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Click on the links below for the cat problems that other people have shared - all written by visitors to this site - and read my advice / answers.

Cat Problems - Restless Tom Cat  I have cat problems with my 12 month old tom cat (neutered). He loves the outdoors but won't sit still for a minute! He's over garden fences, over shed ...

Cat Problems - How To Stop My 5yr Old Neutered Male From Spraying  Hi hope you can help me with these cat problems. I have 3 cats - a 7yr old male and a brother and sister who are both 5yrs old.

I had all 3 cats neutered ...

Cat Problems - 3 Year Old Male Spraying Indoors!  My cat problems are with Harvey, who I rescued and hand reared, along with 3 of his siblings, after his mother died. I kept him and one of the others and ...

Cat Problems - Our Cat Keeps Hiding!  We very recently (start of this week) accquired a new cat. She is a rescue cat and she is very used to being indoors (my girlfriend and I live in a small ...

Cat Problems... Using our Bed as a Toilet!  Please can you help us with our cat problems? Our cat is 3 and half, we got him as a kitten from a rescue charity. He was neutered at the right age and ...

Cat Problems - Occasional Pooping on One Rug  Our cat problems only occur every now and then - our 2.5 year old female Russian Blue cat occasionally poops on our dining room rug; she always uses her ...

Cat Problems - My Cats Keep Hissing at One Another, How do I Stop It?  My cat problems started when I just got a new cat a couple of days ago. I already have two other cats, an 18 month old tabby female named Pancake, and ...

Major Cat Problems - My Cat Suddenly Hates My Dog!  Well here are some cat problems I thought I'd never have - I have a 2 yr old black and white girl cat (Bella) and a 7 month old male Corgi (Rufus). They ...

Cat Problems - Constant Meowing At Night  Please, Please, Please, help me with these cat problems!! We adopted a cat from the animal shelter in February. We are having a MAJOR problem with her ...

Cat Problems With Pregnant Cat  My 10 month old cat is pregnant, we have worked out that she is nearly 9 weeks pregnant. This evening she has started cleaning herself thoroughly and panting....

Cat Problems - My Cat and Kittens Keep Sleeping On My Worktops  My cat problems are with my cat and kittens who insist on sleeping on my worktops every night. I'm tired of cleaning every item from kettle to toaster ...

Cat Problems - Kitten Vomits When He Eats Raw Chicken Including Chicken Necks  My cat problems occur when my 10 month neutered male Ragdoll cat eats raw chicken. Every time he does, he vomits.

I would like him to get some benefit ...

Cat Problems - Siamese Neutered Male Ripping Out His Fur On His Back Legs And Lower Back  My cat problems are with my Siamese male, Jazz. I have four cats in my home - two Oriental neutered males, one neutered Siamese female and one Siamese ...

Cat Problems - 2 Year Old Female Cat Attacked My Sons & My Legs for No Apparent Reason  My cat problems are with my 2 year old female cat, she had a litter of kittens approx 4 months ago. Today as my son walked past her she jumped up my son'...

Cat Problems - Cat Meowing After Her Brother Died  I had a brother and sister cat. I lost Charlie in March with saddle thrombosis. Millie is a cat that never likes a lot of fuss, whereas Charlie was the ...

Cat Behavior Question - Cat Not Covering Poop in Litter Box  I have a new cat behavior problem - my cat suddently doesn't cover his poop. This problem just started within the last three days, and has happened twice....

Cat Problems - Our 3 Cats Got Along Great for 2 Years Now They are Fighting!  My cat problems started a couple of weeks ago. I have 2 male cats and 1 female cat. I got the older male and female (they are brother and sister) about ...

Cat Problems - Introduced New Kitten Over a Month Ago, and the Aggressive Territorial Behavior is Just Getting Worse  We started with two cats that were sisters Malum and Nibs - no cat problems with these. When they were about 8 to 9 months old we brought our newborn ...

Cat Problems - How do I get my 3 Month Old Playful Kitten to Sleep at Night?  My 3 month old kitten gets very hyperactive & playful at night, racing around the house as if he is chasing something, as well as jumping and scratching....

Cat Problems - My Cat has Recently had 6 Kittens but She is Reluctant to Feed Them  My cat problems are with my cat and her kittens. Lucy is a year old, about 2 weeks ago she gave birth to 6 kittens. She went into labour upstairs in ...

Cat Problems - Why Does My Cat Randomly Bite Me When He's Being Affectionate?  I recently got a Birman who I've got a couple of cat problems with. He is very affectionate, but sometimes we'll be snuggling and he will just randomly ...

Cat Problems - Skin Complaint  My cat problems are with my male cat who is 6 years old. Every time I groom him what looks like dandruff white speck come off his coat. He doesn't seem ...

