
I still feel bad since she's been such a good friend to my wife for 26 years, even if I know trying to force the poor old thing to hold on for our sakes would be terribly unfair to the cat. We decided on doing an in-home thing for putting her to sleep when the day finally came, since we figured that she would be happiest in the chair she claimed as soon as we bought it sitting on her blanket and the heat pad we got to help her arthritis pains, but now that the day has come for it I can't help but worry it that it might be harder this way. I just hope we've done right by her.

>>5126330
There is no easy way to do it and itll be horrible and heart rending no matter what.

>>5126332
Yeah, it's the way it always is and it never gets easier. I went thru similar with my dog when I was in high school.
My wife was up until 4am last night crying and feeling bad about not being able to stay happy and positive until after it's done. We've at least been able to give the poor old cat lots of treats and a good last weekend, even gave her a whole rotisserie chicken to eat at yesterday since even in her old age she would try to pull the trashcan down to get at any scraps of one whenever we'd have one as part of dinner, so hopefully the good memories will be the main part that sticks around after.

>>5123570
witnessed

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>>5126334
Post some pics of puss puss.
We buried our orange kitty yesterday. Put some flowers, a drawing the kid made, and a cat toy in with him.
Gut wrenching anon. I’m sorry for your loss.

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>>5126345
Here's one from a few months back, she had gotten too warm from the heat pad in her chair and moved over to my footstool to sleep and cool off.

>>5122302
Spider plants are pretty resilient, easy, and are safe for cats

>>5126352
Rest east kitty kitty.

>>5126361
>Spider plants
Thanks for the recommendation

>>5126330
The appointment went about as well as it could go, she didn't have any distress or discomfort during the process. It was still rough, but knowing it was as gentle as it was for her makes it easier. She was able to fall asleep on the pain and anxiety medicines they gave her so she got to go really gentle. My wife gave her one of those churu tubes as she was falling asleep on the pain meds, she had the willpower to stay awake long enough to get the last bit of the treat eaten which is a nice memory, my wife also got to stay with and keep petting her childhood cat until the end which was good. So I suppose if anyone else ends up needing to go thru the same sort of thing I would recommend doing an at home if you can handle it.

>>5126399
High quality fur
Very nice

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>>5126463
Home is the way to go. I wouldn’t want to die in some sterile hospital and we got to take him outside and say goodbye.
May you live long enough to see your enemies vanquished.

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Check out this cat.

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How many cats do you guys have? I have 2 young cats at the moment but recently I have been presented with the oppertunity to get a third kitten and I am worried that I am becoming a mad cat man or something. I have the selfmade excuse to myself that cats are low maintenance compared to something like having dogs or birds so having 3 is not that bad of something to manage, but is that just cope?

>>5126064
I'm sorry for your loss anon

>>5127105
Thanks fella.
It doesn’t make any sense but it’s a lot quieter now… he didn’t meow much but it’s still too quiet.

>>5127108
I know that feeling man, I remember when my boy went. I wish there was something I could say to take away the pain. Just remember to be proud of yourself for giving him a good life

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The cat managed to open the mosquito nets around the windows and ran away
He is a neutered male, around 4 years old, spent all his life indoors
All of the people I know say that he will return, but I'm on a very tight schedule and may not be able to get him in time
Anyone had any experience with a runaway cat? How long did it take to return?

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>>5127131

It is amazing how useless this thread is beyond "RIP Mr Whiskers" pity replies

>>5127131
You are looking for him, right? especially for a dumb indoor cat I wouldn't expect him to return on his own

>>5127146
Super constructive, on topic, and helpful post anon.
Why’re you such a seething butthole?

>>5127146
Only a happy person would post something this well adjusted...

>>5127150
I managed to locate him, he is in the next yard over, however the location is incredibly dilapidated and unkempt, I will have to break in with gardening equipment to look further into that yard
Cat wasn't interested in returning to me, but at least I know roughly where he is
For a dumb indoor cat, he quite nimbly managed to run away in that yard

Anyone do leash walks and day trips/hikes with their cats? Fairly sure it's just a social media phenomenon that filters the successes to the top but I'm trying to see if mine is built for it. Cat acts like how a cat should ie look for immediate hiding places

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>>5127174
I did, but I agree for most cats it's just standing there while they hide under a bush.
It's a while before they are comfortable enough to explore and walk around, and even then it's more area sweeping than truly walking anywhere.
It also helped that I had a cat that liked being near me, so naturally wanted to follow if I started walking away.

