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Thanks again, Purrdorable. I current do have an Echo Dot in their room and play Classical music twice a day for an hour. That's based on an Alexa Routine, so that is totally hands-off.

Hello Purrdorable. Thanks for the thoughts. I was hoping to make it easier on our friend and not have her need to deal with starting the videos, but that is an option. Unfortunately my girls are frightened when our friend comes over and they hide under the bed well after she leaves, so this...

Hi all - When we go away on vacation our girls are on their own, other than quick visits by a friend to change water, food and litter. Our babies are very friendly, but only to us and hide under their bed when others show up, so while we are away they lack any significant human interaction...

I've spent some time looking for unbiased reviews and ratings on Hydrolyzed diets, figuring in addition to changing their water access (in posts above) I would also try--or at least get ready for--a diet change. I'll probably wait to see if the water fountain was the issue, but if she continues...

Indeed. I talk with my girls all the time, and we do communicate even if we don't use the same language--somehow we mostly understand what we're trying to tell each other. But clearly I can't ask my baby exactly why she's throwing up and what she was doing just before it happened. Makes it so...

Thanks. I'm glad she's not showing any other signs and seems to be a 100% happy little furball. Still, would be great if we found the cause. 🤞

Hello Maggie101, Interesting. Funny how that works sometimes where (even for us humans) we go in with a symptom and that leads to finding something we didn't realize was happening. Glad it was caught earlier rather than later for your baby.

Hi Lisahe, Thanks for that comment, which led to my wife and I considering the timing of the water fountain we got for our girls a while back. Timing was such that I just decommissioned the fountain and will see if that makes a difference. Thanks again!

Hi Maggie101, and thank you for your comments. You do make me wonder about the timing of when I feed my girls... They always have food out, but I don't always freshen it and their water at the same time each day, and kitties do love their routines. I may start to be better about their feeding...

Hi there, and thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciate it! We haven't noticed a pattern in terms of time-of-day for her... seems it can be at any time. I am re-thinking my "feeling" that there might be a correlation between when she drinks water and when she vomits (based on your...

Hello, and thanks so much for the reply. You make some really great points and indeed it seems hard to explain how a food allergy--given we don't change their diets daily--wouldn't result in even more frequent vomiting. As to the possibility of her not eating for hours being the trigger, I...

Hi all – Brief Background: One of my little girls (7 years old) has—from the time she adopted us as a kitten—had a habit of vomiting very frequently. I started tracking each event back in 2019 and she’s averaging about every 13 days, though: She can go weeks without vomiting, then vomit...

Oh, excellent question and my apologies for not covering this. While under my care no kitty would be allowed outside. I know there are different schools of thought on this topic (so this is a subjective / personal opinion) but I don't think it's in the kitty's best interest to be outside and...

Hi all - I was adopted by two indoor-only kitties who do no receive a slew of treatments (e.g., for fleas, tics, a few other vaccinations like Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus and Panleukopenia (FVRCP)) as they are indoor-only and never go out of the house. It's not that we wouldn't...

That's a really cool idea. Thanks! Indeed don't know about the scent, but at least my concern that my girls will start chewing on the trap would be taken care of. Thanks so much!

Hi all - Our pest control professional has recommended we use The Dome Trap - Broad Spectrum Beetle Trap (https://trece.com/wp-content/uploads/STORGARD-DOME-QUICK-CHANGE-Broad-Spectrum-Beetle-Trap-Information-Bulletin.pdf) to take care of some carpet beetles we recently spotted. Of course my...

Thanks for the response. That looks pretty much like the one we have... I'm probably overthinking this somewhat as the odds of them getting lost are slim. And if I go with only putting collars on during vet visits and similar the odds of them getting into trouble with it are really low. Thanks...

Hi All – I’ve read every cat collar post I could find here and got lots of great info—thanks to everyone in TheCatSite community—the sharing of info is great! I was adopted by two indoor-only kitties when I visited a rescue a few years back. They are both microchipped, and I have the vet test...

Hi Furballsmom - Thanks for the tip. I like it!!! Great/simple idea for making sure a zipper on the soft carrier doesn't get caught on something and accidentally open up. And on the plastic "clam shell" carriers there are actually pre-drilled holes for that. Thanks for the link, too. Will...

That's interesting. I feel my squirmy one will not fall in line that way, but I can hope!