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I thought I would post a final update :) The crate did not work out in the long run. I think she was getting depressed, and she was having a harder time staying clean due to the lack of space. Plus, I didn't like keeping her in the crate. I bought a EXTRA long baby gate off of Amazon and...

Update! We tried the crate last night. She hated it for about the first hour. She calmed down some when we fed her, and after she couldn't figure out her new cat cave I took it out and gave her the old cat bed back. Then I pointed the space heater at her and she was in heaven :) Her...

That's kind of what I had in mind. I even have a tiny carrier that could go inside if she wanted to sleep in there. And there's room for a small cat tree as well.

She has a prescription for Gabapentin, I just need to get it re-filled.

We refinished the original hardwood in the living room and hallways when we bought the house and carpeted the bedrooms (over hardwood). We had to rip out the carpet after an irreparable dog incident that no amount of cleaner or shampooing could have corrected :( We found something called...

We already have the crate because our dog came with it :) We actually had to buy a second crate for the bedroom after he had ACL surgery so we're good on crates. These are huge crates for a 80 pound dog, not a carrier or anything like that.

I should add that the new food, although just started yesterday, has yielded very promising results :) I'm No warmth at all. Just away from the much bigger and younger cats. She would be warmer in the crate. I should add that the new food, although just started yesterday, seems very...

Because she's alone in the spare bedroom, but would be in the center of activity in the crate. She spends 24 hours a day under the microwave cart :( So a crate seems like a step up in that regard.

Thanks! We may give it a try. Luckily, the area rugs are the only carpet in the entire house. For now I am using the Arm & Hammer cleaner, but the rugs are a sisal-like material and we will be able to take them outside and clean them thoroughly using the hose once it warms up. They are Ikea...

Thanks! I suppose we could just try it and see how it goes. I don't think she will mind at all. I just can't decide if it's a terrible thing to do or not.

And then crate is about 4x the size of where she spends her time now, although with a gate she might cruise around a little more. But it won't keep the other cats away.

If the crate is a terrible plan I'll buy the gate and confine her to the kitchen :) The crate just had a certain appeal because the messes would be confined and the temperature control would be a little better. The house was built in 1948 and we haven't upgraded the heat and AC.

She is on Cosequin. It's a combo of the arthritis and the other cats harassing her. She also had a prescription for Gabapentin, which I didn't use regularly and has now expired (I need to get it re-filled), because a combo of Cosequin and fish oil seemed to be really helping. I took her off...

First time posting here and I wasn't sure if this should go under Behavior or Health :) This will probably be a long post! Anyways, we have an 18 year old cat with some health issues and I'm not sure what to do at this point. For about the last two years she has refused to use the cat box...