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Thank you both! Good to know the guilt is something we've all experienced. I'm trying to create a few more hiding places for him around the flat - he's a big boy (nearly 6.8kg, vet says ideally he'd lose about a kg) so options are a bit more limited for him! However, he's now taken up residence in t...

We have a rescue cat who was a stray for at least a couple of years - I would describe him as semi-feral when we got him. He does like to be stroked but will let you know when he's had enough and HATES to be picked up. We got him about five and a half weeks ago and he's been settling in remarkably w...

Thank you so much for this help and advice - I think you're right about being shut being a cause of anxiety for him as I re-read the information from the fosterer and he did come straight off the streets into a cage at hers. We've given him the run of the place and there's much less meowing now, and...

Hi all - would really appreciate some thoughts about our new adopted cat as I am extremely anxious about him. We are a couple living in a moderately sized central London flat with two bedrooms and a large living room. The cat (called Grendel) is a big black and white boy, about 4-5 years old. He was...