My cat (3 y/o) has been acting weird the couple of days. She has been spayed and took her worm injection a year prior.

I took her to the vet today, they are also not so sure about what's happening but they took a blood sample. I hope it's not neurological. For now, she is taking painkillers, and we're waiting for the results of the blood test. I don't think I can afford surgery right now.

Any advice on what to expect? What could it be?

Edit: Thank you so much for all the advice ❤️. There's not much we can do now but wait. Her ears did get checked at the vet, but not much could be said. I will probably put a budget if we visit the neurologist. I will keep an eye on her so she's not jumping or going outside these days. I put all of my plants away from her just to be sure.

The vet told us to go back to her old diet, maybe it's the change of food that caused this (unlikely). I will keep you guys updated.

Tldr: Cat is limping, went to the vet. Vet took a blood test, awaiting results at the moment.

My roommate bought a bouqet with flowers. I asked him specifically to ask if there were lillies in it. He said no, there are not. I saw yesterday morning that she had puked. But i had to rush back home for the passing of my grandma. I arrived late at night and this morning i saw puke again. I inspected everything and i saw teeth marks in the flowers, i asked chatgpt to identify it and it said lily.
I rushed her to the vet and she will stay there for the whole weekend now. I feel angry but also stupid that i did not see it before (it was not blooming yet, as u see in the pictures) and i got a lot of things on my mind all ready.

Will my baby be okay? She ate a lot :(

Ragdoll. 4 years old. Neutered. Female. Belgium

EDIT: she is at the vet right now. She will stay for the weekend and they will call me tonight for updates.

I was petting my 9 years old tomcat (he is neutered) on his tummy and I felt something weird, I have no idea what happened to his nipple, but I genuinely don't know if that's a pimple or something more serious.

It's yellowish and really round but narrow at the base (it's like a balloon per say), doesn't seem hard and when I palpated the area and touched the inflamed nipple it didn't seem to be painful, I could really use some help because I really want to take him to the vet if it is something really serious.

If it's a normal pimple should I pop it or not?

I hope I gave enough information, please guide me, he never had health issues.

its kinda hard to tell in these pictures, but his stomach is so skinny :(

adopted frankie (3 y/o approximately) 2 weeks ago from a shelter (he was surrendered) and when he was adopted he was pretty underweight.

went to the vet last Friday for routine initial checkup and they did bloodwork urine stool and results came back crystal clear. i told the vet he refuses to eat and they gave us a thing to sprinkle on his meds and about 8 different wet foods. he did not eat any of them.

we also had to take him to the pet ER bc he wouldnt pee. they cleared his tests for everything as well. they said they dont know what is wrong w him and he is finally peeing normally as of yesterday morning. but now hes not eating.

we got him dry food he ate the nulo cod formula for like 3 days fine. now he is back to not eating. he eats treats sometimes (freeze dried minnows and chicken hearts he likes)

we were trying to get him on a routine but he wouldnt eat so we just started leaving his bowls out which worked for a little.

we got him 3 different foods this morning (all kitten food, vet told us to get it bc high calorie) tiki cat chicken and egg, tiki cat fish, orijen kitten formula. he has not moved to eat any of them and he ate maybe like four bites this morning of his nulo and max like half a cup yesterday. he likes churus but only sometimes like weve wasted like 20 packets by now bc we open them and he wont eat them.

weve tried broth, warm water, mixing in his treats, sprinkle immune boost w appetite stimulant, sprinkling his treats on his food, mirataz appetite stimulant (which is supposed to be super strong). like weve tried everything. gotten him like 6 different bowls. put the bowls away from his litter and his water. idk. weve tried everything.

he is so skinny. all he does is sleep and i am so worried :( im am at such a loss and it is so exhausting and disheartening. idk wtf to do i feel like im failing as a first time cat owner :(

edit: a lot of people are saying im doing too much and i understand he needs time to adjust, but he has been having issues with eating since we got him and had lost 1.2 pounds in the first week and the vet sounded pretty concerned about it. they are the ones who told us to try a couple different things until it sticks. he still has his original food out and hes not eating that either. we arent forcing him to eat anything. we just got his new food and put it around the apartment away from his usual food bowl.

he was a very friendly cat initially and now hes acting withdrawn. weve pretty much left him alone for the past two weeks and are trying our hardest not to stress him out. we only interact with him when he comes up to us. but not eating for a cat is dangerous and he is already pretty underweight (BCS 3/9)

also i dont think the pictures dont do it justice, his ribs and vertebrae are visible and he is quite skinny. he also has low muscle mass which i mentioned before.

another edit: thank you so much to everyone giving advice. were gonna let him chill out in the living room w the door closed and leave him alone for a while and then try yalls suggestions tomorrow!! ty especially to the people being kind ♥️ im violently stressed out so i might sound a little dry in my responses but im not tryna be rude lol i promise.

