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Hi and welcome and good on you for rescuing this girl. Cats Protection do a very good leaflet - https://www.cats.org.uk/uploads/documents/cat-care-leaflets-2013/EG18_Pregnant_cats,_birth_and_care_of_young_kittens.pdf It all feels very daunting at first but cats are very good mothers on the whole and...

Hi there and welcome. In my experience I don't think you need to worry too much. Mother cats generally start deciding to leave the kittens for longer periods once the kittens reach weaning age, even though the kittens might still want to feed. I've seen one mother cat lazily shove a kitten off the t...

Hi and welcome and good on you for taking these little ones out of that place. They're very young, but in those circumstances maybe best to come to you. It's clear that at the moment they get a bit disorientated when any distance from their trays - would it be possible to give them a tray in the liv...

Lol! That is so very typical!

Think of everything, devise an apparently catproof arrangement, and they will undermine it.

All the best nevertheless - she is a very lucky Tilly to be so pampered

Oh Kay, so very sorry to hear! Love and hugs x

Hi and welcome. I think Cats' Protection puts it very well - https://www.cats.org.uk/birth-and-kittening She's about due (feline pregnancy lasts 63 days) although they can run late. She'll probably manage perfectly by herself but the article tells you what to look for if help's needed. Has she chose...

So sorry to hear - no matter how you realise, intellectually, that it's time, it's still a shock. At least he was able to go in his own bed, his own home, without vet intervention.

Yes, Backy and Twitch will still be around. But the emptiness is awful. Take care of yourself, love and hugs, Lil x

As chambermaid, I prefer World's Best; it's easy to lift out the clumps and solids, it's light, and if the tray's in the bathroom, you can flush the scoopings as long as you're on mains drainage. However, my younger cat Molly insists on Sainsbury's clumping clay litter. NOT the ultra-clumping, as th...

Aww Mollycat, so sorry to hear. (((hugs)))

Sleep tight, Boo x

Lol - I suppose a cat's 'knee' would really be its wrist, and the joint up by its armpit its elbow?

Good luck with her.

I'm so sorry to hear. Yes, as Lilynmitz says, home is where he'll want to be, no matter what.

Thinking of you both, love and hugs, Lil x

Hi there - yes, this can happen. Lots of love to the old chap x

Good old Bobby!

Plenty of lives left yet, but all paws and tails crossed here that he doesn't have to use up any more.

You must be exhausted ...

Hi and welcome :) Sorry to hear about Kitten, but if she's lively and coping, I think that's a good sign. Once a kitten of mine, not much older, swarmed up a ceiling height bookcase and descended in a shower of books before I could grab her, little horror. Her front paw swelled up - and of course it...

So very sorry to hear. And what a dreadful experience for you as well.

Good on you for caring for this poor cat and so glad you traced the owner. At least she will know the cat received help as soon as possible, rip little cat.

Hi and welcome. How old is he? Some elderly cats miaow like this for apparently no reason; it can signal the onset of deafness or feline dementia. I've had two like this; one would wake up in a sort of dream, howl several times, and then realise where she was and get on with life as usual. It sounds...

Wow, and it's pricey too, at least from Amazon. Alanc on here recommends Thrive, which you also have to buy online and which is expensive - but they don't half go for it. Among the brands available in the supermarket, I find that Encore seems to tempt them - but sadly it's not a complete food, and t...

Hey that's great news and congrats and thanks for the update. Bless him - please give him a fuss from me.

Poor chap, yes, he's going to be a bit knocked out after that, and with the anaesthetic too. An extra-loud purr could mean he's got a bit of a sore throat with the anaesthetic, or simply that he's glad to be back with you though he's feeling rough - cats will often purr while in discomfort just to s...

Hi, just want to say that, whatever you decide, all the best to you and your new companion/s. There is a happy home waiting for some lucky kitten/s and as Moobag says, it's a tribute to beautiful Onion, a fitting memorial to her and a loving one too. I hope you have many happy years ahead together, ...

Oh that's looking much better - congrats, and good lad Chester

ps Fjm, didn't realise, I seem to have duplicated your post on bathing back there. I hadn't realised you'd already posted - sorry!

Hi, the bathing needn't be too stressful; if he normally likes his head stroking, you could get him sitting on your knee, then damp a piece of cotton wool (or lint is better if you have some handy, the non-fluffy side) with the salt solution and apply the lint gently to the wound, slowly dabbing rat...

Ouch! Poor chap! The cut doesn't look too deep, but it's very open. A good first aid measure is bathing with salt water (teaspoon salt to pint tepid water) but this may sting and if he's nervous of you going near the cut, this might not be doable. I'd certainly get him to a vet tomorrow, just to be ...

OMG. I've never ever heard of this happening, although I once knew a guy who was born with a leg wrapped round his neck; he needed several operations to give him the use of it back. What's happened to your kitten sounds to be similar to the process of 'banding' male lambs and kids in order to castra...

Hi there. What sort of a relationship did Erwin have with your Grandma? Did he spend some time with her? It's interesting that this behaviour started after her death, and it's also interesting that the neighbours too are elderly. Perhaps he's missing someone elderly and just enjoys their company. Al...

Would it matter if she did seem more attached to your husband in some ways? Like running to greet him when he comes home and so on? Sitting with him? He'll be a novelty but she will have been yours during the day and be very bonded with you. I don't really think the problem would arise since you're ...

I always presumed it was a rabbit, but of course it could have been just about anything. The dog was a large and very gentle Alsatian, and not a hunter - except when the cats had a mouse cornered in a thicket of nettles in the field behind the house, and Hannah lay down nearby and watched them at th...

Mollycat, this is fascinating. I have to say I'm a bit cynical about guided sessions and alternative (AND conventional!) everything; I'm an awkward git who hates being told what to do and I like to follow my own instincts, but although I'm a bit busy at the moment, I will try this with Mouse. She's ...

Aww thanks for the kind words, Mollycat and Booktigger - Mollycat I'm sorry, forgot you're going through it too :( That's interesting about the 'purrsonality change' after radio-iodine treatment, because Mouse changed radically. I said to the staff at the Centre that one of my worries was how she wo...

Yes, so difficult to know what to do, but if the steroids seem to be helping, then why not? Every case is different and, as has been said, if only they could tell us (or the vet) what's going on. Sorry if I seemed to sound a bit over the top, by the way; I'm only just starting to realise that I too ...