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Are blueberries poisonous to cats? My cat just happily devoured part of a blueberry muffin. 
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I. M. Gei posted:Are blueberries poisonous to cats? The rest of the stuff in the muffin might still cause a little GI upset, though, so good luck!
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May 8, 2019 23:15
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Has anyone here given a cat a nasal spray? I have an 8 month-old 4.5 Lbs FIV+ kitten who has chronic sinusitis. Steroid shots help, but she can only have them 4 times a year and they only help for about a month at a time. She doesn't sneeze or cough, she just has nasal congestion and snores a ton. I worry that her chronic congestion will make her more susceptible to illnesses, but at the same time I don't want to go nuts medicating something that might not be serious. Our other 10 yo Tuxedo cat is wheezy and in perfectly good health. The next step with the vet is a nasal spray and I'm wondering how that would even work with such a tiny cat. I want her to have the best care but I don't want to drive her nuts at the same time... Help?
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May 9, 2019 04:04
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Ask the vet about your concerns!
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May 9, 2019 04:20
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Missed kitty pictures! My boys are 10-12 pounds and about a year old now.   Minsc stretches out far more than you'd expect  He still loves riding around on my shoulder but he's gotten a bit too big for it so he's adjusted to be more of a cat scarf. FuzzySlippers fucked around with this message at 09:04 on May 9, 2019 |
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May 9, 2019 09:00
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BabyFur Denny posted:what a shameful catte It's doing it right. That's a big loving rat. It's funny but at the same time if the cat get's bitten it's looking at an infection and possibly one of the rats carried diseases on top. I've seen cats doing the same. Keep dancing around dodging till Mr Rat gets tired and realises 'oh gently caress, I'm miles from cover, exhausted and right next to a pissed off, hungry cat'. When I was a kid I shot rats with an airgun on farms round where I live so I can fully appreciate that cats desire not to get chomped. Wild rats are nasty bastards but no doubt meaty when subdued.
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May 9, 2019 16:07
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Wroughtirony posted:Has anyone here given a cat a nasal spray? Not nasal spray, but had to help with an asthma inhaler sometimes for a friend's cat. They rigged up a tent with a nebulizer and the cat had to sit in it for a while. Ask your vet if something similar might work.
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May 9, 2019 19:08
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effika posted:Not nasal spray, but had to help with an asthma inhaler sometimes for a friend's cat. They rigged up a tent with a nebulizer and the cat had to sit in it for a while. Ask your vet if something similar might work. One of my late cats, Colonel Tigh, had an ashma inhaler and the Aerocat was a godsend.  (Picture not mine.)
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May 9, 2019 22:48
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Wroughtirony posted:Has anyone here given a cat a nasal spray? Also, ongoing steroids and nasal sprays may help with symptoms, but they won't cure the underlying condition. Since you have a very young FIV+ cat, I'd seriously consider doing more diagnostics (if you haven't exhausted all of them already) unless you already know what's causing the inflammation. Lots of things can produce symptoms of sinusitis and many of them can be cured in ways that don't require lifelong medication for a kitten. You also said your other cat is "wheezy and in perfectly good health." Healthy cats aren't wheezy. Even FIV+ cats aren't wheezy automatically. Did you mean something else?
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May 10, 2019 01:02
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Zwille posted:Aww This exact quote with my cats but eating a piece of lunch meat without it being torn into bite sized pieces. Seen here. 
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May 10, 2019 05:43
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All of your cats still lie together. Mine used to when they were little kittens, but now, never sleep together. They still play a lot together.
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May 10, 2019 10:45
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Sefal posted:All of your cats still lie together. Mine are the same! When they were kittens they'd curl up together in their bed all the time and it was adorable, but they stopped that as they grew up. Occasionally they'll sit next to each other(the big faux-fur cushion by the window is their favourite spot), but that leads to aggressive licking and then the usual wrassling ensues.
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May 10, 2019 11:25
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LoreOfSerpents posted:You're right to worry about potential risks of chronic congestion. The only advice I have for difficult medication regiments is to follow it up with a reward the cat loves, so the cat looks forward to the medication anyway. Food motivated? Great, give her something tasty. Attention motivated? Figure out the kind of attention she loves the most and do that afterward. Every cat has a weakness, and it's your job to find hers so you can exploit it. Dexter, my 10 year old, has had loud breathing since she was a small kitten. She's FIV-. In her case it doesn't seem to be congestion, she just snores while asleep and kind of snorfles when awake. No discharge or illness ever, just loud sinuses.
