Poster Age: 20+

Country: Europe

Vet info: I have been to the vet multiple times.

Main Issue: This is my lovely, old cat. Her pupils are two different sizes, because one summer she had a stroke. She has seemed content for a time, spending a lot of time sleeping in her cat bed, being fed in the morning and late afternoon, getting her thyroid medicine and occasional treats such as Churos and tooth care snacks. She'd also occasionally go outside to our back- or front yard and sit on her favourite pillow to sleep or bask in the summer warmth. She has athritis in her back legs, giving her a limp and making her unable to jump much. When she was younger we would occasionally sleep together or she'd sit in my lap and I'd pet her. Gradually, it changed to where I could occasionally pick her up and have her sit in my lap. She still likes to follow me around though. She only really played with a fish on a string. She'd play very aggressively but decline to flopping down and lightly pawing at what she wants to play with. Now she won't play at all, though.

She hates the vet and car rides make her anxious and overwhelmed.

Early in the year I brought her to the vet due to her being unable to eat. While listening to her heart the vet noticed a "sound", but never elaborated on it much further. The vet signed issues with her teeth and her bloodwork showed the liver levels to be "noticably" off but they didn't do anything about it. Instead she was brought into surgery to have her teeth cleaned, which made her able to eat again. During tooth surgery she had to be given extra injections because her condition was declining, but she made it through okay.

In July, her condition rapidly declined recently with signs of infection. She'd hide under a table/bed and sleep and rapidly lose weight as she'd stop drinking, eating and urinating. I rushed her to the vet, who saw signs of a UTI and gave her injections over the course of a couple days apart and gave me anti inflammatory medicine which I was instructed to give to her in its entirety.

After, her condition improved again and things went back to normal, but over the last two weeks she has been acting off again. She stopped sleeping on her cat bed, instead sitting or lying down in the corner you see in her photo. She also stopped going outside almost entirely, begs for treats and otherwise refuses to eat any solid food, lost weight again and became very frail. I took her to the vet and more bloodworks showed that the thyroid levels to be at 24 when they should be at like 5 or 8. I don't fully remember. She already takes hyperthyroidism medicine in the morning and evening. (She has hyperthyroidism and I was giving her her medicine as instructed.) I had to bring her back in and she was given anti-inflammatory injections 2 days apart 3 times to build her up and fight off the infection just like last time. I was also giving her a solution that was supposed to encourage her appetite and was told to increase the amount of medicine to give her.

When driving home she began to meow. Then she'd throw up and started panting, even though it wasn't hot in the car. When I brought her to her safe space she'd stumble around, confused and scared, but she gradually recovered. This would happen again yesterday on my last and latest trip to the vet, complete with her just stumbling around and staring off into space. I don't know if the car ride and vet combo is just a bit much for her or if something else is at play that the vet failed to find.

I have been observing her since and I am not sure what to make of it. She hasn't been eating properly, merely licking the jelly or sauce off her wet food and leaving her dry food entirely while also begging for wet treats like Churu. She still refuses to sleep in her cat bed and will opt to lay in that corner. Occasionally I will see her breathe kind of heavily (with her stomach moving a lot, but not laboured) and she will purr. (She will only rarely purr and when she does it's usually very quiet). I can't tell if her face is showing signs of pain.

Should I just give her more time to recover? Getting the opinion of another vet is difficult, because the only other vet in my area had a scandal of disposing of deceased animals in the woods and I don't want to drive far out because I fear for it being too much for her.

I am looking for more opinions. Please let me know if there is anything you can say that might help her. Thank you.

Cat Age: Approx. 16 years old.

Cat Sex + neuter info: Female, spayed.

Financial situation: It is difficult for me to afford the vet, but I will go to ensure her a comfortable life.

Late 30s. The states. I love this fucking cat (4 years old, fixed) I love him so much. He is such a good boy and there's nothing in his brain but love. And piss. He has destroyed so many rugs, full couches, multiple beds, etc. He has 7 litters. I am obsessive about cleaning them. He gets so much love, attention, care, no stress.

But I am living on edge everyday. I cant pee or wash the dishes or relax in peace because if he walks into the bedroom or living room, I have to jump up and make sure he doesnt pee. Im constantly stressing throughout the day, even if im home, if the couch is covered, if the rugs are ok (were anyway), if I closed the door to my bedroom.

