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My black smoke has a single white hair between her shoulder blades - BAM! Not a solid lol Also, you can see a seal point pattern on her face and legs. There's no evidence of tabby.

Are you feeding raw? I wouldn’t say that’s safe. Sometimes Colette doesn’t want to eat. It goes right back into the fridge!

Colette is 11 months now. Yesterday I found fur lightened considerably behind her ears like two parentheses. 2 weeks ago clumps of fur appeared that were significantly longer than her other longish fur as you can see behind her front leg. Pictures 3 & 4 are from when I brought her home for the...

I agree with up to 20 minutes, not 1 hour. I’ve worked with food & food safety. You can’t mess around with raw meat. Does it take your cat more than 20 minutes to eat? That would be unusual imo. A cat’s digestive system is better equipped to handle pathogens, but humans are not. Also, cats...

Can you post a picture of it?

Does anyone know where they came from before the estate sale? I keep seeing the reference "they were thought to be extinct" but I found nothing on them before the estate sale.

My roommate’s dog is likely to bring in an occasional flea. I prefer to tackle that preventively rather than treat 2 animals & an entire house on Nature’s timetable should 1 or 2 fleas proliferate. Also, we live in a subtropical environment that’s also a heart worm epicenter. Mosquitos are...

I've done that in our first few months together and she responds to that. I'll go back to it. I think during this phase I've just been saying "no," "stop," enough," "calm down," and placating "you're okay" (to cover all bases from losing control to petting overstimulation).

I was going to suggest feliway. When my roommate was bringing home a new dog, I got a PetArmor pheromone collar for Colette. I thought the collar would be ideal and she could have the pheromones close to her in whatever room she happened to be in. It's good for 30 days and the level of efficacy...

I adopted a kitten for Christmas, and when I was pet-shopping I absolutely fell in love with a semi-long haired black/brown cat. That one turned out to be much too old for the adoption fee in my opinion and she had some health issues, but from then I decided I wanted a semi-long haired...

Colette is 8 months old now. Since I adopted her at 9 weeks she'll seem to invite me to pet her by rolling onto her back and acting affectionate. I'm careful to watch for a twitching tail and avoid her stomach, just petting her chin, head, chest, or shoulders. She does seem to like her ribcage...

My 8-month kitten, Colette, doesn't seem to be shedding and I can't find any bald spots on her (she is semi-long hair). Yet I'm finding small clumps of hair in the floor. What is this about? I feed her 1/2 frozen raw Nature's Variety or Primal and 1/2 canned Nature's Variety. I heard somewhere...

There are some very touching stories here. I have another ENTRY based on my trip with Colette to Georgia to visit family. I was very concerned that Colette didn't eat for 2 of the 3 days we stayed in my mother's "in-law" apartment at my aunt's enormous house. I did expect her to be...

Don’t forget cats love playing hide & seek. Any interesting diversion is good playtime. Colette loves playing scaredy cat with the human, and recently I incorporated letting her stalk me & I hide like prey. She loves it! After a few turns we make friendly contact to clarify it’s a game ;) There...

It's well known that the brain generates electricity, and I believe sleep is critical for life because while awake we're all generating one type of power that builds up waste in our bodies. Sleep would generate a different current that removes the build up of waste. I'll refer to it as positive...

I've learned a lot about cats in the past 6 months. One of the interesting things I discovered about felis catus is that they are territorial colony social animals while dogs and their wild counterparts are more nomadic. Cats seem to need and depend on an intimate knowledge of their environment...

Colette is standing watch in my bedroom window.

That's kind of scary. I'm feeding wet & raw to avoid these problems. Are there any studies on this?

6-month-old Colette the very FURst time she came to sleep with me :yess:

I’m going on a 6-hour road trip with Colette tomorrow. I found the greatest thing from Amazon! There is a pop-up cat tent that comes with a collapsible litter pan & food dish. Just be careful if your cat is an escape artist. Some cats can pull the zipper open and they may need to be tied. Also...