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My Brenna girl loves to wash people. Every time I pet her, she pets me back - lick lick lick. She's telling me she loves me by grooming. If I were another cat, it would be very nice of her to do that. As it is, sometimes I don't want her to lick me with her prickly tongue. So I taught her to...

The harness I use with Warbear is the Kitty Holster, made by Crazy K Farm. It looks like this: It goes around the neck and under the belly. It has very strong velcro as the attachment. The reason I like it so much is that it is very secure and comfortable for the cat. It's so secure that the...

I have good news from the CatByTheSea household! Warbear and Brenna, former enemies, are now.... play buddies! It's taken a while, but Warbear got more and more playful and less and less aggressive. Eventually, when we heard rattling and crashing noises at the site of the door, there were no...

How does he react to just having a carrier out and about? One way to help normalize the carrier is to just put it in the room with the door open (or taken off if that's easy) with a soft blanket inside. The cat can get used to seeing it, and often they'll find it a nice cozy nap spot. Then when...

I spend time with cats other than the ones who live here at home with me, as I volunteer at my local no-kill SPCA. I want to share these cats, since I love them too. Never mind that they enter my life for usually a short period of several days or weeks - I scoop their boxes and wash their dishes...