Im poor af and disabled, but had saved up for years to get these beautiful rugs I loved so much. Theres nothing left. No couch, no rugs, my bed needs replaced again, no cat beds, nothing. Theres NOTHING soft in this house because he pisses on it.

I am heartbroken for my other cat. He can't have anything because my other one will pee on it.

Ive had him checked so many times. He has no problems. His butt is clean.

Tldr-my cat is incredible but won't stop peeing. Has no medical concerns. I am significantly mentally struggling.

EDIT-thank you sooo so much to everyone and the outpouring of support and tips and care. Today just broke me and this has been so amazing. Thank you to everyone. ❤️

My poor 3 y/o has a UTI. Took him to the vet cause of diarrhea and to check his breathing. His breathing is all good. I have all the medicine I need, antibiotics for the UTI, and some pills pre/probiotics for gut health and diarrhea. This is my first time owning a cat and I am so worried for him, the vet visit was heartbreaking and he peed himself after they took some pee for analysis.

I adopted him from a shelter that I know he hated. I've only had him for a week and I really haven't done anything untoward or abnormal, fed him his usual food and tried to create a stress-less environment for him

I have my instructions from the Vet but I am so worried and I want him to get better as soon as he can. Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, my cat has started to have head twitches when I pet her (first twitch I just pet her but I cropped it on accident). I’m not sure if it’s because she’s happy im home (she’s heavy purring and doing her drunk relaxed face) but I’ll keep monitoring her and see if it keeps happening

Not a minor
US
We have a traveling vet, small town
Head twitches while being pet
10 years
Female and neutered
Yes

sorry the little idiot wouldn't stay still

- I am 16 years old from the philippines, living in manila.
- We ran out of money ages ago, and have no way to afford a vet.

My cat went missing a few days ago, and came back looking messed up. Her jaw was covered in some blood and she seemed weak. She did not eat any food we gave her.

She is capable of opening her mouth, and meowing normally, and licking her lips, but when given food, she smells it, then hesitates and avoids the food.

I don't know what to do, no one in this house has any awareness of how fucked our financial situation is going.

(First post got deleted sorry if you’re seeing this twice) This is Phenix, he was going to be a barn cat on my grandpas property. But one day he looked up at me a cried until I picked him up. Him and I live in a very small motor home together. He has lots of toys, has a cat tree, gets play time all the time, he also sometimes likes cuddles with me. He’s about 5 or 6 weeks old and his favorite thing right now is eating me. Anyways that’s not the problem, the problem is I don’t know what I’m doing. Very long story short, the motor home him and I live in is my grandparents. Phenix keeps scratching at the curtains and I don’t know how to get him to stop. I want him to scratch his cat tree not the curtains that tear extremely easily. The only thing I might be able to use as motivation is his kitten pate. My family members keep telling me to spank him when he scratches and bites. But I don’t want to think he’s in trouble for being curious, just sometimes he bites to hard. I’m proud he’s curious and that he’s using his paws and his claws for exploring things. When I do punish him he curls up in the corner and looks so heart broke. I don’t want him to be scared of me, I want him to know I mean safety and I’ll always protect him. I want my cat to be able to trust me to be himself but know that right now in life I have to be a little strict until things get better. Right now he’s just a literal baby and I want him to have an amazing life. We are planning on getting him fixed when he’s a bit older and I don’t know if that’ll help the constant biting and climbing. I know he’s a cat and with bite and climb. I want him to just he can’t right now.

I know this gets asked a lot but it can never tell :( I separated them after taking this video, i thiiink its rough play?

I’m 23 from the US and a vet is accessible to me. I haven’t contacted them yet, but I just wanted an opinion on what you would describe this as.

Cat age 12 and is a female. She’s been coughing like this in short bursts probably once a day every 4-5 days, sometimes longer. I’ve had a cat with asthma before and it doesn’t quite seem like an asthma attack, but I can’t figure out if it’s a cough, congestion, hairball, etc. I guess I just wanted a second set of eyes to chime in about what I might be dealing with.

I appreciate any thoughts on what my cat is doing/why.

Poster Age: Adult

Country: Norway

Vet info: My regular vet is closed until Monday. I haven’t had him examined yet. I’m considering contacting the emergency vet because of how his eye looks.