>>5127175
Cool, I'll probably give walk training another couple months to see if it sticks. Did you have to do some shoulder jump training in case of dogs/undesirable scenarios or you just pick em up and stick in a back pack? How's their prey drive? Mine definitely thirsts for blood

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>>5127176
>shoulder jump training
I didnt, but that sounds like a good idea if they are easy to train. I depended on retractable, locking leash and how well my cats handled being picked up and carried by me.
>How's their prey drive?
Very low. Neither were big on hunting, though Polo caught a mouse once.

Fellas, I brought in a friendly kot from outside. She has fleas. I let her run about the whole house without knowing. I have carpets. How fucked am I?

>>5127184
Spend the next few days vacuuming best you can, and empty the canister in and outside bin, or replace the bag each time.
Use bonding time to groom/flea comb your pet cats if you have any.

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>>5127173
Found the little devil, gave him a bath
Didn't find fleas or ticks, no injuries from the local strays either

>>5127184
in addition to vacuuming your carpets, next time you see that kot, give her a bath if you can
i might suggest to apply some anti-flea medication to the back of her neck (that's the one place fleas like to congregate since cats physically can't groom there by themselves), BUT do keep in mind that if that cat is social with other cats that help groom them, and the other cat grooms the part your applied the flea medication to, that other cat will get dangerously ill from the flea poison.
>>5127187
glad to hear your butthead made it home safe and sound

some good news for cats with kidney disease https://phys.org/news/2026-04-japan-startup-cat-kidney-disease.html

Why are housecats so hydrophobic when big cats of all kinds love water? Is it purely cultural or is there a biological component? Because you do sometimes see regular cats who enjoy swimming

>>5127283
I bet it has to do with thermal regulation. Easier to maintain a core temp when you are larger, even if the water soaks through your fur.

>>5127286
nta but I also wonder if it has something to do with fur length -- i wonder specifically if there's any correlation

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I never thought I'd see the day. I always figured that people had enough commonsense to "let nature happen" and not try to anthropomorphize animals with human rules and expectations. Like, as much as you might hate to see it, if you saw a bear pin down a deer and the deer was screaming for its life as the bear bites at the deer's neck, you'd have no right intervening. The bear needs to eat. The bear isn't being evil, it's just following its instincts.

Here is what's pissing me off today. This cat channel is showing a male cat trying to mate with what looks to be a 1 year old female cat and the guy is actually kicking the cat away and the commenters are calling the male cat a pedophile and threatening violence against the cat. The male cat isn't being evil, he's just following his instincts.

I've never witnessed people doing this before. Is this common behavior? If you have a pet cat or dog and it starts mounting a younger cat/dog, would you scold your pet for trying to mate with a younger animal? Would you beat your pet or have the pet neutered out of spite for "being a pedo"? I'm scared for the animals being abused because human expectations are being expected of them.

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RIP, based cattos

>>5127583
>I've never witnessed people doing this before. Is this common behavior?
I've never seen anyone in person go as far as these morons did, but the general discourse around animals is completely filled with those kinds of retarded arguments, both ways, its entirely self-justification of status quo/griefing. Cats should ask for consent before mating, but we aren't expected to respect a cat's agency over their own body in any shape or form whatsoever. Everything we do is always "for their own good, because they don't know better", but their own good somehow always ends up being whatever is easiest on us/fits the most with our own understanding of what is good.
A one-year old female cat has gone through at least 3 heat cycles, possibly more, and could be expected to have had at least one litter. Cat sexual intercourse isn't something graceful, and doesn't seem very fun for the female, but remaining in heat for another week has to be stressful as well.
Now I say this but the first time I walked into the house and saw by newest 4 months old kitten holding down my 3 years old cat and mounting her I did shout angrily(/proudly) at him to stop raping his sister.

