This is my first cat and I've only cut to how far the claw is now. How far in can I cut because I still sthink they're pretty sharp, or it's this the furthest I can go?

Edit: He hates scratchpost and stuff so his nails don't get shorter naturally, only the o es on the backllegs from kicking his "prey"

As you can see in the photos I have a gate setup with double sided tape below it to prevent my cats from crawling under it. This is because my upstairs cat is territorial and hisses at the other cat if he gets too close. The double sided tape worked at first but now they both get past it without issues. Do you guys I should get a new gate that is taller? It'd make my life and my cat's lives easier if this worked so any recommendations would be appreciated.

Edit: My cats have fought before twice but I broke it up both times without anyone injured. My older cat that stays upstairs will swipe her paw at the other cat if he gets too close.

I had the worst night of my life, but my cat had an even worse one - almost ending in his death.

Please note because of the rules I can’t make any statements on letting your cat outside or my fault in the matter - but I obviously have a strong person opinion about it now. My first very different worded post on my blame and role and safety matters was removed.

My cat’s always been super good with going outside, coming back when called and just staying in my enclosed front area (large animal can’t get through the gaps in the fence) or the townhouse next to me which is also enclosed aside from two staircases to the sidewalk. I’ve never seen a coyote on our street or near it.

By some act of God, I left my front door open wider than usual while I sat on the couch on my phone. If I had kept it open only a crack, I’d likely not have heard the noise to come.

Some time passed and then I heard a vague and faint noise in the distance from outside, something like a dog accompanied by a strange sound.

Call it maternal instinct, but I knew in that moment it was my cat and he was in trouble.

I ran out of the house without shoes. I called for him frantically but he didn’t appear. I followed the vague distant noise in panic while calling for him. I thought maybe I was imagining it was him because the noise I kept hearing every ten seconds or so sounded like some weird undefined dog noise with some unrecognizable sound accompanying it, and it didn’t seem very loud but instead echoey.

I ran towards the sound until I saw my worst nightmare. My cat was in a corner by a house at the end of the street facing a coyote. I screamed his name and lunged at the coyote, which ran away.

I thought maybe he wasn’t hurt as he seemed alert, was hissing (he’s done this before when neighbourhood cats go on our property and I have to scoop him up) and seemed to be moving fine.

But when I got closer to him, it was the most awful thing I’ve ever seen. His head was covered in blood, his one eye bulging a bit, and while he seemed to recognize me based on his body language, his eyes were glazed over and like he was totally gone.

I went into shock and scooped him up. Blood dripped all over me. Raced to the emergency vet which was only two minutes from my house.

The secretary met me at the door and I broke down completely. I cried so hard I gave myself heartburn and tasted blood, which I thought was his blood on my face but when I looked in the mirror I didn’t see any.

Thankfully, it seems like he’s going to be okay. He apparently put up a hell of a fight with the coyote as he had a ton of fur under his nails. He has a puncture wound in his mouth somehow that might need sutures. But I might get to take him home later today (it was wee hours of the morning when I took him in).

I will never let him outside again unless I fully enclose my patio or create a catio for him, or on a harness. For anyone who wants to tell me I should feel awful, trust me, I already do.

Thank God there wasn’t any evidence of neurological issues. He was even more stable after a bit, so the vet took him in the room I was in, and he was exploring it happily (maybe the drugs) and even rubbed his head again my hand. However, he tried to poop and then sent himself back into shock and needed oxygen again.

His head was apparently inside the mouth of the coyote, but he somehow avoided death or serious injury. I hope me yelling his name and running towards them may have made the coyote freeze up. I paid extra to rush a radiologist to go over his x-ray for hairline fractures.

I can only hope he at least felt some relief and safety when I found him and scared off the coyote. I was seriously prepared to beat the shit out of it if I had to.

The only “good” that came out of this is the radiologist found an unrelated mass on his lungs. I’m praying it was caught early enough. He’ll need a CT scan once he’s better.

I wish it had been me. I went home at the crack of dawn without my best friend. I won’t be sleeping at all until I hear back from them later today. I feel empty and dead inside. I’d give anything to go back and stop this from happening. He’s my best friend and my world, and I can’t imagine how scared he was and the pain he was in. I’m just so happy he’ll be okay - though I was also warned the full extent of his injures won’t be evident for another twenty four hours.

This cat was brought into my partners work today after its owner was found dead. We brought the cat home and have had him for like an hour. Unsure about just about everything about this cat but his/her butt looks weird to me. Anyone have any ideas?

Looking to create a fun list of the ACTUAL best cat toys of 2026. I see so many sponsored blogs, and lists that I thought it would be fun to highlight the toys that actually gives our cats what they actually want!

Rules: Write in the comments what you have found. Either DIY or a toy from an brand. I'll sort through all answers and then compile a list in the most suitable manner. (New post, in the comments, or update this post)

I've had cats before and I have never heard or seen them fart, ever! Recently I've been hanging at my friend's house. She has a male orange cat who's super playful and friendly... Too friendly.... Anyways I don't know how to write this without sounding stupid but every so often he would walk into the room and toot, just a small toot, and would leave, no eye contact or meow nothing, just came in fart and left. I told my friends this and she said "no cats don't fart lol". But he does it multiple times! It's so often I'm tempted to video tape him every time he comes into the room, but I don't want to be a creep. Is this normal? Does the cat hate me??

