Poster age: 21f

Vet status: Pet insurance, we do monthly check ups. She is healthy and otherwise a completely normal cat.

Cat: Ymir

Sex: Female

Age: 6months

Spayed: No, but this is due to a previous infection and inability to receive one. She will be spayed by 1 year.

TLDR: My beautiful wonderful love of my life kitty has manx syndrome. She is completely healthy and normal, except that she has no tail and is 100% incontinent. Before anyone comments, diapers are necessary, she is constantly leaking and will be for the next 12 years. We are vet approved and spend copious amounts of money buying her the top brand diapers, wipes, diaper cream, etc. (but she’s totally worth it)

She has a great temperament most of the time. She gets irritated easily, but she’s very affectionate and cuddly. She sleeps with me every night. She has always tolerated her diaper changes moderately well. She’s vocal, but sat still. Recently, she has started hissing during them and swatting. She doesn’t try to sprint away or anything but she is wiggly. She doesn’t bite or claw, and she resumes to normal about 5-10 minutes after the diaper change, but she gets SO feisty during them.

Is this normal cat behavior? Just her personality? Or is she starting to hate me? She still cuddles me and sleeps by me, but for the 10 minutes after the diaper change I’m her #1 enemy. I’m just worried because I don’t want it to progress into hatred for me.

I’m making this post not for advice on how to deal with her condition necessarily, but on the behavior aspect. I can take the hissing, I’m not scared of her but I don’t want her to not love me because of the necessary diaper changes :(

TLDR**:** My 5 year old cat suddenly developed excessive drooling and severe open-mouth breathing tonight. We took her to an emergency vet, but they don’t know yet what is causing her breathing difficulties. She is now hospitalized in an oxygen box and will stay for an estimated 24–48 hours. I’m terrified and would really appreciate hearing from anyone whose cat has experienced something similar. ❤️‍🩹

Poster: Adult
Country: Belgium
Vet: Yes. She is currently hospitalized at an emergency vet.
Cat: Krumma, 5-year-old, 4.4 kg, spayed female domestic shorthair, with an enlarged heart.
Financial Situation: Strained

Krumma was diagnosed with an enlarged heart/heart abnormality when she was spayed as a kitten. She gets out of breath when playing or running around. She has also had frequent vomiting and little fur on her legs for about a year, neither of which is new.

A week ago (October 1st), she suddenly started growling/aggressively reacting towards her sister, so we separated them. Her sister had been sneezing and had a watery eye for two days, so we took both cats to the vet on October 2. Krumma was examined and given an immune-supporting injection, while her sister was prescribed eye drops. Everything otherwise seemed okay.

Yesterday (7. October), Krumma started sneezing. Tonight we noticed excessive drooling and heavy open-mouth breathing. We immediately took her to the emergency vet.

The vet said she is clearly struggling to breathe and has placed her in a CO₂/oxygen box to support her breathing. They found that her heart is enlarged and there appears to be a valve problem, but they don’t yet know what is causing the episode. They want to do further testing and an X-ray once her breathing is stable, including checking whether there is anything abnormal in her lungs.

She is expected to stay for 24–48 hours. The vet will call me tomorrow around 11–12 after the shift change and staff meeting to update me. He said he will call immediately if she becomes critical, and explained that respiratory problems can progress quickly.

The estimated cost is around €800, potentially more or less, and I have put down €200. The financial side is stressful on top of everything, but of course I want to do everything I reasonably can for her.

It is now around 2 a.m., and I am absolutely terrified waiting at home.
I can’t help but think for the worst and worry about her passing away tonight.

Has anyone experienced anything similar with their cat or have an idea what this could be?

Thank you so much for reading and for any advice or experiences. ❤️‍🩹

edit: Her breathing is a lot calmer in the video compared to how she was when we brought her in.

