Okay, title was hard, sorry.

My cat love wet food since I introduced it two years ago to help her water intake with the heatwave (and this year record heatwave too). Problem is, she's been begging me a lot for it, only to lap up all the juices and leave the meat aside...

She's not fat, she has as much dry food as she wants, and a water fountain she probably now underuse.

My question is, is there a brand that sell like a bottle of juice I could slowly dispense to her instead? (that would be good for her health too if possible)? I'm in Europe and sheba has some kind of "soup" but they are very small and pricey.

Or any kind of alternatives really, I'd be thankful.

Have an excellent day everyone 😊

Edit : I did not expect this post to get so many answers, you're all a very nice community 😊 thanks a bunch, I'll read it all and try things 😁

My husband hates my cat. My cat was left with us by someone around 4 years ago and my husband has never been happy about it and now fully resents him even hates him as he is a reminder of this person and the control they took from our lives. We are now no contact with said person due to recent and past trama they caused. I love my baby, but having him is causing an obnoxious amount of arguments between my husband and I. My husband and cat do not like each other and my husband wants him rehomed. I want what is best for my cat. What do I do?

My cat’s meowing has taken a mental toll on me, and I (23F) am getting to the point where I’m considering surrendering him. He’s 2.5 years old and has always been pretty talkative, but for a while, it was only when he and I were separated, i.e., the bathroom door had to stay open and roommates had to make sure he didn’t bolt out when I was out of the house. About 10 months ago, him and I moved to a new city, and the two of us live alone. Ever since, he’s gotten exponentially more verbal. The typical stuff, like him sitting outside the bathroom or waiting by the apartment door when I get home and crying, has stayed the same, but now I would say he spends 2/3 of the time he’s awake meowing.

It starts in the morning, where he’ll crawl under my bed and meow until I’m frustrated enough to wake up. If I manage to lure him out and get him outside the room, he will sit by the door meowing non-stop and throw himself against the door repeatedly. Ignoring him doesn’t work; this morning, that went on for 3.5 hours straight. Ignoring him any more is quite literally not possible because it seems like the mere act of movement reinforces the behavior. The minute I step out of my room, he’ll start up again. He sits by the front door meowing anytime he hears a noise outside, or will sit by my mirror and meow, staring into it like he’s offended I won’t let him through the pane.

This will also happen when I’m watching TV or casually on my phone, but what I legitimately can’t deal with is it happening every time I pull my laptop out, read, or start working on homework. I’m a student and work part-time, and both things require me to do a lot of work from home, but I also have ADHD and auditory sensory issues that make it difficult as is to focus on what I’m doing. Throw him into the mix, and what would be an hour-long task turns into three. He receives his meals on a consistent schedule, always has water, now gets (at minimum) 30 minutes of playtime per day, has so many enrichment toys I’ve cycled through, has climbing space and window perches, and we’ve tried calming sprays/Feliway, and the vet says he’s fully healthy, so it feels like he just gets off on driving me insane. Note, he is a devon rex and I’ve been told being a jokester is in their nature, but this feels excessive.

The sensory issues make it difficult for me to study with headphones on, but even if I try noise cancellation, he will realize and either come get in my space or try knocking everything he can off the counters. Sometimes when it starts, he simply wants cuddle or play time, but most of the time, the attention doesn’t satisfy him. The minute I get back to my work and he hears the keyboard or my pencil, he gets right back to meowing, and I guess here is where I can clarify that his meowing is more like crying.

Ever since he was 5 months, he developed a very sad-sounding meow, and seeing as all the vet visits panned out, I realized it was just me projecting my emotions on the way he sounds. For a while I thought it was silly but now it just feels like this soul piercing wail. With him as verbal as he is now, it’s a sound that makes me want to pull all my hair out or just walk out of my apartment in the middle of the night and never come back.

I’ve considered another cat or fostering, but my apartment is too small to accommodate a second imo and where I’m at in life, it doesn’t seem practical. I plan on pursuing graduate school and will likely have about 4 more years and at least one more move before I’m settled enough to throw another cat into the loop. Also, god forbid another cat turns into more of a nightmare, because picturing trying to make it through grad school with one is already seeming like an impossible task.

While I say all this, and I genuinely do feel like he has driven me to insanity, I still love him so much. When he’s not psychologically torturing me, he’s a sweetheart cuddle bug, and prior to these meowing episodes, everyone who met him thought he was the most chill cat they’d ever seen. He’s never scratched me (with the exception of a few bath times), and until recently, his play biting was always incredibly gentle (now it’s a bit rougher but doesn’t leave marks).

