CAT BEHAVIOR

Dominant Female Cat over Kitten  QUESTION

My daughter found a female kitten (we think it's a female) approximately 8 weeks old. She has a 9 year old nutered male & a 6 year old spayed ...

Traveling with a Cat  QUESTION:

My cat Sammy gets extremely nervous when traveling in the car. It is hard to even get him in his crate. He pants excessively. What can I ...

Cat Scratching  QUESTION

My cat attacked me twice and scratched me on my leg. The cat also did this to my husband. We did not provoke the cat. Why did the cat ...

Sudden Behavior Change In Cat  Hi Doctor,

We have a 1 1/2 year old cat, Alice. She loves to chase toy mice, jump up in bed with us to wake us up in the morning, and tear around ...

How Long do I keep my Cats Inside when I Move to a New House?  Hi Dr Neely

I am moving soon to a new home from an apartment. I have 2 cats, one is an outdoor cat and is 12 years old, the other is an indoor cat ...

One Kitty Being Shunned by the Others  QUESTION

About 1 1/2 months ago, we began noticing our littlest baby, Potter (2 1/2 yrs old - boy) was hiding from us and the other cats (3 of ...

Cat Behavior: Overanxious Eating or Sick?  QUESTION:

We adopted a beautiful Himalayan, we named him Samson, from a HORRIBLE situation a few weeks ago. He was almost dumped at a shelter by ...

Cat Behavior: Helping my cat cope with death of her brother  Hi,

I have a 1 year old female neutered Tiffany cat, Foxy. She and her brother were bred by a breeder and I picked them up when they were 3 months ...

Cat Destructive Behaviors: My cat scratches the sofa and wood around the door  QUESTION

my older cat likes to claw my furniture and the wood around my door frames. Is there a product I can purchse or a home reamdy I can make ...

Biting Feline Mystery  QUESTION

Our 1 1/2 year old domestic short hair female neutered cat has developed a habit of biting (most of the time playfully) us when our paths ...

Scared Cat: Cat Hissing  QUESTION

My boyfriend and I went out of town and we left our approx. 1 year old cat with our neighbor. We have left him there before for a week ...

Cat Behavior 

I have a rescue cat who was found in a deserted house with 14 other cats. I adopted him when he was a bit over a year old. He hid under my couch ...

Cat Sucking After Weaning 


I have a 12-week-old kitten that constantly sucks on everyone. We have had him since 7 weeks old, but he did not start this for about 1-2 weeks later....

MALE CAT BEHAVIOR 


I have 2 cats. One is 2 1/2 years old and the other one is about a year old. The older cat has always been an inside cat. We bought him from a ...

Traumatized Cat 
Two weeks ago we got two young puppies, but my cat Donte was scared to death of them. During the fourth of July weekend he ran off and we couldn't find ...

Defecation Problems: Cat Defecation Problem 

My 11 year old female cat has started to defecate on the rugs all over the house. BM's are loose and she leaves it where we can see it.

She had ...

Defecation Problems: Litter Box Problems 
Litter Box Problems are common with cats and especially older cats. The following question illustrates how behavior can change as a cat ages.


I ...

BEHAVIOR CHANGE 


We have a rescue cat, Fifi and a Maine Coon cat, Simon. Both have been together about 9 years.

Lately Simon has been acting very strange. He ...

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Female Bengal Has Uncoordinated Movement of Her Leg  QUESTION

My 5 year old female Bengal, Asia, recently started having episodes where her right rear foot seemed to itch. She will try (usually in ...

Weird Cat  Whenever I start sniffing around my cat (the same thing he does to me) he starts going crazy. He starts meowing and biting (not to hurt) me. He even ...

Moving cats  > Hi,

I have two cats that have always been together, but I am moving out of my house and want to take one of them with me. He is 12 years old and ...

Newborn Baby and Birman Cat  QUESTION:

My wife is pregnant, and our cat Chester - is the most loving Birman Cat. He loves to sleep between our heads and and always wants to sit ...

Can an indoor Cat Survive on it's own? 

Hi doctor,


I have told you before that i allowed a cat from the street to give birth in my appartment 4 months ago. My parents forced me to give ...

Cat scratching around food  I just had a quick question about cat behavior.

I notice that whenever I feed my cats, one of my cats scratches all around their food bowls when ...

My Cat Potato  QUESTION

I have 2 cats Potato and Heather, they were very close. Heather had kittens 2 weeks ago, and Potato has been very depressed and eats ...

Picking Up Kitty  QUESTION

My stepdaughter likes to pick up little Noah by the back of the neck, he is about 4 and half months old and I think he is too old for this....

Cat Scratching  QUESTION

My cat attacked me twice and scratched me on my leg. The cat also did this to my husband. We did not provoke the cat. Why did the cat ...

Cat Clawing Furniture  QUESTION

How can I stop our cat from clawing our leather lounge suit? Lisa


Hi, Lisa,

Keep the nails trimmed.

