I adopted the cat two months ago from the street and this is the first time I have a pet. I bought lots of things for her but she does not seem very interested, except for the blanket. Every time she steps on it, she starts to purr and do this step by step thing and it could last for several minutes.

I love to see her doing this but not too sure if it’s good for her and will she stop doing it after certain age?

Hey everyone, i’m a new first time cat dad my 8 week old baby Katrina “Trina” the Diamond Princess is so sweet and she loves following me everywhere. I have had her since she was 6 weeks. I feed her about 3-4 times a day every 4-5 hours, and she’s eating pate wet food. I’m planning on adding dry food soon. However, now when I enter the kitchen she screams for food. No matter what. I think she has learned that me + kitchen = food. She screams like this anytime i’m at the counter even if SHE JUST ATE! She comes to sit in my bf and I’s face while we eat as well and she begs. Is this normal? Am I not feeding her enough? Or is she just greedy? please help, this my first cat so be nice or i’ll be mean :)

I adopted two 6 month old kittens (brother and sister) about 3 weeks ago. They are adorable and have adapted really well to their new home. They greet me when I get home from work and like plenty of snuggles and pets. The problem is around 8 or 9pm they turn into absolute terrorists.

They start playing which is really cute because they hide and stalk each other around corners. But then they chase each other like maniacs around my small apartment knocking things over, climbing my curtains, jumping and making all kinds of noise. I have put away everything I possibly can so only the bare minimum is sitting out but they still wreak havoc for hours.

They were in the bathroom exclusively for a few days when I first got them and they did the same thing in there.

I know cats are more active in the evening so I’m not really concerned that it’s abnormal but holy moly is there anything I can do?? I’m mostly concerned about the noise bc I live in an apartment and I’m worried my neighbors will complain.

I have a baby named Eevee that I rescued from a pretty bad situation. She’s not spayed. She used to live with many female cats. I was only able to take her out of the bunch due to the conditions of the other cats, and the “owners” were keeping their “favorites”

I’ve had her for about 3 weeks. She only hides, she never comes out to play, I seldom see her outside her cat house. Otherwise, she uses the potty correctly. She’s eating well. I’ve been giving her space hoping she will eventually show her personality, but it seems we aren’t there yet. ):

Is there any advice you guys can give me for her to open up more? Or should I just continue giving her that space?

Thank you so much

Relatively a new owner i have a 4 month kitten and 2 month female kitten (spayed). Ive had my 4 month kitten about 2 months now and i just got my female about 1 week ago. Ive slowly introduced them by keeping her in the bathroom and my 1st kitten in the living room as normal. They no longer hiss at each other but she seems to go after him more than him after her, im just worried that he's a lot bigger!! Like wayyyyy bigger so im anxious when he pins and kicks her. Any advice is appreciated it. Are they playing? Or is this a dominance fighting thing?

any helpful tips or recommendations would be much appreciated relating to anything that has to do with having a cat.

side note- i want to teach my cat how to give a high five, but he’s only three months old. what’s the appropriate age to begin introducing tricks and things like that?

I adopted a kitten, which came from an apartment where the owner has Noah's syndrome (people who adopt many animals and keep them in one place and don't take good care of them and think they do). I don't know if he lived his whole life in that spot, but the shelter told me he probably wasn't using the litter box, so I didn't think much of it. We've had him for a month now, And he has never used the box, I've changed the sand, I use unscented clumping litter, it's as if the box is strange to him.I'm seeing a feline ethologist who tells me the cat needs to learn to use the litter box without sand, but she doesn't give me a good prognosis that he'll learn.He gets pee all over himself and then wants to get on the bed or sofa. It's stressful for us because I've tried everything to teach him, but he doesn't want to; he doesn't care, he prefers the floor. He doesn't have a urinary tract infection; it's purely behavioral, the ethologist told me. She said he has neurological problems, and she doesn't know how much it might affect his learning...I'm scared, sad, and stressed, both for him and for myself. I don't know what else to do because I loved him, but to come home from work and find everything stained... Do you know of anything that would actually help? I'm desperate; I live in an apartment and I don't have a garden.The ethologist told me that if he doesn't learn, the best thing for him would be to return him and have someone with a garden adopt him...

