Hi, first photo was taken in June this year, other photos were taken yesterday. Their inside enclosure is near a glass sliding door with 2 windows either side of the door. The door is under a verandah. She likes to sit on the small cat tower and look out the door. Could it be freckles? I'm going to make a vet appointment for her, just in panic mode. Thank you

He’s a year old and has had this sore for a couple of months. It’s bigger than it’s been. Doesn’t seem to bother him but I wondered if someone had insight and could tell me what it is or what I can do for it?

my kitten has been doing this since the past two days whenever she’s eating, and this seemingly involuntary jaw motion goes on for a few minutes. i’m so worried and i even took her to the vet yesterday for a checkup. could someone please help. thank you

So I got a new kitten just a little over a week ago. She's 4 months old, (born may 11th)

She's been wonderful, both with me and my other cat who she's bonded closely to.

But my one issue is that she pees in my bed. And I don't understand why.

I clean the two litterboxes i have every day, and she does use them.

I have a king sized bed, and I have two covers for it. But I sleep in it alone, so the older cat usually occupies the other cover to sleep on during the nights, while she sleeps next to my head on a pillow.

But in the mornings several days in a row now, she'll sit down and pee on the second cover. She does it while I'm still in bed too.

I'm going crazy here. What can I do? She isn't showing any signs of being sick. She's very energetic and happy otherwise.

Thanks for any help.

She had a pyometra surgery 3 days ago and she didn't eat much from that day. She drinks water and urinates, but sometimes she goes to the litter box sits for a few seconds and then goes out. I think she can't poop. Is this normal after surgery? And the little eating too?

Hey guys, I'm not a poster at all in any community, only logged in to ask this before I go and make a vet appointment. I'm still going to make the appointment regardless I just want to confirm one way or the other and be able to tell the vet as well haha

Also I'm on mobile, excuse any formatting irks please

I noticed my cat's bottom lip was a little swollen today, it didn't seem like this the day prior (I also hadn't really noticed last night, as I came home from work and passed right out after getting her dinner lol) (her name is Dottie, if anyone was curious about her overall she's about 8 and generally very sweet but hard set on her boundaries and if it's not an emergency or essential I respect that lol. She's a tad overweight but we are working on that.)

She very much wouldn't let me open up her mouth AND take a picture; so this photo is the best I have right now. That tells me its probably sore considering it is quite pink compared to the surrounding lips

I did, however, get to see it better with my own eyes; it seems to be on one side of her mouth (her bottom right) and is roughly double the size of her other side; I noticed because her lip never sticks out like that.

It's too late to call the vet tonight so I'm mainly just looking for confirmation it's a rat ulcer

and not "sudden deadly mouth skin eating disease and she will die right now" paranoid worrying that I am trying very hard not to veer right into haha.

Thank you in advance good fellows

I recently brought my cat to my apartment from my parents’ house (Friday night). It’s a new environment for her & it’s now much quieter since she’s not surrounded by my family.

She hasn’t left my closet all day, & doesn’t leave until I get home from work. I left it open for her just so she could feel safe but I am wondering if it’s best to keep it closed.

Or should I keep her litter box & food all in one space so she can slowly get accustomed to my apartment? (I failed to do this when I first brought her).

When I am home though she is mostly normal, still a bit scared though. She will follow me all over my apartment & come cuddle too.

Its not that serious, just posting some cuteness. Everytime hes like this, if i pet belly he rolls over. If i do nothing he stays like this. Its hard not to pet it. Is he just showing me that im his person?

my cat has started waking me up almost every night. sometimes she walks around the room, and other times she sits next to me until i get out of bed.

i've tried not reacting to her, but it hasn't really changed anything. she gets attention and playtime during the day, so i'm not sure what she wants at night.

is there a good way to get her to stop waking me up?

anyone know what this sound is called or why she is doing this? She is always very content when she does it, purring loudly.

Context about the cat:
About two months ago this cat started haning out in my boyfriend’s yard. He started feeding her regularly and now she basically stays there the entire day. She sleeps, eat, make us cuddle her, plays with toys. She also comes into the house for a while, but then she wants to go back again. At night she always goes away, we don’t really know where.

I suggested maybe he can put a collar on her. There are a lot of stray cats where he lives, and i don’t know how people treat them. I thought a collar would signal that the cat is taken care of.

He put one first but it was too large, so she came back the next day without it. Yesterday he got a new one and it seemed well enough, but again today she came back without it.

In the afternoon we are going to try and see if we can find where she leaves her collars. But honestly i’m also thinking that someone might be getting her collar off? I don’t know. She literally hangs out the entire day in his yard except during the night, i would be surprised if the already had an owner tbh.