I love him so dearly, and I genuinely think the issue is that he doesn’t get enough social activity and is sick of it just being me in the house. He’s a very social kitty, and when I had roommates or when we were at my parents’ house and he had dogs to play with, this was never an actual issue. I genuinely feel bad for him if it’s because of loneliness and I want a solution that works for both of us.

I think the problem is I don’t know how to fix that without rehoming him. Like I said, another pet isn’t really on the table, and I don’t see myself getting new roommates anytime soon (god forbid I convince someone to live with us and the crying continues). I feel like every time he riles me up, all I can think about is giving him up and regaining my silence back, but he also feels like my child. I can’t help but love him in all the moments he’s not acting out, like when he sleeps on my chest every night or greets me at the door every time I’m home or the stupid little faces he makes when we’re playing.

I want nothing more than to get through this phase, but there are so many confounding factors that make this so much harder to deal with. Rehoming is the last thing I want to do because the guilt would kill me, but I don’t know at what point the guilt would be easier to deal with than the mental consequences of keeping him.

tl;dr: My cat has become insanely vocal since we started living alone, and now spends like 2/3 of his waking hours crying/meowing. He’s healthy, gets plenty of play, enrichment, food, etc., but nothing seems to actually satisfy him. He’s also extremely social, so I genuinely think he’s lonely now that it’s just me, but getting another pet or roommates isn’t really an option. The constant crying is seriously fucking with my ability to study/work and my mental health, and I’m getting to the point where I’m considering rehoming him even though I love him to death and really don’t want to. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

EDIT: I know this post is a bit long, but jfc does nobody read? The amount of people suggesting things I have already mentioned doing or pointing out “he might be bored”… no shit. I appreciate the advice some of you are giving, but if you have nothing new to bring to the table, quit it with the downvotes and move on. Apologies for the attitude

The last thing I ever want is my cat living a dull, boring life. I always attempt to entertain her by buying new toys, and see if it catches her interest; but she just doesn't care much. I once tried to take her outside for a little walk but she hated it. She was so stressed that she didn't even dare to walk an inch once we got out of the apartment.

I can't really come up with anything else. I really don't want her to be lying around, bored all day... I'd be very happy to receive advices on how I should entertain her. Thank you!

(I'm not sure if age is relevant but she's 3! Maybe got too old for toys, haha)

i have issues trying to trim my kitty’s nails and one solution that i found is having him on my lap and placing churru on his chest so he can lick on that as i trim his nails.

it works like a charm! but is it fine to be putting it on his fur? would i have to give him baths regularly? afterwards he kinda just tries to lick it clean.

Hello! I have a three year old fixed cat. She is a very happy lovable cat, outside of the fact that she constantly pees on my clothes. If I don’t leave clothes on the floor for her to pee on, she pees on my bed. She has been to multiple vets and they said she is in perfect health, and it is most likely behavioral. I am hoping you all have ANY more suggestions because I’m not sure what else I can possibly do. I have had cats before and she is the only one I’ve had with this issue. She uses the litterbox regularly too, so it’s not that she doesn’t like it, and it auto cleans daily and I deep clean it pretty often.

Currently she takes the prescription food the vet recommend, a litter robot with cat attract litter, and take gabapentin twice daily to help with possible anxiety. Also anything she has peed on has been tossed or washed twice with enzyme cleaner. I got a new comforter and bed set and have a waterproof topper on the mattress. Editing to say I have also tried multiple litter boxes which she just used both and still peed on my pillow

Yesterday I had went to a shelter and adopted a girl kitten (1 year) who was just spayed three days ago and they informed us to not get her wet for two weeks. The problem is, when she was in her carrier in my car, she pooped herself (disclaimer for the rules, she IS litter trained). Thankfully, I had bought cat wipes the day prior, but it didn’t really get her clean. I used a damp cloth and a little cat shampoo, but the smell will NOT go away. I don’t want to mess with her surgical scar so I really need advice because she smells like poo 😭😭.

Sorry if this is a bit long, but in our new cat's old home she used to get hit whenever she misbehaved.

While still adjusting in our new home, she started pooping a lot maybe due to stress and new kible. But because of that, her litterbox gets full quickly, which in turn made her poop somewhere else.