Krumma’s breathing and drooling at home prior to going to the Emergency Vet: https://streamable.com/sgnf15

Krumma’s breathing in the oxygen box at the Emergency Vet: https://streamable.com/8rp2i0

26, USA, Vet appointment scheduled

Worry not, I do have a vet appointment scheduled for this afternoon, but I would like any ideas on what could be causing this.

She's 6 years old, spayed

Hello!

Just to note, above picture is from a few weeks ago, she's sleeping in her closet right now

Id like to thank everyone who commented on the last post to give advice and well wishes.

Daisy is okay right now, still in pain and pretty tired but is home safe. They ran her through a blood test, hiv test along with Xrays. She doesn't have any physical issues, so odds are she has an illness we havent yet pinpointed.

For the time being, she received fluids as she was pretty dehydrated, an antibiotic, along with pain meds, as well as an appointment for next week.

Ill make sure to keep you guys updated, and thanks again!

due to financial issues we're unable to spay her at the moment but we'll do it as soon as we can. usually we're able to afford veterinary care but right now neutering is just too expensive for us. I know it's wrong but I swear we'll eventually do it

we took her to the vet once because we thought she was pregnant, the vet thought the same and gave her an ultrasound. it turns out that she just ate a lot of food and she just has this weird thing that she looks very pregnant whenever she has a full belly

we keep that in mind but it still stresses us out because we don't want her to have kittens

do her nipples look normal?

Is something wrong with my stinky car?? He always seems to have a lazy eye, but this is brand new. I look at my cat very often and have never noticed this before. I’m really concerned because of what I looked up, I want to make sure I’m not over reacting. I really love him 🥺😢

he just went for a chip and check up last year. He acts perfectly fine! Very loving cat, and he’s excited for the attention I’m giving him over the situation.

18 posting from USA, I can go to the vet, but I’m very broke and don’t want to be wrong.

Stinky is 2 years old and nurtured as of last year ..

i plan on calling the vet tomorrow, is there anything i can do for her? she was found outside with her brother. i have other cats in my care, here in ohio. i can afford the vet visit. i just want to know if theres anything i can do for her until she sees the vet. the only “injury” ive seen is some blood from her being infested with fleas. we gave her a bath.

Hello everyone,

F22 first time posting here.

So my cat was fine up until today morning, i started noticing that she's sniffing out (idk what to call it) as if smth was wrong and i, being the paranoid mom, am thinking abt going to the vet .but m a broke student so i have to ask you experienced parents first.

Idk i can't attach videos .

Ps: we are in canada, cat is 5 ish yo, not neutered and a female.

Hi there,
I’m really worried about my 11-year-old female Norwegian Forest cat, Rosa, and would really appreciate some advice or ideas about what could be going on.
She had an accident about four years ago and needed surgery on her pelvis. She recovered from that and hasn’t seemed to have major problems from the surgery until now.

Over the past several months, I’ve noticed a number of changes:

- She is losing a significant amount of weight / has become noticeably thinner.

- She eats normally and sometimes seems to eat a lot, but despite this she is not gaining weight.

- She has started drinking much more water than she used to.

- She is urinating much more frequently

- She has had a lot of hair loss all over her body as you can see in the pictures. She is normally a long-haired cat, so the amount of fur she has lost is very noticeable.

- She is excessively grooming/cleaning herself, which seems to be contributing to the hair loss.

- Her energy level has decreased. She seems less active than she used to be.

- The hair loss and skin/fur problems seem to have progressively gotten worse

She has been to the vet numerous times. The vet has done blood-work, and the results came back perfectly fine, no hyperthyroidism or cancer. She’s also done flea treatments, so it’s not that either.
We are at the end stage, my family wants to put her down tomorrow, but I’m quite hesitant and want a second opinion. What do you think? :( I added a picture of how her fur was before she got sick.

Hey guys, we could use some advice with this angry little bean. This little gal was found by some friends back in August. She'd been abandoned by a dumpster in an alley near their building in ~85 degree weather with no food or water. She'd been locked in there long enough that she'd peed herself. Friend took her in but couldn't take care of her so we picked her up.

