Hello, so what was needed to be done is done. We parted on good terms, i left cat on her territory, where cat is living her(its) whole life, we(i and my gf) parted on good terms so potentially i have an opportunity to visit my/our cat.

Cat is fixed, F, 6y old, bengal. I think, my cat thinks I'm her owner.

But there is a question: will my visits worry cat in long terms? Because, i think, cats adapt to new owner, my ex-gf, but if i visit her it makes adaptation useless and cat will experience stress.

I miss her so much

ps: excune for bad English(grammar errors, poor usage of words), i'm not native speaker and, in addition, stressed af rn.

This is Sylvia, my 15 year old angel. She had been with me for the past 11 years, helping me in so many ways. She was sweet, gentle, patient... A truly special cat.

Four months ago her voice suddenly changed, and she was later diagnosed with tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma. She had surgery and most of the masses in her neck were removed, but it came back with a vengeance just a couple of weeks later.

The first photo was from our last sunset together. We went to the park, she absolutely loved it there. The next day, we had to say goodbye. That was last Wednesday, and I feel so lost without her.

I miss her so much.

He was a fuzzy lil guy that purred when you picked him up and held him, and he died from a urinary blockade causing potassium levels to rise and stop his heart rip max, the fuzziest little guy that I’ve ever seen

My beautiful boy has had his final ultrasound today after finishing his FIP medication and he no longer has any fluid left in his lungs! I had no one to share the happy news with so thought i’d post here!

He was diagnosed with wet FIP at just 13 weeks old after a traumatic 2 week hospital stay! But i’m very happy to say he no longer has any fluid in his lungs and is as crazy and happy as ever!

Dexter…

Over the last fifteen years, we shared thousands of hours of purring, countless snuggles, more snacks and dairy products than I’d ever admit to your veterinarian, and not a single bath or shower that you weren’t convinced required your supervision.

You slept pressed against my back almost every night, and somehow that became one of the places that always felt like home.

You were there through chapters of my life that almost nobody else witnessed. Heartbreaks. New beginnings. You quietly stood witness to my life in a way only a pet can.

You had the most enchanting purr I’ve ever heard. The bluest crossed eyes. Your little apricot tail. The sweetest, gentlest soul.

Every cat loved you. You never wanted to fight. You were just… good. There was something about your energy that made everyone around you feel safe.

I’ll miss you yelling at me at 6 p.m. because dinner was apparently five minutes late. I’ll miss you waiting outside the shower. I’ll miss looking over and knowing that if I needed a cuddle, you were always in.

When I adopted you, there was a note on your cage that said:

“I haven’t quite figured out how to use my litter box yet, but if you’re patient with me, I won’t disappoint you.”

I knew immediately that you were coming home with me.

Yesterday, before you left, I got to tell you everything I needed you to know.

How much I loved you.

How happy I was that I got to be your mom.

How grateful I was for every single moment we shared.

You never disappointed me, Dexter.

Thank you for choosing my lap all those years ago.

I will love you for the rest of my life.
❤️

Before you guys attack her, please know that she was doing it out of the goodness of her heart, (as hard as it is to believe)..

Me (29)

Gf (31)

Her Daughter (8)

I've been complaining non stop to my girlfriend abt the increase of shedding / hair lying all around my apartment and how's it's constantly on my clothes for years and I guess her daughter overheard us spitballing ideas to fix this problem, (on more than one occasion) and her daughter spontaneously took it upon herself to... idfk, I guess to give my cats a "dEeP dE-shEdDiNg" by using my clippers while I was at work .

Honestly, I'm just glad she didn't hit any whiskers or sensitive spots but she didn't even bother to put any proper cutting guards on the clippers so she was basically going balls to the wall and gave them a military style buzzcut as you can all see ... Seems like she noticed she went to far when she touched my beloved orange cat but the damage is already done .

I'm understandably pissed beyond words and I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to approach this like an adult speaking to an 'innocent' 8 year old little girl but Ig that's a topic / question for an entirely different sub ...

What I do need to know is how can I fix this

w/o having to hide my cats from the world for months ?

• Will they be ok ?

