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Yeah - he definitely has food allergies. If he gets into treats or his sister's food he scratches his ears up till they bleed. Poor thing. He does fine with Turkey - not chicken. Though now that I"m looking at that spreadsheet I"m wondering if it might actually be Flax that he's allergic to. He...

I'm currently using Dr. Elsey's outdoors themed litter, which they both seem to love, but i think it might have more allergen type things in it. I was just looking it up and I see that they do a respiratory type, so i might try that and see if it helps if I mix it with the stuff they like! And...

My cat Apollo has food allergies - after some experimentation we've found a dry food that seems to work for him. (He's OBSESSED with dry food.) But starting around October he's also developed regular wheezing/coughing and sneezing that our vet says is asthma - which looks like it is also caused...

Thank you for the great suggestions! I have been lazily leaving pretty much all the toys out and just switching which get played with, but you're right I should switch them out so they don't get bored with them. I have a bunch of wands and other toys. But yeah I was just about to order a few...

So I brought Apollo home about 2.5 months ago. He's a young, big, flamepoint siamese. He wasn't neutered until a week or so before he came home with me and before that he was a stray. The issue I'm having is he really loves to play, and now that I am home he seems to think I can just play with...

It's been going great. Thanks to everyone for the support she advice. They wore each other out Friday and spent Saturday napping. Today they spent about an hour on the couch almost both cuddling me. I think most of the fighting is play now, but at the rate Vega's don't come near me zone is...

Since the last update I've been letting them spend more supervised time together. I'm a little concerned that I might be overdoing it? There is a lot of hissing and chasing, but neither one of them really seems to be hiding or trying to escape the other. Just working things out? I've been...

We had them both out for a little bit the other night, him playing with feathers while she was in her corner perch and could watch. But she decided to come out and explore and they had a little tiff. (She swatted him, and he was like 'The hell man") I decided I would give them a little bit of...

Last night we had a really nice session at the baby gate where they both got some tuna and watched the laser a lot, and at one point Vega was trying to sniff Apollo's butt through the bars, which was hilarious. Today I left the door open while i was working in Apollo's room and Vega came over...

I'm using a tall walk through gate (48") that so far Apollo hasn't gone over, or really tried to. So that's been good for them to see each other and eat on either side. She doesn't like to be petted with stressed unfortunately, she's easily over stimulated. She does love catnip though so I've...

I tried using a mat that I had to cover the carpet but then the door got stuck and it was a whole situation. So I'm definitely going to look in to something thinner I can use. Unfortunately last night we ALMOST had a fight. Apollo is VERY play focused when I'm home so I had him out and was...

Well, I'm home from vacation and Apollo wants OUT. He's destroyed the carpet by the office door, and the last two nights managed to open the closet and tear stuff down. This was after I spent the evening playing with him in the living room, and the office and generally hanging out with him...

That's funny! I've seen my girl do that a few times. But she still doesn't claw those areas, which is all I want.

Have you tried double sided tape? They sell a wider kind at most pet supply stores that peels off easily. (It comes between 2"-4" wide and isn't as sticky) You may find you have to re apply it, but cats hate the sticky feeling. I have basically every door jam in my apartment covered with it...

My cat overgrooms, but never to the extent of breaking the skin like that. (Though I know some cats do.) So it does seem like maybe that is more an allergic issue than a stress issue? The way I had allergies explained to me is that you can tolerate a certain amount of them in your environment...