Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Our cat, Guy, is nearly a year old now. We found him when he was a kitten, 2-3 weeks old, in the lagoon area in southeast Nigeria. I had to feed him with a dropper and massage his belly; he was to young to do number one on his [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat, Andy, is a 2-1/2 year old tabby. He is unneutered because I haven’t had the money (I know I’m a bad “mother” in that respect). He eats well, is playful, all that good stuff. The problem is that he has developed a habit of not using his [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have two brother tomcats, both unfixed and around 10 months old. This week, I have caught the smaller cat, F, humping the larger cat, A, three times. F was even biting A’s neck. I also noticed F was stimulated. It always seems to happen when A is sleeping. [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My name is Shadow, and I’m a 1-year-old male cat. My parents recently moved to an apartment in a new neighborhood. When we were at the old house, I was allowed to go outside, but the new apartment is in an area where it’s not safe for kitties, so [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My feamle kitten won’t stop meowing and moaning, she won’t play much and constantly cleans her genitala area. I heard that this could be something to do with her looking for male cats but I am worried. If this is the case, will her being spayed resolve the situation? [...]
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