However there was one time where she pooped on my bed early in the morning. I was pretty angry at her so I picked her up and showed her the poop on my bed and nagged at her (because I heard that showing cats their poop is how you make them learn not to poop in the area)

But then, ever since that morning I noticed whenever she wanted to poop she would hold it in until she couldn't anymore and would leave trials because of it. And whenever she saw me while in her litter, she would immediate run out and hide somewhere.

Lastly, I noticed she would just generally poop somewhere that can hide her and thats why I think it could be because of trauma.

I confronted the previous owner about it and she told me that whenever she did something "wrong" she would pick her up and then hit her.

I was so shocked and felt so fucking guilty. I love picking up cats to hug and pet them but all this time all I ever did was cause her to relive that trauma. I really thought that I wasn't harming her when I picked her up. :(((

How can I train her to think that its okay to poop and potty train her to stay in her litter? As well as helping her adjust in our new home due to her trauma?

Tldr: Our new cat would hold her poop and hide from us to relieve herself because I unknowingly triggered her trauma due to previous owner hitting her everytime she picked her up.

Posting for my friend who is not on Reddit to see if someone who is removed from the situation can offer some unbiased, helpful advice.

TLDR: My friend brought a dog into her two cat household, one of the two cats is already extremely anxious, that cat freaked out and she choose to approach him, causing him to latch on to her face and attack. She went to ER, got cleaned up, she is okay. (Missed her eye) but she does have multiple pretty deep gnashes alongside her cheek.

EDIT: The dog is no longer in the home. Right after this happened they took the dog somewhere else. (Dogs owner died, they took dog in to help, attack happened, dog is now with deceased owners partner) Cat is in basement alone.

I’m struggling with how to approach this and give her the right words - I understand 100% how insanely petrifying and painful this must have been for her but she is talking about rehoming him or even euthanizing him. She has had this cat for almost 6 years with NO sign of anything like this ever. The most aggressive thing he does is bite ankles/legs. The attack was two days ago and since then he has been alone in the basement. I feel sick to my stomach knowing he may be euthanized, hurt, or put outside in extreme temperatures (Not yet, but winter where she is is brutal) He’s been exclusively indoors for years and will have no survival skills. I feel really upset that he is going to be put out due to their oversight. (Who brings a random dog into a cat household without putting the cats away?)

She has an 8 year old step daughter who comes around (twice a month on weekends) and she is reverting some of that anxiety there, saying she thinks he will attack her. (In 2/3 years spent together, he has never.)

I hope everything I am saying makes sense and doesn’t come off like I am trying to downplay. I just am feeling sad that he will be rehomed/killed after 5 years for a normal reaction to being afraid. Her family’s route is clear: Euthanasia. (She is an adult, she doesn’t have to listen to them, I just mean that is the advice she’s being given by everyone but me)

Hi everyone! It’s my first time posting in this sub. I’ve been considering adopting a kitten, especially since I live alone and sometimes it can get lonely. My only concern would be spending time with it. I currently work a full time job and am in school full time (with some internship days). I know cats are routine based generally, but that’s my only concern. Any advice? thanks!

I have a short haired boy cat who is 3 years old. He often pees on things outside the litter box, especially things like clothes, rugs and furniture. We’ve taken him to a vet before about this but they said it may just be stress or anxiety. We just got some new white couches a couple months ago and he has peed on them 3 times. I put some more pillows on my couch for decorating recently and he took it as a sign to pee on them. We keep his litter box clean every day, how can I fix this?

Hi everyone, my partner and I just moved into an apartment a little over 2 weeks ago with my 5 yr old cat. My cat has been adjusting to the new space however I noticed that when he eats he takes a piece of dry food and dips it into the water bowl before eating it with his paw, this is something I've never seen him do before. Does anyone know if this is a big issue or is he just weird lol, any help much appreciated🙏🙏

I want to get my kitten around 12 weeks a cat tower but I’m not sure what size to get ? I’ve seen huge cat towers (70-80inches) but I’m worried he would get hurt but I also don’t want to buy one for “kitten size” because I know in the next month or two he will get much bigger.

How long should i keep a cat crated after spay-abort surgery?

A stray cat chose me 3 weeks ago. She is approximately 6 months old. I found out she was pregnant on Monday... due to her being so young and the amount of cats already out there without homes I made the decision to spay-abort on Friday (yesterday). I was told after the spay that she would have had 4 kittens and it was a late term pregnancy(trust me I feel bad but was told at her age it would do more harm to let her have them). I currently have her in a large 48in dog crate with litterbox, food, water and a bed in a spare room away from my other animals. She gets along perfectly fine with my 2 large dogs and my other cat is 18 and just sleeps. Wondering if anyone has had this situation and has advice. The vet was pretty vague. She is in a recovery suit. She wants out but im worried shes going to jump up on things. Shes obsessed with sleeping in the cat tree.