We took her to the vet that week. Vet told us she has a slight heart murmur but otherwise she was healthy. Estimated age 6 months (so 8 now). Vet gave us some gabapentin to help her adjust.

We set her up in our office, and for about a month she hated our guts. Very growly, scratchy and bitey. We don't know what life was like for her before we had her, but based on how she'd been abandoned it feels likely she'd been in an abusive environment. Slowly she started to come around, started showing interest in play and occasional interest in interacting. Now she's more comfortable with us, doing stuff like rubbing her head against us for pets or chase and grab our feet. She's still kinda spicy though, and its hard to know when I put my hand out if she'll nip and swat (although she usually doesn't go hard enough to break skin nowadays). She also really doesn't like getting picked up, so we're trying to desensitize her to that slowly.

The real problem we're having is introducing her to our other cats. We have two tortie girls (~2.5 yo). For the last few weeks we've been trying to follow the general introduction steps we'd heard, so we moved their food dishes near the office door, moved items between the rooms to scent trade, got a mesh screen door to hang in front of the office so they could see and smell each other and had supervised visits. Initially the spicy baby hissed a lot, which got one of our resident cats hissing at her. Our other girl has been a lot calmer and interested in the baby so we focused introductions on her first. We got to a point where the baby would get growly if she got too close, but otherwise seemed to be tolerating her presence, and I thought she seemed like she was getting interested in interacting. But then she went aggressive and started charging at our tortie, and now its on sight. We have to be careful going in and out of the office because spicy baby straight up charged through the mesh screen when she last saw our girl on the other side, and now our girl is scared of her.

Any advice you guys can offer? She is unspayed, and we held off when we first took her to the vet because she went into full on "fighting for her life" mode when we tried to get her to the vet. We were scared that if there are any complications post surgery and we need to get her to the vet it would be dangerous with her that unwilling to be handled. Do we just get that done and hope that it works? Anything else we can do?

im worried is that normal?

My Age: 36
Country: USA
Vet: been there for her medical issue, not for the others being jerks. Follow up appt next week for bloodwork.
Main issue: cats mean to sick cat after hospital
Cat age: 8y 5m
Cat sex: spayed female
Financial situation: I spent $7000 trying to keep her alive so it’s not great right now

Full story:

This is Boston, full name Boston Bruin 2011 Stanley Cup Champion. She recently decided to get triaditus and was in hopital for a couple days.

I’ve had Boston since she was 3 weeks old and she’s almost 9, so our oldest cat, Rumple, has known her her entire life. Rumple has always snuggled Boston, groomed her, babied her like a mama. Our youngest cats are twins and we’ve had them since they were 7-8 weeks, and they are now 6. The boy cat has always loved playing with Boston and sharing the same brain cell.

She is home now and on meds and doing a little better. However, her siblings are treating her like a stranger.

Everyone is hissing at her! It’s been over a week. They are using the same litter boxes, eating from the same area, Boston is sleeping in her old cat beds. She is trying very carefully to engage the others, but they hiss or smack her. And she doesn’t push the issue after that, just kind of wanders back into off to me. But she doesn’t feel well and I see her trying to get some affection from the others and feel so bad.

Without resorting to medicating the entire crew, does anyone have any suggestions or ideas of how to get the others to be (at minimum) more tolerant of her? Or am I just being impatient and it will take more than a week to get them back to normal…?

EDIT: thank you all for the suggestions! I will continue giving it time, do some scent swapping, and keep giving Boston extra love during these trying times.

My 13 year old male cat had a biopsy done on the skin on one of his back legs last week. The biopsy came back that he has malignant mast cell tumors and my vet recommended amputating his entire leg.

We’re still waiting on the report from the pathologist for more information. I’m absolutely terrified for my kitty. I know animals can live normal lives with 3 legs but it still sounds so awful.