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May 10, 2019 22:08
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We were out of town the last two days and my fiancees mom hung out with our two dumbasses since Well we're home and he's acting like we're strangers he's never met before because he's an insane rear end in a top hat. Bean rolled over for belly pets On an unrelated note we went to a zoo today and saw so many big cats and it's not fair that I can't pet them
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May 11, 2019 02:53
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Big cats are so freaking cool... There is part of me who REALLY would love to get a Bengal or a Savannah cat - some sort of hybrid felidae. I really, truly love big cats. I also tend to like cats who behave in general with some dog-like tendencies. You know, in terms of being a bit more human dependent and a bit less of the cats who act all aloof and perfect and graceful and would hiss and stab you with their sharpest claw if you deigned to so much as cast a shadow on her. I really have known cats like that. Plus, a friend of mine had a Savannah Cat who was just... the ABSOLUTE coolest most handsome and absolutely cool pet I have ever seen anyone have.... His name was Claude Francois (Claude) which was a double entendre because their friend Francois was staying with in the summer for the climbing and the new kitten shredded the hell out of his hand. So it's a bit of a silly word joke, but I love those. But really - he was magnificent. Weighed 25 probably, without an inch of fat on his frame. Had the softest, silkiest fur, and the most absurdly gorgeous faces with adorably long ears, which are VERY expressive and communicative and sometimes comical. Claude could also open doors with standard door knobs easily, as well as anything else on that level such as cabinets or drawers. I just love smart, dexterous cats in spite of their potential trouble-making.
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May 11, 2019 13:20
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Went to a cat cafe to be around happy healthy cats. It was very nice, would recommend.
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May 12, 2019 15:00
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Len posted:On an unrelated note we went to a zoo today and saw so many big cats and it's not fair that I can't pet them You can but it might cost you an arm and a leg 
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May 12, 2019 15:11
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Ratzap posted:You can but it might cost you an arm and a leg Worth. I'm sure they like belly rubs and ear scratches just like any other cat
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May 12, 2019 15:13
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Protocol7 posted:Went to a cat cafe to be around happy healthy cats. It was very nice, would recommend. On our vacation we discovered the 'second largest cat Cafe in the US'. I think he said it was over 1,000 square feet. They had just opened 50 days previously and already adopted out 73 cats. It's the 'Naughty Cat Cafe' in chattanooga and their logo kicks rear end, it's a little cat in a bandanna. I'll post a picture later when I can find the shirt we bought. SSJ_naruto_2003 fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 12, 2019 |
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May 12, 2019 17:53
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We cat-proofed our backyard! Not looking to open up a can of worms here but outside cats are very much the norm where I live, and despite the lack of predators and relative safety we don't feel comfortable letting our tiny trash-baby roam the neighbourhood freely. Mostly because we have a lot of neighbourhood cats and see missing cat posters all of the time, and also because she's super-cute and friendly to strangers and I don't want anyone stealing my precious.  She was fine in our small backyard for a while but curiosity won out, and she found out she could easily climb the wooden fencing. This set off our arms-race and it looks like we might have won with this diy spinning bar system. Haha, owned.  
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May 12, 2019 18:40
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:On our vacation we discovered the 'second largest cat Cafe in the US'. I think he said it was over 1,000 square feet. They had just opened 50 days previously and already adopted out 73 cats. Hey I just went there on vacation too! It’s a pretty cool place, got to skritch a bunch of cats while drinking coffee.
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May 12, 2019 21:41
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That’s mean, I like it. Hope it won’t be circumvented! You do realize it’ll keep other cats in your yard too once they get in, right? That looks like a Thunderdome situation in the making. We’re letting our cats out too and have been fine, it’s a neighborhood with lots of cats and few cars. (One neighbor even lets his near-blind cat roam, he keeps creeping ours out because he won’t blink, haha)
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May 12, 2019 22:13
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InvisibleMonkey posted:We cat-proofed our backyard! Honestly, I think it's the right call. there's a lot of very preventable and dangerous accidents that happen when letting cats free roam outside. This is a pretty cool set up too!
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May 12, 2019 23:11
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That seems super effective at keeping cats in to the point I would worry about collecting the neighbour cats! Enclosed back yard is the best though, my courtyard is enclosed with netting and its the perfect combo of them getting to sleep on the bricks in the sun and me not losing sleep about them getting into trouble.
