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Casper! Have you been playing in the fish bowl, again? It wasn't me! Why do you have water dripping from your chin?

Ya' gotta' do what ya' gotta' do! Right? ;) Nice job! Here's hoping things will get easier as the two of you get to develop an agreement between you. Okay, cat! We've gotta' do this thing and I ain't takin' no fluff out of you! I don't like doing this any more than you do so let's just...

You might already know that cats don't normally meow on their own. Kittens meow to call for their mother but adults, if left to their own devices, don't meow much, at all, unless they are in distress. Meowing is a learned behavior/response to get attention from their humans. There is no...

The toxic level of borax is approximately 1 gram per kilogram of body weight. It would take approximately 4.5 grams of borax to make a cat sick. That's about a teaspoon's worth. The amount of borax that one would apply, let dry then wipe away the residue is much less than that. Besides, the...

Clean the litter box with soap and water then disinfect using Clorox bleach mixed at 1 cup to 1 gallon of hot water. Rinse really well using clear water then let the box dry, completely. Next, mix "Twenty Mule Team Borax" in hot water until you can't dissolve any more. (i.e. Make a saturated...

Not long after we adopted him, our cat, Casper, got out. He slipped out the door while his Girl-Human was coming back in from getting the mail or something. It was cold and snowy, outside. The cat got about two feet past the front stoop, stopped to look around and noticed the weather...

Our cat, Casper, is afraid of shoes. I don't know where he got it. One day, shortly after we adopted Casper, I sat down on a kitchen stool to take off my shoes after coming home from work. Casper came in to greet me. When I took off my shoe, he bolted and ran away. At first, I thought he...

Try to figure out what you did to encourage that and do it some more. A little head scratch is just inches away from a scratch behind the ears and that's just inches away from actually touching her ears. If you can do that, it should be fairly easy to quickly dab on a little shmoo.

We keep a small pet shelter outside our back door just for the purpose. It's just one of those cheap, plastic things you buy from Walmart but it serves its purpose. If, ever, one of our cats gets out they have a place to go and hide out until one of us humans can bring them back in. We keep...

She's definitely got a look about her that seems to say, "I'm not sure if I'm supposed to like this or not..."

When my father was breeding dogs he used to use hospital arm bands as collars for the puppies. When a buyer came and wanted to leave a deposit for a certain dog, they would write the person's name on the collar in permanent marker. You could use Tyvek arm bands like that and, instead of the...

It's part of the reason why people think that cats can see in the dark. Cats can certainly see in the dark better than humans but, no creature's eyes can see when it's "dark-dark," with no light at all. However, the vibrissae, all over the cat's body give it the ability to sense things that...

When we took our cat, Elliot, to the vet to be neutered, they trimmed his claws and didn't charge for it. Then, again, he got neutered, vaccinated with all his shots, de-flea-ed, de-wormed and they took care of a wound on his head that had become infected. Vets have assistant vet techs who...

You can scare the undesired cat away and that wouldn't be considered mean because he already has a home. You are just encouraging him to go home and discouraging him from coming into your yard. If two cats are fighting, this will serve to prevent fights and potential injuries. That's not...

The traditional way to make aspic is with meat juice mixed with gelatin. Bloom a packet of unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup of water then add meat broth. If you want to have bits of meat or cooked vegetables, let the gelatin set, partially, in the fridge before adding the extras. Otherwise, just...

Yogurt. The bacteria that make milk into yogurt also digest much of the lactose. Although it's not lactose-free, yogurt is relatively low in lactose. You can look to see if there is a reduced fat and/or reduced lactose version. I know that they make those kinds. However, I don't know what...

That's probably the best strategy. Cats have very sensitive hearing. Some say that cats might be able to hear better than dogs. I guess it comes down to how the term "better" is used. As far as sensitivity is concerned, cats and dogs are probably about equal. If you compare the frequency...

It takes a while for a neutering to "kick in," so to speak because there is still left over testosterone in the cat's body. Testosterone is the hormone that makes male cats want to mate. As testosterone fades away, so should the mating instinct. However, it takes a period of time from four to...

Salt isn't such a big deal as long as the cat (or human) is otherwise healthy. The idea that salt causes high blood pressure is but a myth. It can make high blood pressure and heart problems worse but it isn't the cause. If you (or your cat) don't have any health issues like high blood...

Nah! It's just junk food! It'll just make him fat if he keeps eating it. If it was really greasy, it might make him get the squirts. He might puke. That's it. Hopefully, next time he wants to eat some greasy junk food, he'll remember what happened, last time, and think twice about it. ;)...