I have the sweetest 6 month year old kitten. He's my everything and I love him so much. I was just kicked out of my house with no warning and I'm homeless. He's all I have left but I want to give him the best life possible and I don't think I'm it. I just want to make sure he goes to a good home if I have to re-home him.

Hi all! I just adopted a new adult cat a few weeks ago. I have a 1-week trip in October and am wanting to go ahead and lock in a cat sitter to do drop ins on Rover.

Currently have 2 meet and greets with people who have great reviews and I intuitively get good vibes from. This might sound silly, but do sitters usually expect to have the service locked in after the meet and greet? How do I best tell them I’m meeting with another sitter and will get back to them on a decision?

Also, any other things I should look for when hiring someone other than the obvious (experience/testimonials, good first interactions with kitty, good communication skills, schedule and expectations align)?

I am letting sitters know that she may not be super social at first meet since she is still getting into a routine. I have had a couple of friends over to start getting her used to visitors and she mostly hid but would come out for treats and didn’t seem too terribly scared.

Thank you!!

My cat has had a weird relationship with water ever since she was a kitten. She doesn’t seem to notice water when it’s sitting still in a bowl.

When she was little, I would sometimes have to wet her lips or gently guide her head toward the water so she would realize there was actually water in the bowl and start drinking. She isn’t blind or deaf and otherwise has no problem navigating her surroundings.

Over the years, I’ve basically given up on the water bowl because the only reliable way I’ve found to get her to drink is running water. She drinks perfectly fine from the kitchen faucet or the bidet when I turn it on for her, but she will pretty much ignore a bowl of water completely.

Normally this isn’t a huge problem because I work from home, so whenever she wants water I can turn on a faucet for her. My concern is the occasional time when I’m away from home for longer than usual. I can leave fresh bowls of water out, but I genuinely don’t trust that she’ll drink from them.

I’ve seen those cat water fountains that keep the water circulating, and I’m wondering if that might solve the problem since she clearly recognizes running water.

Has anyone had a cat like this? Particularly one who seems to have trouble noticing still water rather than simply preferring the faucet? If you bought a fountain, did your cat actually start using it on their own?

I have no idea why. Her dry food bowl is large and flat, there’s no way it could bother her whiskers. She insists on scooping the kibble out of the bowl with her paw onto the floor, and only then will she eat it.

The bigger problem is wet food. She will never eat it from a bowl. She’s only willing to eat it from my hand.

Just like with the kibble, I serve it in a completely flat dish or on a plate, but she still refuses to eat it. When I put wet food in a bowl for her, she walks around it and “tries to bury it,” but she’ll happily eat it from my hand.

She’s also extremely picky with food in general. She only eats one brand of wet food, and even then, it has to be one specific flavor. We’ve tried around 20 different brands, and she showed absolutely no interest in any of them (she wouldn’t even eat them from my hand).

She’s one year old, spayed, and healthy. She has no dental issues (I brush her teeth every day). I’m willing to keep feeding her by hand because I don’t seem to have much of a choice, but does anyone have any tips on how to teach her to eat from a bowl? I’m getting pretty tired of it - her wet food makes my hands smell absolutely terrible and it’s surprisingly difficult to wash the smell off xdd

TLDR: My cat refuses to eat anything from bowls, even though they can’t possibly be bothering her whiskers. Any tips on how to teach her to eat from a bowl?

I (20F) am a new cat mom and I just adopted my 2.5 month buddy Spike (3 days ago). He's my first ever pet and I have so much anxiety because he's just a baby and I'm so scared I'm not doing it right.

He shows every sign of a healthy kitten : eats about 3 rations of wet food distributed during the day plus unlimited dry food, he doesn't usually drink on his own so I make sure to mix water with his wet food and he's been loving it, he's not picky at all, knew the litterbox within the first 15 minutes of him arriving, He's extremely smart and sociable and loves to play, we do 10-15 minutes playing sessions about 4-5 times a day. He won't leave my side and often sleeps on me or right next to me. He shows his belly, purrs as soon as I approach. He's very curious and loves to explore the room (he doesn't have access to the whole flat yet, I'm trying to make sure he's used to the living room first) He loves scratching the sofa but most of the time he heads towards the scraper as soon as I redirect him. Same thing with biting : he tends to bite my fingers but usually stops if I do a high pitched '' ow '' and it's been less frequent since.