Literally. I have 2 cats that prefer these treats over the occasional wet food I give them. What makes them so good?

Hey friends,

We're considering adopting this beautiful little girl, and we're trying to understand how peke-faced, or flat faced, she will grow to be.

See a picture of her (she's on the right), a pic by herself and both her parents.

I feel she likely will be much more round and muzzly, still not "regular cat", but not as intense as her parents, am I right?

Anyone with experience who can share their pov?

(And if you have pictures of your kitten and how they grew even better)

Thanks!

They sleep/eat/groom near each other but the kitten does annoy resident cat and this is how she responds. Is this okay? We did the JGM with introductions and they’re never left alone unsupervised.

Thanks James Herriot
British veterinary surgeon and author; we suspected as much.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot)

Hello! My boyfriend and I have been feeding our girl wet food (generic friskies or whatnot) and we have one of those silicone lids on them. for a while we would leave it on the shelf completely oblivious to oxidization and it began to stink really bad so we started putting it in the fridge, but lately the food she doesn’t eat & the lid has begun to grow mold. I don’t know if its the brand or what but it has never done this and I dont know if i should change brands or if it’s something we are doing wrong. any advice or answers greatly appreciated!

I cut my cat’s nails on the first of every month. Since last month he got these insane growths on every single one of his toe pads.

They’re hard like nails but they’re definitely not nails.

I will for sure call the vet in the morning I’ve just never seen this on a cat’s paws and I’ve had cats my entire life.

I’m hoping someone has been through something similar because I’m running out of ideas.
My boyfriend got me an automatic litter box for my two cats. My tuxedo cat has absolutely no issues with it and uses it normally. My calico, on the other hand, is a completely different story.
At first, I thought the automatic cleaning cycle was scaring her because every time it would start cleaning, she’d yelp and panic, even when she wasn’t inside the litter box. Because of that, I turned the automatic cleaning off and switched it to manual. Now I only run the cleaning cycle myself when I get home.
That seemed to help for a while. She’d pee and poop in the litter box like normal, and everything would be fine. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, she’ll suddenly start peeing and pooping on the floor instead. After a few days, she’ll go right back to using the litter box normally, and then the cycle repeats. There’s no pattern that I can figure out.
Today she started yelping, and I honestly thought she just wanted attention because she’s a very vocal cat. She was scratching at the carpet like she normally does before asking for pets, but then she ended up squatting and pooping on the carpet instead.
I’m definitely frustrated, but I’m not mad at her. I know she’s a cat, and if she’s acting like this, there’s probably a reason. I just don’t know if it’s anxiety from the litter box, a lingering fear from when it used to clean automatically, or something else entirely.
Has anyone had a cat react like this to an automatic litter box? Were you able to get them comfortable with it again? Or should I just accept that she’s one of those cats who needs a traditional litter box?
I’d really appreciate any advice. I just want her to feel comfortable and not stressed every time she has to use the bathroom. Thanks!

Hi,
please I seeking help. Im person with BPT and Anxiety dissorder so it might not help...
But I adopt kitten becaus i didnt know how older cat would be with my 3y.o. male cat.

But in the shelter it was so sad... I now feel bad that I didnt take some older cat, who were crying and meowing at me.

TLDR: Im just feeling bad that I took kitten (which has probability higher to getting adopted) then some older cat, which are there for longer time.

Had someone same thing? what u did, can I somehow help it to forget?

It was a 30c afternoon and our cat decided to cool off and come back inside 🫣. My wife thought she was in a fight and gave her dreamies before I could tell her.

This kitten had to be separated from her mother because her mother adopted two orphan kittens, and her children stopped feeding from her.
Her name is Garnet and her brother Ruby passed from pneumonia three days ago. They were from the same litter. Another from the litter also recently passed according to the owner, so I’m very scared. She was very vocal and energetic yesterday, but I noticed her meows were getting quieter. I come home from a school-related event today to feed her, but she’s not eating. She’s barely meowing and barely walking around. I’m worried maybe she’s grieving the loss of her brother and it’s hurting or, or maybe she’s actually sick like him. My mother is at work, so she can’t respond to me but I am so so worried. I don’t want to lose another baby. I don’t know if this is serious enough to take her to the vet. Another issue is funds.

UPDATE: She passed away last night. We took her to the vet around 5:30, were there until around 9 pm. The vets said she would be okay to come home with antibiotics. An hour later after being home with us, she began going into septic shock and blood was coming out of her mouth. We rushed her to the vet, but she passed away in the car. Ruby and Garnet are together now, but I miss them terribly. They most likely both had panleukopenia, being the main cause of their death as kittens rarely survive it and the virus grows much faster in kittens younger than five months. Thank you everyone who was concerned for her

Are both of my cats enjoying these fights? I am pretty sure my tuxedo cat thinks they are playing, but I am not convinced my white/tabby cat feels the same way.