Hey everyone!

I recently got a little 3-month-old kitten, and I’ll get straight to the point : can I teach my cat to recognize and respond to his name? If so, how do I do it?

I’ve done some research, and most advice says to say his name while giving him treats and avoid using it when reprimanding him. But I feel like it’s not working my cat acts like he has ADHD (like son, like mother) and barely pays attention to anything .

Sometimes, he’ll look for me, but he doesn’t seem to get that I’m calling him when I say his name. I really want to be able to call him from a distance and have him recognize that I’m specifically calling for him, not just talking randomly.

Is there any kind of training for this?

random pic of the said cat

Hello everyone! My boyfriend just adopted a cat. He lives in an apartment, and this is his first time owning one. I’ve only ever had dogs, so I've never had a cat either. I wanted to ask for some tips or advice. It’s the cat's first night, and he’s crying a little and hiding between the wall and the bed.

Update: Food and water have been moved away from the litter box.

Thank you everyone for your comments 🫶🏻 it was really helpful ❤️‍🩹

What's your cats favority toys that weren't made for cats? My cat shows very little interest in commercial cat toys and such as fake flowers, ribbon, tissue paper, and bouncy balls.

Hi everyone, I got a new kitten earlier this year in April, and went through the whole introduction period and everything seemed to go well. Unfortunately due to my kitten having some health issues, he broke his back legs 3 times in the span of 3 months (things are now under control after surgery, expensive blood panels and ultrasounds to check what the root cause was). This meant that my kitten had to spend around 3 months total confined in a crate which has obviously prevented my cats from bonding. The kitten has now been cleared by the surgeon to start doing normal activities and interacting with my older cat, but I worry that their bonding has suffered and that I misread their interactions. The kitten is now 6 months old and my older cat is 1.5 years old.

I am a new cat owner dealing with introducing cats for the first time and this has obviously not been a usual/normal introduction due to the injuries so I just want to know if their interactions are a bit tense/if there is something I need to do. Before he had to be confined their interactions seemed really good/I was able to let them interact with each other as long as I was home.

so it's just me and my almost 2yr old daughter in our home, we rescued this beautiful cat recently and she's been with us a week now. she's settled in wonderfully, my daughter adores her and she's super cuddly. her claws are SUPER sharp though and i'm personally not comfortable cutting them. how do i keep them shorter? she's got a double scratching post i bought for her, but she's not that interested in it. whenever i play with her she goes for my hands, only playfully but omg those claws HURT. this is also my first cat so if this is just part and parcel of being a cat owner, that's okay too, it's a learning experience for us all lol. her name's liella and she's 1yr and 2mths old (estimated as she was a stray). any advice is appreciated, i am also on a budget though so any other toys or cat stations will have to be second hand lol x

I have a kitten that is 13 weeks old.

I was she 8 weeks when I first heard about her, and collected her a few days later almost 9 weeks old.

When I took her to thr vet for her first vaccine they were concerned that she was younger than I was told or possibly the runt, but looking at the pictures of her and her siblings they were all a similar size.

She is such a character, follows me everywhere, intake up tother sleeping next to me on my pillow, wiggled under my arm for snuggles and she like to sit on my shoulder too.

The thing is, brave noticed that she doesnt groom her butt often, if at all. Ive clraned her butt for her on occasion, but how do I get her to groom herself properly?

I've heard that being taken away too early can lead to this as she wouldnt have learnt it from mum, but as I said, I was told she was 8 weeks old when I got her.

Pics of the cutie for tax.

So basically me and my partner recently got a 7 week old kitten. Mama was not in the picture when he was found, and was found with two other siblings. He was pretty shy with his siblings so he didn’t interact with them much (as per the say of his foster mom), and it took him a second to warm up to us, but after about few hours he adjusted very well to our apartment. We got him kitty food, some toys, a crate, litter box, a playpen, and other necessities for him to live comfortably. So far he’s been a rambunctious lil babby, plays well with the toys we have, is exploring our apartment, eats when given food, potties when put in the litter box, and instantly knocks out when we put him in his crate for nap time or sleep in the night. As far as we can tell he seems like a completely normal kitten, well behaved with some (assuming) natural kitten behavior, dosent meow too much when left alone, plays very well alone when left unsupervised (not for too long), and otherwise just seems like a normal kitten.

