Thread 5044981

Pay your cat a fair wage edition

>>5044981 (OP)
here she is, with her favourite toy (totally)
I love how she has a "imma shit myself, let me out" meow, cus she refuses to use her litter box when she can just go outside

>>5045030
She's a qt (also upsidedown)

>>5044981 (OP)
zero dollars then, mine is terror.

>>5045081
He/she can't be that bad

Behold.

>lock cats out of bedroom for 7 years when I sleep
>moved last year
>finally leave the door open one night
>one snuggles next to my head all night
>other one wakes me up every morning by purring on my chest

Shouldn't have waited so long.

>>5045085
Pet that kitty

Just got back from the vet. He has a huge tumor in his bladder and they suggested putting him down. He's 16, but damn it hurts. He's been with me for so long. Alcohol isn't helping. Weed isn't helping. I'm going to miss him so much.

>>5045101
I was just giving her back scritches while she rolled around on the floor a few mins ago.

>>5045103
same boat my friend. she's got a lump somewhere in her intestines vet says is cancer. getting an ultrasound tomorrow to see if it's removable I guess? I don't know what to do. she's also about the same age as your old guy. she's never had any medical problems since I've had her and always seemed healthy for her age, I just assumed she would live to 20+ so it was a huge gut punch today

stay strong brother we'll get through this somehow.

>>5045109
I appreciate the shared pain. My vet mentioned all sorts of specialists I could go to, but he has so many comorbidities it wouldn't really matter. I'm trying to take solice in the fact that he lived a good life, and a year past average. He was everything but.

Anyone here rec a good harness. Want to try harness training my little sweetiepoo. I heard the h shape harnesses are usually good rather than the ones that cover the entire torso. Is there anything else to consider other than that? Maybe certain colors of harness piss them off?

thinking about adopting an orange cat. are the rumors true, are they really crazy?

Orange tabby breeds have a gene that increase chance of autism and adhd, yes

>>5045154
I'm taking care of an orange male that hisses a lot. He'll rub on my ankle and leg then walk away and hiss at me. I don't know why.

>>5045157
>>5045167
>>5045154

an interesting read

>>5045154
My friend's last cat was an orange one and it went schizo a few years ago. First it started freaking out like something was outside the house, then it got into random episodes of aggression and attacked anyone around it. It had to be put down after it tried to claw my friend's eyes out.

>>5045085
Optic blast!

>>5045030
>she has a "imma shit myself, let me out" meow, cus she refuses to use her litter box when she can just go outside
That's so cool

My 10 month old keeps violently scratching at a sliding glass door all of a sudden and I dont know why
He's very distressed and crying over what seems to be nothing

>>5044981 (OP)
I’m torn on if I should let my new kitten sleep in bed with me. I feel like it might be uncomfortable due to overheating. I also adjust sleep positions throughout the night. If I let the kitten sleep with me for a night or two to test it out and see if it’s uncomfortable, would I be setting a precedent for the kitten that would be hard to undo if I decided I didn’t like it? So far I’ve just been leaving him in the living room at night and closing the door to my bedroom and he’s been fine, but I feel like if he sleeps with me in bed even once he’d start freaking out if I closed the bedroom door on him moving forward.

>>5045167
Stop cumming on the cat and he won't hiss at your benis

We operate on a barter system. I pay my cat in food, lodging, recreation, and medical expenses. In return all I ask of him is the supreme authority to annoy him whenever I feel like it.

>>5045226
Take a mid day nap with the kitten to test!

>>5045312
Cute paw placement

My cat won't stop trying to dig under the door to a room and it's pulling up the carpet and whining. There is nothing in there that interests him. I let him in and he looks around for like 30 seconds and leaves. Them if I close the door he instantly starts again. I move him to a different floor and close the door for a while and when I open it back up he goes right back to it. Does anyone know how to get him to stop?

>>5045183
Aieeeee!

who you calling chicken legs?

>>5045383
Haha it look like cat wearing shorts haha

>>5045351
cats just do not like closed doors

>>5045351
My cat did a similar thing to the door for the under-stair crawlspace in my house. What I ended up doing was just leaving it open for him so he could come and go as he pleases for a while, and once he stopped going in there I closed it and he stopped caring.

I think cats just like to explore a home until they're familiar with all the areas, and if they're curious about a room they haven't been in much they'll want to go in and look around and get upset if they can't. Once they know what's in there they probably wont care that it's closed, especially if there's nothing interesting in there for them.