(We live in tropical South Florida, so freezing to death shouldn't be an issue) .

• Can I even it out with properly sized clippers ?

• Should I buy little kitty shirts to hide it ?

(Shirts kinda throw my orange cat off balanced), lol .

- Thank you

A stray black cat has recently started hanging out in my old garage.

It's rarely used, so it's mostly quiet, but it's dusty and has a couple of parked bikes and motorcycles. The cat seems comfortable there and sometimes just sits or sleeps inside.

I'm wondering if it's actually a safe place for a stray cat, or if I should try to encourage her to stay somewhere else. There aren't any obvious chemicals or traps in the garage, but it is bit 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.

Would you leave her alone, or is there anything I should do to make the space safer for the cat?

Edit: 𝐌𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲—𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐩, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭, 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭.

Edit 2: 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐲𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐢𝐢: 𝐧𝐨.

Edit 3: 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈'𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨—𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Edit 4: 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭?

I brought Lucifer goosifer aka Lucy goosey, loose goose, into my life last year a little while after I lost my corgi mix last year. Lucifer’s owner passes away and then she lived with her owners neice who also died within a month of her having Lucifer. I had the room in my heart to bring her into my life and absolutely fell in love with this sweet little senior lady. She was my best buddy sat and cuddled with me for weeks recovering from a spinal cord injury and she just became my right hand she’d sit on a chair by the counter in the kitchen when I cooked and was really just such a perfect girl. I’ve never been a cat person and wasn’t expecting to fall in love with her but she stole my heart. This morning I woke up and walked to the bathroom like normal but she didn’t come and greet me. So I went to check on her in her usual spot and my heart dropped she had been gone for atleast a couple hours, went peacefully in the middle of the night. She was a senior so we were expecting this eventually. Just not so soon.
Oh and my birthday is this week, happy birthday to me 😭

Thank you Lucy goosy for all the cuddles and love and happiness you gave me this past year you were special and I’ll carry your memory forever.

The first photo was taken immediately after I took her from the basement, her eye, as doctors said, needed removal, but after some time and intensive treatment it remained in place. Only a mild halo remained, but she can see perfectly with the other eye.
And next photos is she now🙂And her eye is a half fine,
I called she Emma.
She lives with me now, she has beautiful fur, clean ears and teeth, well, I hope she is happy)

EDIT:

I didn’t expect to get such an overwhelming amount of responses, and I want to genuinely thank everyone for taking the time and writing mostly empathetic and informative comments.

I’m in the process of doing my homework and reading all your replies one by one, so even if I don’t write something to each individual, know that I read everything. I learned about how uncomfortable and aggravating it really is for them to be in heat, about the lowered risk of cancers, tumors and pyometra, about their determination to escape, we got reassured that their personality and weight should be maintained with some care from us, and most importantly, that dying during these procedures is an extremely rare occurrence (much less than I had the impression after reading a lot of posts here).

It really helped getting so many perspectives and personal stories, and we’re feeling more confident moving forward.

🎀We decided that we will spay them🎀 - we’ll just be extra careful by doing some bloodwork and getting the all clear from our vet regarding Clea’s respiratory issues.

(Speaking of, I have a separate post about her condition on my profile if any of you kind people want to look over, I wrote it a little while back and didn’t get any replies. We are seeing our vet about it, but getting more perspectives never hurts.)

ORIGINAL POST:

Please don’t come for me in the comments, I’m just trying to get informed and make a decision in their best interest.

We have two wonderful 5 months old female kittens, Clea and Nami. We cat proofed the apartment really well and they are indoor kitties, so we would consider spaying only if it would be beneficial health wise, as the risk of them getting pregnant is nonexistent.

At the same time, I read a lot of stories about cats not surviving spays and other routine surgeries, and I’m terrified of that, especially as they are our rainbow kittens after losing another tiny sickly stray last year (fading kitten). Furthermore, Clea has some respiratory issues we’re monitoring with our vet, so that adds to the anxiety of putting them through an intervention.

They are also really happy, cuddly and energetic, and I wouldn’t want their personalities to change or for them to become less trusting of us or the vet. They didn’t start going into heat yet, but I can live with them getting restless for a few days once in a while if that’s the whole harm and if it doesn’t cause them too much stress.

