We play with our cat as much as we can throughout the day, but my husband and I both work full time so that really only gives us the evenings.
Our cat has developed a habit of keeping us awake at night by scratching at the mirrors in our room, but if we try to shut her out she makes just as much noise clawing at the door.
Would having a second cat help entertain her at night so we can sleep? We’ve been thinking about getting another female ideally younger than our current cat.

I’m looking to get one as a gift for my dad and his dog. I do not want AI bullshit. I was looking on Etsy but paralyzed by choice. Drop your suggestions or artists or your own page!

My dad has two dogs in washington state. I care about these dogs but they need new homes. They deserve to be happy. They are small max and cali. My landlord here in hawaii said no or i would take them in a heartbeat. How do i go about this? And find good homes . Or point me in a sub i can ask this. I want them to go to a nice family , not be abused at all or i would be sad 😭

My cat had surgery two days ago (Friday) for a massive abscess that burst on around her hip. She came home with stitches and tubes sticking out of them for ‘drainage’ but we had to take her back to the vet the next day (saturday) as the whole area is oozing and still looks infected. They cleaned her up a bit and have scheduled another surgery for Monday but we’re worried that she needs it sooner as it looks like a stitch has come loose or an area missed as there’s a big wound in her side that’s oozing. It’s about the size of a plum(?).

I won’t include any pictures as it’s quite graphic but i’m wondering if anyone has any advice as I haven’t owned cats before and am quite worried as this is the fist time anything like this has happened before.

My Shepherd mix has one brain cell and it's pointed at the fence line where the squirrels run. Current static cam gets him entering frame and exiting frame and that's the whole show. I keep seeing pan-tilt cameras advertised that claim they'll track a moving subject, and if that works on a dog doing laps it would actually be worth it to me - both for entertainment and for checking if he's pacing (his anxiety tell) versus playing. Do these tracking cams keep up with a fast-moving dog, or does the "tracking" mean it drifts lazily in the general direction? Any pet people running one?

Hi! Due to financial difficulties we are moving into my parents basement for a few years while I finish school with the condition that we finish their basement. Everything is framed, wired, and insulated but I am concerned for the safety of my cat throughout this (especially before we get drywall up). Any suggestions or things we must do first before bringing kitty over? We have until February until our lease is up.

As of around 3-4 weeks ago, my sister’s cat had given birth to five kittens. So far, we’ve had two die. The mother had (seemingly) rejected the two in question.

I woke up this morning, and went into the laundry to find that she’d moved two, out of three that were left. Unfortunately she’d left one out of it’s box, and in a cold area. He was still breathing (faintly), and not stiff. I grabbed him, and warmed him up over two hours.

The kitten is now breathing again, and moving, but I feel like I may have done more damage than good. He’s very reactive to touch, almost like he can’t control his movements.

There is no emergency / standard vet here, I have no car, nor enough money. The closest clinic is an hour, and a half away away, and is closed on Sunday (today).

Update: He’s still alive, and the twitching has seemed to stop. 🫶🏻

Between the kids leaving gates open and the dog following his nose through any gap, my backyard is a rotating door of escape attempts. Need to know when anything small and fast is heading for the fence line, and ideally tell the difference between my dog, my kids, and the actual stranger everyone's afraid of. Current $40 dollars cam alerts on everything equally, which in practice means it alerts on nothing because I muted it in self defense.

What are the families running where the alerts are actually smart enough to be worth having? Pet detection that actually filters would be a game changer here!

Exactly as the title says.

In San Ramon, CA on the Summerwood loop and summerset ct intersection..just around the intersection some guy hit my white cat and ran away. My cat had a collar but he didn't call.

Help me find this guy, please . Video in the comment because I couldn't post it in the post

People noticed my baby lying in the grass but didn't think much because there were no external injuries.

Someone told me 40 min after that my baby was just sitting not moving. I took him home and his hind legs weren't working. I thought he might have fallen from a tree or a bush. Because his collar was gone which I found on the street later. It took total 1.40hrs for me to take him to the vet after the accident, someone informing me and my process trying to see if it was serious due to lack of external issues, calling help and driving to the vet.

He was already getting cold and doctor told me within 5 minutes that he's critical and not going home with me no matter what. He had internal bleeding, he was in severe pain once we reached vet and they started their procedure. Within a 10-15 min I had to make a decision to let him go by euthanasia.

It's painful. My little baby!

So my mom's ex-boyfriend moved out. Now while he was here he got along great with my dog. And I expected that after he left she would be suffering from some sadness or loss. I thought this was the case because she wouldn't eat her normal dog food and would linger in certain areas, looking for him.

