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Best vacuum cleaner for cat fur 
hello - i have 4 cats and love them. Most people i know don't like the litter box for cat which doesn't bother me so much. but what drives me crazy is ...

Cat diet and diarrhea 
I have a large, 21#, cat that I rescued as a kitten. When very young he had diarrhea and I was told to give him cottage cheese which seemed to take care ...

feeding canned and/or dry 
I have 17 cats which are rescue kitties, so while most love me and some just don't mind me, a few don't care for people at all.
They are all in door ...

Our 16 year old male cat Walter started to pull his fur out in big chunks 
Some 2 weeks ago our male cat Walter started to pull big chunks of fur out of his right lower side. We immediately went to our vet and were told that he ...

Older cat with bowel problem 
I have a cat that is 14 with a digestive track issue.

She has always been a finicky eater.

About two years ago she had a really bad spell and I almost ...

nutritional requirements!! 
Hi Donna,

I want to say first that i am very thankful for this website and for the time you spent in replying back to my questions. You have given me ...

How should I know the raw meat diet I make is balanced? 
Hi-

I have started to feed my cats the raw meat since November 2009. I noticed their coats are softer and shiny, their eyes are bright, less odor in ...

occasional vomiting 
Hi again, Donna,

One of our cats (male, neutered, 1.5 years) is a big boy at 14 pounds. He's always LOVED eating but occasionally eats too fast and ...

flea problem with 11 cats and a dog 
Hi, I am new here. What a great site!

I have 11 inside cats...all strays (started with two pregnant gals and they have not been outside in two years)...

struvite bladder stones in cat 
my cat has struvite stone. does anyone have experience with hills s/d diet in attempting to dissolve these stones?

RESPONSE:

Stone formation in ...

Disposing of the "treasures" scooped from the litter 
Hi, I am sooooo glad I found your site. We are a multi (mega-multi) cat family. We rescue kittens/cats from horrible situations, each time swearing we ...

How Can I Protect My Cats From Owls In An Open Outdoor Cat Enclosure? 
I have 7 cats and want to install another, larger enclosure for them with Purr-fect fence but we are in a very high risk area for large owls that think ...

Kitten injury 
My 7-8 week old kitten was home by herself and when I got home she was asleep in her bed, which she doesn't do often, but I was not concerned. Over the ...

Help! My Siamese is Throwing Up! 
My Siamese has been throwing up for almost 3 days. It's bright yellowish/neon green, which seems like body acid to me (as if she were dry heaving and ...

Odd food Prefernces  Not rated yet
My 9 month old Balinese adores hard boiled eggs, raw garlic and freeze dried liver. Her main diet consists of wet & dry food supplimented with raw chicken....

greens  Not rated yet
Is it safe to give an indoor cat grass/mix from outdoors?

RESPONSE:

We don't recommend it. You just don't know for sure what is in the grass (animal ...

My cat doesn't eat cat food since birth  Not rated yet
Hello!

I have a 6 year old male cat (named Pinokio), and since the day he started eating on his own, he refused to take cat food. His brothers gladly ...

Worms  Not rated yet
I have 9 cats and 5 dogs I have wormed and wormed and it works for a while but they come right back. I have wormed them for tapeworms and roundworms and ...

14 wk.Kitten with Feline Infectious Perontitis  Not rated yet
What would you recommend for Bach Flower remedies, for her to support her eating and getting rid of nausea.Balancing her body.
I have Rescue Remedy and ...

peeing outside of litter box  Not rated yet
I have 4 cats - 3 female (Princess 14, Sasha 11, Pookie 2)and Charlie 3 years old. They're all declawded, spayed and neutered. One of them is peeing right ...

Loft living  Not rated yet
Hi,
We are going to be moving into a condo with a loft that has a railing and spiral staircase. We are planning on carpeting the staricase so the cats ...

what could be the problem?  Not rated yet
We have an 8 yr old tortoise haired female (spayed) cat. She used to be very onery but now she loves everyone and can't get enough attention. She follows ...

Female spraying  Not rated yet
I have a female cat, who was fixed. She is about 2 years old, and was the only cat in the house. I recently adopted 2, one year old, male cats, who are ...

Skin problems  Not rated yet
We have a cat that has flea allergies. We have treated for fleas and have that pretty much under control. The problem is this, one of our babies is so ...

cats face is swelled on one side.She isnt eationg or drinking either.  Not rated yet
my cat has been fine or at least i havent noticed anything that wasnt normal about her but a couple days ago she hasnt been eating or drinking and the ...