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May 13, 2019 04:33
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Our cat is FIV+ and he snuffles a fair bit and snores when he is sleeping sometimes. It could be a congestion thing but he also has a big scar on his nose so maybe he just got his nose broken when he was living on the streets. Normally we let him out into the courtyard with us when we are hanging out there but I let him roam out there on his own once and he basically immediately jumped up on top of the wall and started looking around. He jumped down though when I said to him "Artichoke, you get down from there this instant," I think he realised how worried everyone was getting.
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May 13, 2019 06:14
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Zwille posted:You do realize it’ll keep other cats in your yard too once they get in, right? That looks like a Thunderdome situation in the making. Our yard used to be part of the domain of this big white & tabby fucker but ever since he and Katya held a few staring-contests, he usually sits and watches from the top of the fence. He can't do that anymore so we'll see if he manages to trap himself or just moves on. We'll of course check and safely remove him if necessary, I'm thinking he'll get the message if it even happens the one time.
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May 13, 2019 06:53
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I probably mentioned this a bit, but I did finally get Jackie on a real diet that worked. The key was keeping a log of times and portions, so I figured when and how I was overfeeding at times and corrected. Keeping a log was HUGE. Ideally, Jackie should be eating three 3-ounce cans of food a day with just *some* extra kibble mixed into her nightly portion, and that's the diet I've been keeping her on, which is a good diet for a cat with an ideal weight of about ~10-11 pounds, according to my vet. Jackie had gained some weight last year, and was back up to like ~14 pounds. However, it's 10 months later and I've been keeping the log to make sure, and it's so cool how well she is finally verifiably doing. She plays more and has more energy, and she just seems happier. The fur on her belly was NEARLY touching the floor last year, and now it's a solid inch or so from touching the ground! It's amazing. Anyway, this morning, and on a coupler other random mornings in the past, she sometimes will wake up and like... *semi* throw up? She makes some gross sounds and just vomits some clear warm liquid once or twice (which is at least easy to clean up) and is then hungry and ready for breakfast... I put this down to the fact that ever since I instituted this diet, she generally always eats her food in one sitting (which I think is good) except occasionally for her afternoon meal. So she eats her evening meal at 8 or 9 and then usually sleeps through the entire night either on my bed or in one of her spots right next to it - but she really does stay in my room for almost the ~5-6 hours or so I sleep every night, *especially* now that she knows there isn't any kibble or leftovers to munch on in the kitchen and won't get fed until I wake up. So I'm guessing the weird dry-heaving every couple weeks is just her being a cat and having an empty stomach first thing in the morning... And she's probably not used to her stomach EVER feeling this empty. At 12 pounds now, I think she's the lightest she's ever been. Feels good! Random question: Does your cat ever groom themself while sitting in your lap, or while leaning/propped up against you, using you as a horizontal surface in order to more easily access those hard-to-lick places? Jackie seriously does with me. I only ask about it because she's the one and only cat I have had who wasn't like... very particular about not being around humans while grooming. Similarly, Jackie is the only cat I've had who doesn'y immediately flee from the litterbox when I come in the room. Cats look VERY funny standing in litterboxes with hoods like mind... I gotta snap a picture of that next time.
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May 13, 2019 12:28
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kaworu posted:
Yes, Katya does this all of the time. Sometimes she will so casually assume you'll support whatever crazy origami position she's in that she falls off if you're not paying attention. Lil dumdum. edit: rude as hell 
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May 13, 2019 12:35
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kaworu posted:Anyway, this morning, and on a coupler other random mornings in the past, she sometimes will wake up and like... *semi* throw up? She makes some gross sounds and just vomits some clear warm liquid once or twice (which is at least easy to clean up) and is then hungry and ready for breakfast... I put this down to the fact that ever since I instituted this diet, she generally always eats her food in one sitting (which I think is good) except occasionally for her afternoon meal. So she eats her evening meal at 8 or 9 and then usually sleeps through the entire night either on my bed or in one of her spots right next to it - but she really does stay in my room for almost the ~5-6 hours or so I sleep every night, *especially* now that she knows there isn't any kibble or leftovers to munch on in the kitchen and won't get fed until I wake up. The solution for us was to feed her more frequently, which isn't very convenient, but it apparently makes her more comfortable.