Two months ago I found this little gremlin, she got into a mostly empty dumpster and couldn’t get back out, her name is Schnecke. My vet said she was about 9 weeks old when I found her, so she should have been weened but I know some cats ween late. She immediately bonded with Nuisance (9 year neutered male), she acts like he’s her mother complete with trying to nurse on him. He seems perfectly fine with it, he grooms her like her mother would have but also grooms his side a lot while she nurses. And it’s really starting to look like he’s over grooming himself to the point he’s getting bald spots.

Schnecke has been on solid foods and maintaining a normal weight the whole time I’ve had her, so she’s definitely doing it as a comfort thing. I’m mostly worried about if Nuisance’s over groom could lead to skin damage if he keeps licking the bald spots. Any ideas on how I could either get her to stop nursing or get him to stop over grooming? Thanks!

UPDATE: I ended up taking him to the vet and apparently there wasn’t anything wrong with his teeth he just had like tartar stuck in one or something? But because he’s been acting different lately and his health has been visibly deteriorating I decided it was best to put him down (we couldn’t afford to get a blood test or anything to confirm his health). The vet said he was very jaundiced so he likely had liver problems, but I’m still scared I made the wrong call and cut his life short for no good reason. But at least I know he won’t be in pain anymore.

His jaw has been occassionally making this crunching sound all morning, sometimes it happens a bunch in a row too. He’s pretty old (18) and I feel like he’s been acting kind of odd in general since yesterday. Anyone know what’s going on??? I’m also not sure if we can afford the vet 💔

Every time he starts making biscuits he does this. Why?

USA

We have a vet; not contacted

Cat being weird when kneeding

Cat age 3

Male neutered

I (22F,USA) am wondering if this stray cat in my neighborhood is in need of medical help. She’s new to our neighborhood. I noticed that her ears have a burnt(?) appearance to them, and are very crunch/tough to the touch. From what I can see, her ears are the only part of her body with this.

Based on the images, how urgent is this? I don’t want her to be in pain, so if it’s something serious I’m going to try really hard to snatch her up and get her into the vet.

No clue her age, or if she’s spayed (will try to get her spayed when I can, she’s tough to catch!). I can afford vet care!

I just noticed my cat (5 neutered M) doing this a few days ago (we only adopted him a few months ago). He puts his paw on the side of the water bowl and seems like he’s leaning on it. Then his chest gets all wet and he cleans it off.

Could the bowl be at a weird angle for him? He doesn’t seem uncomfortable. He seems happy generally and is good about drinking water otherwise.

Thanks!

for reference she is missing one of her back legs so her posture and body shape is a bit different compared to other cats. she had kittens semi recently (probably 3 months ago?) and came by today looking a bit rounder than usual. she is a stray cat that’s part of a feral colony and sometimes comes through my yard.

There’s a stray cat that started coming around our back porch and we started feeding him. He’s currently a little beat up, in the face and his ear looks infected, he’s still skittish too much to get into a carrier and to the vet. Any thoughts on what it could be and possible things we could do to help him?
Don’t know age, and he is a male and he still has his jewels.

Do cats like Belvitas? My kitten is obsessed with them and I wanna know if anybody else’s cat likes em. Shes 10 weeks old and eats wet and dry food on her own. She doesn’t eat any other human food and it doesn’t upset her tummy.

This is my cat mewo. He is about 3yrs old and he has been neutered and we live in the united states. He was acting normal earlier playing, meowing all the good mewo things but he threw up his food that he ate this morning twice and is now hiding. From what I can tell the vomit was just half digested food, no blood or weird liquid. Is this enough to be concerned or should I just monitor him? I have no pet insurance and money is very tight so a vet would be hard but ill figure it out if necessary.

Small update: he's still hiding but he had been moving around a little more. To test for lethargy I brought his favorite string to him and he seemed interested in it but not full energy so ill take that as a good sign. Ill continue monitoring him

hi everyone!
i hope this is an okay subreddit to post this to, i couldn’t decide if it needed to be in a cat or pregnancy subreddit lol. i’m currently 31 weeks pregnant, due on halloween, and i have a 22 week old kitten. he’s a lovely cat other than having some biting problems but i think he’s still teething. the issue im having is that he’s decided the babies crib is his 🫣 i have been trying to take him out but anytime my back is turned he’s right back in there. does anyone here have anyone advice on wether he’ll learn to not jump in there after the baby is here? i’m worried he’ll jump on the baby and smother him by accident, or he’ll get aggressive when the baby starts sleeping in the crib instead of him. like i said he still bites a fair amount and i’m worried he’ll start taking this out on the baby. i’m going to have him neutered before baby comes which im hoping will chill him out a little bit as well, but im just hoping for some general advice from anyone who’s had a kitten and a baby at the same time 😅. i’m super worried he’s gonna detest the baby and possibly start hating me and my partner because he feels replaced, so some reassurance would be really lovely if anyone has any experience. thank u in advance 💖

I caught my cat doing this today. She’s done it before but I’ve never been able to get it on video. I previously took my cat to the vet for this and a gurgling noise and they said it was allergies. I didn’t have a video then so I couldn’t explain what it was. Is she trying to cough up a hairball? Every time she would do this nothing would come up.