Cat Problems - My 1Year Old Cat has Frequently Started Vomiting and is Not Growing  I have cat problems with my one year old cat who has start vomiting daily. He is eating properly but his health seems poor, he seems weak, he's not growing ...

Cat Problems - Cat Hisses When We Bring Her Inside Our Apartment  Our cat problems are due to the fact our cat has taken to hissing and guttural growling when we bring her up from the shared basement of our house. Yes,...

Cat Problems - Cat Pulling Her Fur Out On Left Leg Only  My cat problems are that my cat is only pulling her coat out in one place - her left leg. All the fur has been pulled out and it looks as though it will ...

Cat Problems - My Cat Has Been Gone for 4 Days  My cat has been gone for 4 days now. The weather is really hot. He is a male and hasn't been doctored yet. He is a year old. What is the usual time ...

Cat Problems - Adult Rehomed Cat Hissing Without Warning  My cat problems are with an 8 year old cat that I recently adopted. She had been spoilt rotten by her previous 'owners'.....it took her 2 weeks to come ...

Cat Problems - New Female Cat is Aggressive Toward other Cats  My cat problems have happened because I am keeping a cat for my friends until they find jobs and get a place of their own. Their cat is a female country ...

Cat Problems - Mean Kitty  We've had our cat since he was 5 days old. He was bottle fed and loved always, no cat problems until recently. He is neutered. In the last week he has ...

Cat Problems - My Cat Doesn't Like Change And Is Taking It Out On Everyone By Peeing  I have a bengal cross siamese cat, he's a beautiful cat and is incredibly smart, but we have major cat problems with him at the moment. He's rather agressive ...

Cat Problems - How to Tell if a Kitten Can't Smell  I have four 4 weeks old kittens, 3 of them are fine getting weaned and on to food and weaning milk but the fourth one just doesn't seem interested in anything....

Cat Problems - New Cats Driven Visitor Cat Away  Our cat problems started when we adopted two new cats.

For about 3 years, a male cat, around 4 yrs old, who belongs to a neighbor, has been treating ...

Cat Problems - Why Is My Cat Hissing At His Injured Brother?  My cat problems are with my 2 cats who are birth brothers and who are normally extremely close, playing and sleeping together all the time. One has now ...

Cat Problems - Introducing a New Older Female Cat to a Resident 6mth Male Kitten  I have a 6 month old kitten who has lived with me for 2 months. My gran recently went into permanent residential care and I agreed to take in her cat - which ...

Cat Problems - Cat Vomiting Frequently  My cat problems are with my cat who is now about 4 years old. She has recently started vomiting about 3 times a week.

I would say she seems to still ...

Cat Problems - Cat Hissing at Visitors  Our cat is normally very outgoing and affectionate to me, my husband and 3 year old daughter. She does sometimes give us a nip when we pet her, but the ...

My Cat has got a Lump under his Left Leg the size of a Golf Ball  My cat problems started after my cat went missing for 2 days. He was fine but when he came back he had a swollen left leg. The swelling on his leg has ...

Cat Urinary Problems  We have taken on a house cat from Cats Protection, we have very little background information. She is undergoing tests at the moment as her blood is very ...

Litter Tray Problems  I have two 3 year old tabby cats who are brother and sister. They both use a litter tray and it is driving me mad, we have fitted a catflap in and they ...

Cat Problems - New Female Kitten in Heat, 4yr Old Neutered Male Mounting Her  Our new 6 month old kitten started into heat today before we could get her fixed. The 4yr old male cat, who was fixed before the age of 6 months (before ...

Cat Problems - Cat Won't Stop Hissing  My cat problems started after I gave my male cat a bath the other day. Since then, my female cat won't stop hissing and growling at him.

I've never ...

Cat Problems - Outside Cat Pupils are Huge and Not Shrinking  This is an outside cat. He has always had big eyes but recently we noticed his pupils are huge and not going back to normal. He acts like he is having ...

Cat Problems - Aggressive Cat that was Traumatized by a Woman  My cat problems started 9 years ago when my female cat April (2 years old at the time) was sprayed directly in the face with a bottle of Fantastik cleaner ...

Cat Problems - Cat Hissing and Growling at Whole Family  Our cat problems are with our long haired angora cat (white and grey). She's 1,5 yr old right now. We adopted her when she was a little kitten, 8 weeks ...

Cat Problems - Female Cat Hissing  I have an 11 year old female cat Asha who's neutered and I've just brought into the house a 2 year old male Bubble who's also neutered. My problem is ...

Cat Problems ... Hissing  My cat often come in the front room, to let us know she wants to go out the back. Yet when I walk towards the back door she will run to it then hiss at ...

Cat Problems - Neutered One Year Old Male Cat Just Started Spraying  My neutered one year old male cat has just started spraying.

He is an indoor cat. No other cats in the house. Nothing new has happened. No new people ...