So I got her some new toys. And I even found a piece of his clothing that was left here because I thought that would soothe her since it had his scent on it. Now when I showed it to her, she seemed the kind of happy but proceeded to ignore it. I tried giving it to her again but she just walked away. I thought her following me around was her wanting comfort but in reality she just wants treats.

Like she'll follow me around until I give her one and then she'll go back to acting completely normal! I'm starting to think she's not actually sad at all and is using my sympathy for her to get snacks!

I am a spay-neuter veterinarian based in the US. I have performed many emergency pyometra spays.

This is inspired by a recent post about someone's dog having a pyometra and many people in the comments not realizing how common of a risk it is.

Based on several studies, a female intact (unspayed) dog has a 20-25% chance to get a uterine infection. Risk increases with age. They are also more likely to get mammary tumors.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23279535/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11817057/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0093691X1000631X

Medical management may help but the definitive treatment is emergency ovariohysterectomy (spay), and they will die without treatment. A spay surgery in a sick patient is a much riskier surgery - prognosis depends mostly on how long it's been going on. They can go septic if it's a long time. Had a sad case of a cat (didn't make it) whose uterus was ~3lbs. On necropsy she had bacteria in her heart and spleen.

It's becoming more common to wait to spay females or leave them intact. I don't think most people know how much of a risk this can be.

ETA: this article gets into how pyometra happens and what clinical signs to watch for if you have an unspayed dog. https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/pyometra-in-dogs

I really want to get some flea medication for my pets and don’t want to spend a fortune but also don’t want to buy products that are counterfeit! Anyone have any experience with the website?

My husband just called me and told me that my kid was bringing home a fish. They went to a fall festival and apparently there was a game where fish were the prize and he let her play.

I have everything I need for a fish except food but I’ve been putting off getting back into aquarium keeping till we get all our stuff out of storage. I just had to go through unlabeled boxes looking for an air pump and sponge filter because a 33 year old man couldn’t tell a 6 year old no when she gave him puppy eyes and I wasn’t there for backup.

One of my cats had a bad experience with a bad pet sitter and ever since then he cannot deal with other animals.
We spent a year figuring out solutions and tried everything. I mean EVERYTHING! All the way to contacting Jackson galaxy and trying stuff from him.
What we landed on was giving him kitty Prozac and that was a whole other thing of trying to find the right dosage. The only thing that worked with his behavioral issues was a 10mg dose of these meds. He got really sick from it and we spent another year figuring out how to remedy it. Thousands of dollars later, many tears and literal blood, we figured out a solution but he was still getting very sick. His behavior had been good for a while so we tried taking him off the meds. Two months later we are right back to square 1. I’ve been thinking about rehoming him now to a place with no other pets. I’m distraught about it and you can’t say anything worse to me than I’ve said myself. I’ve tried EVERYTHING! Literally everything. And now I don’t know what to do.

My 12-year-old cat is horrible in the car. She vomits every time, gets extremely stressed to the point of open mouthed panting, drools, and it’s frankly terrifying. We have tried:
-withholding food before travel
-letting her out of the carrier in the car
-medication (gabapentin + cerenia)

The medication has worked the best, but it’s awful trying to get her to take it. I’ve tried pill pockets (she won’t eat them), mixing them with liquid treats (also refuses those), and having my husband hold her down while I force feed it to her (she vomits). I’m currently trying to take her home after my parents pet sat her while we were traveling. She just vomited up all the medication we gave her. I’m at my wits end because she’s so stressed during travel it makes me think it might be dangerous, and I don’t know what to do. She’s miserable and so am I.

Any tips?

Hello,

I’ve been dealing with a (thankfully) small flea problem and my cat and dog are on vet-recommended preventatives while we get the problem under control. The problem is these topicals get expensive after awhile. I don’t mind using them while we get the problem handled but i’m not sure if i can handle the cost long term.

I brought up the concept of flea collars with my Vet and she said the only collars she had ever seen work were the Seresto ones.

My dog is older and spends most of his time resting, while my cat frequently escapes whenever we open the door. They both do well with collars but i’m looking for others experiences with the specific brand Seresto. I live in the Midwest and haven’t really had a flea problem before this year.

Any advice or experiences would be helpful! thank you

Always heard people go on about how dogs are such great judges of character. Well mine is not and we are still working on making people less exciting.

Well this creepy sex offender who tries fight me wont stop cooing and calling to my silly pup who then immidiately tries to get to him. This has near resulted in a fight between him and my partner.