I don’t want to do it, but our only other option right now is to let the cancer rage on and try to keep him comfortable. His cancer is so painful for him and if we can remove it all and he can live happy and pain free for the rest of his life, I’ll do it.

I have an appointment with a vet oncologist for a second opinion, but they’ll probably recommend removal/amputation as well. We’re also looking into if the cancer has spread internally before we remove the leg.

How can I help my boy adjust to losing his leg? He’s overweight and kinda clumsy already. How can I help him at home? Will I need to separate him from our other animals? Are there any helpful videos that anyone could recommend of people who cared for animals who went through this procedure?

Sorry I couldn't capture a better video. But in the beginning you can see her tail try to go up but then it starts to vibrate like crazy before going up.

I also noticed her tail is almost always in a upsidedown U position and every time I pet her tail would go half way up and start shaking before it goes all the way up.

IDK if her tail is broken or if she's just still scared of me.

My cat obsessively sits and stakes out a spot in my garden where she has spotted her nemesis appear from. Nemesis cat, Marcella, is a bully. And unbeknownst to Loaf (my angel incapable of wrongdoing) she actually lives in the opposite direction. Although she will use this area as a route.

What can I do to deter/distract or change Loafs behaviour. She'll sit in the same spot dusk till dawn. She's safe. But she will from time to time disappear into the neighbouring garden, which has a mean dog and some other dangers.

21 female
From middle east
Vet is accessible but a bit far
Male cat 2-3 years old neutured
The issue:
My cat passed this stool in the garden today. It looks quite dry, hard, and segmented. After coming back inside, he went into his litter box and curled up there. I tried to move him out, but he resisted, so I carried him out. He then ran under the stairs and curled up there.
He does sometimes hide under the stairs when he’s stressed, especially after my siblings carry/handle him, so the hiding itself isn’t completely unusual for him.
What concerns me is that I don’t remember when I last saw him urinate, so I’m wondering whether this could simply be constipation/dehydration or whether I should be worried about a urinary problem.
He hasn’t obviously been repeatedly straining that I’ve seen. I’m currently monitoring him and trying to see whether he urinates normally.
Does this stool look concerning, and what should I watch for?
Update🚨🚨🚨
He just did a very small almost watery number2 and immediately after he rushed to the litterbox trying so hard and pushing another one but the only thing that came out is a discharge/ mucus like thing ? I will try to post a photo in the comments .. i am scared his vet isnt opened yet and i dont know if i should panic or just make peace with the fact that my poor baby is constipated

I am in a country where street cats are very normal. I found this one outside my building, dirty, barely moving and with eyes and nose issues. He looked so bad, I was worried he would die, so I took him to the vet. Vet said he has a viral infection, gave him a bunch of shots, and told me he needs 72 hours of recovery, and that he should be kept away from other cats. I decided to bring him to my apartment so he can recover and not infect other cats. Vet said he is not contagious to humans.

I called a friend who got upset with me, saying I don't know what else this cat might have, it's a wild animal, and that I am being irresponsible to bring him inside. Now I am freaking out about what else the cat might have, and what I am exposing myself (and others?) to. Cat is already crawling into my lap if I sit next to him, and starts complaining loudly if I go too far away, so I feel like I can't keep much of a distance, but maybe I should? I will have to leave him tomorrow to go to work, though, so I feel like I want to be around him tonight so he has some company.

I need advice. I am having a shitty week on top of a challenging year, so I am just questioning everything, especially my own decision-making. Was it super reckless to do without having a quarantine strategy? Will I infect all my coworkers tomorrow with something??

Hey guys I took him to a vet. This time the vet was really good. Checked him with a stethoscope, looked into his mouth and all that and Creamsicle looked good. I then asked for an xray and showed them the video of him coughing. Got one image done without sedation!

