Yesterday afternoon/evening he pooped THREE times, using both the litter boxes, and this morning horked up a substantial hairball! (I am brushing him some every day, as he has a longish coat like most Maine Coon mixes.)
He must feel SO much more comfortable, poor guy.
He is also peeing regularly in the litter box–he clearly prefers the one with the cat-attracting litter–so apparently no problems there, thankfully.
I’ve noticed my cat has been sneezing a lot lately. She’ll sneeze 2, 3, 4 times in a row. But I don’t see any other symptoms: no drainage from her eyes or nose, no lethargy, eating fine, acting perfectly normal.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
One of mine is doing that too, also without other symptoms. Both cats are due for a vet appointment so I will let you know what I learn.
Poor Fluffy. 
Glad she’s okay now.
@3girls3cats, what did your vet say about the sneezing?
Poor Fluffy!
Poor Fluffy! She actually looks a lot like one of our three (all Maine Coon mixes).
@BunsenBurner, I can’t reply to your other post, but figured I could reply here. My “cat scratching posts” (aka nice living room furniture) were not cheap! My husband wanted nice furniture when we got a new (to us) house, and so I got new. The cats love it, and the arms have stuffing coming out
Our old sofas are leather, so no problem with them.
I’m not inclined to declaw our cats, and I’m not inclined to get new furniture either. Actually, I’d love to get new furniture, but…
So I gues my cats save me money too.
Lol! @1214mom - my cats are generally good about furniture, but my recent $200 chair from Costco got their attention. So I am very reluctant to spend $$$ on any upholstery. And a Womb settee in leather just does not cut it. 
It needs to be nice and warm to touch.
@1214mom I used double sided tape, aluminum foil and plastic wrap on the edges that were getting scratched. I guess some cats don’t like the feel. I also gave my boy a squirt of water in the face when I’d catch him. He wasn’t terrible at it, though, and he had lots of outside time to scratch trees. And we had cat trees inside. I have heard some cats have a really strong urge to scratch, in which case you must learn to love the shabby chic look!
Sorry @Nrdsb4 I didn’t see this earlier. My cat, of course, looked just fine at the vet and the sneezing seems to have stopped. I wish I could be more helpful. Have you gotten any answers?
Amazing story. The guy says his experience with his kitty helped him to survive the attack of a much bigger feline:
Took Kitty to the vet for her annual checkup and mentioned the sneezing. The vet said she looked okay-not any drainage, no fever, etc. Said to bring her back if she gets more acutely ill.
The grand kitties are visiting (okay, I’m a crazy cat lady, but even I can’t believe I just said that).
Two months ago they visited and the Lynx Point Siamese discovered rubber bands in DH’s office. She is a tiny but feisty little pack rat. She loves rubber bands, coated rubber bands, and scrunchies. D2 finds them hidden all over her apartment. So two months ago, I confiscated a thick blue rubber band kitty got from the office and hung it on a 3 tiered fruit tray on a granite bar overhang in my kitchen. And promptly forgot I did that. Here we are 8 weeks later, and Lynx Point creeps into the kitchen, jumps on the bar and goes straight for that rubber band. Grabs it, jumps down, and runs for her life with it!
LOL, how can a cat remember that from two months ago?
@Nrdsb4 that’s almost exactly what we were told. I guess it’s not a worry. The grand kitty visit sounds so fun! Gotta love those smarty cats.
Does anybody else have Maine Coon (or Norwegian Forest Cat, who knows) mixes? We’ve had these three for five years now and they continue to surprise me. Overall they’re amusingly/endearingly doglike in a lot of ways. But they have two really odd traits and I’m curious whether they’re unique to this family - actually a mom and her two former kittens - or whether they go with the breed. One trait is just a little unusual: Only one of them will tolerate lap sitting, though they are all very affectionate and love to be held (while their servants are standing up) and scritched. The other is more annoying: One, maybe two, of them apparently can’t always tell when he’s done in the litter box and sometimes heads out across the floor . . . continuing what he was doing.
The vet doesn’t see a thing wrong with him (or the other two), and it doesn’t seem to be commentary on anything that’s going on.
Is it just these guys?
My new cat is a Maine Coon mix. Thankfully, he does not share that trait!
So my sneezing cat is just fine. The cat I thought was healthy and fine likely has hyperthyroidism. I did not realize she’d lost so much weight over the past year; she’s about 30% less than she was last year. Her thyroid is also apparently enlarged. I’m waiting for the bloodwork to come back to confirm the diagnosis but the suggestions I’ve gotten so far are to feed her a special diet and if necessary train her to use a sure feeder so that her much bigger, burly, always hungry brother can’t eat her food. That sure feeder thing is a new one to me: it’s tied to the microchip and will only open if the matching cat steps up to the bowl. It sounds expensive.
Poor kitty!! Oh joy! As this vet said, on his list of cat illnesses, hyperthyroidism is the least evil. 
The good thing it is treatable! The bad thing, you will have to deal with radioactive turds!
Here is the account of how that vet dealt with his cat’s treatment - it is absolutely hilarious to read.
https://www.vin.com/vetzinsight/default.aspx?pid=756&catId=5860&id=6385067