>>5127583
Yes anon. All pet cats should be neutered. Their species reproduces via painful rape and they reproduce almost as fast as rodents while doing it. Shelters are literally overflowing and bleeding heart childless women are maintaining uncontained feral cat colonies to try and fail to cope with severe cat overpopulation.

The felis sylvestris lybica cat evolved under constant selection pressure from giant eagles, numerous jackals and wolves, street dogs, and even bigger and meaner cats. As cute as they can be their reproductive instincts clearly don’t have a place outside of a hostile desert environment where most of them die before turning 1. If we just let them breed here they cause bird/lizard/frog/snake extinctions and help fuel coyote overpopulation just so some cate can “naturally” rape each other and shit out doomed souls a few months later. It is healthy and ideal for common people to be opposed to unneeded feline reproduction.

>>5127587
Pets arent natural. The moment you have a pet, it stops being about what's natural for the species. If you want that, then dont have them as a pet.
One of the things we severely change between a natural animal and a pet is their access/ability to sex.

>>5127592
Unnatural doesn't have to be hypocritical.
Contrary to you, I don't think society or human life stands in opposition to nature, only the way we do it. You can certainly choose to view the way you interact with your animals as ownership, I'd argue it's a nearly blasphemous waste of one of the greatest aspect that living offers us. The animals we typically view as pets are intelligent enough to build a relationship with us that goes well beyond the pure imposition of our will and their confinement to our dwellings.

>>5127603
Counterpoint: a cat is less intelligent than an animal that only needs to live in a womans purse and sniff stuff occasionally, does great if neutered and kept inside, and is extremely destructive if loosed on the environment by an anthropomorphizing pseudo-philosopher who thinks enough passionate metaphysical babbling can override actual reality with whatever moral conclusions he comes to whilst on his soapbox.

You are dismissed.

>>5127603
>Unnatural doesn't have to be hypocritical.
That was my point. It isnt hypocritical for a pet owner to make such decisions, and whether it is natural is not the metric.
The metric is whether it is harmful. And denying a male cat the ability to mount and fuck does not harm them. It might stop some harm to the female, but there can be cases made for females in heat needing more than enforced separation. but that's why you should spay and neuter your pets so they dont go into heat.
>only the way we do it
that...would be society.
>You can certainly choose to view the way you interact with your animals as ownership
That's called a pet, yes.
> a relationship with us
That's fine. you can have relationships with animals that are or are not pets.
> pure imposition of our will
Disagree. you can choose not to enact that control, but "pet" very much requires that imposition of will.
If you dont own it, it isnt a pet.
> their confinement to our dwellings.
confinement is a choice pet owners can make.

>>5123568
RIP Polo. It's good that you got lots of pictures to remember him by, looks like he had a great life under your care.

>>5127611
>can make
have to
there is no true law but that which doesnt go away if you escape the police and renounce all beliefs
and that is what natural actually means. not the order we have chosen as un-human, pure and un-corrupted, as fools take from the myths of the book of bereshit and the stories of enkidu - but the order we can’t argue with, or even argue about, and can only discover or remain in ignorance of.

that unstoppable ruthlessness

the law of the coyote

Coyotes make for good target practice desu

>>5127611
>And denying a male cat the ability to mount and fuck does not harm them.
Destroying the reproductive capabilities of any living being is harm, it is the very definition of degeneration in ontology.
Living beings must reproduce, every living being since the primogenitor has lived according to that rule.
You can harm something in order to bring about a greater good. The `greater good` with pets is ease of management from our point-of-view, not their own personal well-being.
You pretending rape applies to cats means there is a moral value to their agency. If so, then by our moral standards unilaterally imposing our will on their body is also a violation of consent. I`m not arguing against your position (although it is retarded), I`m arguing against the lack of consistency in it.
Either you rape the cat, or the cat rapes another cat. For some reason you think you doing it to the one you`ve chosen to befriend is better.

>>5123570
Thanks for sharing! Lovely Polo RIP

>>5127649
None of what you said has any meaningful relationship to reality. Just because you can create a linguistic construct to validate your emotionally driven decisions does not mean they are functional.

>>5127649
You sound happy and well adjusted.