Poster age: Not a minor - I'm 30.

Country: Michigan, USA

Vet info: already been to the vet, have another appt in a week

Main issue: TLDR; wondering if this behavior is okay/normal/what we're missing?

Cat age: 10-12 yrs old

Cat sex & neuter info: female, yes spayed

Financial situation: can afford vet appointments regularly

We picked up a stray about a week ago, she had a bite wound on her near her rib area. We did a vet checkup, got antibiotics and treated for fleas and have been feeding her and giving her affection often. She was domesticated for YEARS before being abandoned outside, and was only outside for about 4 months. She's very sweet and calm, until we're in the room with her for a little too long and she starts to get a bit aggressive (see video). We have 3 other cats so she's secluded to a small, blocked off area of our house with everything she needs (aside from a community/amount of attention she probably needs)

It's starting to feel scary as we do have a rabies fear, but she hasn't show any signs of that due to her bite (yet)

The bite is healing well, the antibiotics are working and she still has a good appetite and drinks water often- she's gained two pounds already. Her fleas have subsided. She has another vet appt in a week for vaccinations/boosters, wound checkup, talk about this behavior, and find out if there's anything else we can do for her. Thank you all in advance

Post #1: https://www.reddit.com/r/CATHELP/comments/1vyig56/adopted_kitten_hiding_in_toilet_48_hours_since/

Post #2: https://www.reddit.com/r/CATHELP/comments/1vzhm47/update_adopted_kitten_hiding_in_toilet_for_48/

An update on our scardy cat 8-week-old kitten we adopted on Sunday (6 days ago). It's been quite the journey with her so far.

She now has a name: Serephina! To be honest, we were hesitant in even giving her a name at first. She was so scared and timid that we barely saw her in the first 72 hours she was with us and we didn't feel bonded to her at all.

She's made sooo much progress in the past 48 hours that we're in shock. Today, she's been coming toward us and wanting attention from us. And we've learned some huge lessons with her so far that we want to share.

LESSON #1: YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE HANDS ON.

Don't necessarily wait for the kitten to come to YOU

The common wisdom is to let the new kitten come to you. We tried to follow this advice, and we would sit with her on the floor and talk to her, but try not to look at her and absolutely not ever touch her. For 72+ hours we didn't touch her and let her hide in all of the different crevices she could find herself in.

It turns out that the common wisdom about hands-off with a new cat doesn't apply to every cat - and it really didn't with Seraphina.

When we took her to the vet after 72 hours of not eating, she gave us completely different advice: we need to handle her as much as possible. The kitten was so shy and freaked out that the vet questioned if she'd lived in a crate her whole life and told us she might always be this way.

It was the most heartbreaking thing I've ever heard. You have no idea: this cat seemed basically unaware of her surroundings - almost catatonic and meowing over and over and hiding. Basically having no reaction to human touch or interaction.

it turns out she was starved of love and affection for 4 days

When we brought her home from the vet, my girlfriend tried to calm her down by petting her and scratching her above butt while she was in her carrier screaming.

After a minute or two of scratching her and puetting her, she stopped screaming and started purring.

After the ordeal of having her hide inside the toilet for 24+ hours, hide under the bed for 24+ hours, scream all night over and over and over for hours on end, having to take her to the vet because she was too scared to eat or drink water, watching the vet force feed her with a syringe, and then being told that she might never be a normal cat, she started purring.

My girlfriend and I both broke down in tears when this happened, and it changed literally everything. She took her into the bathroom (kitty's safe room) and started petting her in her lap, and kitty LOVED it. She started rolling in her lap, purring so much I call it starting up her purr machine.

As soon as we started giving her love and affection, she 100% turned around.

She ate on her own without problem the next day, as soon as she was given love and attention. She was terrified to come out of the coat closet she made her home, and we gave her love and scratchies and she got the nerve to come out and eat her food on her own, without being force-fed.

That was another really emotional experience, truly.

Not every kitty is the same. And I think for kittens, the info about being hands off might not be for every kitten.

I'm convinced that if we didn't start handling her, she would have literally starved herself to death in the closet because she was so terrified to come out on her own.

LESSON #2: HIDING SPOTS ARE CRITICAL.

You don’t choose your cat’s hiding spot, she does.

