Recent Content by cesg

I am not a vet, nor do I play one on the internet, but I find this hype about Himalayan Salt lamps to be just that, hype. Yes, salt poisoning is very serious and not something to be taken seriously,so is water toxicity. However, both are highly unlikely without another serious underlying issue...

the older kitties are that way due to the way the cat is hard wired. kittens learn which foods are food by what mom brings home to eat.  If mom didn't bring it home it wasn't food.  kittens loose the ability to accept new foods after a few months..  The more kittens are introduced to when they...

~~1.) canned raw? Any such thing? no  to can food, they have to cook it.. 2.) freeze dried. how does that work? they freeze dry the food, you mix it with water, some have texture and consistency that cats like, some do not.  The only way to know is to buy it and make it. Personally I find FD...

I am a little late to this conversation, but since you still have the kitten and still need to feed it I think my answer is relevant anyway. For what it is worth, in the wild there are no 'kitten mice'.  kittens nurse from their mother until they are old enough and their teeth have come in and...

two years of age is a pretty common age for kitties who are going to be dealing with urinary issues to present themselves.  so at 18 months I would not rule out urinary issues simply because you don't think it is.  Especially if you feed dry food. inappropriate elimination is a huge red flag...

I can share with you my experience of raising almost 300 kittens that some kittens eat a LOT and some kittens eat way less then you would think they should.  Raw feeding should actually make them feel more satiated as it its nutrition is more easily absorbed and there is less plant based...

Have they been neutered?  hormones are incredibly powerful things and cause all kinds of unwanted (to humans) behaviors. "feral" means not socialized to humans.  The fact that they will be with in line of sight of you and you can touch them means they are not feral.  Wild nature simply means...

I have seven cats.  Some are snugglers some are not.  Muffin - my snuggler extrodinare as lived through and continued to snuggle me through the addition of four more cats. How you treat her when the new one comes in is important. She is and should be the alpha and should the the lion's share of...

I started volunteering at my local shelter probably about fifteen years ago.  I read about fostering kittens and I asked the shelter about that, but they did not do it at the time and were afraid of liability.  I guess they kept hearing or researching it because ten years ago they started a...

I guess it really all depends on what you want to deal with. Around here, any animal not under strict control of it's owner and not on it's property is technically a stray.  You do have a bit of a moral dilemma in the fact that you are pretty sure the cat has owners, but what if you didn't know...

C/D and S/D are both very low quality foods, they are very high in plant based ingredients and aren't well accepted by cats in general.  Going through the replies, I didn't see where you tried the old food your kitty was on to see if that would be eaten.  If so, then it is a food issue.. I have...

a 14 week old kitten still needs to eat frequently, I would just caution you to make sure your kitty is getting enough food when getting it on a schedule. You might want to wait a few months before restricting food at all. Connie

the thing with the respiratory issues is the dust. If you pour out a container of clay litter, there is a lot of dust. If your kitty is prone to asthma, you might want to avoid that. There is also an enviormental factor too, that clay has to come from somewhere. "They" like pine because...

we built one, and the cats loved it for years. But the fleas and ticks got so bad around here I'm not comfortable letting them out into it any more.

When I am feeling particularly lost and beaten by what I've been facing, I try to remember where these cats would be with out the safety net those in rescue provides. Kittens born outside to the elements and the preditors. Older cats abandoned outside to fend for themselves, cats with cancer...