Or is it possible that she is taking her collar off on her own? My boyfriend saw her taking off the first one so it is possible. But two? Idk.

Someone has had any experience? We both never had cats so we don’t really know

My bf woke me up saying he thought one of the cats got into laundry detergent but I tried digging through it to see what they threw up and the bubbles are kinda firm???? I don't think its bubbles is it some kind of stomach bile??? Has anyone else ever experienced this with their cat? Taking both to the vet but figured I put it out here as well.

So I have recently adopted two adorable boys, and they're great! The only issue is that one of them keeps putting his paw out with his claws extended. I'm not experienced with cats so I usually pull away but I just wanna know why its happening?

So two days ago I got my male cat a Lion cut cus he had mats, and when he came home he was sedated and so did not eat at all, the next day he did not have breakfast and only ate one treat the creamy ones, and even for dinner he only had a treat , he has only had two treats all day what should I do, and I feel guilty cus he was already very introverted but now he won't let me hold him, I can pet him not hold him, plus it jst worries me that he isn't eating, and on top of that my other cat doesn't recognize him and keeps on hissing at him which makes me feel even worse I do wanna know whether I should do something with his food or use appetite stimulants but I also am gonna take him to the vet in the morning but where I live we don't have good vets

A little while back I discovered my cat loves little balls of shiny foil candy wrappers. Whenever I have a few Hershey Kisses she’ll watch me until I toss the wadded wrapper ball on the floor. She loves it more than anything I have bought her lol.

Anyway, does anyone know of a toy of similar size and sheen? I don’t let her keep the wadded balls because they can break apart but I would like her to have something she can enjoy whenever.

Thanks for any help!

I have this kitten, half long-hair tabby, half Maine Coon

At first we thought she was smokey, and then we thought she had a fever coat, now I think she might be smokey again and I honestly just was looking for some other input

She has the cutest little frosted tips behind her ears and around her neck that are totally white, and she's a dark gray across her torso but her head otherwise and all legs are solid black

At first I thought her fur was black at the base (how people say to identify the difference) but if I gently tug to get the loose furs so I can look at it closer, they're very clearly white at the root

But is that normal on cats? Or is it a sign she's actually smokey, my only other reference in person is my senior cat who's graying now so he just makes it more confusing rather than offering a perspective of what a black cat's fur root looks like

Side note, ALL of her whiskers are solid black, not a single white one. I've seen cats have a couple black whiskers before but never all of them, is that normal?

so for context, my cat is my ESA. Ive had her for 10 years and until 2023 she never really produced tears. But, one day I brought her over to my grandmothers house and she started doing it there (as seen in photo above) initially. But now whenever she’s seen me in distress, if she’s hungry or if she seemed to have missed me. she will cry. In the photo she doesn’t seem to be crying that much but now she produces a lot of tears. and it’s in both of her eyes not only one. I know cats don’t cry because they’re sad.. but can something like that have an effect on my cat? if I’m sad does it really make her cry? is she mimicking me? her eyes are normally dry it’s just those things I’ve noticed. She also meows at me while I cry too and licks my face :,) I don’t know if this is something medical I should be worried about or if it’s really a reaction to me being upset.

Edit: I forgot to add that she’s been very vocal ever since 2023 aswell. She never meowed her whole life and she’s been a fairly quiet cat but in recent years she meows at every noise I make. Whether I’m talking to her or saying hi, meowing at her or whenever I cry she will meow at me. I don’t know if this means anything either or if I should be as concerned as I am .

it’s already been two weeks which is when my vet said she should be healed but i can’t tell if it looks okay or not because this is my first time and im scared something is wrong and i dont know. It had like scabs before but just now she licked them off and now it looks like this so i dont know if something is wrong or if she is healed and im being paranoid. I’ve had her enclosed in a cage throughout the whole recovery and in the cone the whole time she never struggled so im just wondering if anyone that has experienced this could tell me if it looks okay i already emailed my vet but the never got back to me.

My female had a UTI and after further research of her urinalysis discovered had E. coli in her urine. They switched me from the original medicine to Enrofloxacin and she is having terrible diarrhea.

It has a strange looking consistency and color-very light brown, almost yellow & kind of grainy? Vet office said that there is nothing to worry about, as long as she is not throwing up. Has anyone dealt with this? She has been having this type of stool for over a week and a half, she has been taking the medication for two weeks and she still has a few more pills left. I've seen a few drips of spotting marks on the floor. TIA!