>>5045151
Just know that whatever kind of harness you get, the cat can slip out of it like liquid if it really wants to or it panics. I have a feeling the only "escape proof" harness would be like a full body pajama that goes around each leg.

That being said, walking a cat is more like following it as it finds places to chill and observe and even hunt, so bring a folding chair you can carry around. I love it.

>>5045383
It should be mandatory to do this to cats so they know who rules them

how do i convince my adopted cat to lay on soft comfortable rug catmats or similar instead of the FLOOR? i want her to have a higher quality of life ;_;

Reposting from the old thread:
I live on the third floor of a small apartment. A 1-month old calico kitten had been screaming all evening from our garage. I had had enough by midnight and went to fetch it. After a bit of struggle I managed to grab her by the back of her neck and take her back with me. Elevators are turned off at night here so I had to take the stairs. She screamed at the top of her lungs the entire way. I gave food and water, and a little blanket to sleep inside. She calmed down a bit but was still noisy. After seeing that she still won't stop meowing I took her back to the garage and left her there. That was thirty minutes ago. She has gone back to screaming.

What would you do in this situation? I can't keep her because my tortoiseshell cat is unfriendly and might harm her.

>>5045537
Put her inside for the night. Don't leave her out. Put her in a separate room from the other cat and bring them to a shelter or something tomorrow.

>>5045507
The floor might be colder and they might enjoy that. Just having the option is a qol improvement.

Should I get my kitten the Leukemia vaccine? He is just over 3 months, he’s an only cat indoor only in an apartment. Should I just get all the vaccinations the vet recommends?

>>5044981 (OP)
Never pay pussy >=^O

>>5045084
currently have a 2 inch scratch on my arm that says otherwise.

>move in to live with cat
>scratches at my door
>comes in
>stares out the window
>refuses to elaborate
>leaves

This guy leaves home at sunrise and comes homes at sunset. Every day. It's like he has a job or something.

Do you think there is a specific reason why some cats lick/groom humans and some don't? Psychologically perhaps? Even the friendliest cats may not do it.

>>5045754
My current cat always wants to lick me and has done so ever since I found him as a kitten. None of my previous cats ever did it more than the occasional hair lick.

>>5044981 (OP)
>Neighbor from multiple blocks down the street lets their cat out without paying attention
>Cat has been hanging out at my place recently
>Very friendly
>Almost followed me inside tonight
What do I do?
Note: I already have cats

>>5045836
get it hooked on nip, valerian, honeysuckle, and spider plant until it doesnt care about its old life and just sleeps in your house all day

>>5045839
dont forget the melatonin!

>>5045843
Cute cat

>>5045537
updates? did her mom ever come back?

My cat is a handsome boy!

>>5045843
Your cat have a very long noze

Any anons dealt with arthritis with their cat, my boy is 15 now and outside of early signs of kidney problems he is fairly healthy, according to the vet.
I'm already preparing myself for the kidney problems to nose dive suddenly someday even with the recommended food but what is troubling me are his back legs, they are stiff and he has lost muscle mass there.
Has anyone used cbd oil for pain or had any luck with joint supplements? I already bought some of the latter (cosequin) but I guess I'm also asking for anything that may have helped your cats out.
He has stairs to get to his favorite spot and still seems to be enjoying life with limited mobility.

My cat is a moody bitch.
Women, never ever.

>>5045931
NSAIDs are toxic to carnivorans and other arthritis meds cause spontaneous death so, consider:
D U D E W E E D L M A O
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10188064/
This does NOT work on dogs. Dogs are more prone to seizures and paranoid behavior. Cats metabolize and adapt to THC much better because of their african/near-eastern origins. Cats were originally domesticated in the levant as temple guardians, and in the levant, proto-jewish priests would constantly hotbox in their temples with cannabis, so abrahamic faiths were literally written while high and cats that were better adapted to marijuana smoke had more reproductive success.
>dude, like, walking a dog is like, such a.... bummer, maaaan. i like my cat dude he just like........ chills -Yeshua bar Yosef Nasraya

>>5045914
Also invisible

she's fat but not rlly just big

>>5045961
update: she just knocked my chilli fries to the ground in an attempt to get my attention at the dinner table. Very upset with her.

>>5045995
Maybe she just wanted some chili fries, ever think of that?

