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    Kitten battles

    When they engage in the rough play, do either of them shriek or yelp? In my experience, real fights are very loud and kittens will make everyone aware when they’re in pain. When we introduced our kitten to our 10mo old Maine Coon we had a pretty scary time trying to decide if the MC wanted to...
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    non dust kitty litter

    I use the Breeze litter system for my cats. I had a friend who visited Japan and was impressed by their cat litter, and the Breeze is the closest I've seen to it in the States. There's a popular youtuber that made a video where she shows and talks about the litter systems she uses in Japan...
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    Struggling with Maine Coon grooming - please help!

    Thank you so much for the reply! It's super helpful to hear your experience, and it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one struggling with this! First off, Luna is absolutely gorgeous. That blue-black fur with yellow eyes is just killing me! She looks so majestic. Our MC is 9 months...
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    Cats & Balconies

    We live on the fifth floor and cat-proofed our balcony pretty easily! We used bird netting, attached to the frame of the balcony opening with a wire and eye hooks every 18in, and secured the netting to a 3/4in wooden dowel as we couldn't secure it directly to the floor (the floor is concrete)...
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    Struggling with Maine Coon grooming - please help!

    We have a 9mo old purebred Maine Coon. She's accustomed to brushing and has been brushed and combed all her life. However, the past few months she's lost most of her 'kitten coat' and grown in a full, thick undercoat. She will tolerate 5-15 minutes of grooming before she starts objecting, and...
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    Introducing new kitten to young cat

    Thank you for the advice! I read the articles you linked and we decided to roll back the introduction a bit. After two days of keeping them separate it was like a switch flipped in our original cat. She would beg for the kitten, coming up an meowing at us then running to the door to the kittens...
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    Keeping a dog from eating cat food?

    I can't stress impulse training your dog enough! Honestly the most rewarding thing we taught our dog. She's 13 now and good enough that she wont eat a cheeseburger if we put the plate on the floor and leave the room. This means we can bring her with us to more places and she can live a fuller...
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    Introducing new kitten to young cat

    We got our cat, Akali, about 6 months ago. She's a fancy purebred Maine Coon we got from a great breeder. She came to us really well socialized and confident at 12 weeks. She was the first kitten I'd ever had (though my fiance has had a couple, both strays from a litter found on his family...
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    dog safety question

    Panting for dogs can be a stress response, so it's possible your dog isn't overheating and is just a little stressed over the experience. Not wanting to look out the windows and jumping between the floor and the seat are also things my dog did when she was first getting used to the car and was a...
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