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May 13, 2019 22:17
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Schneider Inside Her posted:Our cat is FIV+ and he snuffles a fair bit and snores when he is sleeping sometimes. It could be a congestion thing but he also has a big scar on his nose so maybe he just got his nose broken when he was living on the streets. This exactly describes one of our cats. He has a scar on his nose, he snuffles, and his nose actually does look like it was broken (it has a funny ridge). I didn't think cat noses broke more like our noses so I thought it might've been a birth thing. Poor guys must've had it rough in their brief time on the streets before the shelter picked them up. His brother has a scar on his ear too.
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May 13, 2019 23:37
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FuzzySlippers posted:This exactly describes one of our cats. He has a scar on his nose, he snuffles, and his nose actually does look like it was broken (it has a funny ridge). I didn't think cat noses broke more like our noses so I thought it might've been a birth thing. Poor guys must've had it rough in their brief time on the streets before the shelter picked them up. His brother has a scar on his ear too. That's funny. Roswell also has a weird little bump on her nose. She was part of a feral colony before I foster failed her so the vet thinks it's probably a scar from a fight.
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May 14, 2019 03:32
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What's the best way to get rear end in a top hat to stop clawing me in the face during the night? He won't stop just waking me up to play by slapping me with his little points and it's killing me. I don't pet him when he does wake me up but I feel bad relocating him to the floor.
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May 15, 2019 11:33
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Close your door at night with the cat on the other side of it.
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May 15, 2019 14:54
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Organza Quiz posted:Close your door at night with the cat on the other side of it. this is a very good way to lose your security deposit from the cat tearing up the carpet under the door
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May 15, 2019 15:00
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Deviant posted:this is a very good way to lose your security deposit from the cat tearing up the carpet under the door He also chews through wires, knocks things off shelves, and is generally destructive if we do that
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May 15, 2019 15:03
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Len posted:What's the best way to get rear end in a top hat to stop clawing me in the face during the night? He won't stop just waking me up to play by slapping me with his little points and it's killing me. I don't pet him when he does wake me up but I feel bad relocating him to the floor. If you can't put him out, you can try standard deterrent techniques(spray bottle of water, compressed air, tin of pennies, etc) to make him stop, or Just Ignore Him and pull your blankets over your face or something. 'Relocating him to the floor' might count to his tiny walnut brain as attention and playtime and just reinforce his behaviour.
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May 15, 2019 15:12
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Every day I am thankful that my cats don't demand to share my bed because I'd never sleep.
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May 15, 2019 15:15
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So I posted here back in February that we got a 3rd cat. We have had our first two for about 10 years. We have been taking things very slow, both for the cats and since we are also busy. New cat is super friendly and pretty shy, so issue is getting current cats to like him, not the other way around. We have kept the new cat (about a year old, not a kitten) in a separate room since we got him. We try to let him out nightly to walk around supervised, mostly making sure our cats won’t kill him. Our one cat did a bunch of hissing at first, but with visits over time they’re acclimated to each other. Still some light hissing, but the cat will sniff the new cat, let him be, starting to act normal around him. Our other older cat is a bit harder. He is more shy than the other one, and doesn’t want much to do with the new cat. Still a lot of hissing, and he possibly would attack the new cat if we weren’t around intervening. We have been using a towel off and on on the cats to try and get him used to the smell. Not much progress so far. Any suggestions?
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Sounds like things are fine. Hissing and spitting and occasional bapping are all ok and them just setting their boundaries as long as there's no blood or injuries and when they tussle, they stop themselves without you intervening. Try to continue to let them out whenever you're home, then expand to when you're out for an errand or dinner, while you're asleep, etc. It took about 4 months until my old cat would stop crossing the house to attack new cat while she was sleeping and thats when I finally let them roam unsupervised. Its been a year now, and there are no cuddle puddles, but they coexist fine. I say unsupervised, but i still ran a camera feed to a private live youtube to keep an eye on things, but there was never an issue I had to run home for, just cute things I saved for posterity.
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May 15, 2019 15:23
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zakharov posted:Every day I am thankful that my cats don't demand to share my bed because I'd never sleep. Yeah, if anything, Sweetheart likes to lurk under our bed, not on it. We've tried to coax her up and she'll hop up there on very rare occasion, but even putting her favorite cat bed up there makes her just sleep in her favorite cardboard box in the living room instead. 
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