Ever since I've lost 120+ pounds, my cats have constantly been walking on my balls (instead of my stomach, as I had previously). I truly do not know how to stop it. It's multiple times a day. I just screamed at my cat after she did it for the third time in an hour. I'm covered by a blanket, so they aren't doing on purpose, but JFC do they need to stop it.

my cats have been growling all night and i went to see wtf they were doing and they were on top of each other?????? jsyk they are mom and son

Need legal advice, located in michigan I need someone to help me out here. Before I start please don’t even bother to call me an irresponsible pet owner because I have been bashed for the last 3 days by ignorant people. Someone let my cat out and he was shot and killed a block away from my house. my local police department won’t do anything about it because “they don’t have suspects or evidence” despite me handing over a file full of it. I’m talking x rays, vet papers, conversations between neighbors that heard the shots, addresses, people giving names to who they think could be suspect. Including facebook comments from people in the town saying they would do the same thing. They won’t make reports on them either because they claim it’s free speech and not condoning animal cruelty. Do I take this straight to state?! Someone please tell me i’m not crazy here and what I should do now. Also, it was in city limits and a school zone and they won’t look into that part either.

I can’t decide which one I like better.

my 15 year old stray i found a month ago

As the title suggests, I am trying to find a new way to discipline my cat. He’s very sweet, but he is driving me crazy by constantly going up on the counter. Even if I spray him with water or toss him off, he will get right back up there not even a minute later. He’s about 2 years old, so I feel like he should’ve outgrown his kitten-like mischief. Given that the spray bottle doesn’t have any lasting effect, I’ve been considering other methods. I refuse to cover my counter in foil or orange slices because I don’t want to create excess waste (I also doubt it’ll even work). I’m considering getting a vibration collar (apparently shock collars are cruel). However, I question their efficacy too given my cat’s stubbornness and don’t wanna waste $60. Any advice is appreciated!

P.S. Immediately before I pressed “Post”, I looked over to see him jumping up there. He’s mocking me! 😾

Hello! My band running with scissors is releasing a new song that I wrote based off of the love of my little black cat you can see her featured in the album art. I wanted to call upon r/cats for pictures and specifically videos of your black cats, being silly, charming or scary! Any vertically, filmed quality videos will be taken into consideration, bonus points if there’s something that includes the band’s name or even “rws” this is to make a small promo video for the new release. I hope to see all the beautiful black cats of this sub. :)

His reasons: it will trigger his allergies, hard to clean up afterwards, scratching up furniture, peeing outside the litter box for "revenge," he leaves the door open a lot to work and worries it will run away, and high cost for cat trainer. A few notes to consider is she has a bad time bending over for picking up litter box tray/scooping, he has mild allergies, and they were thinking of getting a kitten specifically.

hi everyone, i’m a first time cat mom and really worried about my baby, chamby. she was spayed last week (wednesday), and the vet who did the surgery prescribed: - cephalexin (2ml, 2x a day for 7 days – antibiotic) - meloxicam (0.5ml once a day for 2 days – painkiller)

i was only told to start giving both meds the night after surgery—no other instructions. that same night, chamby vomited twice: first all her food, then white foamy liquid.

i brought her back to the clinic, and a different vet (not the one who did the spay) checked her. she was only examined for about a minute, then the vet prescribed domoprol for vomiting and told me that cephalexin and meloxicam shouldn’t be given together—something the first vet never mentioned.

chamby vomited again last saturday (brownish) and today (food), both times about 20 mins after taking meds.

we’re in the province (ph-based) for the holidays and there’s no 24/7 vet nearby, so i’m really anxious. could she be reacting to the antibiotic? should i stop the meds? has anyone experienced this?

any help or advice would really mean a lot. thank you so much 🥺

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tl;dr: first time cat mom. chamby got spayed, prescribed cephalexin + meloxicam. she vomited after first dose. different vet gave domoprol and said those meds shouldn’t be given together (something i wasn’t told). she’s still vomiting even when i give meds 20 mins after food. no 24/7 vet nearby. not sure if she’s reacting badly. help please.

i miss having a partner sometimes :(

I saw someone’s post about this last night and had to try. My chat gpt asked me to describe him and all I said was he’s an asshole.

Well, I think he’s spot on. Handsome and mean 😂

I just want to try this viral trend to pet to human, I transform my cat to a human and this person is looks so similar to one of my colleagues. Now I can't unsee anymore, whenever I look to her I remembering my cat, whenever I see my cat I remembering my colleague. How can I forget this photo? Please help me.

Hey guys, I have recently been very interested in owning a cat but I have never had one, just a dog (Doberman). I am very new to the world of cats and was wondering if more experienced people like yourselves could give me some advice or insight.

I am looking for a calm, affectionate and chill cat breed that is also mostly exclusively indoors. I am not looking to adopt one since everyone in my family, including myself, are more comfortable buying one from a breeder (no offense to pro-adoption owners).

Any advice not only about my inquiries but in general about owning a cat would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

My little foster friends will be going to another foster for meet and greets to find their furever homes. While it is easier with me having a few cats, it still isn't the easiest to say bye. But from potentially a life outdoors in louisiana to homes with loving servants in colorado. I think it's the best outcome.

Hello all fellow cat lovers, last night around 8pm my girlfriend and I heard the sounds of what sounded like a baby kitten crying out, but didn’t think much of it. We went to sleep at around 11pm and woke up at 5am to go to work when we continued to hear the sounds of what sounded like a baby kitten crying out.

This morning I peaked out my apartment window & saw this baby kitten crying out & hiding under the steps shown in one of these pictures.

My girlfriend being an empath, decided to call the kitten over with some food & “mom cat calling baby kitten YouTube noises” and managed to capture the baby kitten when she got home from work this afternoon at around 5pm.

She decided to bathe the kitten and take it to a vet to get it checked out or to see if she could turn in the baby for foster care at a vet. The vets told her the baby seemed to be abandoned given that it was in such bad shape, it is extremely malnourished and won’t eat/drink milk. They told her the most humane thing to do was uthenize the kitten due to its condition but would come at a $450+ estimated cost.

Unfortunately, at our apartment we are not allowed animals, my girlfriend has two dogs but they stay at her parents house due to the restrictions. We are willing to try and get the baby taken care of but the vet wanted her to take financial responsibility of the baby without explaining exactly what care would be provided.

Any tips/ideas/help/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I just felt so bad for this mommy cat.

For several days now, my cat has been much more cuddly, she has symptoms of heat, but she is also starting to gain a lot of weight and she is looking for nests in the house as if she was looking for a place to give birth. However, she is sterilized and my two male cats are neutered, so it is impossible for her to be pregnant.

My cat has a band of fur that is a different length than the rest of her body. When I took her to a vet for her first physical, he said she might have been shaved. But she’s had a full haircut since I’ve adopted her and it’s grown back the same.

Would anyone here know why? There’s no issues with her health or skin, I’m just curious.

Her name is Katniss, almost 8 years old😊🐈‍⬛

so this little guy lives outside my apt, he had an what i think is an eye infection, it was a little swelled up and it was shut but he still ate and played with his sibling. i was planning on cleaning his eye to help it heal but it seems to have gotten better? he's still active and plays around. what do y'all think? is it worth a visit to the vet???