>>5127649
any time someone says there’s a lack of consistency they mean according to their own horseshit “objective” morals (per what sounds like it makes the most sense in english without referencing anything religious)
interestingly you people can never answer why be good
>inb4 because otherwise any moral behavior and any punishment for immoral behavior is illogical!
that does not matter worth a fuck. illogical always comes with according-to-me. you have no hard proof of good, no working definition, just bullshit about noble duties and harmony that sounds like captain picard screaming at Q.

>>5127669
Mood.

We picked up a cat about a year ago. When I moved him to the apartment it was hard to teach him to go to the litter, but by the end of winter he managed to accostume. When the spring came, he started pissing everywhere BUT the litter. Not even marking with little puddles but straight up pissing. By now he also started to shit outside of litter, maybe because he's afraid of toilet room but he ignores the second litter in the living room. He either pisses ont eh periphery of the apartment with the "outside" (entrance door, windows, balcony) or in the corners. Vet said straight up that the only solution is castration. Is there anything I can do as an alternative to ball-chopping?

>>5127873
Yes neutering is the best option. He won't miss his balls, he will be fine. Get an enzyme cleaner and thoroughly clean everywhere he pissed.

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she no likey showers

>>5127933
very nice

I recently got a new stray who is very sweet and sociable. My old cat doesn't want anything to do with him and she's naturally very skittish. She hides ontop of cabinets and growls/hisses when he's nearby. I've kept him in a separate room, I feed both of them by the closed door so she associates his scent with food / good thoughts. Its been a month, how much longer will this take so he can be out and about?

Do you ever rub a cat's belly? I don't think it's worth the gamble. I'll meet an affectionate outside cat, cat will rub against me, happily receive a bunch of pets, and then roll onto its back with its body against my foot practically begging to get a belly rub, but I never take the bait because cats get real frisky in this position. I have plenty of experience where my own cats would latch onto my hand, bite, and rabbit kick me when I try touching their tummy.

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>>5126253
i think i know which one are you looking for, but i didnt found it, so take this one instead

>>5128364
My current lil boy only likes belly rubs. Anything else and he goes nuts. He'll grab my hand really hard for me not to take it away.
There's one outside cat who I see sometimes around my house who is just the loveliest lil dude and it absolutely doesn't matter how you pet him, he's just enjoying the attention. Other than him, I wouldn't try for a cat I don't know, as you say, it often freaks them out.

>>5128489
Thanks anon!
I like that pic.
I’m still holding out hope that the one I’m looking for will be found and posted.

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>>5121111
>have male kitten that is yet to get the snip because he's on medication
>getting a female kitten soon who is too young to get the spade but old enough to get pregnant
What the fuck do I do?

I already put a reserve on the kitten but my vets have told me by the time my boy is ready for neutering he will have likely already inpregnated the girl and by the time the girl is ready for getting spade it will have to be a spade-abortion.

>>5129112
keep them separated

>>5129124
But how do I do it though for 3 months? I have a bedroom, kitchen and lounge that my boy roams between with a litter tray and feeding station under the stairs for the second floor. He also pops upstairs to my bedroom to sleep with me at night as he gets anxious. So I would need to have my lounge be a 1 cat space for 3 months with another litter tray and feeding station while at the sametime my family or guests coming over and having to share that space

Cats are the best

My cats shit so much, holy fuck. Cleaning their litter boxes is a Sisyphian task. I clean one's shit, another shits immediately after. I need to hire a full time employee to keep my house from smelling like feline anus.

>>5129112
If your girl gets pregnant get rid of the babies. We don't need more cats in shelters or in general. It's the kind thing to do.

Any Ausfags ITT? What do you feed your cat?
Mine's 4 years old and his health is fine, been feeding him 4 trays of Dine a day. He's starting to get picky about it though and I'm looking to change things up. Online people are saying Dine's pretty shit for them too.

Online discourse seems to be filled with shills and people who are legit schizos about pet food though so I'm having trouble finding reliable, good info.
I was thinking about Royal Canin and switching him to a mixed wet and dry diet. Doing the recommended amount for his weight + a wet pouch is only just more expensive than a full wet diet so it's pretty doable on my budget, but the schizos say Royal Canin is secretly really bad for cats and they suck as a company and are using fillers that are bad for cats or some shit.