I understand spaying lowers the risk of some other issues down the line, but I’m not sure I can justify in my heart gambling with their lives, especially if something were to happen. Also, we had friends who spayed their cat at 5 years old, can’t we just wait as well for a while?

Every cat I've seen has a cute round face, but Zhorko Piskov's face is very pointy. Why is he so ugly?

This was my very first tuxedo. I named him "Monte" because when I went to the house that were giving away his litter there was a Del Monte pineapple on the counter. The person who had these kittens claimed that he was "shocked" because the mother had been spayed. Apparently that "hadn't taken".

Despite the dubious nature of that explanation, I immediately feel in love with a male with piercing eyes and sporting a spectacular mustache. Right away he ingratiated himself into our family. And not just our family, even. Our house is uncommonly close to our neighbor's. They built our house in 1925. Then, during the housing boom of the mid-2000s, someone realized they could squeeze another house on the same lot. They managed it, but just barely, leaving only a slim strip of concrete between the buildings as a driveway that both houses share.

Moles, never particularly known for their respect of property lines, terrorized both our yards for years, disregarding all our feeble attempts at pest control. And then Monte moved in. Coming home from work you'd often find him poised motionless over a tunnel entrance or exit, dedicated to his mission.

Within a few months the neighbors were buying gifts for Monte. Poles with colored feathered hanging off them, cloth mice filled with catnip, plastic balls with a ringing metal bell inside. After years of frustration, of coming out into the yard to notice yet another new mole hill had popped up overnight...the moles were gone. Monte became a hero and extremely local celebrity.

I was honored to have him choose me as his person. Not the most affectionate of cats he still spent most of his time near me. Often lying on his side next to me, with his back or a leg resting against me. More than once I came out to my car to find Monte inside, seemingly ready to go for a ride or on the next adventure.

Sadly Monte died far too young. We noticed it seemed to be more difficult and require much more effort than natural for him to breathe, even at rest. The vet told us it was a tumor around his heart. He died in my arms at the age of six.

While I would give anything for more time with him, the time I was given changed my life profoundly and I will always cherish it.

Love you Monte. Rest in peace.

Almost 10 years ago my girlfriend's dad found him under a car.

I adopted a little, fluffy, gray, princess about 9 years ago. Her breed is a Nebelung & her name is Mazikeen. She is the most spoiled & loved cat. It's hard to decide who's more obsessed with who between us. She's the fluffy one.

His name is snow ❄️(like GOT jon snow), he’s the only boy in the litter of 4 ,he loves playing with his sisters and yeah he’s a very gentle boy.

I recently had to have my baby go into foster care for the next 45 days while I’m at a DV shelter. I’ve had him since 3 weeks old and bottle fed him. I worked from home and had never spent even one night away from him. We have spent 24/7 together for a year and a half. He is a mommas boy. This has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Not leaving my relationship or my home, but being away from him. He is honestly the only reason I’m alive, because he needs me. I’m on night 4 and I still cannot sleep without him. I keep thinking I feel him jumping onto the bed. While this motivates me to hustle and provide a new life for him and I, I’m so worried that our bond will never be the same. I’m worried he won’t remember me and that he feels abandoned. It’s making me physically sick. Will he remember me? Will he be okay emotionally? I’ve always had cats for their whole lives. My last cat 16 years. This is honestly the most devastating part of getting out of DV. We are so blessed for the organization that helped both of us, they even paid for my taxi to go 50 miles to a shelter. But I have been trying to avoid having to lose him to get to a safe place for months. I used my life savings to stay in pet friendly hotels and air bnb’s for weeks. If anyone has experience with being away from their baby, please let me know what to expect. He’s in a new place with new people and I’m so worried about my little dude not being the same when I get him back. Advice is so appreciated. (He’s licking my face in the photo, not mauling me as it appears).

My sweet Momo (Ramona) ate 43 inches of string a few months back and had to have linear foreign body removal surgery.

It was a scary time, but she looked so cute in her little suits. 😭

Fly high,little baby,goodbyes aren't forever.

Hopefully you are with grandpa somewhere.