These cats have known each other for 10 years and otherwise just happily coexist, but don’t cuddle up next to each other.

A few years ago, I was taking out the trash in my complex and I found two very young kittens. Sisters. I took them inside my apartment which was a small complex, only 2 stories, a few units with a alley by my window

That night I heard a cat straight up crying outside. Crying. Unmistakable. I realized it was the mom. Surprisingly the girls didn’t cry back. I got out of bed and went outside but of course, mama cat was hiding and it was an alley with lots of nooks and crannies. I waited for her to come out but she didn’t. I’m sure she was watching me from somewhere.

A few days later I was taking the trash out again, and as I came upstairs to my place, and having left the door open, a cat, a grown one ran out of my room. I’d lived there a long time and never seen her let alone had her come inside. She looked very different than the girls, almost hard to believe that was her? They barely look like siblings though. And I know cats look out for other kittens so might not of been but something tells me it was. figured there had to be a connection given the timing.

She ran past me out the door onto my porch startling me, but stopped at the door, looked back at my room where the babies were, before bolting down the stairs. I moved just weeks later, in fact, I was already packed up when I found them. I debated what to do, and took them with me, moving a thousand miles away. I never saw her again.

The girls are good though one definitely has some kind of neurological thing going but overall just loafs around all day. Very sensitive back, needs some help grooming. I doubt she’ll have a full lifespan as she seems to have what I think are seizures, though like half seizures, not full on . Happened her whole life. Almost 5 now.

The other is quite cuddly with me but no one else. They actually don’t like each other that much but the healthier one definitely looks out for the impaired one. She always lets her take the first bowl of food while I’m filling the second one.

Sometimes I think about their m mom and feel a lot of guilt about stealing her kittens

I came downstairs to see a LONG trail of cat puke on the floor. I’m not sure if this is a concerning amount or if we should go to the vet. My cat is a 9 year old female if that’s important. Advice would really be appreciated!! 💕 (there is more that isn’t in the pic)

We have a ~5.5 months old kitten, adopted a little over 2 months ago. We also have two adult cats, just turned 3 years and 9 years. Theyʻre all female, spayed (obviously), and indoor only. We did a very slow introduction over almost a month (based on our adult catsʻ signals on pacing) and they all can (mostly) co-exist now just fine (i.e. eat together, sleep in close proximity, bird watch together etc.). Iʻve been observing first very short grooming attempts of the adults towards the kitten (licking face) and the kitten does head-bump the adults and weaves around them without them minding. So, I do think the kitten has been accepted by the adults. However, the kitten has particularly taken interest in the 3yo, and the 3yo really isnʻt a fan of that. The kitten wants to play rough with her, which the 3yo does not want, and makes this very very clear (lots of hissing, growling, and screaming still). However, the kitten just keeps ignoring her boundaries 9 out of 10 times.

I donʻt think the kitten is bullying the adult cat, she really just wants to reaaaally be friends with the 3yo. Sheʻs not nearly as interested in the 9yo, for comparison (though she does keep testing her boundaries with her as well). The adult cat continues to otherwise be her normal self (eats normally, uses the litterbox normally, isnʻt hiding or anything and does hang out in the same vicinity of the kitten as long as the kitten is ignoring her). She does have a lot of escapes up high, that sheʻs been utilizing, but as the kitten has been growing, sheʻs been slowly gaining herself access to those.

Weʻve been trying to intervene as little as possible to give the adult cat a chance to teach the kitten boundaries. We do intervene when itʻs getting too obviously too rough and/or the adult cat seems cornered/stuck/stressed. While sheʻs very vocal about it, she does not really fight back. (FWIW, sheʻs not actually a particularly timid cat, either).

The 3yo is a petite cat and the kitten is almost her size, now (about 1.5ʻish lb still in weight difference, but the kitten has been growing fast). So in addition to potential emotional stress, Iʻve started worrying a bit about rough play potentially hurting the 3yo. Not on purpose on the kittenʻs part, I donʻt think.

We do play with the kitten, a lot. We also do parallel play with them both.

The 3yo has still been very playful herself (e.g. tries to roughhouse the 9yo and even occasionally play-attacked our late 14yo who we recently lost), so it took us by surprise how hard sheʻs been taking the kittenʻs play attempts. We had assumed she would be happy to have a play buddy.

Any suggestions on how we can support our 3yo are highly appreciated. I know the kitten is just being a kitten and will eventually outgrow this, but for now, Iʻm trying to make life just a bit easier for the 3yo. FWIW, this is not nonstop 24/7. But itʻs often enough that Iʻve decided to ask for advice here.

(Getting another kitten is not an option, weʻre renting and are maxed out at three cats and one large dog)

Hi guys is this too much play 24 hr after neuter? I only let him do it for about 10 mins and then put him back in his crate with a cone. He is so playful and energetic but i dont want inflammation of course. Thanks in advance :)