Cat Problems - My Two Cats Decided to Use My Sofa and Bed as a Toilet  I have cat problems with my 2 yr old tabby and 8 yr old cat. About 6 months ago, the 2yr old pooped and peed right on my pillow in front of me. He started ...

Cat Problems - Strange Meow Like Noises  My cat problems are that my kitten has just started making this really strange noise. Its not like her normal meow and she only does it when nobody is ...

Cat Behavior Question - How Often do Cats Come Into Heat?  I have a cat that is about 6 or 7 months old. How often do they come into heat?

Reply from Liz (Editor): Un-spayed female cats come into heat repeatedly ...

Cat Problems - Cat Biting Stitches  My cat has just been castrated and is biting at his stitches. What should I do?

Reply from Liz (Editor): Has he definitely got stitches? Ususlly ...

Cat Problems - Cat Vomit is Black  I don't really know how old my cat is cause it was a stray cat and I adopted him. I'm guessing he is about 8 to 10 years old. His vomit today was a black ...

Cat Problems - 16yr Old Existing Female Cat Keeps Stalking and Attacking New 3yr Old Female Cat  My cat problems started last week... I felt guilty every morning leaving the house and kept think my 16 yr old cat (Albert) needed some companionship ...

Cat Problems - 12 Year Old Cat Has Become Very Unsociable  These cat problems are to do with my friend's cat, Mollly.

Molly was two years old when my friend got her and has always been a loving cat and would ...

Cat Problems - Cat Afraid of Dogs  Our cat problems are with Chloe, our cat who is 13 years old. We've had her from a kitten and she came into a household of 2 other cats and 2 dogs. Over ...

Cat Problems - How Do I Stop a New Cat Biting Me?  My cat problems are with a new male cat I've just adopted. He has just been neutered and he is 6 years old. After a couple of days he has taken to biting ...

Cat Problems - Having a Foster Cat  My cat problems started when I took on a foster cat. I adopted my 2 years ago and she has been alone ever since, the queen of the castle!

I got a foster ...

Cat Problems - Newly Neutered Male Cat who Yowls Loudly!  Our cat problems are with a sixteen month old stray male cat that we've just rescued from a fairly social street colony. He was friendliest to me and after ...

Cat Problems! Cat Hissing At Her Own Tail  Our cat problems are with our year and a half old spayed female cat. Out of the blue, she looks at her tail, then starts hissing at it like it is another ...

Cat Question - Getting a Kitten when we have 3 Elderly Cats  My cat question is about getting a new kitten. We have 3 cats ---- 2 females and 1 male. The male is 17 yrs old and just sleeps all day. The females ...

Cat Problems - Our 13yr Old Cat is Upset By Arrival of New Cat   Our cat problems are with our 13 year old neutered male cat (Charlie) who we have had for the last 9 years. He has always nudged us in a gentle way with ...

Cat Problems - Settling in New Cat and Two Kittens  My cat problems are due to the fact I've just adopted a cat with her two kittens from my sister. The cat just appeared at my sister's home, my sister started ...

Cat Problems - Feeding the Neighbor's Cat and He's Hissing at Me!  I've been asked to feed our neighbor's 3 cats and one of them is hissing very loudly and growling at me. Every time he comes near me it frightens me. What ...

Cat Problems - Loss of House Training  Our cat problems are with our 17 year old cat who has lost her house training and has taken to peeing and defecating in the same place (a mat area by the ...

Cat Problems - Feline Dominance  My cat problems are with my male cat who was introduced to our household 10 years ago when he was a kitten. At that time I also had two older male cats....

Cat Problems - One Cat Hissing at Other Cat after Trip to Groomers  We have a Ragdoll cat and a mutt. Our cat problems occur when the Ragdoll goes to the groomers - after he comes back the mutt hisses, won't eat and hides ...

Cat Problems - The Neighbor's Cat Thinks We Own It!  Our cat problems are to do with a cat that isn't even ours! Our neighbor's cat spends all its time at our house, either running in through the door as ...

Cat Problems - Hyperactivity  My cat is about a year old, she is a rescue cat. She is lovely and possessively affectionate, but is hyperactive when not asleep.

As there are ...

Cat Problems - Our Kitten Keeps Attacking Us!  Ours are kitten problems rather than cat problems... We have just got a new kitten and when she's calm she's beautiful and really gentle towards us. But ...

Cat Problems - Why do Cats get Red Irritated Eyes?  My cat was originally from a farm and turned into a house cat, he has adapted well but last year had one red inflamed eye that had to be treated by a vet,...

Cat Problems - Cat At My Door Won't Stop Meowing  There is an outdoor cat that at times comes to my door and meows like crazy - non stop! Right now it's been 10 mins and the cat just won't stop meowing....




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