Cats!!!

[SilkieNation]

 

[Chickenchick11]

Oh my goodness, he is precious.

 

[SilkieNation]

Yeah, he's a pretty special little kitty.

 

[GitaBooks]

Just thought I would share some new pictures of our cat, Nym, and our new puppy Epsilon. Believe it or not, the two are playing, even if they looked nasty. Nym seemed to be biting and clawing hard, but he never hurt Epsilon and though Oopsie (the puppy's nickname) kept tackling the cat Nym didn't leave which proved he was enjoying himself.




Nym cuddling with his "father" Rax. Nym loves when Rax just grooms him, but sometimes Rax tries to play like Epsilon does and weighing 90 lbs, Nym isn't too excited about that.




I do have an important question as well that I hope I can be helped with. I have shared with you the story of Pi, the feral tom cat that was hit by a car. He suffers from partial blindness, deafness, and his front right leg is lame (as you can see he holds it in the air). However, it has been a few years and he remains in good shape and manages to make his way all around town quite well.
This winter, however, I noticed his fur was matting on his back and a few days later it all fell out. Is this a sign of mange or something else? Could the other cats be at risk of mange? The pictures look bad but they were taken at night and it was quite misty. It is hard to see the missing fur because he noticed us and turned to hop away. Hopefully it gives you an idea though. Thanks for any help!

 

[DancingWthDucks]

Meet Alfie, my year old crazy cat who thinks he is a chick- he sleeps next to the brooder and grooms the chicks.

 

[ElainesChickens]

I have three cats. Lily, Tigerlily, and Precious Princess. Lily was stray my mom found her on a road coming home. Tigerlily was born one month after we found Lily. Lily only had one kitten. And Precious Princess was adopted by my mom a month or so ago. She chose her name. Seriously she did!

 

[boskelli1571]

Just thought I would share some new pictures of our cat, Nym, and our new puppy Epsilon. Believe it or not, the two are playing, even if they looked nasty. Nym seemed to be biting and clawing hard, but he never hurt Epsilon and though Oopsie (the puppy's nickname) kept tackling the cat Nym didn't leave which proved he was enjoying himself.




Nym cuddling with his "father" Rax. Nym loves when Rax just grooms him, but sometimes Rax tries to play like Epsilon does and weighing 90 lbs, Nym isn't too excited about that.




I do have an important question as well that I hope I can be helped with. I have shared with you the story of Pi, the feral tom cat that was hit by a car. He suffers from partial blindness, deafness, and his front right leg is lame (as you can see he holds it in the air). However, it has been a few years and he remains in good shape and manages to make his way all around town quite well.
This winter, however, I noticed his fur was matting on his back and a few days later it all fell out. Is this a sign of mange or something else? Could the other cats be at risk of mange? The pictures look bad but they were taken at night and it was quite misty. It is hard to see the missing fur because he noticed us and turned to hop away. Hopefully it gives you an idea though. Thanks for any help!

Hi there - I expect your problem is solved by now - for some reason I didn't get notification.... Anyway, mange is spreadable from cat to cat, depending on the type of mange. A trip to the vet may set you back some $$$, so try herbal 1st. Increase sulfur intake - garlic. Add it to food or water. You can try to give the cat a shampoo (

) with hydrogen peroxide added to the water, or dab it directly on the skin to remove any dead, flaky skin. On all my animals I use a comfrey & plantain salve to heal open areas, it works well and is non-toxic.
Mange is caused by mites, so you could try a topical mite treatment too. Good luck & keep us posted...

 

[DeepDishChix]

nope ):

 

[GitaBooks]

Hi there - I expect your problem is solved by now - for some reason I didn't get notification.... Anyway, mange is spreadable from cat to cat, depending on the type of mange. A trip to the vet may set you back some $$$, so try herbal 1st. Increase sulfur intake - garlic. Add it to food or water. You can try to give the cat a shampoo (

) with hydrogen peroxide added to the water, or dab it directly on the skin to remove any dead, flaky skin. On all my animals I use a comfrey & plantain salve to heal open areas, it works well and is non-toxic.
Mange is caused by mites, so you could try a topical mite treatment too. Good luck & keep us posted...

Thank you so much for the reply.

Yeah, he's doing much better. It must have just been a serious spring shed or perhaps a nutrition problem, because once he started eating at our place he grew his hair back and none of the other cats have shown any symptoms. I'm still trying to get him to the shelter to get fixed, so hopefully he'll stick around our barn more and won't use his bad leg as often. The hard part will be catching him, since he doesn't like to be around people.

 

[theuglyduckling]

when you open that can of tuna!