Hi!!! I'm new to the forum and I think I will be using it a lot since I am going to be a first time kitten mommy. Well I am assuming I am going to be a kitten mommy but I will def. post it when I am positive. Pictures of my babies Molly and Micah will be coming soon.

Sooo My name is Kara I am 23 years old and I was raised a cat lover. My friend had given me a kitten that was born outside some months ago and then asked for it back...to not cause problems with my best friend I had given "Molly" back. Molly is about a year old now and when I had gone over to my friends house I saw her outside and gobbled her up and promised that she would never live outside again. My friend told me she had gotten out and didn't want to come back inside for like 2 weeks... but she was still feeding her.

Ok now you have the history. I have had Molly BACK for 1 month 2 weeks approx. She is showing a huge interest in the food bowl all of a sudden, her stomach has gotten bigger and her nipples are not pink..but they feel leathery and they get hard. When I put an ear to her belly i hear little squishy sounds and sometimes I think I can feel something in her belly. I mean but can it just be gas and my imagination getting to me? Or does it sound like she is preggo? And if you think so about how big should her belly be?
I remember when i was pregnant and it was early on my husband said my son sounded squishy just like her belly. I ♥ Kitty's it's just so exciting.

I just got an adorable new kitten. Now I am not a cat person- and I don't know how to make her stop scratching and biting me! I just want her to be sweet and cuddly but she just stalks me and hunts me all the time!

Baltimore's favorite scratcher is our sectional and that can't continue.

What is the consensus as to discouraging him from tearing up the couch? chemical spray? squirt gun?

He is a good cat but when night comes he goes ape sometimes and just gets his freak on. It gets so intense sometimes I swear I wouldn't be suprised to hear a Tarzan call come from the living room, lol.

Really, just need advice on how to keep him from scratching the couch.

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I have observed this situation twice, once about 15 years ago, and again recently.
In both situations, the household had a female cat, at least one male cat, and at least one dog. All of them got along allright. In both situations, the female cats had the sweetest dispositions as if they wouldn't hurt a fly. They would never utter more than a weak "mew!" and step carefully to avoid disturbing anything... EXCEPT when bringing a new kitten into the house! Then the female cats would hiss and howl as if the devil himself had taken possession of them and their hair would stand on end and claws extend and ears pin back..
Oddly, the dogs and male cats didn't get upset by the kittens.

In the 15 year old case, the female eventually accepted the kitten after about a month. In the recent case, the female never got used to the kitten at all so after several weeks my dad took the kitten away to a "no kill" shelter which was recently exposed for euthanizing over 75% of the cats brought in to them.

Incidentally, it seems to be practice for shelters to claim "no kill" in order to get funding and donations easier, when in fact they are running a mini death camp. But that's another story.

Are female cats generally that hostile towards kittens? Once the kitten was gone, the female cat didn't exhibit any more hostile behavior.

Of the 3 cats I have, one male is a shedder, yet never pukes or has hairballs. Another male is also a shredder, and occasionally pukes up liquid vomit. The female has soft fur and doesn't have hairballs or liquid vomit, but several times per week she will gag after eating and expel a 3 to 5 inch long "rope" of softened dry cat food pellets (which the other cats gobble up quickly if given the chance).

They used to all get hairballs before I moved in and brushed the loose hair and fur off. Also, the insane person that used to take care of those cats had several fiberous items laying around the house such as brooms (both real and decorative) and fiberous arts & crafts type garbage. I threw all of that stuff away which helped a lot (the cats would chew on them).

I don't know what else to do to improve the situation any further.

I have 3 cats, all about 12 years old.
Both the female and a male occasionally sloooowly approach the biggest male, and open their jaws wide, then clamp down on the base of his spine (right above the tail).

It seems spooky to me because it is done so slowly and deliberately.

Ironically, the big male that gets bit on the bum doesn't do that to the other cats, BUT he has a nasty habit that he exhibits mainly on me. He will be purring loudly, curl up into a ball and lay on his back with his legs tucked in.. and then.. with no warning whatsoever.. he will lash out with an instantaneous MEOW! and take a lightning fast swat yet gentle swat with his paw.

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there will be new pics of the babies there 2 weeks old already:sad: there growing up to fast:cry:but they are all fat and pigs:-P

does anyone else on here have a cat with this disease? My Leo has it and I am exhausted trying to get him over it. I have finally brought him to a specialist, he has new food and new med. I am not home and I cannot remember the name of the new med,(cyclo-something) the food is royal canin rabbit/peas food. I will post more this weekend or later in the week. please post if you have a cat with this condition. thanks!

Recently my Sampson has been spending a lot of time in the bathtub looking up at the faucet. Anytime I am not playing with him I find him there. My faucet doesn't leak or drip so I am wondering why? I had one of those Petmate fountains but he never really paid it any attention so I went and bought one of those Drinkwell Platinum Pet Fountains because water drips down like a faucet does but he just ignores that also. Any thoughts why he likes to sit in the bathtub and stare at the faucet??

It has been ages since I was on the Forum but a lot has happened. We were tossed out of my brother's house in Fl--he wanted me to get down to 3 cats--no way that was going to happen so we moved up here to Bay City MI. Well, we are being kicked out of the home my husband grew up in by his sister. Long story but we have learned our friends are more reliable a faithful than family. We think we have found a home--a mobile home--so all of us will remain together. My cats come first. All the cats did very well with the 3 days trip up here-very little complaining. Will keep everyone informed with our saga

I've been so busy, but took a new picture of Toby and thought I'd share. Toby is 6 months old now. I'll put in with the pictures of Mattea.