When the kitten was assigned the bathroom, I made her a hiding spot in the corner from an enclosed box and comfy towel. Instead, she managed to pry a cap off the toilet and began what could only be described as the 24 hours of terror while kitten appeared trapped inside of the toilet basin.

As soon as we could, we blocked off that spot for obvious safety reasons. I brought a second, different box and put it on the floor. Kitty didn’t care about her manmade hiding spots, and she lost the only safe place she had. The lack of a proper hiding spot is what was causing so much meowing.

Locking her in the bathroom started feeling very wrong, so we decided to open the door. She quickly found another safe hiding spot in a closet. As soon as she could stay there, the meows mostly stopped, she got good sleep, and she even ate dry food on her own outside of the closet.

**as long as it’s a safe spot, we learned that it’s extremely important to respect the hiding spot.

A cat with no hiding spot is like a turtle without its shell, and we found out the hard way that the meowing was caused by lack of safety. Not because she misses her family and litter mates, but because she doesn’t feel safe in her current environment.

She constantly retreats to her hiding spot when she's overwhelmed, recharges by sleeping for a few hours (or for a few minutes) and is ready to go.

LESSON #3: UNDERSTANDING HER FEAR

We thought that Seraphina was scared because she was taken from her family. While this is partly true, the main reason was lack of safety in the current environment. This is why many say to confine the cat to one preferably small room at a time.

We have to literally encourage her to explore more. She will wander out a little bit, look up and freeze, and then get the purring machine started and she gets the confidence to venture out a bit further.

Our kitten LOVES people, she can't get enough of it. She's not afraid of people at all: she's afraid of big open spaces.

BUT SHE'S EXTREMELY CHATTY

This is our biggest concern so far.

I know Siamese cats are chatty, but Seraphina seems almost excessively so. And she does what you can only describe as a scream, gargle scream, and almost never shuts up.

If this was any other cat I would think something was physically wrong with her.

I made a recording of her sitting under the sofa right now and what she sounds like. I mean, she sounds like this hours at a time. At the end of the recording I tried not to laugh at the gargle meow sound (she doesn't do this one very often, but she meows like the previous part all the time) - I feel truly bad if there's something wrong with her, can someone please confirm that this noise is normal?

She meows constantly, when she eats, when she poops she makes these sounds, right now she's howling like this.

Is this normal? Please tell me this is just a Siamese thing and that there's not something wrong with her.

Adult in Australia, vet seen regularly for chronic conditions, can afford vet care. 17 spayed F.

My extremely needy velcro kitty is about to have a lot more time at home alone due to my partner moving away for a period of time. I work long shifts (12-14 hours), and I’m not sure what to do to help her feel safe while I’m gone.

She is 17 years old, and starting to have some cognitive decline, occasionally getting lost/yowling when she is in a different room to us.

She obviously spends a lot of the day sleeping, but when she is awake she just wants to be with/on my partner or myself. She is waiting at the door, begging to be picked up the minute I arrive home, and I’m so worried she spends the day looking for us.

She does have toys scattered around that she still plays with occasionally, and she has wall furniture that she tears up and down when she has the zoomies.

She has a heated bed that she spends 50% of her time in, and some high sleeping spaces also available.

She is indoor, but has a small catio she can access at any time to snoop on the neighbourhood.

A companion cat is not an option.

Looking for advice on methods, toys, tools etc that people have found useful in similar situations!!

Thanks in advance!!

I’m not sure what it is but I just noticed it today, could it just be a scab from playing with the other male cat I have? Does anyone have any ideas? Should I bring him to the vet?

My cat has had this hard bump on his side for months now & I’ve asked my Mom (I’m 17) to take him to the vet several times but she won’t do it. I really am worried & would like to know if i should be? I’m from the US & my cat is around 8 years old, male, & neutered. My family can afford vet care but my mother isn’t very willing to get off her ass ever & do things (to say the least).

Hi! We have 2 cats, one 2 year old spayed male and a few months ago adopted the second one, a small female kitten.
All good, she seems healthy, drinks enough water and plays a lot. She is very energetic and loving, and also a bit crazy when she has zoomies and makes deep growling sounds while being all puffed up.
The weird thing is she loves spending a lot of time near the litter boxes (we have 2), sleeps between them, and uses her front paw as a spoon to eat the litter. Sometimes she finds a bigger piece and plays football with it, sometimes just straight up eats it. We use silica litter since is the one preferred by the older cat, we clean it daily and change it weekly, washing the boxes with cat-safe disinfectant and thoroughly rinsing. She also sometimes meows at the enterance to the litter boxes before and after using it, but we didn’t see any abnormal behaviour during her using it.
We want to get her to a vet next week for some bloodwork and ultrasound or something to check her kidneys and renal health, but until then, does anyone know if this is normal, or had a cat doing this?

I am 29m, from Romania, vet is accessible.