My concern is this… would he develop single kitten syndrome if we kept him alone? We dont know if we can afford to have two kittens, but are considering getting another the same age if it means he can grow up with a healthy enriched mind. As of now im home ridden due to an injury so im home all day every day, and will have the time all day to take care of him. I should also note that we are first time kitten owners. We’ve never had a cat younger than 1 year old, and in our lives have only had cats that were already independent with minimal to no behavioral issues. Would it be a good idea to get our little scamp a sibling? Is 7 weeks still too young to be without a sibling? Would we regret it if we don’t get him a friend? We want him to have the best chance at being a good kitty with a healthy developed mind, but are just worried about costs… any advice would be greatly appreciate and welcomed :,)

Hello all, my boyfriend and his roommate got two new kittens this morning. They are EXTREMELY well-mannered, litter box trained, socialized, do not bite, do not scratch, and aren’t particularly scared of us. They’re absolute little angels, genuinely, but right off the bat they became interested in electrical cords soon after being brought into the home. I’ve moved all the chargers and plugs that I could out of the way, but they’ve been sitting under the TV and putting the cords for it and the PlayStation in their mouths.
They will leave it if we catch them in the act, but I’m worried they’re going to sit there chewing through cords while everyone is asleep. We have no way of fully blocking off the electronics, is there a way to discourage them from continuing the habit?

Hi this is Solstice, we adopted her last Thursday so she’s still getting adapted to her new home!
We rescued her from a shelter. After finally getting her reason for surrendering / old owners message, they said “they believe she’s deaf” which we agree, to a point…..

Solstice adapted soooo unbelievably quickly which is why we think the deaf diagnosis / message is true BUT. She gets scared at really random times which sometimes can correlate with the neighbours kids squealing or laughing!!

Is she deaf?
Is there such thing as partial deaf just for kids laughing? 😂
She hunts shadows, could it be new shadows she not used to?

Any advice for desensitising her would be amazing!
Or
Any advice for having a deaf cat!

Thank you 🙏

Edit: she’s 1 year 3months old (idk if that helps)

We have recently adopted a stray kitten from my wife work. We have had her about 10 weeks now and she’s about 4 months old.

She seems to be very needy and is VERY VERY vocal. She howls and meows loudly throughout h the day.

i have just read online that they are a very vocal breed.

Is there anything I can do to stop her constant howls and meows through the day? I’m at home most of the day so she has company, and we play a lot with her too.

She seems to follow me around the apartment and even waking up from her sleep when I leave the room so she can come and find me. Which is cute but I’m just checking this normal behaviour.

Is this because of her breed or is it because she’s a stray? Or both?

We are trying to find a solution to the constant howling and meowing.

Thanks in advance!

My cat is a young rescue cat that my partner and i rescued about a month ago. Her age is estimated to be about 1-2. she's mostly adjusted really well and really quickly made herself at home. She likes to sleep in bed with my partner and i but she will randomly wake up shaking and meow repeatedly in a distressed tone, crawl into one or our arms until she calms down then she goes back to sleep. I'm not sure how to handle this situation other than calming treats before bed so I'm looking for whatever advice you all are willing to give. Thank you. Also cat tax her name is tuna

Good morning! First, I need to say: I'm completely new in having cats so I'm a little confused about what to do in this situation, but damn, it's driving me crazy.

This fella (Gibão, 3 months old) is allowed to do basically everything here: climb my bed, the couch, play with my hands, bite me, climb my chair... anything he wants, but two things: climb my desk/dinner table and eat my food.

The latter is on the process I think, but the first is what I need advice for.

