Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 5-year-old male cat has been exhibiting signs of feline hyperesthesia syndrome for two years. He was a healthy, hefty boy in March 2016, prior to having his second set of vaccinations. After vaccinating, he changed. He began showing signs of neurological disturbances and behavior changes. He became terrified […]
How Can I Capture A Wounded Feral Cat?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I know what I need to do, but getting it done is another problem. There’s a colony of feral cats living in my neighborhood. My neighbors have been gracious enough to capture them, get them neutered, and release them back into their territory. But recently I saw one of […]
My Cat Has a Recurring Abscess. What Do I Do?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat got outside and got in a fight with another cat. He developed an abscess from being bitten. I took him to the vet and had the abscess drained. The vet gave me antibiotics, and he seemed to get better. Then, a couple of weeks later, the abscess […]
My Cat Got Hit By A Car and He’s Still Hurting. Help!
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 16-month-old Bengal cat was, I assume, hit by a car last Tuesday. I didn’t see the event but found him in a dirt hole in shock and visibly injured not far from a busy residential road. I took him to the hospital, and after two days he saw […]
My Cats Hate Being Apart, and They’re Driving Me Nuts
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have two cats in a 1 bedroom apartment. They are both very attached to me and HATE being on the other side of a closed door. The younger one has recently come down with some sort of eye condition that the vet can’t figure out the cause of […]