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It will probably go apeshit.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
I know it's not hiding from me, it comes up to me.
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* The odds are about 50-50 that you'll just end up calling her "kitty" all the time anyway, of course, but it's still nice to have something more formal.
US resident here, all our cats since I was a kid have been outside cats. All lived to be about 18-19, one lived to be 20-21.
I definitely would not let a cat be an outside cat in certain locations. Where I lived was definitely okay, I wouldn't do it where my apartment is right now on the other hand. Too many feral cats around here.
But they'll also be perfectly fine if they stay inside forever. They have to be inside cats forever if they've been declawed, by the way.
Also it's been home for about 24 hours now and it hasn't used the litterbox, or gone to the bathroom at all (as far as I can find), but it IS eating and drinking. Normal?
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The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Sometimes when it sneezes it's a little violent... and it's not a sneeze. It's almost hairball-esque... a repetitive raspy sound for a couple of seconds.. but nothing happens. It's done it 2 or 3 times today.
But it did finally use the litterbox
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Many cats from shelters will have an upper respiratory infection and/or ear mites. They're super common at shelters and when one cat gets them, they all do. No big deal, just have the cat into the vet this week for a regular checkup.
Cats are by nature nervous in new environments. Just sit down and read a book and she'll come out and say hello eventually.
Only thing wrong is the sneezing. Other cats at the shelter were sneezing too so I guess it just caught something.
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What's a reasonable price for a cat checkup?
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well fuck them right in their ear.
The vet didn't have an appointment until tomorrow afternoon.
What can I give a cat to feel better about sneezing until then?
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Also, if the vet starts nickel and diming you to death, don't feel obligated to stay with them. A few years ago my mother was a little naive and got milked for somewhere around 2 grand because a vet tricked her into having them perform all kinds of blood/stool tests over and over again to determine that 2 kittens were perfectly healthy the entire time. Hopefully you wont run into that, but it does happen.
Its behavior and appearance is normal.
Just sneezes.
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The vet will probably give you something similar.
In America. In the UK it does not seem to make much difference, as long as there are not busy roads nearby. I just worry that the preponderance of Americans on the internet means that cat owners in the UK will get confused by all these threads stating that it's abusive to let cats outdoors. We often absorb a lot of US culture by cultural osmosis.
It's also possible for UK cat owners to give US cat owners bad advice by saying "Let your poor cat out! She'll be bored indoors!", so I find it good to point out the split of opinion here.
It doesn't seem to be doing much playing of exploring on its own, more exactly, the only room it seems interested in is the bathroom where I don't want it to go yet.
The only play it gets is when I actually play with it, which I can't do much more than an hour or two per day. I may have to get it a friend soon.
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And a laser pointer.
It likes the laser pointer and plastic stick thing.
naturally, the two things I have to operate manually
Just noticed it has been sneezing most violently today when its licking its paws.
The cat litter I am using if called "feline pine" and was recommended to me by a friend. Could a cat be allergic to that somehow? That being something that would be on its paws and cause it to sneeze more when it had to deal with its paws.
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I can't stress unscented enough. Perfumes are for the sake of humans, not the animal. Any well maintained litter box isn't going to have an odour. Ours doesn't.
I'm not sure that's proof of anything. She's certainly using the litterbox.
I don't know. If it doesn't clear up in a couple of days then I'll have to try something else.
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It could just be a good old respiratory infection. It'll be fine.