Provide lots of scratching ...

Birman Cat chewing Wires, eating Towels, Socks but not Food.  Hi Dr. Neely,

I am at my wits end with this kitty....she is 5 years old and has had this problem for some time. She was fine as a kitten and we thought ...

my black cat  Hello

We have a pesty black cat, Puffie who is 11 months old. He thinks he is the boss of everthing and is always fighting with our other cat Tooty ...

13 week old Kitten Biting  QUESTION

I recently rescued a 10 week old male kitten (he is now 13 weeks) who was abandoned outside by his mother.

He had roundworm and tapeworm ...

Cat Behavior after Holiday  Hiya,

I have a very loving affectionate cat called Paws, I have had her for 2 months now because she is a rescue cat, I think she is anywhere between ...

Cat Behavior  QUESTION

We recently adopted two kittens from the local cat rescue coalition. they are aprox. 4 months old and have been inside since we got them ...

Cat Hissing At Smells  > Dear Meg,

The unfamiliar smell made him hiss at her bag and then since the other 2 cats were there, he displaced his aggression (fear, defensive ...

Kitten Still Nursing  Hi Dr. Neely,

We got a kitten from a pet store, we have had her for 1 month and she is still wants to nurse. She is 3 1/2 months old. Any suggestions ...

Kitten Behavior: Cat Sucking  QUESTION:

I recently adopted my kitten Macy about a month ago, she is 4 months old now. She is continuously sucking on one of her nipples. I can'...

MY CAT IS DESTRUCTIVE  Hi

I have 2 cats, 1 abyssinian Male called Orion and 1 Ocicat female called Athena. Both my cats have been neutered and are indoor cats. Just recently ...

Paw Flexing of Cats  QUESTION

I just recently adopted a cat from the shelter. She often flexes her paws while laying down, alternating from left and right paw. She ...

Defecation Problem: New Home Cat Defecation Problem  QUESTION

My wife and I moved into a new home, which had a dog and a smoker. The house was cleaned very well before we moved in; but I was wondering ...

Cat Behaviors  QUESTION:

My sister and I have two 2 cats in the house, an 11 year old female (Bean) and an 8 year old male (Mac). Both cats are litter box trained,...

My Cat Can Be Very Destructive.  Hi

I have 2 cats. One Abyssinian male called Orion and one Ocicat (half siamese half abyssinian) female called Athena. Both cats have been neutered ...

Cat Leg Twitches  QUESTION

My cat is a 1 1/2 year old neutered male long haired tabby and when he sleeps his legs twitch all the time more so when he is on his back ...

Defecation AND Urination Problems: litter box problem HELP!  QUESTION

We have two cats, a himalayan female who is about 12 years old. The other is an orange tabby around the same age. We constantly have one ...

Moved Recently: Cat Behavior 

I recently moved with two 4 year old female cats. Within 1 week, one of the cats has started meowing loudly for no apparent reason, especially once ...

Indoor vs Outdoor Cats 


My sisters told me about a very friendly, actually affection-starved cat that a friend feeds but doesn't take in. They were told that it was someone'...

Cat Behaviour 

My cat is 5 years old. She has suddenly developed a fear of items that are made of fabric, such as clothing, mittens, slippers, etc.

She tries ...

Territorial Cat Problem 



I have a cat that has been in multiple homes. A friend of my Girlfriend's housemate adopted her as a kitten from a shelter. When the friend could ...

Toilet Training 


Edgar, my 7 month old black fluffy bum, "as you will see in the pic" just refuses to go to the toilet outside,and often will not use his tray either....

Cat Behavior Change  


My 8 yr. old calico, Sandy, has been doing her bm right outside the litter box on and off for about a month now. I am puzzled by her behavior because ...

Sniffing Game with My Feline 

Sometimes I play with my 5 year old black cat and I start sniffing him....the same way he sniffs me and other objects. When I start sniffing him (acting ...

Cat Introduction To New Kitten  What is the best way to introduce a new kitten(4months old) to two older cats(3 1/2yrs old and 8yrs old)?


Hi, Tiffany,

Congratulations on the ...

Unusual Cat Behavior  My 8-year-old female cat has started something disturbing just in the last 2 weeks. For no apparent reason, she will jump up, as if someone shot her, and ...

Cat Dragging His Bottom 


I recently saved a 5 year old male cat from being taken to a shelter. I have never had a cat before, so I want to know if this is normal. After he ...

Two New Friends For Sadie 


I'll be staying with a friend soon for a few months. She owns two female cats. My cat, Sadie, is also female. This we are not concerned with.

My ...

Scared Cats: Cat Back Home After 4 Months On The Street 


Our 2 year old cat ran out the front door 4 months ago and we found him yesterday! Absolutely unbelievable! He has been on his own in the city ...

VET VISITS 


I have a 1 year old male cat. I would like to have him fixed. The problem is I'm afraid I won't be able to put him in a carrier without him scratching ...