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I have a chubster. He gets a reduced calorie sachet of wet food breakfast and supper time and 4 grams of dried food for lunch and tea. He has gradually lost half a kilo over two years. I have to watch him though because I discovered he was waiting until I left the kitchen before pushing one of his s...

Midnight started to suffer with tats. I would brush him and he would groom himself but still there were tats. I mentioned it to the vet and she discovered he had a problem with his mouth which made grooming in certain positions painful and hence he wasn't doing it . The broken tooth was removed and ...

I also have a rat killer. I decided against a cat flap so I could vet what got brought in. She caught a rat on Saturday night. It was left on the front door step which didn't impress our dinner guests as they left. The problem I have with Magic fighting rats is that she has occasionally sustained bi...

They are tinkers. Lola (my recently adopted cat) ate the loops off my Ugg boots. Not happy with that, she went into my dressing room, found the new pair I had not worn and had bought in a sale for next winter, and ate the loops off them too. I rang Ugg in Australia. Apparently dogs like eating the b...

I'm still getting sleep but he's very opposed to going in the crate. He gets 4g of Prescription cat food at 7pm and a sachet of prescription food at 12. He was still up for play and food at 5am. If he was fed at 5am he slept through until lunchtime! I would like the 8 hours of sleep from midnight to...

I've had this for over 5 years. Midnight tears the carpet up. He wants food and playtime. It's driven me mad especially as he wakes the other two cats and they join in. I have tried locking him out of the bedroom but he scratches the door and howls. It has been making me I'll and I've tried everythi...

Midnight is a male neutered cat. He was displaying signs of maleness. He was howling and calling back to a female cat and spraying. He also took to dragging various furry objects around and then mating with them. He even tried it on with my dressing gown whilst I was wearing it. The vet did a blood ...

I have recently adopted a cat which was going to be put down. She's 3 years old and very healthy. She's a beautiful marmalade and very much a house/ lap cat. Her previous owner said she was a devil cat but I've seen no evidence of bad behaviour until last night. What I had seen was that, unlike any ...

I had a similar problem with Magic. I was told initially that she probably was having a reaction to fleas. We fumigated the house, washed everything, Hoover mattresses but her skin problem continued. I went to another vet's practice where there was a vet who specialised in cats. She did a blood test...

I'm sure other people will have good advice for you. Having read your posting, my first thought is try a second litter tray. My cat (Midnight) will not wee and poo in the same tray. He was pooing behind my curtains, on the bath mat and behind the tv. I got him a second tray and he has changed. The t...

Midnight does this. My current regime is to feed him at 12 (midnight!) then he sleeps on my bed. He wakes up around 5am and starts scratching the bedroom carpet. I get up, put him out of the bedroom, build an obstacle course of fleece blankets and books plus old ornaments, close the bedroom door, an...

It's a problem. I have two cats from the same litter and they've never got on but have lived in the same house by agreeing to avoid each other. 4 weeks ago my daughter rescued a long cat who was going to be put down. This has caused mayhem. Although there was a phased introduction, it hasn't worked....

Hi! Midnight had the surgery in January 2015. He had been very seriously ill and I had struggled to come to terms with what was happening. I was totally heart broken. On the day of the operation I cried buckets and felt it was the end. He came out of surgery and apart from 2 minor relapses, he has n...

Thanks for the links. Lola is still sitting in the window behind the curtains. I have given her some food and she has nibbled. She managed to get out of the living room and met Midnight. She shrieked and ran back to the window. My daughter has been stroking her and talking to her without any problem...

I have two cats (Magic and Midnight). They are from the same litter and 8 years old. They have never got on with each other but share a home by avoiding each other. A friend is moving and can't take her cat (Lola) with her so I have agreed to a short term attempt to see if Lola can fit in with my gu...

My cats go out each evening and return around 11pm for supper and bed. Last night I opened the front door to get them in and only 1 came in. Magic wasn't there. I looked and saw she was sitting on the fence between my garden and my neighbours garden. She was staring over my garden and seemed agitate...

My male cat will try mating with anything. He likes my dressing gown especially if I'm wearing it. Nothing is safe. He was smitten with my daughters Ugg boots. Twins! My mother one day commented, after he had performed in front the the tv, that he should get out more. He still has a goodnight attack...

I am being driven mad by my male cat. Midnight woke me 6 times last night. At 1.30am he started a fight with his sister who was trying to climb onto the bed but he was in residence. This isn't usually a problem but he has recently taken to thinking my bed is his bed. I fed him at 2.30am after he sta...

Sorry I should have said they are housed next to each other when they go to cattery. They don't exercise together as they fight.

My two cats do not get on. They fight or tolerate each other but there's no friendship. When they go into catteries I have always asked for them to be houses separately. If you have that option then it wouldn't matter that one eats the others food. It's slightly more expensive but the one not on the...

When Midnight was a youngster, he decided one night he was frightened of my handbag. He started to give it funny looks, stalked it, growl then attacked it. He managed to get caught up in the strap and ran around the house in terror as, I assume, he thought it was chasing him. He peed himself and poo...

I have only seen this when I'm in the USA. I like it. I've seen quite a few episodes and although some of the advice is very obvious, I love seeing the improvement in the relationship between cat and owner. I think there are cat owners out there who get into bad situations with apparently aggressive...

My lovely Midnight didn't have stones but he did have severe cystitis. He had surgery and is functionally female. He has been on cd since January (when he was so ill). I give him 2 packets (1 for breakfast and 1 at supper time). He also gets 8 grams of the dry cd at lunch and teatime. He has lost a ...

I'm in Alnwick, Northumberland. The vet suggested if I could catch them then the PDSA could give me a voucher towards the cost of neutering. I'm not too bothered and would probably pay myself. I'm more concerned about possible inter breeding in a family group which could have unpleasant consequences...

About 6 weeks ago I noticed 4 cats coming into my garden. 2 tabbies (I think Mum and son as they have similar fat tails), a white cat (male) and a completely black cat (male). 3 of them are young. I guess about 3 months. The kittens are unneutered males. None of them have collars and they are thin. ...

I am so pleased Barney seems better. I picked up on the cat litter thing. I still check every morning to see if it's been used. If it's not, I keep checking visually until there's signs. Before all this happened, Midnight used to pee in the litter tray whilst I was in the bathroom in the morning. Si...

Oh I feel for you. Midnight has had cystitis and it was put down to stress after two visits from the plumber. I agreed to have his penis removed after scans, Xrays, blood tests, urine tests all revealed nothing. None of the meds worked for him after the first bout. Before the op I was told it may no...

My cat (Midnight) had very bad cystitis earlier this year. He doesn't seem to drink much although he eats 2 packs of Hills Prescription cd and 16g of Hills prescription cd dry food each day. I have a small syringe which I use to shoot 2 lots of water into his mouth each day. He is used to it and I d...

Magic had the same thing. The injections mentioned earlier did work but not for long. About every 2 weeks she had to go back for more. I was initially told it was fleas but having cleaned the house until it squeaked, and closely examined two cats. not one flea was found. The vet suggested a hypoalle...

Sorry to hear it's happened again. When Midnight was very ill with cystitis I was terrified that this would be the end. Yes he's had radical surgery but he's done extremely well. He's fur still hasn't grown back so he looks a bit silly from behind. What type of food does he eat? The vet thought Midn...