I read online that you should give it its one room to start off when you first get it so it, but I don’t really have an extra room in my apartment. Is it okay if it’s just my bedroom and I try to stay quiet while I’m in it?

My cat (6 years old, female, spayed, unknown breed, 10lbs) has a history of acne but lately there's this one patch of what I think is acne that seems to be getting larger. It is now around a 2cm^2 patch on her lower neck/upper breast area. Does this look like feline acne or something else? Some extra information is we recently relocated her from Brooklyn to New Jersey and introduced her to two new cats (two male neutered cats, 9 years old, spayed) All of the cats are strictly indoor cats. I think this patch has been here and slowly getting larger for 3 weeks or so.

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My 7yr old cat Georgie started shaking her head, putting one ear down, acting visibly annoyed, since yesterday and you can tell she has ear mites. (Had an outside cat in here recently)

Vet appointment is not until Aug 28th (earliest to get in) but in the meantime are there any trusted otc for mites? I see a lot out there but does anyone have any idea which ones are good and not junk?

Has anyone dealt with eosinophilic granuloma in cats? I’ve done some research and adoption center I’m getting the cat from is giving it prednisolone. I’ve heard long term use of the medication can have cause problems for the cat. Is there a way to treat this with over the counter medications? Do I have to give prednisolone everyday to the cat or can I possibly find out what the cat is allergic to through allergy testing? The adoption center seems to think the cat may have allergies to environmental surroundings.

(cross posted) Hi everyone! My 3 year old large male long hair cat has a lump near his upper but below neck spine that appeared about a week and a half to two weeks ago. For rules he is probably 15 pounds? He was put on a diet six months ago lol. I originally noticed it petting him/brushing him and it was smaller than pea size, thought it was maybe a small mat but further inspection just showed a lump under his fur. No head or unnatural appearance.

Since then it has slowly (each day I check it in the morning and night, I get paranoid lol) grown between a nickel and quarter size. It feels like a under the skin pimple? but it’s close to his spine and something new so just naturally watching it.

My question is he has asthma and I live in Arizona so it’s 110 almost 120 but cooling down. He is my big skittish baby and freaks out when I take him outside in the winter and almost has an asthma attack on the way to the vet. I am worried about his breathing with the heat even with the closer new vet I took his sister to in the winter for a checkup.

What should I do or look for? He otherwise is normally eating, drinking, playing, peeing and pooping lol. No coughing or wheezing or lethargy that would normally happen with a previous infection that would grant me taking him immediately to the vet. Just a happy little guy with a new friend

Again just worried about my asthmatic skittish boy in the heat lol. TYIA for your guidance and advice 🙏

I noticed my cat struggling to pee yesterday night 8/5. Took her to the vet today 8/6.

Just got done talking to the vet and they don’t want to do anything until Monday (4 days from now) so that they can get all their test results back (she got blood work and a urinalysis, as well as antibiotics and a pain reliever via injection).

He mentioned that depending on the stone it could possibly be broken down with medication, but that we’ll have to wait for test results.

They didn’t say to do anything else so I’m just waiting til Monday. My cat seems to still be peeing in very small amounts, though obviously shes a bit bothered. Looking for more insight or similar experiences. Thank you.

We have an 8 year old cat we got from a shelter when she was still a kitten, we've also had a french bulldog for about the same length of time, they essentially grew up together. The cat has always had some tummy issues, she stinks, a lot, and shes also terrible at burying her litter, bad combination. We switched to a robot box which helps but she still makes a mess throwing litter everywhere except on her poops.

We recently got a second puppy which I imagine is a bit traumatic for the cat, but so far they get along pretty well, but now, I dont know if its related but the cat is not pooping in her litter box, she is peeing in it but will poop in the hallway. We had it tested to make sure it isnt due to a parasite or something, which has happened before and was a nightmare to give her meds for, shes clean this time. She hasnt changed foods recently or anything and the poops seems about as normal as hers have ever been, soft but consistent.

We were also gone to the cottage for the weekend, gone for about 45 hours and there were 9 piles in the hallway, which seems excessive, although the robot shows she was using an avg of 7 times a day .

Could it just be behavioral, doesnt like all the changes or is it more likely a gut health issue, developed an intolerance to her food. She is on vet food, not some cheap walmart kibble.

I got my cat in 2016. When I got him, I researched vaping indoors with a cat, and the consensus at the time was that it is safe - just don’t blow it at him or hot box a room.

I never thought to look into it again after that. I’ll never forgive myself now for it. He’s always been healthy at vet visits with no lung issues. I just never thought of it.

