I noticed a stray cat outside, broke my heart because he’s limping and crying all the time. I only noticed the limp yesterday and it seems worse today. I do leave little food and water bowls out there for him, I don’t mind that he comes around. Anyways, because he’s injured, I called a shelter to see if someone can come pick him up, I’m convinced he’s a stray because his ears are filthy and I don’t think an owner would leave their cat to limp like that. I have 2 indoor cats, healthy and vaccinated and everything… when I took the stray’s bowls inside to wash it out and refill, I set it on the dining table to take the phone call from the shelter (I was on hold and someone picked up) and my cat started to eat out of the food bowl… probably a good 5-10 seconds. I’m scared he might have drank the water, too and perhaps might get a parasite or feline AIDS, how possible do you think it is considering my cats are vaccinated and don’t have regular contact with stray??

my cat has this b/f and we thought he lived at this one old mans house but we went to talk to him and he has he only has 3 female cats that were all nutered when they were little. so we have no idea who he belongs to… if anyone. and my mom found out he has worms. what should we do? give him meds? and if u think yes then what kind where do i get it? all that stuff.
also will me cat get worms from him? i know she licks him and stuff but shes nutered and i dunno if he is.
what should i do??????

All kittens are born with worms that they get from their mother. Just make sure they are dewrmed starting a 2 weeks of age and deworm them every 2 weeks for 3 treatments. Deworm mom at the same time. AS lond as they are dewormed, it shouldn’t cause any problems. Also make sure you wash your hands are handling them. Although rare, humans can get worms

he’s been coming around for about 10 days and i feed him everynight.
this cat is infested with fleas and even worse …ear mites.
i have gotten him to the point where i can wave my hand over him while he eats.
if i drop flea drops on him (revolution) between the shoulders, will it soak through the hair enough to do any good?
the revolution drops kill worms and earmites too.
once he gets a little calmer…i’ll be trapping him and taking him to the vet for rabies shot and whatever else he might need plus have him tested for any disease he may be carrying. that is down the road in a few weeks though, and i need to deal with the parasites now.
thanks in advance!

I read that catnip doesn’t affect all cats but two thirds of them. Right now her bed is in a pet carrier in an upstairs toilet with light on – not a very bright light or anything – and the air ventilator is on too (for fresher air) and the catnip cushion is next to the pet carrier.
We took her to the vet today and turns out she has fleas as we thought. Vet gave her a broad spectrum antibiotic injection, anti-worm pill, “Advocat” anti-flea drops, antibiotic cream/gel stuff for her eyes (that we gotta put in her eyes daily for a week) – said she might have a touch of cat flu. €60 in all, that’s about $85. Ireland is expensive for vet care. Also got flea drops for our Yorkie (to be safe) So, that’s the vet stuff done for the moment – didn’t get her any vaccinations, not yet anyway.
Have to buy some anti-flea spray or something (someone said regular anti-ant spray does the trick?) for the house and set to work on that because we certainly don’t want fleas running around the place! Also bought flea/mite/lice treatment stuff for ourselves (put it on the head and leave it for 12 hours before rinsing – lovely, lol) I’m convincing myself they are trying to eat me and crawling around on me…….might (mite!) be……

Although I am keeping the cat outside for now, she has been living in our house for the last 2 weeks or so… my husband and I have found mobile tapeworm fragments AND flea larvae! I am SO disgusted! I have bleached and vacuumed- what else can I do!? -Grossed out! :-p

By eating garbage and from other animals!!

ok…I work for an animal shelter but this shelter doesn’t really care for the strays and dumps that keep showing up behind our shelter. They just let them stay out there and never try to do anything about them.They feed them but thats it. I on the other hand do try to help. I have over the past few years taken home personally about 5 of them and placed them into homes after vetting them fully (testing, shots, spays and neuters, flea treatment, etc). I have one I took home in March who is about 10 or 11 in age, I have already invested almost 400 dollars into him (lots of dental work was needed, rotten teeth). He is now doing so much better but I am sure I will never place him. He was on the brink of death when I found him. Currently I have taken home one of the pregnant strays who was hanging around for months and would never let me near her. She would eat the food provided but thats it.Well she had her baby’s outside last week in the back of a pickup truck with lots of scrap metal in it. I got all of them and even the mama too. Turns out she is a very nice girl. So now I have her and her 6 fat healthy baby’s. They are only about a week and a half old. I will foster her till her babies are weaned and then I will let the shelter place them into homes when all of them are ready.
There are many cats out there who rely on the food the shelter provides for them. One in particular I want to take home. I feel so bad for this guy. He has been out there for about 7 months or so. He is kinda bad looking. Half his tail is missing. He looks kinda mangy. He has HORRIBLE diarrhea…it just drops from his butt like liquid. His back end is very nasty looking and his anus is very inflamed. He has become quite friendly with me over the last few weeks. He rubs against my legs and wants to be petted. His demeanor has changed from very shy to almost overly friendly. I am going to be taking him home Thursday night and taking him to my vet on Friday expecting of course a huge bill lol. I did vaccinate, frontline, worm (for roundworms), and gave him an injection of Cestoved (treatment for tapeworms). Just to get the preliminary’s out the way. This poor guy deserves a chance I think. I hope to god he is Negative for Felv/FIV. I have many cats of my own and 2 dogs as well so I am running literally Noahs Ark in my home lol. I know to keep him isolated untill he is healthier. He seems rather friendly with the other stray cats out there. I just want some advice or just a response to this tale of whoa.
As for other shelters in my local area…thats out of the question. All they do is deny help and or say they will euthanize them. My shelter is of no help. If it doesn’t involve them making a profit…they want nothing to do with it. This is the truth, hard to believe i know but its no lie.
I worry about many of these kitty’s out there for the winter time is approaching and its gets very cold. I cant see all of them making it through the winter. Some are very skinny. I say currently there are about 7 or 8 strays who come around for food every day. I’m sure there are more I don’t see, but about 7 or 8 regulars.
This is truly sad. There is also a mama kitty who gave birth last weekend but something happened and I found all of her babies dead outside. I am not sure if a raccoon killed them or not. Some were bleeding and kinda chewed up looking. I have to try and catch her soon b4 she is indeed prego again. Sigh…. will it ever end? (screams No!)

I adopted a stray cat that was already an adult and would like to take her home with me to an EU country. I know I need a “health certificate” to import her. My dog-owner friend says I can’t get a health certificate because there are certain shots a cat needs *as a kitten* (this is true, I know), but I can’t prove that this cat had those shots at that time and even if I got them now it would be at the wrong age.
I thought the health certificate only had to prove that the cat has no diseases or parasites and has had all the shots that she can get at this age. I don’t think it should matter what shots she did or didn’t get as a kitten as long as she’s healthy and vaccinated now.
Anyone know for sure?
Thanks!

I recently rescued a stray cat from certain death in the horrible neighborhood where I teach. I am presently keeping him separated from my cats, and plan to have him neutered later this month, before I find a home for him.
He had fleas (I treated him with advantage) and he also has worms, which I plan to take care of this weekend.
My question is this:
Every day when I go into the room where he’s staying to give him water, food and scoop out his litter box, I notice that the towel where he has been sleeping has these little things on it that look like sesame seeds. They do not appear to be alive or moving, but I’m wondering what they could be.
I didn’t see many dead fleas fall off of him after the advantage treatment. Could these be the eggs? I know what flea dirt looks like and altough I did see a lot of that at first, this is something completely different. Any thoughts?