My cat has taken to pooping and peeing all over our flat. Several trips to the vet haven't stopped it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop this?
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posted by Pilly
on May 8, 2011 -
27 answers
I (one person) am moving two cats from Saskatoon to Toronto. Do I ship the cats, rent a car and drive them, make two flights to ferry them back and forth or put one in the cargo hold?
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posted by jrochest
on May 7, 2011 -
30 answers
How to support and comfort a friend through the illness/loss of their pets? What helped you?
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posted by anonymous
on May 5, 2011 -
19 answers
Cat psychology question: I may have really upset my cat - please help me soothe her.
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posted by dmbfan93
on Apr 23, 2011 -
14 answers
I will be moving house soon and am interested in adding a (second) cat to my household. How to minimize trauma for the cat I already have?
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posted by alphasunhat
on Apr 18, 2011 -
2 answers
My roommate is blaming an oven fire on my cat, and it's causing some tension between us. Help me figure out the best way to handle the situation so we're both satisfied.
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posted by Neely O'Hara
on Apr 18, 2011 -
78 answers
I'm looking for the recipe for "Instant Mouse" from
The New Natural Cat by Anitra Frazier. Is it kosher to not buy the book, but ask for the recipe? I did used to own it...
posted by dmvs
on Apr 16, 2011 -
5 answers
Please help me deal with my newly diagnosed Asthma and allergies. I know you are not my allergist.
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posted by dmbfan93
on Apr 11, 2011 -
25 answers
My next door neighbor's cat is seriously ill. Unfortunately, she has had her hours cut at work and cannot afford veterinary care. Does anyone know of any organizations, national or local, that provide financial assistance for emergency animal care?
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posted by IvoShandor
on Apr 8, 2011 -
10 answers
Where should I begin to deal with these dogs' problems? Is there a good order to this? Do any of these things appear to relate to each other?
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posted by Ashley801
on Apr 6, 2011 -
8 answers
My cats are nocturnal! Which was never a problem until, a few weeks ago, one of them started getting really irritating at night. She will scratch a piece of furniture or wall, making that wonderful knife-sharpening sound, until she sees that my wife or I are awake (usually this involves us yelling or throwing something, but I've noticed that even rolling over or lifting a head to look, will make her stop). This happens 6 or 7 times a night. The other one is usually fine but now they get in fights every night. Nothing in particular has changed in our, or presumably their, lives. They seem healthy and otherwise happy. What gives?
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posted by Erroneous
on Apr 4, 2011 -
19 answers
DisasterFilter - What steps can I take to ensure my pets survival in the case where a disaster strikes and I can't get home?
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posted by MShades
on Apr 2, 2011 -
7 answers
Ever lost a pet and found it? I'm distraught about my cat's disappearance and could use some positive stories of reunification.
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posted by loquat
on Mar 30, 2011 -
81 answers
How worried should I be about the lump on my cat and the inconclusive results of a needle aspirate biopsy?
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posted by shoreline
on Mar 19, 2011 -
8 answers
We took in a second cat that suddenly needed a home to our heretofore single cat household. In spite of following all the suggestions made by vets and pet experts, things aren't going quite as well as we would like. How do we know when it's time to make arrangements so that both of these cats can live in comfortable, stress free environments?
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posted by to sir with millipedes
on Mar 12, 2011 -
15 answers
Cannot get rid of fleas in my apartment from my cat who is now sequestered on the patio
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posted by cerebral
on Mar 11, 2011 -
25 answers
My girlfriend's cat has a tendency to become REALLY active at night, most often between the hours of 4 and 6 in the morning. Loudly running around the bedroom, knocking things off of tables, clawing furniture, whatever she can do to make noise. How can we curb this behavior?
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posted by incomple
on Feb 24, 2011 -
43 answers
How do you enjoy your pets? My interactions with my animals of late has been them asking for lots and me giving them lots but it doesn't seem like there's much in the other direction. How do you get past the gimme, gimme, gimme needs of your animals and just enjoy them?
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posted by Leezie
on Feb 14, 2011 -
26 answers
In December 2002 I went to Paris and found a really strange, ramshackle little bar. Does it sound familiar to anyone?
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posted by mippy
on Feb 2, 2011 -
7 answers
Can someone explain some seemingly complex domestic feline behavior?
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posted by ktoad
on Jan 17, 2011 -
6 answers
My wife and I want to get a pet. I've always considered myself a dog person, my wife's open to think about a cat, but I wonder if we're really pet people at all.
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posted by Sir Cholmondeley
on Jan 17, 2011 -
37 answers
If a baby's eczema was food allergy related - and reacted to the proteins of that food through breast milk - would you expect a flare-up when the food itself was finally introduced directly?
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posted by slightlybewildered
on Jan 17, 2011 -
10 answers
Once upon a time I was very allergic to cats, but this appears to have gone away. My dog allergy has stuck around though. What mechanism is likely at work for an allergy to simply disappear? Will it come back?
posted by deeper red
on Dec 7, 2010 -
9 answers
We've just moved to the southern part of Austin (about 1 mile NW of the I-35/71 interchange) and we're out of our current pet sitter's regular driving range. She's covering us for this weekend and for Thanksgiving but it's a significant extra mileage fee, so we're looking for personal recommendations for a cat sitter in the area for the future, starting with Christmas. If you can find us someone sooner, we'll be extra grateful, but we are covered for this month.
In accordance with cat-related AskMe rules,
Linnete and
Laudine appreciate your help.
posted by immlass
on Nov 17, 2010 -
3 answers
There's a lot of
this going on in my apartment. What can I do to prevent my towels and cotton shirts from coming out of the dryer covered with cat-hair pills?
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posted by carsonb
on Nov 15, 2010 -
8 answers
My cat loves to bring animals into the house. Fine, I know it's an instinct, but just today she brought in a snake that I'm pretty sure is highly poisonous. How do we stop her from doing this, or at least, protect ourselves from bad consequences?
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posted by forza
on Oct 27, 2010 -
18 answers
So we have a cat. He came with the house, and probably not the cat we would have picked for ourselves, but now he's ours and we love him. However he's recently added a new behavioral problem to a list of behavioral problems that isn't as short as all that: From 3 in the morning onwards he wanders the house and meows constantly.
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posted by Artw
on Oct 22, 2010 -
25 answers
DIY cat bed on the radiator. Is it safe to build a platform on top of the cast-iron steam radiator for my cat to sit/lie on? If so, what materials, methods, etc should I use?
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posted by LobsterMitten
on Oct 7, 2010 -
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