>>5044981 (OP)
I'm needing help with a name
It's female

>>5045998
Cinder

>>5045998
>>5046012
my 2 year old black and white male is named Cassidy
I tried calling the new kitten china cat but it's not right?
cinder rolls off the tongue better

>>5045998
Tippi

It's a reference to Tippi Hedren and a pun on your cats cut ear
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippi_Hedren

>>5045995
She saved you from obesity it was an act of love

>>5046023
Good one
Here's the Ol boy Cass because caturday

good

listen, stop exposing your special kitty to degenerated wolf
>and that's not supposing wolves were ever worth a piss in the wind

>>5045312
every kitty is a special

>>5045383
no
>fuck "who"

>>5045542
adore

>>5046046
Nah

>>5046046
Dog website toxo

>>5046065
dogs are _not_ spiders, my childe

>>5046065
Very cute catmom and catson.

>>5046089
the son being the dog

Very likely but does anybody have any tips for a cat with kidney disease? I've switched his diet to wet food and I'm making sure he's as comfortable as possible.

>>5045959
Very handsome!

>>5046095
thats pretty cringe for a cope ngl

>>5044981 (OP)
Would purr diem be enough?

>>5046134
Clearly not gods chosen pet.

here's lady grey. shes a lil autistic and she's the most talkative cat on earth but its nice having a cat that can hold a conversation

>>5046142
Sweet creature

>>5046142
What do you talk about with her?
[spoiler]does she also say the n-word?[/spoiler]

>>5046146
anything and everything, but I imagine she brags to me about learning to open drawers so she could rip into her treat bag that one time

>>5046134
I'd invest in cat coin

Kitties are not amused by my shenanigans

The great feeling of getting your cat a new toy and they immediately grab it and carry it around in their mouth (pic unrelated toy but same cat)

>>5045154
Yes, never met a "normal" orange cat

>>5044981 (OP)
>Pay your cat a fair wage edition
Oh he's gonna get "what he deserves" alright...

Catbros... there's this cream orange cat that lives very close to my house and I see it all the time when I come home from work. It isn't really like any other stray in the area its SUPER sweet and affectionate and always meows and purrs and rubs itself on me when I call it over. Its not super soft and is a little dirty and has face scratches so I'm not sure if it lives with anyone but it took every bone in body not just kidnap it.
I went back today and gave it the rest of my cat treats. The thing stopping me from just nabbing it is because I don't know if it has a home and I already have two adult cats so idk if I can really handle a third. Either way this kibby has stolen my heart and tempts be every time I pet it on the curb. Wut do bros?
I crinkled the bag and tried to get it to follow me as far as it was willing to go and its territory doesn't seem to be on my exact block so I can't even be content leaving food out for it.

>>5046330
Post in some local group about the cat and if nobody says it's theirs then enjoy your new friend

>>5046330
Just take it home. That's what friendly strays are for.

>>5045085
Behold again. She loves her designated elastic chewing strings, I just cut down the old one that was getting crusty and put a fresh one up.

Forgot how unedited pics post 90° off.

Hello fellow cat enjoyers.

Why does my cat enjoy nudging and pushing her water bowl around? She is an adopted cat (4 years old) from a relative and we've had her maybe two months so I have no pattern recognition to understand if this is new behavior or past behavior really.

My 14yo cat is going to the vet tomorrow for a blood test because she’s been vomiting a lot lately. I really hope it’s not something too serious.

>>5046646
No idea, my cat, the string chewer above you, does the same thing whenever possible. I got tip-proof dog bowls for her water.

>>5046347
>GUH

my cats 20 and a large lump appeared on her jaw where her lymph node is. i think it may be the end for her. gonna miss my best friend. i got her when i was 12.

One of my cats started sounding raspy with his voice a couple days ago. He's been acting fine so I waited to see if it improved. It seems to be worse today, he almost seems to have lost his voice. He's still eating, drinking, playing, and behaving the same.

I'm taking him to the vet tomorrow, but still does this sound like something I should be super worried about or is it likely a cold?

My one cat has always had this big lump hanging down a bit from his underside. Hard to get a picture of cause he's black. Is it just a fat gut or something else? He's a healthy weight but a bit chubby.

>>5047021
Vestigial pouch

>>5047029
Huh, no shit. My two cats are brothers but the other doesn't have that at all. Anyways thanks.

why is my cat begging for food it's not his breakfast time yet he is such a fatass

what's this red bump under his skin

>>5044981 (OP)
My one-year-old cat, Brea

unnamed male tabby.. taking suggestions

>>5046733
Update: blood test results were okay. The vet doesn’t know why she keeps vomiting but apparently she’s healthy which is the most important.