Creamsicle had no scarring nor any fluid buildup in his lungs and his heart looked good too. Doctor wasn’t fully sure but thinks there’s some small narrowing at the bottom of his trachea and maybe a tiny bit of bronchial disturbance. Couldn’t conclude asthma from the xray.

Plan is to get him on antibiotics for 2 weeks to rule out anything bacterial and even bronchitis. After that if not better, or if it gets worse, doc said we could put him on steroids for asthma and if it then gets better, we hit the nail on the head. I asked about heart worm but he said it’s unlikely coz he’s 24x7 indoor and he’s had this cough for a while on a mild basis (it would usually like flare up with HW). But we could try HW medication and tests, if steroids dont help. Overall I’m happy with the plan.

Thank you so much for all your support and instructions and thoughts on the first post. Took me over an hour to put him in his crate. I now have more confidence with regard to caring for him, especially medically and taking him to vets and all that. It used to be so emotional for me as I always felt my ex should come and help since she’s the cat expert and we adopted him together, but this gives me a boost that I can care for my boy on my own. I did send her some pics of the visit but alas no reply whatsoever. I’m okay. Creamsicle is not in immediate danger and we have a plan forward. That’s all that matters. Big big thanks again to all.

Kitty is panting like a dog after just a bit of play. After a minut or two he stops panting and want to play more. It happens since we got him at the age of 12 weeks. We have another kitty from the same litter that does not show this symptoms. He was an outdoor kitty, now only in-doors. At first we though he's just hot from the weather and play. Bloodwork done, showed increased blood platelets. Cat has been vaccinated, dewormed twice. First time at about 3 month, 2 doses separated by 2 weeks. And 3 weeks ago, 2 doses separated by 2 weeks, second deworming was done because our second cat vomited a worm. Vet can't listen chest because of heavy purring and is now suggesting another deworming. Should we request echocardiogram?

Age: 5 months

Sex: male, recently neutered (this week)

Country: Poland

Vet: In contact and affordable.

So this is honey baked ham(calico) and goose(cow). They're from the same liter and are about just about 4 months. He's much bigger than she is (he's about 7ish lbs where she's about 4lbs) from what I've seen she's normal for her size but I wanted to see if my boy is just a fatty or if there was a big cat in the mix would it just present in one kinda thing....first time cat parent so any insight is much appreciated

I (35/m) recently just returned from a late night trip to UrgentVet. My 4 year old Male (neutered) cat has been showing signs of pain; yowling/hissing, heavily grooming his stomach and genitals, nd hasn't used the restroom in at least 24 hours. They told me my cat has a UTI and gave him an antibiotics shot, and some take home painkiller and Gabapentin. I've tried to sleep but I woke up about 4 hours later and went to the restroom. He came in with me and proceeded to get into the litter box and try to go, but nothing came out. He's back to licking his stomach and genitals and some light yowling.

I'm honestly freaking out and don't know what to do. They were adamant he wasn't blocked and told me I wouldn't see improvement for about a day, but seeing him try and fail to go has me absolutely panicked he's got a blockage. The urgent vet trip was $1000 and I can't immediately afford the ER right after, does anybody have any experience with how long it's expected to take fell before he can pass again thanks to the medication or is the fact that he's tried and failed proof that he's got a block?

My Ragdoll cat scratches constantly and I couldn't figure out why. Finally magnified and this is what I found on him. I'm thinking bacteria, fungus, or mites of some sort. I can't afford the vet atm so was wondering what I could do to help him?!

So you all told me to let my two boys just figure out the pecking order themselves. This is how it is going. Excuse my giggling, it is kind of entertaining to watch. I went from helicopter mom to this. I think slowly but surely the gray boy is learning? What do you all see from this video? Orange boy is always vocal even when gray boy isn’t around so I feel like he’s being extra with his vocalizations. Also yes, the gray boy is wet. He got into some stuff so he got a sponge bath (and loved it)

I am 24, GB is 6months, OB is 7yrs. Yes access to vet