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>>5129698

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>>5129698
>>5129707

Kitty sat on my lap and purred while I pet him :D
He's never done this before

By the same metric cat selective breeding should be illegal. Buying a super expansive cat because he looks cool just for him to die in 5 years because hes terminally inbred is fucking cruel and anyone who supports this industry should kill himself. Same goes for small dogs. Small dogs shouldnt exist theyre an abomination thats been normalized by women and should be illegal to breed and own

>>5128153
I had the same situation, old cat around 17yo and we got a new stray cat that was shy but very energetic. Old cat basically hated our guts and that new cat and would hit her whenever she went near. With time they learned to tolerate each other, the new cat was actually very fond of our old cat and would protect her. You should leave them interact with each other while watching over them of course

>>5128364
From experience id say males are fine with it while females HATE it

Anyone else's cats are fucking TERRIFIED of just regular flies? A mosquito's fine, with bees, bumblebees or even wasps she's even trying to play, but a fucking FLY buzzes in? ALL PAWS ABANDON SHIP! What the fuck?

>>5129852
Uh no
My cats just eat the flies

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>>5121111
Hey /an/, did you know that cats have no emotions because they have no facial expressions? The science is settled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY5daP1so_o

>>5129899
they're right and your seething won't change that fact.

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Saw these two this morning.

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I was trying to search on youtube, are there any cute video of cats trying to cool off? What does a cat do if it's too hot. I know about them sitting on the sunlight and stuff, do they just sit in the shade? Do they look for windy spots, do they ever get in the water
I sadly never had a cat

Anyone have experience with Costco brand cat food wet and dry?

>>5128364
I'd rub if it offers, but cats are very hit and miss wit their bellies.
My sister's cat loves belly rubs to the point where she'll roll over for complete strangers to rub it.

My boy who's otherwise very affectionate and loving fucking hates having his belly touched

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Never seen a cat with a beautymark before.

>>5121744
The plastic TV remote beasts Amazon's overpriced metal once again!

>looking for food recipes online
>ad about animal cruelty
>it was a gif of a cat that was visibly abused and had tears leaking from one eye
My day is ruined

>>5127174
My mother got leashes for her cats. They hate the things and they are even able to break out of the harness unless it is super tight. They do like going outside, but you can only follow them around while they examine every blade of grass. The biggest problem comes from when they go into fight or flight. They aren't going to get out of your grip, but they are trapped and think you are a predator that has somehow captured them. They can probably get over that trigger, but it would take a lot of time and a few torturous experiences before it becomes practical.

>>5122065
In my own experience female cats tend to be bitchier while male cats tend to be buddies. My current cat is female, has maybe climbed in my lap once in the year I've had her (and that was to make biscuits on my knee), hates to be picked up, meows loud enough to wake the dead, and has such a quiet purr I can only feel it when giving her neck scritches.

>>5127131
When my indoor cats got out it was usually as easy as shaking the treats bag to get them to come within grabbing distance

>>5125882
I'm sorry to hear of Agent Orange's passing. It's really beautiful you built him a nice catskset. I hope you relished in the work. I hope you took care and built it with pride. I'm sure It wasn't fun, but the purpose was proper. Each of us should be so lucky to have someone we love put their time and love into building us a box for the big sleep.

There's an old Chief Wahoo McDaniel promo where he kinda says the same thing. "Don't talk down on the man on the side of the road selling Indian blankets! You know, when you're dead, you could use a good Indian blanket!"

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>>5126463
):

I have obsessive compulsive disorder and it manifests as a paranoia of contamination.
I want a cat, but I'm afraid of fecal matter contaminating my house. I'm afraid of shit getting on my pillow or on my keyboard or the surfaces I eat on and stuff.
I know on a logical level that it's not that big of a deal, cats aren't completely filthy, and cat owners are perfectly fine and healthy. But how can I convince my irrational OCD side that it'll be okay? Does anyone here have contamination OCD?

>>5130329
Buy a cat plushie and take your meds
Don't inflict your mental illness on a poor cat

>>5130330
I'm already on my meds though!

