My cat won’t stop meowing. Please help before I lose my mind!

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
My 2 1/2-year-old cat, Pickle, will not stop meowing in the mornings. We tried completely ignoring him for two months, we tried squirting him with water every time he meows, we tried a scat mat (he has a particular spot he meows from) and we have tried a Sssscat motion [...]

How can I help my cat get over her chronic diarrhea?

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
One of my cats had major dental surgery in January. When we adopted her, we found that her teeth were all rotten and had to be removed. Since being on the antibiotic regimen back then, she has had chronic diarrhea. She was put on antibiotics twice to treat it at [...]

My cats have started to hate each other. Help!

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties:
We have two male cats, a ginger and a black. The ginger one was neutered two weeks ago, and the black one is not yet neutered. The ginger cat has become extremely aggressive towards the black cat in the last couple of weeks. This has become so extreme [...]

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