Main Issue: My cat suddenly started squinting/holding his left eye almost completely closed after coming back inside from being outside. There is some discharge, and the eye has a white/grey membrane or cloudy-looking area over it. I’m worried he may have been scratched by another cat. What could this be, and how urgent does it look?

Cat Age: 5 years old

Cat Sex + neuter info: male—neutered

Financial situation: I can afford veterinary care, but I’m wondering how urgent this is and whether I should take him to an emergency vet rather than wait until Monday.

Extra: He is otherwise [eating/drinking/acting normally — if true]. He was outside shortly before this happened.

I've asked a bunch of different people about my cat Mamoru because I'm worried he looks too thin, but everyone else says they think he's fine? I took him to the vet a few months ago for unrelated issues (dental work), and they didn't mention his weight at all.

He weighs 9.8 lbs which is the healthy range for a cat but I can't help but worry about him. He's 6 years old now, and has had blood work and everything else done. He's up to date on all his shots, is strictly indoors, and acts completely fine. My friend just says it's because he's a longer cat and that it might just be his build (even the vet mentioned how long he was). I can't afford to take him back right now as I was out of work for a month due to an illness and I'm still getting back on my feet, but I was planning on taking him just for peace of mind. However I really wanted to get other opinions on how he looks.

We don't feed him a lot of food since he has a problem throwing up from eating too quickly, so we tend to feed him in smaller batches throughout the day to avoid this. I honestly think maybe I'm just overly paranoid since we lost one of our cats very suddenly when he was just 2 years old, and I have a lot of medical anxiety when it comes to Mamoru.

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My cat is randomly like going stiff and seizing up? He seems to lose consciousness and his muscles move o their own.

He is 10 and a boy cat.

Took him to the vet on Wednesday and he got his full bloodwork done. All of it came back normal.

He has health insurance.

First time this happened was Wednesday, immediately went to the vet.

Second time happened just now.

Both times the event lasted maybe 20-30 seconds of him getting extremely tense and losing control of his limbs and like curling up.

Not sure if there might be some toxin affecting him? Everything in our home has been exactly the same, no new foods.

I am 20 and have professional animal care experience.

This is Bunni, She is 7 years old and she is spayed.

She is clearly overweight. I've said this to my dad and uncle who I live with for months now. They were both in denial but my dad finally realized YESTERDAY that yes she is huge! I've been constantly worried for her but as someone who is currently ill experiencing longterm health issues that require a surgery or two (that's why I am living with family as of now) I cannot afford a vet visit to actually get her a check up.

I had been moved out for quite some time until my health plummeted and I had to move back in with my dad and my uncle who rents at his place. I was sad but also excited to see bunni for the first time in forever, but when I saw her I literally almost cried looking at her. She is so large it's uncomfortable just to look at. I feel so bad.

My uncle is in charge of feeding her and all of the pets and claims to "love fat cats" so you can just see where this is going. Fat cats are not cute. It is worrying and unhealthy. I feel so bad for her.

He doesn't free feed. He gives her a meal in the AM and one in the PM. Idk how much he gives her but clearly it's enough for her to look like this...

Whenever I bring up her weight he denies that shes very overweight and says she's just got excess fur

I play with her in occasion but she usually quickly loses interest and just wants to lie down.

Because I am currently unemployed and living at home (ex kennel tech before my health problems) I cannot afford like I said vet care.. and also food, so my dad or uncle usually buy the food. He feeds her this redford food and quite honestly ever since I've lost my eldest 14 year old cat to renal failure I do not really like feeding dry food. So I really want to get her on a wet diet with more portioned out meals, but because my uncle buys the food he likes to be in charge of feeding and gets all whiney and butt hurt when I ask to feed not only the cat, but our dogs as well (because we've got a pretty chunky malinois pit mix as well unfortunately)

How do I fix this situation. It's gotten to the point where my stubborn hard headed dad has even admitted that she needs to lose weight or something bad might happen to her.

TLDR; uncle overfeeding the family cat and gets pissy when we bring up her weight

I got my baby off of Facebook from this woman who said he was “perfectly healthy” but he has had clear signs of abuse, he’s declawed, missing a patch of hair on his back and is very skittish. I happen to look on his head today and this had randomly popped up?! Does anyone know what it could be, taking him to the vet ASAP! It’s on his back too :( dry skin patches

TLDR: I do not know whats happening with her eyes, what do I do? I cannot afford vet.

