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    Cat totally freaked out over wearing a collar

    Thanks, all, for the advice! In terms of microchips - the feeder I have requires collar tags, it doesn't have a microchip reader. The good news is that it's not an absolute requirement that Reggie wear a collar. He's the one who is maintaining a fine weight being free-fed (it's my...
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    Cat totally freaked out over wearing a collar

    So I tried to get all three of my cats to wear collars so they could use an RFID-enabled smart feeder, allowing me to keep the overweight cats on a restricted diet while my other cat can continue to have free access to food as he is used to. Two of my cats are ~10 months and they took to the...
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    Is he playing or is he being aggressive?

    Ever dealt with this sort of thing in bed at night? One of my three cats (~9 months) likes to nip toes. He's actually very gentile, and while I do give him a "no" or "ow" when he does it and he'll usually stop for a bit, I suspect he does this while I'm sleeping and doesn't get any negative...
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    Automatic litter box / litter robot - opinions?

    Yeah, my other two litter boxes are uncovered - I always use uncovered litter boxes as my older cat just doesn't like covered or ones with walls (which is why I expected him not to like the litter robot, and why I still keep the other litter boxes around). The kittens love the covered litter...
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    Automatic litter box / litter robot - opinions?

    So far, so good. Pretty certain both kittens are using it - they filled the waste drawer in a mere two days! Still not sure about my adult cat, but I am fine with him using the other litter boxes if he chooses. The only thing I don't like is my big kitten's desire to climb inside during...
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    Long-haired cats and trimming around the rear

    Yeah, he's an absolutely adorable sweetheart. He does tend to dislike being touched around his rear (probably from a couple of baths he's had to have due to this issue). He won't bite or claw, but he'll try to get away by any means possible, and he's a big guy. The picture doesn't really do...
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    Long-haired cats and trimming around the rear

    So this is the first time I've owned a long-haired cat, and I've definitely been finding the long fur around his rear to be a magnet for poop, and occasionally urine as well. He had a vet checkup and they helped out by trimming the fur in that area. Any recommendations on how often I should...
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    Automatic litter box / litter robot - opinions?

    I did bite the bullet and buy a Litter Robot, which I've been using now for two days, replacing one of my four litter boxes. The two kittens seem to enjoy using it - we're going through seven or eight cycles per day, and the kittens love watching it clean itself. I haven't seen any evidence of...
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    Automatic litter box / litter robot - opinions?

    So of my three cats, one of my younger kittens (Archie, age ~9 months) tends to have a very strong demand for a very pristine litter box - she will guaranteed poop on the floor if each litter box (I have four boxes for three cats) isn't cleaned at least once every 24 hours, and sometimes she's...
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    Good strategies for timed feeding in a multi-cat household?

    So for the last five years I've been lucky in that my oldest cat, Reggie, has always been fine with free food - I'd give him some wet food once or twice per day, but not enough for his full daily needs, and in between he'd have access to dry food, and it always worked well. Apart from one time...
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    Persistent teary eye in cat

    Yes, he's had it as long as I've had him (he's about seven months now). I did think it was herpes virus at first (and I'm pretty sure both of my kittens had it when I first got them) - but his one eye remains teary (It's just tears, it isn't the kind of eye gunk that the kittens had when they...
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    Persistent teary eye in cat

    Anyone have any tips for a cat who has a persistent teary eye, or have a cat with a similar issue? Three veterinarians at two practices think it's just a congenital thing and not an eye infection (he had sniffles and an eye infection as a kitten but that has long since cleared up per the vets...
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    Please help me introduce two kittens!

    I think you're more upset about this than either of the cats are. Sure, it'll be great when the process is done and they'll be the good friends they are likely to become, but as long as you're giving them the love and attention they need, a few weeks of introduction are just going to be a small...
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    Cat recently began pooping outside the litter box

    I ended up not finding one I liked so I decided to make my own - I'm a techie guy and I have some extra Raspberry Pis and I have a 3d printer to make a case and camera mount, so all I did was buy a night-vision-enabled camera module and an IR motion sensor to trigger it. I won't have the...
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    Cat recently began pooping outside the litter box

    Well, it's at least been two days and no poop outside the litter box, so maybe this problem ended as suddenly as it began. Reggie does look to have started using a different litter box, as I found poop that I definitely think is his in one of the other boxes. I'll still go forth with the...
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