>>5130334
Maybe you can ask a shelter if there's a trial period to see if it works idk
Just, make sure you dont get a cat with long hair if you're afraid of shit

>>5130329
Dude, at some point you are going to make the connection that cats bury their shit and piss with their paws and merely lick their paws to clean them, which is unsanitary as fuck. The litter also tracks. If you are an OCD clean freak you shouldn't own any animal.

>>5126742
Whoa

>>5122022
>give yourself vertigo and imagine that never going away
Jesus, I would not keep an animal with such awful conditions but I never thought of it that way. That's circle of hell-tier cruelty

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>>5130024
DAMN

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lads should i get a cat? i just moved to a small town from a big city and a lot of the local farmers are just giving kittens away. i’ve never had a pet before but love animals. my main concern is i still have to go to work for 8 hours a day so it would be left alone half of the day.

>>5130324
Thanks fren.
I appreciate your kind words and taking the time. I hope you snuggle your kitties. Godspeed good anon.

Anyone have experience switching a cat from clay to heat treated pine (or other wood) pellet litter? Tips? Thinking about switching my old lady over now that I'm the one responsible for her.

>>5130551
A cat should be fine for 8 hours alone. Especially if you play or interact with it afterwards. If you're not so keen on that you can get two so your cat has a built in buddy. Don't do this with older established in the house cats, especially if they don't really like other animals or you didn't introduce them properly; at least half the reason my cat glommed onto me was because I didn't let all the other animals in the house run roughshod all over my room.

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Has anyone ever heard of the side effects from this shit going away? It seems like everyone either says their cat had no side-effects at all, or their cat did horribly on it and had to come off.

Supposedly, according to vet websites, the sides are temporary/upfront - but nobody ever says how long "temporary" is, and no owners on the internet ever seem to report that it was rough for a week or two then improved.

>>5121111
Kot
>>5121321
Kot x2
>>5121750
As long as happy :)

Greetings, cat anons. I'm a dog guy who knows nothing about cats, but I've been curious. Are shelter cats like shelter dogs where 95% are not something that a reasonable person would want to have as a pet? I'm guessing it's the other way around, where any cat that was reasonably socialized as a kitten is probably cool since (as far as I know) cats are less domesticated and less variable than dogs.

Also, semi-related, how important is breed in cats? Is it normal for you guys to have one or two favorite breeds, and not ever want to own anything else?

My cat is obsessed with the outside to an unhealthy degree. He's supposed to be an indoor cat, but he just is constantly looking outside and meowing.
And I feel like it stresses him out, there's basically no way to limit him from seeing outside in my apartment. He is constantly running back and forth, and it's annoying as fuck cause he basically jumps head first into the blinds

I imagine he must be exhausted cause it seriously seems like he spends more time crying than anything else. I try to get him to play and he doesn't care anymore, I try to take him outside on walks in his backpack, and I guess it helps but it may also cause him to be more obsessed

Any suggestions? I've tried the calm vaporizer but doesn't seem like it does anything

>>5130895
>Are shelter cats like shelter dogs where 95% are not something that a reasonable person would want to have as a pet?
No. Cats never got bred for specialized uses (like fighting). 95% of them are just Cat, and the other 5% are also just Cat but have some specific quirk/issue like a health problem, a dislike for other pets, or getting anxious around children (but not killing them) that shelters and rescues are perfectly candid about.

There's a surplus of cats because even in wild colonies they can exist peacefully around humans, so they're always breeding in the wild and getting rescued. There's a surplus of "American terrier mixes" because the people who breed them keep going to jail.

>>5130895
All the shelter cats I've had have been pretty cool. It helps that shelter cats come spayed/neutered which cuts most behavior issues people care about (though neutering cats too early can sometimes cause health issues; I had a shelter boy back in HS and he was almost three times the size of the boy we got from a friend and neutered later). The rest can be mitigated by making sure you have scratching surfaces accessible for the cat (especially in rooms you spend a lot of time in), that they have escape options from the litter box and places to hide if they get scared, and that you don't keep breakables up high where the cat wants to climb or plants that can kill them (essential oil diffusers are out too btw). You may want to train a kitten so it'll let you give it the occasional bath and claw trim too.

Otherwise avoid declawed cats (they're in pain which can lead to behavior issues; luckily the practice is pretty much dead and dusted atp) and any cats with obvious health problems the first time you own one.