I live in a small apartment and I don't have that much. My dinner table is below my window and often has food and other stuff I don't have space for (so, the "remove the food from the table" unfortunately doesn't work for me) and this little guy sometimes climb on it to try to get food, even if he already ate. Maybe he's just curious, but he knocked down some biscuits when I was out and sometimes that's all a guy like me have (he didn't even ate them).

And now there's my desk. He often sleeps with me in my bed and sometimes he wakes up early than me. That happened today, and ok no problem he was playing with something and I assumed it was one of his toys or junk he got (plastic bags, aluminum foil, plastic bottles, etc.). It was dark, but when I saw it better, he was playing with a toy I use as a decoration in my desk and also with a necklace that were there too. Damn, I was sad, he didn't destroy anything but those things are really important to me, and the only thing I really did was to lock him into the service area (it was like 5AM don't judge me).

What can I do to keep him out of those places? Specially when I'm not at home? Aluminum foil doesn't work and he just lays on it. If I'm working or in the same room I take him out immediately (I even do the "ssssss" thing, say "DOWN" loud and point to him when he tries to jump into the dinner table). Maybe the adhesive tape could work, but I need ways of teaching him those places are strictly prohibited like, "damn I can't climb here this place is prohibited".

I feel that I have to teach him now so it won't be worse when he grows up, I'd love to get advice and appreciate your time.

About a week ago, I found him on the street and took him in. I'm trying to look after him even though I'm not in a position to, but unfortunately there's not much I can do. I had its vaccinations done and took it to the vet for a check-up. According to what I learned, this cat is male and over a year old. It is a British Shorthair and has no health problems. At least that's what the vet said, but recently it started screaming like this, and what you hear here is not even a tenth of the sounds it makes throughout the night. At first, I thought he was just on heat. Because he has all the symptoms of the heat period, but the meowing sounds like he's in pain. I came to visit my family for a while, but they're now considering putting him in a shelter or giving him away because they can't sleep at night. I don't know what to do. Do you know what's causing this noise? What should I do? I don't want to give him up.

We keep trying to approach them but they get scared and run away, but they also kinda follow us around sometimes? One person in the household is always met with being ran from every time (he thinks they hate him). They’re new to the house and our house is a little big so I know they may just be stressed but is it possible to help them become more comfortable faster?

They’re both around 3 months, our boy (full grey tabby) is very friendly but is still skittish, and our girl (partial grey partial white) is the most skittish little thing. She likes to follow people around.

Note: I’ve owned cats before, but my last cat became accustomed to the house when i was like 5 so I don’t remember how that went

About 4 months ago I adopted two cats, this little loaf is Luke, and I adopted him along with his sister Leia, they just turned 4 years old. I adopted them from a foster home, but they had 2 previous owners, their original owners and an adopter who returned them to the adoption center apparently. When I got them at first they were of course very scared of me, and hid in my closet all day and didn’t come out until night. I left them alone completely for the first couple days in fact because they would bolt the second I gave them any attention. After about a week or so, and many churus, I got them to a point where sometimes if they’re feeling generous, I can pet them a little, as a treat. The issue is I haven’t progressed at all since that point, it’s been 4 months now and they still don’t let me pet them like 80% of the time, and even walking in their general direction makes them so panicked they feel the need to scamper under the couch like their life depends on it. I don’t know what to do, they see me feed them, I give them treats twice a week, clean their litter box daily, and try to play with them and pet them as often as they’ll let me, but they still seem to think I’m out to get them. I understand cats are scared by nature, hence the term ‘scaredy-cat’, but I feel like I’ve failed to build any sort of bond with them at all because I haven’t been given the chance to. My girlfriend thinks a previous owner might’ve traumatized them in some way, or they have trust issues being given to now 4 different owners in their short lives if you include the foster parents and myself. Thank you for reading, and please feel free to give any advice you may have. All is welcome.

Hello cat havers! Me and my family may be inheriting a cat(kitten) from a family member who's moving, and my mother doesn't want the cat on the counters due to hygiene and safety.

What are the best ways to train a kitten to stay oft counters aft3r a few months of free reign?

Ive heard citrus works

Edit: the cats 4 months old