My cat passed away today..
He was originally a rescue cat, and was given for me in 2008 when he was 5 years old.
He lived older than his offspring, saw many cities, was a great family member by my side, and was given all the care and love until his final moment.

R.I.P. Elvis 01.01.2003 - 16.09.2025

>>5047102
RIP Elvis
He lived a very long life

>have 13 yo grey tabby common cat
>diagnosed with tonsilar scuamos cell carcinoma
>vet said we can try with local resection and lymphadenectomy
>says due to location wide margins are not possible and complete ones may also not be possible
>says best case scenario is 2 years
>no radiation therapy in my country
Though expensive I can afford the surgery, even travel for the radiotherapy. But is it the right thing to do? Will I just be putting him through hell? I keep thinking that 2 years for him are like 10 for me, I’d want a chance at another 10 years. Any advice or experience?

>>5044981 (OP)
Not meine katzen, but we've been feeding them the past fortnight at a house in Galicia (north of Spain). We hesitated bc they were ~4month old and we were going to leave them there (they are with their mother) but we couldn't resist and feed them like kings while we were there
Lots of gatos guapos anons

>>5047070
It's not a nipple, seems like there is a pimp and some eccema above it? Don't worry but maybe consult a vet (no need to take him/her in I believe)

>>5047162
These are our accomplices

>>5047081
Cute

you are all invited here
>>>/vg/539351414
>>>/vg/539352362

My landlords cat keeps shitting in front of my door even tough the litter box is a few meters away.
Why? What can I do about it? Is it scared to poo in the box because there are 2 other cats?

>>5047142
Cats generally tolerate radiotherapy much better than humans do. If vet thinks outcome with that would be decent and you're willing to travel and pay for it, I certainly would.

>>5047099
Ultrasound of tummy and intestines next.

>>5045154
>thinking about adopting an orange cat. are the rumors true, are they really crazy?
There's one big tom alley cat behind my house, incredibly sweet, will sit on your lap pushing his head in your chest and purr like an engine if you give him any attention. Also, weirdly nice to other cats around, whenever I feed him he goes and calls the others first and wait for them to eat before going his turn.
Before him, I had two roomates bring in orange cats, both for some reason decided to shit on my pillow. No clue why they hated me so much, I've had half a dozen cat myself and they've all turned really well, but these two just had it in for me. This was years apart, they never met, and both had this fixation about leaving a steamy pile of shit for me to discover when I came back home.
So, 1/3 in your favor, in my experience.

>>5047365
No

>>5047164
yeah he's got white nips, that's the bump below. I mean the red one. I'll email the vet

>>5044981 (OP)
beans

>>5047365
No, it counts as based

Kitten found on the deck at the inn at my home village.

>>5047366
Wow cat bros are kinda based.

What kind of cat is this?

Can you put a flea collar on a cat that also has flea ointment on it?

>>5045154
>>5045170
My orange cat was always chill and she lived to be 20

>>5047443
no idea, but why would you want to? the ointment should be effective

>>5047443
No, doubling up on flea and tick medications is very dangerous and can poison your cat. Stick with the ointments you put on the back of the neck, the flea collars are ineffective and carry a higher risk of toxicity.

>>5047441
Fenis Siberious Sled Fatskious

>>5047102
he got the best life he could possibly have lived. a good death. what a blessing.

>>5045103
Cute kitty, what's his name?

After years of my cat using his litter box in the master bedroom bathroom (that I never even use) with no issues where it's completely and totally out of my way, he accidentally got stuck downstairs all day when some family was visiting and he had to piss in the corner of the downstairs living room, and now he's decided that that's his favorite spot to piss and now I have to move his litter box there now.

>>5046646
Moving water interesting

>>5046733>>5047099

Idk but mine has allergies and every once in a while he'll start puking once or twice a day for a couple days then goes back to normal.

>>5047021
I love stuffing my face in my cat's pouch or petting it. He's not a big fan though.

>>5047363
That's hilarious

Has anyone tried Tractive, or any other GPS trackers for their cats? Not one that pings off of other phones or apps, I live too rural for those to work.

>>5048311
ive pulled a dutton wolf shoot with a few of those after the dogs caught cats hunting pullets. annoying as fuck.

>>5048315
You're a retarded faggot

>>5047432
cute baby ball

>>5045154
My orange cat is nuts

>>5048315
Redditors make up the strangest lies to troll this cat website.