Breed isn't too important; like dogs it can give indications of what kind of health problems, grooming, and behaviour you're going to expect. If you basically want a dog in giant cat form that loves water and don't mind brushing the living daylights out of it twice a day get a Maine Coon; if you like high energy cats and have time to play with or train them Bengals and other wild-cat mixes could be cool (try to aim for more domestic and less wild and check your local laws); etc. Many cat breeds are bred for looks before anything else, though there's still working cat lines of mousers and historical lines. You aren't likely to find pure breeds in a shelter, you're just going to find whatever is brought in during kitten season or other surrenders; flat faced cats have similar issues to pugs, long hairs may need help grooming and could be prone to matting, etc.

>>5130950
Have you considered building him a catio or lead training?

>>5130895
Shelter dogs arent even naturally like that. Its a problem unique to the US because of a literal satanic cult.

https://rc4ps.org/who-is-the-pit-bull-lobby/

There is zero rational reason to do anything with a pitbull but kill it. As an animal created specifically to kill and eat other dogs and sometimes people, it can not exist. Their motivations for spreading this genetic plague are religious. They worship satan and believe god is just satan in a good mood. And they seem to want dogs to become too dangerous to have in society.

Everywhere else, dogs that attack people are killed immediately to keep good breeds good. Even the random street dogs are friendly as long as no one has abused them and they don’t have rabies.

>>5130552
I hope you get a good Indian blanket when you die.

>summer around the corner
>cat escape and does something retarded that lead to her getting stuck somewhere so fucking out of reach I have to spend half the day calling around to get her out
Every single fucking year.

>>5130951
>>5130974
Interesting. Thank you.

>neutering cats too early can sometimes cause health issues
Same for dogs, fyi. Desexing before adulthood leads to an increased risk of joint problems and developing certain cancers.

>>5130980
"Best Friends Animal Society FKA the Process Church of the Final Judgement is literally a cult with ties to dog sacrifices and Charles Manson" is an absolutely hilarious piece of trivia that I whip out every chance I get.

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>>5131019
Post sleepy kitty

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>>5131159
Here's my old lady. I still have this box out for her but she hasn't been using it much lately.

I'm not really sure what to do at the current moment with my cat. The quick run-down is that she was a stay that wandered into my backyard half a year or so ago, very thin with some fleas but after taking her to the vet to get checked up on and vaccinated she recovered very well. She's spayed as well, though the first vet I took her too didn't notice that.
The problem I've been having lately is that she's been hopping up onto my bed and pissing on the blankets. It started when my sister visited with her cat, we kept the two of them separated while my sister and her cat stayed in my room and they had no contact except visual (and smells, I suppose) with one another the whole time (about two weeks).
My cat started peeing on the carpets on the room next over once or twice, and I figured it was an expression of how annoyed she was that there was another cat on the premises.
Once my sister and her cat left, my cat would still occasionally jump up on my bed and piss on the blankets.
I'm not entirely sure what to do about this. I set her up with a vet appointment to check if it was possibly a UTI, but when they did see her they couldn't get a urine sample for analysis. Since then, she's still pissed multiple times outside the litterbox and I'm just not sure what to do about it all.

>>5131002
I’ve gone 30 ft up the same tree for two different kots. Hey at least they didn’t claw the shit out of me on the way down… they did. Very much so.

>>5131172
I'd suggest deep cleaning as much of your sister's cat's smell as possible with the proper pet cleaners. It does sound like protest or potty rage, even if it's a bit odd that the behavior is continuing after the sister and cat are gone. Follow up with your vet if it continues post-cleaning, and continue monitoring your cat's water intake and behavior.

Maybe cat shelving/furniture to help her feel more in control of the territory?

