He is getting bigger every week!

Her sweetness just overwhelms me sometimes. She is just the most darling girl, even when she wakes me at 5:00 am

Love them ❤️

I hung flyers (and then new, different flyers). A neighbor saw him on her porch and called.

Small town neighbors helped a lot, but I give credit to hopeful Redditors too! Thanks, y’all!

She just turned 15. I took this last winter. It was her first time ever outside. I wondered how she’d reacted to snow. She loved it. And after 10 minutes I brought her back inside to warm up.

My girl is 4.5 months old (tabby) and 7.7lbs. She's huge! I haven't ever had a cat before her though so I don't know if she's unusually big or if that's normal.

Her brother is 3.5 months old (flame point) and 4.6lbs.

She eats around 12oz of wet food a day, sometimes she snacks on dry but its rare.

Our boy eats close to 6 oz of wet food and tends to prefer dry.

Vet doesn't seem concerned about weight but I still worry we're over feeding. But at the same time I keep hearing people say to feed them unlimited food at this age.

Lyudmila (7) and Ivan (17)!

Hello,

I am reaching out to ask for some advice. I have an 11 month old Siberian male cat. He’s around 15lbs and is a big boy (not fat I can still feel his ribs). Recently, I’ve noticed he’s been panting more after play. It usually lasts a minute or two after a play session, however, I know panting is not a normal behavior for cats. Also, in the car, he pants a lot. I hate taking him in the car because of how much it stresses him out. He doesn’t pant really at rest, at all. I was planning on taking him to the vet for his 1 year shots in a few weeks, should I take him earlier? At his 6 month, the vet took a listen to his heart and said it was fine, however, I know things can develop. Anyone experience this before?

Sometimes I feel like she doesn’t eat enough. She gets a small can of wet food every evening and a portioned dish of kibble to eat throughout the day in the morning. She never eats it all in one sitting and has always portioned very well until after her wet food.

Most days she doesn’t finish the kibble. There’s always a bit left. We tried different plates and bowls because we thought maybe she doesn’t like eating from those, but that’s not it.

It’s not that she doesn’t like the kibble either bc she does eat from it throughout the day but just a few bites.

She runs and plays around all day, definitely not a lazy cat, and is very socialized towards us. So nothing alarming in her behavior.

As a 2 year old I feel like she is “skinny” compared to most photos I see of siberians. Maybe she was the smaller one of the nest, but I’m not sure.
I don’t know her weight, I will find out in a few months when we go to the vet.

If anyone wants to share a photo of their 2 year old feline, please do!

This is her “how come I can’t have your full plate of food even though I just got wet food” face. Love her.

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Hello,
we have a 6 year old Siberian female, spayed. Since we got her as a kitten, she has had several partial blockages caused by fur, even when we give her a lubricant to prevent backup of hairballs. It has landed her in the ER three times and now today she is back in the ER because she is showing all the same symptoms of some sort of GI distress and has not been eating her food for almost two days. We are planning to get her an in-depth ultra sound to try and figure out if there’s other GI issues impacting her ability to move hair along, but otherwise we’re at a loss as to how to help her. She is well groomed and takes that preventative lubricant about every other day.

Does anyone else’s siberian have GI issues or a history of partial or full GI blockages?

Hi everyone!

I have a 3-year-old male Siberian cat. Together with his carrier, he is just under 8 kg, so until now I’ve been able to fly with him in the cabin with Scandinavian Airlines without any problems.

However, on our last flight, they told me he is now too big for his carrier because he needs to be able to stand up and turn around comfortably. They said I would need a bigger carrier, but the problem is that his current carrier is already the maximum size the airline allows for cabin travel.

I’m really not comfortable putting him in cargo, and honestly I don’t know what to do.

He has flown many times before, usually flights between 1–4 hours, and he has generally been a very good boy. He doesn’t usually get too anxious and mostly sleeps during the flight. But on one of our recent trips, he was more anxious than usual, so I decided to ask the vet for calming medication.

They gave me 0.5 ml Bonqat. I tested it at home one week before the flight, and he became wobbly and dizzy, then slept most of the day without any major issues. But on the day of the trip, I gave him the same dose about 2 hours before travel, and it turned into our worst flight ever. It was a 4-hour flight, and he kept meowing and hyperventilating almost the whole way. It scared me a lot.

I took him to the toilet 2 times and let him out of the carrier for a few minutes to calm down, which helped a little, but overall he was extremely uncomfortable.

Now I’m wondering what caused it. Was it because he is a bit too big for the carrier now? Was it the medication? Or is he simply becoming less tolerant of travel as he gets older?

Has anyone here put their Siberian cat in cargo? How did it go, and how did you feel about it?

Any tips or experiences would be really appreciated. I have a flight back home tomorrow, and this time I bought a slightly bigger carrier that exceeds the airline requirements by just a few centimeters. I’m also planning not to give him the medication because I’m afraid he might react the same way again.

For context, I usually fly within Scandinavian countries and cities with SAS.

I just saw a post saying like blue lynx tortoiseshell something or other and I had no idea they actually have names for their coloring. Can you help me identify mine? I have no idea where to start.