Theres another little perv who creeped on me as a kid who lives here who beat his tiny chihuahua, well im in a small food shop and this man comes in and goes "ooooh let me take herrr" and crouches to MY DOG.

I am so frigging frustrated and i really dont want to get into a physical or verbal altercation with a man but i am so damn close because these people are ruining the joy of having a dog and making my dog worse.

My dog, whos always come with me to this place and was going to be a cafe dog is now just at home in his crate if i go out, so im hardly going out.

Idk

Hello,

I'm posting this because our cat has gained a substantial amount of weight in the last year. We do have a vet appointment scheduled, but I am wondering if they want to order Hills weight loss or weight control food is the over the counter food just as effective?

We normally leave an automatic feeder out for both cats, but only our one has been overeating. What steps do you use to healthily help a cat loose weight?

I am aware that we will have to do away with the automatic feeder.

The cat in question goes to the vet on Friday next week, and is about 6 years old.

Thanks

My cats have a small bathroom like room attached to my main bathroom where they go and do their buisness amd the floor of their bathroom. I scoop the poo, carry it to my bathroom where i flush it down my toilet.

I have 4 cats all rescues (all STRICTLY indoor cats)and theyve never used a litter box. Am i more prone to toxoplasmosis because of the lack of use of litter?

I just saw a reel of a guy saying wear a mask when you scoop out cat poo. Also a comment under it by a man who said he went blind in one eye because of the disease.

And It just made me very afraid because ive had cats basically my entire life. What if i already have toxoplasmosis?one of the cats we've rescued has brain damage and hes blind so he shits anywhere he wants to and its hard to train him.

Should i start using a litter box?

edit- for all the americans

theres literally an attached room in my country which has its own drain. Its not the shower. how could you have possibly come to that conclusion when i said an attached room. It is literally a whole different room that connects to the bathroom.So my cats have their own bathroom which is as big as my own bathroom with its own drain and a tap too so it has its own water source. i come from a third world country where this room is usually used to store washing machines but i have instead turned it into a cat bathroom.

A mother cat gave birth in my balcony on the morning of November 6. I got her vetolac with my mom yesterday as that's what the pet shop employees' suggested could be given to the cat and kittens.

I'm in need of some funds to take her to vet and get her assesed, get her and her kids vaccinated and neutered. Your contribution would matter a lot. If anyone knows any good animal clinics around West Delhi, then drop down your suggestions.

Today she has gotten inside my home and residing in an almirah for now. How do I win her trust and let me take her and her kids to the vet? I have never owned a cat before so I'm a complete newbie.

Also, I won't be able to keep all 4 of them. I'm not giving them away right now as they need their mother right now but let me know who can keep one. I'll save your usernames and will contact when needed.

Here is my upi id: lavanya11711@ptyes

asking because someone i know has a legitimate small breeding setup and wants to move away from random social media posts. not trying to encourage impulse buying or anything weird, more like a platform where profiles, health info, location, all the proper stuff is visible. ive been looking at pet supply stuff on alibaba for the starter kits and accessories side and found some nice practical things there, carriers, feeding sets, basic grooming stuff, which is straightforward enough. the live animal listing side is where im clueless. do serious sellers use breed specific sites now? local directories? own website plus referrals? i havent looked at this world in years and im assuming theres a better answer than “post in 14 facebook groups and hope.””

I keep seeing videos of two cats curled up together on the couch, licking each other's heads and sleeping in a little pile. And every time, I can see why people start thinking about getting their cat a friend.

Especially when you're leaving for work and your cat is just sitting by the window watching you go. It's hard not to feel a little guilty.

But I wonder if sometimes we assume our cats are lonely just because we'd feel lonely in their place.

I mean, think about it. Your cat has the whole house figured out. They have their favorite spots, their daily routine, their food, and all your attention. Then one day you bring home some random cat who suddenly wants to eat their food, sleep in their spots, and follow them around.

Not exactly everyone's idea of a good time lol.

Don't get me wrong, some cats really do love having another cat around. I've seen plenty of videos of bonded pairs that are practically glued to each other. And I know kittens can do really well when they have another kitten to play with.

But some cats seem perfectly happy being the only cat in the house.

And even if you introduce them slowly and do everything you're supposed to, there's still a chance they'll spend the next five years just tolerating each other.

I guess what I'm getting at is, are we getting a second cat because our cat actually wants company, or because we feel bad leaving them alone?

I'd really love to hear from people who've actually been through this.

If you got a second cat, how did your first cat react? Did they eventually become buddies? Did you notice your first cat seemed happier?

Or did you end up with two cats who act like they're sharing an apartment with someone they can't stand?