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My boomerang son has come back to live with us for a while. He has a 10 lb male Jack Russell terrier and a 5 year old spayed female cat. We have a 3-1/2 year old spayed female cat. She's been an "only pet" since we got her. My son has his own space in the in-law suite so the animals don't...

I'm sure you all know how it is. You leave a box sitting around and a cat will get in it (even a shoe box!) You leave a grocery bag, gym bag, tote bag open and a cat will get in it. I can't pack a suitcase with her jumping inside. Heck, I recently put a salad bowl on the kitchen counter and...

Stella swats Tino1 I posted a video a while back trying to gauge my cat's reaction to my son's dog who visits from time to time. Stella's gone from cautiously curious to somewhat assertive. She will actually chase Tino and she follows him relentlessly when he's in our house. I don't know if...

So my son brings his dog Tino around most days for a couple of hours and he has NEVER lunged at Stella or chased her. (My son has a cat at home, so the dog is used to cats.) Stella never takes her eyes off him when he's here, she pretty much follows him around and just watches him. She seems...

My son found this adorable little terrier running down the road and was never able to locate the owner. After the obligatory week in the Animal Shelter (where he was chipped, neutered and vaccinated) my son was allowed to adopt him. The pup will stay at our house until my son finds a new...

Stella is two years old, and has lived with us for 1-1/2 years now. She has the complete run of our large home, plus a sizable catio, and three hoomans who shower her with attention. She is neither bored nor neglected. But the past few days she has started a new habit of standing in front of...

I know it doesn't really matter now, but I've always been curious. This little stray cat showed up in my backyard a year and a half ago - she looked barely half grown at the time weighing less than 7 lbs. In order to protect her from outdoor threats like the coyotes that roam our neighborhood, I...

I don't want to do a deep dive into this, I never even wanted to go down this road at all, but here it is. A year and a half ago a stray cat "adopted" me when she showed up in my yard, gaunt and needy, and I captured her in a humane trap. I've never been a cat person, never had a cat before in...

So, what, exactly is the difference in kitten dry food, other than the size of the kibble? While my cat eats mostly wet food, I like to supplement with dry food (one reason being that if we occasionally have to be gone for a day, I know I can leave dry food and she'll be alright.) But the only...

I am on a trip abroad and I know everyone here will understand when I say I REALLY miss my kitty - I mean I really love this cat. This is my tuxie Stella in my suitcase ready to go with Mommy! (But of course she can't, and a family member is staying with her.). Well, we checked into an old...

I've had my kitty for one year now! She came to us a stray - and the first cat I've ever had - and now she is a full fledged, spoiled rotten member of the family. Stella is a docile cat, I have literally NEVER heard her growl, snarl or even hiss. She is affectionate and playful and loves to...

I love my kitty. :lovecat3: She is my first ever cat, so I'm still learning what makes a feline tick. But occasionally she drives me NUTS! I like to sew, and have a big sewing studio. While I've tried to cat proof it as much as possible, there are some things she can still get into. But...

OMG, the games this cat comes up with! Her favorite thing to do is hide around a corner in the hallway and call me, "MeOW, meOW," then when I walk down the hall she leaps out at me. She varies this by hiding around different corners. Stella's Ambush Game I never knew cats were so clever and...

WOW! I just read this article about why cats are better pets than dogs. I don't disagree with the premise, but the "reasons" the author gives are so ludicrous, you have to wonder if she ever actually even MET a cat - much less owned one. 10 Reasons Why Cats Are Better Than Dogs (Yes, Really)...

I never had a housecat until about six months ago when I adopted a stray that had wandered into my backyard. Until then I had always assumed cats were aloof and solitary and maybe tolerated a little human interaction now and then. I had no idea how wrong that was! I now have a furry friend up...

My brother who is a talented carpenter built my kitty an enclosed "catio" off our breakfast nook. It is basically a screened porch which surrounds the windows, and we can open the window to let her out. (It also has a screened door on the outside for people.) He built shelves and ramps all...

I am trying to figure out why I'm banned for responding to one of my own comments on a thread. I get the message "You have insufficient privileges to reply here" and I have tried contacting the admins to find out why but no one will answer me. Can anyone tell me why I am banned from replying...

When I first adopted this very hungry stray kitty, she ate anything and lots of it. Dry food, canned paté food, canned wet food, Fresh Pet, bits of chicken and fish - ANYTHING. Now she won't touch any canned food, won't touch the Pet Fresh (which, my dogs used to LOVE) and will eat a little...

We have an only cat about a year old, and as a rescue cat I'm not sure if she's ever lived with other cats. My son will be moving soon, and wants us to keep his cat for a week during the moving process. His cat is a 2-year-old female and both our kitties are spayed, vaccinated, indoor pets...

If anyone read any of my previous posts, you know I never owned a cat before. But three months ago this hungry little kitty showed up in my backyard and after feeding her for a couple of weeks we trapped her. She was SO unhappy the first couple of weeks, she hid from us all the time except to...