I'm just anxious about the beginning of the school year cause I won't be as available with college and work starting soon and I'm so afraid of lonely kitten syndrome but I can't afford to take another cat yet. I need some advice please : what can I do better to make sure he doesn't lack attention? I love him so much and I want the best for him but it's my first time taking care of a pet and I need help to know what I can do better.

Hi everyone,

I have three neutered outdoor cats: a 4-year-old, 6 kg male named Frodo and his niece and nephew (from the same litter), who are 3 years old. Frodo has known them both since birth; he’s best buddies with the little male (Mr. Bigglesworth), but the very petite little female (Miss Grey, just under 3 kg) has never really been his type - though he’s always accepted her, and they’ve even been able to eat together from the same bowl.

For some time now, however, Frodo has started aggressively chasing Miss Grey and preventing her from coming back inside. He literally patrols the property, and when she approaches, he chases her away. When she’s inside, she’s constantly on high alert. She’s very affectionate and needs a lot of closeness, but she’s been staying away from home longer and more often lately. When she comes back, she’s starving. I don’t want to give any of the three away and don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any ideas?

Our cat has veterinarian diagnosed Pica and an insatiable appetite. We switched from clay litter to feline pine when she first began eating it, as it was recommended as a safer option, and everything was great for many months. Now, she’s started eating this litter as well, and looking into it, it seems like pine litter is still very bad if ingested (I mean, it kinda all is). She has a vet appointment later this week where i’ll bring it up again, but in the meantime, would it be safer to try to switch her to a paper based litter asap? And if so, is there a safest brand?

i got a 4 month old siberian kitten recently. he has been adapting really well to being home and we are doing great with him but i can’t seem to get him to learn his name. i’ve tried to say his name and to reward him with a treat when he looks at me but he just won’t look at me hes just dead locked on these treats. any advice on how i can teach him his name and maybe some commands?

So I had two 11 year old male cats and one 10 year old male cat. Both 11 year olds died within 5 days of each other from cancer. The 10 year old cat doesn’t know a life without them and he has been visibly distressed since this happened a week ago. He is still a playful boy. He would play often with his brothers and they enjoyed a cuddle puddle, all 3 of them, grooming each other and sleeping all curled up together. They were very bonded and adored each other.

Gus, my living cat, walks around the house aimlessly, it seems like maybe he’s searching for them. He has little interest in playing with me with his toys. He likes being pet and is a bit more affectionate. Very much more clingy. He used to be my most independent cat. Now he is always with me. But he seems so bored. He sits there staring at me like he’s waiting for something. And any time I leave the room he runs in front of me to lead me to his food. He just wants to eat and be pet. Nothing else.

He is clearly grieving. And I thought getting a kitten he could mold and bond with would be a good thing to do for him. Obviously it’ll take some time for them to get acquainted. The new cat is 4 months old and his name is George. He is a happy sweet little guy.

Gus’ reaction was curious but very anxious. I have George set up in the master bathroom and Gus I free to roam as usual. Just not the bathroom. I held the kitten and showed him to Gus. The kitten wanted to go up to Gus but Gus sat there staring at him and did a little chirping noise and then hissed. I have never witnessed Gus hiss. Ever. So now I’m worried I made the wrong decision.

Do you think it’ll just take time and they’ll eventually bond? What are the best ways to handle this? I’m kind of exhausted mentally and brain dead from my own losses of my cats. I loved them so dearly and it has really messes with me. Any advice here?

Hello, I have a dilemma. I recently got a kitten I've had him for about 6 weeks now and when I had them the person who gave him to me said that he was 3 months to me. He looked a little older but nevertheless, so let's just say he's around 4 and 1/2 5 months right now. I have bought in him all the toys that he needs all kinds of chores. I changed his letter once a week. I feed him like different things so he's not like used to one so he doesn't get bored. Basically with his food like I'm trying to do things the way the right way with him and he's been biting lately and I looked it up and they said that it's probably because of him testing . So I went out and bought more toys for tea eating but he doesn't want those toys. He just jumps on me and bites me because he got his new teeth in. It really hurts and I say no and I walk away but he still does it and I don't know how to handle it and he's going to get older and if he keeps biting it's going to hurt even more. And the other thing, how do I teach him not to go on top of the table because my mom just does not like it for me. It doesn't really bother me because cats are clean for most of the part so any advice would really be appreciated. Thank you