Recent Content by Snakitty

No offense taken! It's better to know where you stand than to get a cat and have to re-home it. Re-homing an adult cat is very hard. I am more of a dog person than a cat person. My cat hides under a bathroom cabinet, while my dog greets me at the door and brings me his most treasured toys. I had...

If she's coming to you for food she probably isn't well fed by the neighbor. You can take them all to a local shelter and tell them you found cats in your yard. They will get properly spayed/neutered and good homes found for them. If she won't let herself be caught, you could call animal control...

Okay, so here's the deal. If it's EVER not okay to be on the counters, then it has to be NEVER okay to be on the counters. The automatic sprayer is a good idea. I've never heard or seen such a thing, but I wish I had when my guy was young. He one time ate an entire pound of round beef I had...

I have moved many times with my cats and the first few times they hid for weeks. I would lure them out with canned tuna, which they thought was about the highest reward possible in our house. They always returned to their normal selves in time. Certainly don't chase her down you don't want to...

I haven't gotten her interactive toys in a long time. Her faves were the birds that hung from the doorway, but Monte ruined that got for her every time. He was of serious size and strength and would pull the bird right off the string and prance around with it in his mouth showing off his "kill"...

I wish I could get a cat for her, but we have already decided not to bring any more cats into our lives right now. When I got my cats (15 and 19 years ago) I was in a house. Life circumstances have put me in an apartment and #1 out setup is not ideal in terms of having a good place for the...

Meat is fine as long as it is cooked and lean. You don't want to give them fatty scraps or raw meat. Whatever is high reward favored treat for them. And only give them that particular treat when they use the door, no other time, so they associate that particular treat with the door, and they...

Do you have any thoughts about where to put her bed? I want to get her a new bed anyway, should I put it near where I usually sit, or in her usual place?

If they are eating and drinking okay and aren't plugged up and aren't going somewhere else in the house, they are going outside just fine (it's gotta be going somewhere). It's just their preference. I had friends that had indoor/outdoor cats for years and they never used the litter pans. If they...

He could have hissed and yowled and ran partially from surprise (cats don't like surprises) and partially from discomfort, but give him a week without making him use the door. Make sure he's not injured. Then try again with many treats involved!

Hello, I am new, I joined this site so I can hopefully get some tips on helping my cat adjust to being an only cat. I had 2 cats, Monte and Halle. Monte was 4 years older than Hal, and he passed away last night at 19 years old. He and Halle have been one ball of fur from the get go. She has...

Can I ask why she is separated from the other cats? It seems to me that if it is behavioral, wouldn't it be better for her to be with her housemates? I had a cat that had bathroom issues for a longtime, and it was constipation. He went outside his litter box for the same reason a cat with...