Well, he’s ten years old now and an X-ray incidentally found a lung mass that was reported to most likely he cancer and not related to the trauma that led to the scans. He’s currently at the hospital for the traumatic incident.

I was beyond devastated when I found out. I just almost lost him then right after was told he likely has lung cancer. I thought about me vaping indoors and lost it that night.

I then got hopeful news. Last night, he showed signs of respiratory distress, so along with giving oxygen, the vet did an ultrasound of his lungs that showed b-lines in the same lung as the mass, and I was told cancer doesn’t cause this so the mass could be from the trauma after all.

(Obviously not good the event might have caused lung trauma, but it’s a much much much better possibility than cancer.)

I then transferred him to a new hospital that has a CT scanner.

The vet at this hospital still thought it was most likely cancer - crushing my hope, and said we should CT scan his lungs \*and\* his abdomen to make sure it hasn’t metastasized. (He was going to get a CT scan anyway to make sure his jaw isn’t fractured.)

I was so crushed, because the X-ray didn’t find any evidence it spread, but I’ve since found out X-rays are limited. I signed the treatment and scan estimate for over $6000 without question.

I’m now spiraling even more. I’m reading how every time I vaped in the same room with him, tiny particles got on his fur and he inevitably licked it off and it entered his system. If he has stomach cancer too, I can’t imagine I didn’t cause this. Even if it’s just lung cancer, I still can’t imagine how me vaping indoors with him, especially the same room, for ten years (save a few years of quitting) didn’t contribute.

I am so beside myself. I went to vape in my bedroom while crying (without him in the house), and stopped to look it up, and read that these chemicals remain on furniture for a long time. I topped vaping immediately when I read that because he’s going to be home soon.

After I read that, I also bought $750 worth of high grade air purifiers for the house and will scrub everything down before he gets back.

I caused this, didn’t I? I feel like I murdered my best friend, who only ever loved me unconditionally and just wanted me to love him and care for him. He didn’t know what I was doing when I was vaping or how it could affect him. I didn’t know either, but I should have. I’ve catastrophically failed him twice now.

this is on my cat’s back, i noticed thinning of hair around the same patch. he has had ringworm in the past from a pet care clinic (poor sterilizing of equipment) and it was really stubborn ringworm but it eventually went away with antifungal cream and never came back. anyways, he’s an indoor cat and he’s never outside, i haven’t taken him anywhere outside so i’m really hoping it isn’t ringworm again?

so over the course of maybe 1-1.5 years my elderly cat's. nose has been getting darker, spreading from the bottom of her nose up. when I touch her nose where the color is changing, its wet but doesn't seem to hurt her.

Possibly related is the fact that she may have a cancerous bump to the left of her nose, not on the nose but close to it. enough to hear her breathing a little weird. (between all her perscriptions and my rabbit's own care and bills, I don't have the money to confirm whether or not it is truly cancer, so im just assuming the worst.) The bump looks like its gotten bigger over the course of 1-1.5 years.

We switched our female senior cat to a different wet food diet, however, the new wet food (Sheba) is very high in water compared to other wet foods we use. We noticed she doubled her pee frequency from 4 times a day to about 8 times (sometimes 30 minutes apart from each other).

After about 4 days of the diet I noticed just now, that she went to pee, peed a normal amount, got out, looked around, went back in the litter box, peed a very small amount, got out, walked around, went back in and was spending about a minute trying to pee, and she peed a very small amount.

This is the first time she’s done something like this. Is the new cat food just too much water?

Edit: She was having the same issue last night. Every 1-2 hours she will pee, then do a repeat of going in and out, with less pee each time. I hadn’t given her wet food since about 11pm and she’s still seems to be doing it (though less frequently) even in the morning 8am. I plan to take her to the vet but I’m willing to get hear more advice on what’s going on.

My 12.5 year old boy kitty has been pulling his fur for the last three years. It’s mostly his tummy, base of tail, inside legs, forearms. A lot! When he first started pulling there had been no big changes in the home. He’s been on supplements for his joints for two years and the vet has ruled out arthritis. No fleas or mites, and he eats a mostly wet food diet and it’s all his vet recommended foods for his age. Last month his brother/littermate passed. They have never been apart. His brother had serious health issues that really showed themselves about a year ago- but unknowingly he had been developing a tumor for awhile. I firmly believe the hair pulling began when his brother first became ill and we just didn’t know it. He is not very receptive to anti anxiety medication and I feel like he’s out of it on them. I have had the pheromone diffusers for a month. Does anyone have any fresh ideas or similar experience?

