In addition to other suggestions here -- maybe you can get your cat a heated bed to sleep in so he's less tempted to get into bed with you? Mine took a few weeks to care about the one I bought her (https://www.chewy.com/kh-pet-products-thermo-kitty-cat-bed/dp/54488), but now it's her favorite...
Thank you for checking! I totally forgot to mention it in my post. Yes, as soon as I saw her scratched neck on Wednesday I went out and got chamomile tea and applied the wet warm teabag after dinner. She was very tolerant, and I applied another one on Thursday. On Friday morning an hour after I...
So... The same hotspot is back, along with some general scratching/thinned hair along the back of her neck. I first noticed a scratch on Wednesday and quickly treated it with chamomile tea. She left it alone and it was looking much better until this morning, when she scratched it, and this...
My cat has been on fluoxetine for about two years. I tried to wean her off of it completely but saw near immediate reoccurrence of her anxiety behaviors so she's on a very small dose now (smaller than initially prescribed). It did make her sleepy after each dose for the first few weeks and she...
Some more suggestions: the ubiquitous catnip banana; ping pong balls (I bought a colorful bag of them on Amazon and roll them toward my cat who tries to catch them or bat them away like a goalie); crinkle mat (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082SWSYRX/?tag=thecatsite). My cat is 10.
My cat will eat mostly everything so it's not helpful maybe, but perhaps making the dry food a small "treat" given after the wet meal is finished only. Separate from eating times, you could use the kibble to do kibble toss/run play sessions (I stand halfway between the living room and hallway...
https://www.wyze.com/products/wyze-cam-pan-v2-sd-card-bundle?related_selling_plan=41618559008930 We have these (or an earlier version possibly), they work pretty well for what you mentioned. There's also a list of "events" whenever there's movement so that could help you look and see if the cat...
I do feed kibble overnight (15 kibble pieces exactly), it's the only dry food she gets. I think some people freeze wet food in ice cube trays and just pop a cube out before going to bed (assuming it'll thaw by the time the feeder is set for) -- might take some trial and error/testing.
I have the Cat Mate C500 and it's a little loud if you're in the same room (i.e., you'll wake up), although I feel like it got a lot quieter over the last few years I've had it. Still works fine. Cat loves it. Regardless of which one you end up using, an automatic overnight feeder will change...
I also have a kidney kitty. She was on canned Purina Pro rx for early renal but seemingly developed an allergy as evidenced by a hotspot after a couple months. I didn't really like it either since it had fish and I think rice. I also went through the Weruva options (wx phosphorous wasn't...
7.5 kg can be a lot, does your vet think your cat is overweight? When my cat was very overweight she was demanding and aggressive about food (still demanding now of course, but not aggressive). Yelling can be very stressful for them -- whether directed at them or someone else in the household...
I have 3 rugs/carpets throughout the apartment (1 Ikea, 2 Amazon) -- only one is high pile (and extremely cute), and my cat destroyed a few choice parts of it beyond repair within a month. I have come to accept the fact that it basically exists to be destroyed since she scratches on it a bit...
It looks like dried poop to me, my cat gets them in the same horizontal sort of area. I clean her butt gently with water-soaked q-tips to remove any stuck-on bits weekly -- my partner feeds her puree (e.g., Nulo) on a small plate to keep her distracted during the cleaning, which works well for...
I'm guessing you're thinking of bonito fish flakes?
I was going to recommend -- I water down my cat's wet food too (history of insane urinary stones prior to her adoption) and sometimes I add too much water and she doesn't eat it and looks at me like :think: so I sprinkle a tiny bit of...
Not gonna lie, I've tried a piece of the freeze-dried chicken. 🤭
To the original poster -- my cat (similar to yours I think, 10 y/o female calico with early CKD) was on a fish-inclusive renal food (Purina pro) and developed a light allergy/patch of missing fur, also had soft-ish poops. I...
I'm so glad the vet office helped trim her nails! Just wanted to share that it can help muffle zoomies by getting a hallway runner or large carpet (we got one from Ikea) -- I live above my neighbors too and my 10-year-old cat really gallops loudly sometimes! :sweat: I think she likes the...
I use this brand, too! I used to order the 20 lb bags from Amazon for about $11 each. Recently they went up to $16 each for 20 lb or $21 for 40 lb so I had to start buying the 40 lb ones. I'm guessing other people probably made the same calculation and couldn't justify purchasing the 20 lb bags...
Could you ask a vet about if fluoxetine could be appropriate? It can be used for inappropriate elimination -- not sure if that only applies to pee. My cat is on it for past aggression issues -- I tried weaning her off of it over several months but she was definitely more on edge/anxious when it...