Feral Cat in Multiple Cat Household  Not rated yet
I have two feral cats that are sisters. One is very nervous and runs around a lot. Often she gets diarrhea which I'm sure is partly to do with us giving ...

My Cat Ezio   Not rated yet
my cat ezio loves eating milk because he is 8 mouth and he loves chicken and carmel. Can they eat those foods?

RESPONSE:

Ezio sounds like quite ...

My Cat doesn't like my "cooking"  Not rated yet
Hi,
I love your website. We are a one cat family (sorry, it's really all I can handle, but we did adopt from the local humane society). When we adopted ...

Our 5 year old male Manx has not been eating well  Not rated yet
For the last few months our 5 year old Manx,Luna, has been losing weight and not eating well. This is the only "problem" he presents; all other aspects ...

How much raw food to fix to feed 38 cats  Not rated yet
I am currently the "kitty mom" to 38 rescued cats. 28 inside only and 10 in feral/stray colony fed on my patio. They range in ages from 1 year to 8 years....

feline diabeties  Not rated yet
I'm trying to find information on feline diabetes. my kitty trouble was diagnosed in april and july 8 started him on canin insulin and was hoping you had ...

Ingredients safe for a Male Cat's Bladder?  Not rated yet
I want to feed all my kitties like you do, in three sep. bowls of the Chicken Soup For The Pet Lovers Soul/ free feed. My schedule is just to busy. I also ...

charly  Not rated yet
charly was sitting on a chair on the front porch calmly and the next minite he was floping around like a fish. when he stoped his toungh turned blackish ...

Please help- My cats vomiting!!!  Not rated yet
Donna-

I am very upset now. As I said in my last question, my cats are on the raw meat diet, when I tried to switch back to the dry food, three out ...

Have i got it right? Homemade Cat Food Question.  Not rated yet
Hello again,

I’ve started feeding my 2 cats a mixture of 2kg of raw chicken thigh muscle, bones and skin minced with 400g of liver I couldn’t get heart ...

How to help cat with hairball?  Not rated yet
Hi Donna,

Thank you for your response regarding my Sam who has IBD.

There is another question I am a little of concern- hairball. I do give my other ...

How to deal with a cat with inflammatory bowel syndrome  Not rated yet
Hi,
First of all, I love your website.
I need help with my cat who has inflammatory bowel syndrome. He is three and a half years old. He had been very ...

how much to make  Not rated yet
you tell us how much to make but i dont see how much to feed individually for one serving so i can't work out the quantity for 2 cats for a week. can you ...

What to Feed  Not rated yet
I have been reading your web site and really like it. I have always wanted to try a homemade diet for my cat but have never found the time till now. We ...

Coughing cat  Not rated yet
Hi again, Donna!

Things have been going well with our four cats, but one of them, Olive, has had a cough since she was a kitten. It's always a dry cough ...

new cat toilet problem  Not rated yet
I rehomed a three year old cat yesterday. She is in a little room on her own with bed, food and litter tray filled with litter. All this is to keep her ...

cat got into weed killer  Not rated yet
Our cat got into the neighbors garage and got into some weed killer. It was all over her coat. I am not sure if she licked it or not. We washed it off ...

NON-TOXIC BUSHES AND TREES  Not rated yet
I WANT TO PLANT SOME BUSHES AND MAYBE A SMALL TREE IN OUR NEWLY BUILT CAT ENCLOSURE. THE SPACE IS ABOUT 1500-1800 SQUARE FEET WITH A 16X8FT. SHED IN MIDDLE....

litter box  Not rated yet
I use a big box like you have for my cat. How do you keep it clean? I scoop but the box itself smells. To dump that much litter out every two weeks ...

Cats Geting Diarrhea  Not rated yet
What should you do when your cat gets diarrhea?

RESPONSE:

Determine the cause of the diarrhea. The most likely cause is poor quality food but it ...

Shelter cat care  Not rated yet
I volunteer at a cageless animal shelter and many of the cats there have chronic upper respiratory infections. It just seems to get passed around and never ...

kitten!!!  Not rated yet
i have a new born kitten at my door step an its mother doesn't want it. what should i do ?

RESPONSE

Ammu:

A new born kitten will not survive ...

How to cut my cat's nails?  Not rated yet
...we have got a male cat named Oscar. He is 1 year old. He is an indoor cat. We have tried to cut his nails but he doesn't like it. I have tried to give ...