>>5048653
>and other phrases that magically appeared in 2020
Whats with /pol/ election tourists and revisionism. This has never been a cat website. It’s just a website. Sometimes cats have been en vogue. Mostly on /b/ (the shittiest board). 4chan is not obligated to support objectively irresponsible and harmful practices like outdoor cats because once upon a time cat pictures were funny and a dozen retards doxed a child who tortured a cat (which was ironically enabled by outdoor cat fags)

Some of you dont even know 4chan used to hate nazis/racists and oldfags still do, and claim the old school nigger memes are proof of your revisionism. Sad.

First use of
>cat website - late 2020
>dogredditor - early 2021
>anti cat schizo - early 2021
its all one guy and he’s been so effective at turning /an/ against cats some suspect he’s actually bugguy playing a reverse psychology game

>>>/mu/127804033
>>>/mu/127798410
>>>/mu/127788298
>>>/mu/127775455
>>>/mu/127778637
>>>/mu/127778682
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I feel so betrayed
This shithead cat, whom I cared for and loved 3 years suddenly started pissing in my brother's bed
It's not a hygiene issue as the litterbox is cleaned regularly and the cat doesn't piss anywhere else
When I caught the cat pissing there again, I yanked her away from the bed and in return the cat dug its nails in me and is extremely defensive
Something like this happened when i tried to introduce another cat home and the cat calmed down by the afternoon
I'm throwing this shitbag as soon as the cat lets her guard down
Any alternatives will be welcome, as I would like not to do that

>>5044981 (OP)
My fucking vegan friend is forcing his cats to be vegan and I never wanted to strangle him more than this but I can't say shit about it
Why is this not legally abuse? why can't I call animal welfare on his cats?

>>5048815
I had a problem where my cat would pee on laundry, and it stopped when I got a second litter box.

>>5048889
It is abuse, cats are obligate carnivores, they'll die if you let that be

>>5048889
You should explain to him why it's abusive and that you can't stay friends with an animal abuser.

>>5048910
If cats are obligate carnivores why do vegan cats live longer?
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230918/Purr-fectly-plant-powered-study-hints-at-healthier-outcomes-for-cats-on-vegan-diets.aspx
Cats are not obligate carnivores. They can actually live longer on a properly formulated vegan diet. Most stray cats scavenge for the majority of their diet and will eat anything including starch and cooked vegetables.
>inb4 taurine
Yes and humans are obligate piscivore-frugivores because they need iodine and vitamin C. And yet many people get these nutrients elsewhere.

https://vegan.com/info/cats/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/13/cats-may-get-health-benefits-from-vegan-diet-study-suggests
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/15fotv7/yes_vegan_cats_are_a_thing_and_there_is_some/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9860667/

>>5048910
>It is abuse
>>5048918
>its abusive
Murdering animals to eat them is animal abuse. What now? Why do you think a cat deserves more rights than a more intelligent pig? All living things are living things. Sentient life is valuable or it is not. Suffering is wrong or it is not. Decide to be evil, or decide to be good. Logic leaves no room for bullshit.

If cats can not just survive, but thrive as vegans, they do not have to eat meat (and neither do you). Therefore your choice to feed your cat the products of animal abuse was not necessary and you are consciously an evil person. You have no logical reason to support any morals because you have already admitted that life is not valuable and suffering is not wrong. So then, how about we feed YOU to the cat?

Murder is outdated. Either you are a good person and won't support the systematic torture and murder of sentient beings, or you're no different from a chinese cat torturer. Animals are animals, death is death, suffering is suffering. Choose wisely.

ain't reading all that

>refutes your faggy argument
>"n-not reading that..."
lol

>>5048936
Vegan schizo’s morals are logically invalid and borderline schizo religion (buddhism without the hard parts) but he’a right that cats can totally subsist off supplement slop. They will be dumber, slower, and weaker, but they will be alive and it doesn’t matter because they’re a cat. If anything making them dumber and more lethargic is an upgrade.

>>5048936
Killing an animal is not necessarily causing it suffering. Intensive agriculture methods cause significant animal death and suffering.
I think Ill feed my cat a hamburger now.

my cat

>>5049007
my cat

>>5048968
imagine a vegan cat getting tired and falling over after 10 seconds at the scratching post
>meowwww i need my tofu

>>5048815
You're a nigger and should find a better home for her. Address possible physical causes with a vet check, if it's not physical look at emotional causes. Stress, changes of routine or home life, insecurity, boredom. Punishing a cat for peeing is only going to make things worse.

>>5045103
Weed might help him feel better though.

>>5045998
Buttlicked