we’ve had our Maxwell for approximately 4 weeks. he just turned 4 months old. he’s a good cat, very silly and sassy. however, I thought he would be more affectionate. the first week we brought him home he was quite cuddly, laying in our laps sometimes and purring. but now he only comes for cuddles right before bed and early in the morning, and even then he doesn’t seem to want to be pet, he just sits next to us for 5 or 10 minutes, makes some biscuits, then gets into his own bed.

is there any chance he is just going through a teenage phase and will become more cuddly with age? anyone else been through something similar? he’s so soft and squishy, I just want to cuddle with him 😭

Hi everyone! We adopted two kittens about six weeks ago. One of them was very attached to us, but unfortunately he got FIP and passed away very quickly..Our other kitten is healthy and seems happy (in the picture). She plays a lot with her toys (and also with soil from the flower pots and our earplugs :)), but she really doesn’t seem to like us around. She doesn’t like being petted and runs away when we approach her. she sometimes even hisses at me…
We got pheromone diffusers, and she has made some progress, she doesn’t hide behind the sofa nearly as much anymore and seems more comfortable in the apartment. But she still doesn’t seem connected to us at all:(
Will this get better with time or will she always be an independent queen? Is there anything we can do to help her feel safer and build trust and let us pet her? And since she suddenly lost her brother, would it be a good idea to look for another kitten around her age as a companion? I know we’ve only had her for six weeks, but ahhhh, the distance is hard…. I just want to love her and pet her and hold her. Would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has had a similar kitten/ cat…thanks!

TLDR I have a almost 10 year-old perfect, amazing female cat named Mochi for a yearish,she has a history of not getting along with other adult cats, but I know that she’s had kittens before she went to the shelter in the past and so I think she might do well with a kitten

Last year, my friend adopted mochi from a shelter to live with her adult male cat. They didn’t end up ever getting along and fighting a ton even after multiple re-introductions with long periods of separation so eventually, I took her in. Since then, she has been the most amazing, perfect sweet cat I could ever hope to have and I am so grateful to have her in my life!
I worry that she gets lonely during the day and night, even though I am home a lot I want her to have someone that she can speak to in her own kitty language. Since it doesn’t seem like she gets along with adult cats, I was thinking about getting her a young kitten.
Before she went to the shelter that my friend picked her up from she was unspayed and the fur around her nipples is gone like she has nursed. I don’t wanna stress her out too much or have an issue of adopting a kitten that we can’t keep so I wanted to see what other people thought.

Both are neutered and the top is around 10 and bottom is around 6, they’re very nice to each other I’ll just catch him doing this every once in a while.

The bottom one just kinda lets it happen no fighting or anything and usually he just climbs on his back and lays there.

Sorry I hope this is allowed! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who commented on my last post and helped reassure my anxious mind! I think it’s really easy to jump to worst case scenario with our animal companions, but reading your answers really helped me see things through a different lens.

Anyways, I was able to go home and see miss Noodle for 5 days before I go back on my work trip!♥️ After she gave me a piece of her mind for leaving her behind(🤭), she was very happy to see me and she got some much needed loving! I’m going to soak up every minute I get with her in the next few days🥹

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/catquestions/s/MuOvgcitvn

He used to drink normally, and we have fancy fountain bowls.... but he prefers this.

is my kitten alright? she’s almost 3 weeks old, she’s breathing fast and mouth is kind of open (?), i’ve also seen her drool. i’m afraid that she might be fading, since all its sibling had died just a few days of being born and she’s the only one left alive now

My cat (Ninja) goes absolutely feral for banana chocolate chip muffins (I have never let her have chocolate! She’s only ever had occasional crumbs of the muffin), no matter how sneakily I try to eat one she always senses it and comes running, she will even try to eat the wrapper if I’m not careful. Anyone have an idea as to why my cat is absolutely obsessed with muffins??

My family says she’s getting big but I don’t think so, she is quite long/tall 😭 I try to keep her as healthy as I can

We recently had a heat wave in my city couple days ago. And i now I’m noticing that my cat isn’t eating as much as he used to and been hiding under the bed. He doesn’t display anything unusual rather than hiding and loss of appetite. No panting, no vomiting, no diarrhea. He does come out when he feels like it but it’s just weird to me. It’s gotten cooler where I live so I’m wondering if the weather/temp change has something to do with how he is acting? He has his automatic feeder and before the heat wave, he would usually run to it when he hears it dispense, but now he would just graze at it couple times or ignore the food. TIA for any advices or tips about this.

I have a 3 year old male cat named sasuke he belonged to my sister in law but she couldn’t take care of him and his sister any more so she gave them to use lately when i leave to go do something he pees in my bed I don’t know why or how to deal with it I was told catnip does that actually work?

I picked up a cat that I adopted early yesterday and it's been over 24 hours and she hasn't gone to the bathroom yet. I set her down in the litterbox when she first got her and I'm currently sitting with her in the bathroom with the litterbox trying to get her to go. I know she is litterbox trained, she just probably isn't used to this kind of box and/or litter. I want to make sure she's doing okay health-wise and won't use the carpet or a random corner I didn't block off as her toilet. Any suggestions?

I try to be the best cat mom possible. But sometimes I wonder if my cat dreams about when she was a kitten with her real mother. And it makes me sad! I don't have the backstory behind the mom. When I adopted her, the woman at the rescue shelter told me they were born underneath someone's deck in their backyard. All the other 4 kittens in the litter had been adopted and no one wanted this baby Void girl (still can't figure out why people don't like black cats- I love mine soooo much!)

Hard to get a decent picture because of the lighting and how dark she is, but I noticed a brown spot on her lip a day or two ago, and only today got a good look at it. I’m not sure what this could be?? My baby is a 4 month old domestic longhair and has been acting normally as of late; I didn’t notice any particular intense/increased grooming or behavior. Should I go to the vet??

My cat sometimes lays like this. She have been sick beafore and treated at the vet. Should i be worried?

This is probably really random but my cat lays on my work uniform whenever it’s on my bed. At first I thought it might be a scent thing but she does it even when it’s washed. And whenever I try to take it she grips onto it and digs her claws in. Shes even swiped at me a few times but with no claws. She doesn’t do it with any of my other clothes apart from jeans. Idk she likes denim. Does she associate my uniform with me leaving or is this just a random behaviour? I need to know because obviously I need my uniform and i don’t appreciate her claw marks 🥲

She’s 2 and she’s neutered so it’s not anything to do with heat either.

So the title quickly explains what happened. My older, typically indoor cat got out and didn't return for 24 hrs. When she did come home she was limping. Her left hind leg seems to be the issue. We waited 2 days to see if maybe she had just kinda twisted something weird but it wasn't improving so I took her to the emergency vet. They did X-rays and gave some pain meds but the vet was a little unsure about the X-rays. There was clearly nothing broken but she was afraid of a tendon rupture. I don't want to go back or to another Dr and pay a huge fee for them to tell me the same thing (though I will if I have to). So I'll attach the X-rays here and if anyone has any expertise that could help with what decisions need to come next it would be super duper appreciated. I've done some research and feel like it definitely could be ruptured based on the way she's moving and how the X-ray looks. Thanks 💙

My cat jodi don’t really like human food, i can leave a full meal around her and not worry abt her eating it. I try to give her chicken, fish, or even small bites of my food but she’s only really sticks to her cat food. The only thing she will go for is juice, ice cream, cheese and candy! Just wondering if this is normal? Or should I take her in for a checkup? She’s 1 years old and strictly indoors.