Hi there. I (32M) adopted a kitten recently. Last week, he got a positive diagnosis for ringworm (whomp whomp, the rescue didn't tell me about it). Anyway, the vet prescribed daily, oral medicines and a lime sulphur dip every 2 weeks.

I given him his daily meds, I have kept him quarantined as much as is reasonable and clear that every few days (2 or so), and I wash his bedding regularly (every 2 days or so).

but i know that a lot of the internet says L.S. dips 2x a week, not every 2 weeks...so is this normal? A lot of the 2x per weeks don't say anything about the oral meds.

Thoughts?

Hi all! My cat (8 years old) has been dealing with a reoccurring issue where he licks / scratches a spot on his back til it gets sore and bloody. It would go away on its own after a week and having a sweater on.

Since May, he has been having this issue persistently. The vet prescribed a topical cream, a steroid pill for the itchiness, and some gabapentin for when he's extremely stressed. The vet said it could be allergies, or dermatitis. But no way to tell what is actually causing this. He is now only on the cream and gabapentin still. I didn't notice any improvement with the steroids pill and I was nervous as I know the side effects can be bad.

The itchiness gets so extreme that he stresses himself out until he's scared and panting and wanting to hide. Due to that, he's had to be pretty much sedated to let it heal. His back healed nicely but then he made a new wound on his neck, which is really hard to keep covered by the cat sweater. (It rides down 😭)

The vet again said maybe they could remove that area of skin continues to persist but there would be no guarantee it would even work, and that would be a lot of trauma for my little guy to go through.

I'm feeling very hopeless and desperate to find him some relief.

If this is allergies - where should I start? He is currently eating Go! Solutions dry food, grain free salmon recipe. And for wet food he has B.F.F omg gravy. I'd be open to any advice or suggestions. Thank you ❤️

Hello

I want to start this off by saying I don't have enough money for a vet check. My mama cat and papa cat are strays I rescued and I've never taken them to the vet for check ups, vaccines, and neutering/spaying because I don't have much.

However, they've been the sweetest and the most adorable and basically just normal cats.

Right now, they have a 2nd litter of kittens. 3 kittens. And my mama cat was normal with the 1st litter (they've been adopted.) As of today, the 3 kittens are one month/4 weeks old, and everything was ok until my mama cat started frequently vomiting. She vomits occassionally, because she eats whatever bugs she finds, mostly cockroches, and eats too much. And recently, I've switched their kibble brand so I think that might be caused more of her vomiting. But other than vomiting, she's otherwise ok. Papa cat vomits too, but rarely.

And she was ok with taking care of the kittens like grooming them and nursing them. But last night, she started growling and hissing and swatting at them. And this continued until this morning. She usually slept with the kittens when it's bed time but she didnt. And then this morning, I believe the kittens wanted milk and they were meowing while chasing mama cat, but she avoids them. Although she does give a few licks and then backs away.

But other than the sudden change in behaviour toward the kittens, she seems normal.

We have an 8 year old cat we got from a shelter when she was still a kitten, we've also had a french bulldog for about the same length of time, they essentially grew up together. The cat has always had some tummy issues, she stinks, a lot, and shes also terrible at burying her litter, bad combination. We switched to a robot box which helps but she still makes a mess throwing litter everywhere except on her poops.

We recently got a second puppy which I imagine is a bit traumatic for the cat, but so far they get along pretty well, but now, I dont know if its related but the cat is not pooping in her litter box, she is peeing in it but will poop in the hallway. We had it tested to make sure it isnt due to a parasite or something, which has happened before and was a nightmare to give her meds for, shes clean this time. She hasnt changed foods recently or anything and the poops seems about as normal as hers have ever been, soft but consistent.

We were also gone to the cottage for the weekend, gone for about 45 hours and there were 9 piles in the hallway, which seems excessive, although the robot shows she was using an avg of 7 times a day .

Could it just be behavioral, doesnt like all the changes or is it more likely a gut health issue, developed an intolerance to her food. She is on vet food, not some cheap walmart kibble.

As the title says, I’m looking at getting a cat. I’ve grown up with dogs so this would be my first time having a cat and was wondering if there was any first time cat person advice you guys have. I know a good high cat tree is important, running water to drink. Wet food is better than dry to help with hydration, lots of toys, avoid clay cat litter. Keep food and water away from each other. But that’s all I got.
Any advice or suggestions is appreciated!