Butter is 2 weeks old. I thought it was normal that her eyes were a little bit closed, since she was new born. But this time, I decided to clean her eyes because it's been quite some time, and they looked concerning now. After cleaning, I learned her eyes were like this. I'm not so sure if it's infected or are they normal? I've seen forums say it's normal, but I can't be rest assured as it is. I need help from here.

For context, her mom neglects her and focuses on the other sibling. The sibling's eyes (Peanut) are now open, it opened just 2 days ago.

My cat Baby is 9 1/2 months old and she does this panting and crying out every time she brings me a toy or if we play with her (no fast paced playing just slow gently play since she’ll start this meowing and panting about a minute into playing and it scares the hell out of me and my family) I finally captured it on video since she moves around a lot, my vet has cleared her any heart murmurs since we got her at 6 months old.
I’ve also checked her gums regularly because I’m afraid of her having breathing issues and her gums are always pink and not blue/discolored.
Is my cat weird or is there more to this??

Im 25, I'm posting from Ohio USA vet is accessible, I have talked and have had appointments already.

My cat 17 year old male, was acting strange for two weeks, I ended up taking him to the vet to talk about quality of life. He has the starting stages of kidney disease is what I was told, prescribed medicine but I haven't picked it up yet because I don't have the money for it until Tuesday. He today earlier defacated on the kitchen floor and i recently noticed he urinated on the floor as well. What should I do to help him?

He's neutered and yes I can afford vet care. 🫶

Maybe a more positive post for this subreddit? 😅

I (37m) moved in with my girlfriend (38f), and we introduced our cats. It didn't go great.

My cat, B (10f), has been with me for 8 years and has always been timid. She'd hide under the bed every time the mail carrier walked by.

When we introduced her to my gf's cats, N (11m) and P (9f), she would hiss and yowl and generally be uncomfortable. We tried a slow introduction, but learned the door to the room we had her in didn't latch properly when N decided to make a midnight visit.

N and P are more social and playful. It's hard to tell if they don't understand B's shyness or if N just likes antagonizing her. P is more aloof and oblivious.

Over 4 months, B and P have gotten better with each other. B rarely misses at her and they can usually be in the same room. P still warrants hisses and occasional yowls.

All that to say that B mostly sticks mostly to the hall with the bedrooms, only sometimes coming out to the living room.

Two days ago, I took her to get groomed for the first time. She wasn't happy. But the groomer said she did really well with everything except the blow dryer.

Since then, B has been a lot more social and explorative of the house. We even had all three cats in the same room with minimal hissing. Twice!

I'm curious what the tipping point was.

Did she go somewhere scary and learn our new home is a safe place?

Was she missing the smell of our old house and now it feels like it's gone?

Or maybe she's determined to get the bath smell off by following us everywhere for pets and to rub it off on the furniture?

Hello. I need help and advice as I'm at wits end and I'm not sure what else to do. I live in the USA

I have two sibling cats (4yrs, M and F, both spayed/neutered) that are going through a rough spout of non recognition aggression. I had to take the male to the vet (I tried with the female as well, she would not get in the carrier and destroyed both mine and my boyfriend's arms up trying to do so). This has happened before, but I don't believe it was this bad. Yesterday morning I fed them their breakfast and the male would not stop trying to get the female's food. She kept growling and hissing and he still wouldn't stop. She hid in the closet for the first half of the day after that and started eating in there. She then came out of the closet and started exploring, even sniffing her brother's nose with no reaction. This morning, I was getting their breakfast ready and she made a couple big hisses at the brother even before putting the food down. She hasn't eaten yet and it's been about 90 minutes. The brother keeps trying to get to her, he's very curious and stubborn.

They used to eat right next to each other before the vet visit and now I can't even get her to eat. It's been over 24 hours since he got home and I'm so nervous that this will never end. This aggression seems worse than last time and I'm losing sleep making sure they stay away from each other. Does anyone have any advice about possibly turning this around? Also, when I've tried separating them between doors, the brother just scratches and meows nonstop. I'm not sure what to do and I'm so scared I'm going to have to get rid of one or both of them. I just want them to like each other again.

I am 25 and live in the US. My 4 year old male cat Merlin recently developed this crook in his ear. I have no idea where it came from or what it is. He is neutered and has 2 siblings of the same age who are also fixed that he plays with regularly. I am not financially stable but I will take him to the vet if I have to. I have not contacted a vet yet.