>>5131180
The first thing I did after my sister was done visiting was to wet vac the carpet and clean all the bedsheets and blankets. Since then, they've been sent through the wash multiple times as my cat continues to pee on them. I can do another pass with the wet vac I suppose, wouldn't hurt any.
Behavior wise I think some of it has to do with the fact that I've been taking her outside more and more. I don't let her wander around outside unsupervised so she doesn't indiscriminately slaughter all the birds she can get her claws on, but I'll play with her outside using a stick with some string on the end, or "chasing" her when it's time to bring her back inside (she'll seemingly detect when I'm about to pick her up and scuttle off a bit while I walk along behind waiting for her to get tired).
I mention this because she's started to just meow at me and run to the door anytime I start walking around the house to do anything. She seems to want to be an outdoor cat but considering the state I found her in I don't think it'd be a good idea (besides the fact there are coyotes here).

I do have some cat furniture. Two cat trees, though neither are in my room (where the visiting cat had been staying). Would moving a cat tree into my room help?
There's also a smaller scratching post thing that acts as a ladder to get to a windowsill she likes, an actual scratching post, and an exercise wheel that she also uses.

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>>5131159
random orange kitty sleepy in street

>>5131189
Our cats are indoor/outdoor (not my personal preference, we have predators that'll take a cat if they can) since they know how to use the doggy door. One of them is more indoor than outdoor, while the other one is more outdoor than in (I bet you can guess which of the two is more affectionate... cats); when the doggy door is closed we do leave a window open for the more outdoor one to come and go as he pleases (he will bust through the window AC fins if not) and the more indoor one will come if we call her before we head to bed.

... So if you want to experiment with an indoor/outdoor set up that's always a possibility. Alternatives may be a catio, especially if there's a lot of predator pressure and she's not satisfied with supervised walks. There's no harm in switching up the indoor furniture.

>>5131159
Based Frasier enjoyed. Thats the episode in Boston where they try to get Freddy into the private school right

There's a neighborhood cat that comes mewing on my turf every day, I usually give him water because I got no cat food. The other day he was louder than usual so I gave him half well cooked boiled egg, no additives. He ate most of it like 90% then disappeared. Yesterday he came back but I have not heard him mewing even once, today didn't say a single thing either, he just watches.

Did the egg awaken his carnivore instinct or something? or is he just high on alertness? he seems pretty healthy as usual.

>>5132101
He's just chillin and not hungry?

>>5131320
I might have to try that, though I'm not certain where I could set up a doggy door or if my sister would even allow such a thing (it's her place I'm staying at).
At the current moment I'm really just contemplating throwing this cat out to the coyotes, since she just jumped onto my bed and pissed a puddle through the blankets all the way to the mattress liner. Again. Not that it'd really work, but the notion of letter her outside to bring back dead animals as "gifts" doesn't sound appealing to me. I like knowing the lizards and chipmunks are wandering around the yard.
We even went outside earlier, she's got her own bowl of water out of reach of the dog on top of a new cat tree I bought yesterday, and her litterbox didn't have any shit in it.
There isn't any way to just attempt to train this behavior out of her? I got her running on a cat wheel all on her own, but that's a pretty simple process of dangling treats in front of her as she runs after them. Right now all I can figure to do is crate her, but I know that isn't a solution that will work since she probably doesn't understand why she's in there.

>>5122095
I've had the opposite experience, my female cats were always more affectionate and clingy.

>>5127583
You are watching cat videos on youtube, its guaranteed you are going to read the most braindead comments on the internet. Shorts are even worse, just laugh at those idiots.

>>5132224
>There isn't any way to just attempt to train this behavior out of her?
Well if you can catch her in the act sure. Not sure what's stopping you from just closing the door to the bedroom though

>>5132224
Shock collar.

I'm adopting one of my friends cats but I can only take in one of the two. Is it detrimental to separate them? I'd feel bad if they got lonely... My friend said they aren't aren't bonded very well. Deciding between an adult and a senior.

Would an older shelter cat be suitable for my first ever cat? I'm not a complete retard, I did grow up around animals but we never had a cat. I'd like to give the older ones a chance/home, or maybe it's easier for us both to "learn" if I get a kitten?

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>>5132469
Only of you are okay with expensive medical bills. Getting a younger shelter cat is probably better for your first.

What helps prevent the cat smell? Right now I'm thinking of buying an air purifier

The cat in our backyard is the biggest gigastacy, when she got into heat she had 3 males lined up not even fighting each other just waiting their turn. The first one she mated with is still spending most days with her and guarding the kitten litter with her, they're a few weeks old now.

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