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Hi everyone. We are in Kyiv and it has been a very tough couple of years. First of course is the war which has gotten on our last nerves even though we have been pretty lucky - the worst instance is a kindergarten 100 metres from one of our apartments being hit by a drone. We also gained...

Hello Everyone, I have been posting about introducing a new kitty since July but since the events of Feb 22 everything has gone off topic and I am now posting updates about our life here in Kiev (Kyiv if you prefer) and the war in Ukraine as it is affecting us. The current situation as of 14th...

Hi guys, I have been on this site a while ago but now I need some advice about introducing a new cat to our home. For background we live in Kiev Ukraine and have a 120m2 apartment with 2 bedrooms and glazed balconies front and back. We started with Belle, a Scottish fold we adopted about 5...

Friends, Here in Kiev it is not generally considered a good idea to drink the tap water so we and of course our kittys are using bottled water. Now I have to throw away a fair amount every day due to the fur in the bowl so I keep being drawn to the idea of a water fountain which I understand...

Our 2 year old Scottish Straight Belle is shedding quite a lot despite the fact that it has just snowed here in Kiev. I have heard that it is normal for cats to shed all year round especially with central heating and she does rough house with our year old rescue Aza. Should I be worried about...

Hi All, For those who don't know us we have 2 cats. Belle a Scottish fold aged just under 2 years and Aza, a 10 month old rescue who we adopted about 2 months ago. When Aza came home we introduced them carefully and we have not had any aggression problems but Belle has not been willing to join...

Aza, our 9month old rescue girl had us worried today, we came home to find her in trouble and with a vaginal discharge, I remembered something about this being a real problem and a quick look at the net confirmed this so we ran next door to the vet who did an emergency spay and now we are all...

We have two cats, Belle an 18 month old Scottish fold and Aza who is 9months old and a slim mixed breed who joined us about a month ago. We went through the slow introduction and were very careful about scent mixing etc so now everything seems ok with the cats living together all day but tonight...

Here in Kiev, like most places, there is a big problem with stray cats and unwanted kitten so when we took Belle to our local vet,(literally next door), and fouund that they had been looking after an unwanted black kitten for 6months we had to meet her. Aza is very sweet and weare going through...

Hi everyone, our 18 month old Scottish Straighy Belle has just stopped eating, and is sleeping a lot. We haven't changed her food at all - she has free access to Royal Canin dry food and she normally eats 2 pouches per day of Felix moist food. The only recent events that have happened are a...

I know this sounds strange but our Scottish Straight Belle loves bleach, if I wash the floor she rolls in delight on it and if my hands smell bleachy she almost eats me alive. Is this just us or does anyone else have a kitty with a bleach fetish?

Our Scottish Straight Belle is now nearly 11 months old and 4 Kg , She was slow starting to eat the Royal Canin British Shorthair Kitten product but has eating it happily for months so we decided to try the adult  version and .... she is refusing it again. I have tried mixing it with the kitten...

Belle has started recently scratching at the mat her bowls sit on, We read this as an attempt to cover her food but we don't know if this is telling us anything such as she is being underfed or so on - any ideas?

Here in KIev our local vet and a nearby pharmacy have said very firmly said that we should take a prophalytic as well as dosing Belle with Profender every 3 months - I hadn't heard of anything like this in England and while Ukraine is strange in very many wats the Soviet approach to medicine has...

Here in Kiev the temperature is dropping quite fast with daytime highs already down to 6C, Belle our Scottish Straight is an indoor cat but we often take her with us in a padded Kitty bag when we go for 1 hour  walks. When would you stop going out with your cat? I am happy down to about -10C but...

Guys I am in need of some help here, our 7 month old scottish straight Belle, has got into the habit of waking us up at 5 am every morning. We have tried different things to change her habits but without success and are in need of some help. Can you give me any ideas about what to do please...

I know that there is a seperate sub forum for the devotees of raw food and home made cat food but this is a question for the general group. Our Scottish Straight, Belle, is now 7 months old and our breeder supplied a long list of what we should be feeding her including Organic zero fat cottage...

Our baby Belle has recently been sterilized and obviously the vet shaved a patch on her tummy, the question is does anyone know how long we should expect to wait for the fur to grow back? Belle is a Scottish Straight aged just over 6 months and we are living in Kiev, Ukraine where the...

Sorry if this sounds gross or has been asked many times before but I am a newbie and trying to see what is normal. Belle is a 5 month old Scottish straight and gets a small amount of what I can only call eye snot each day. We clean this up without problem but the question is it it normal for the...

Our beautiful belle is crazy about a new cat toy we have found, it's simply half a piece of A4 paper folded 8 times but when sent sliding across the parquet floor she goes crazy :) The only problem is the pieces of paper get swalled up under the bed room wardrobes What does your cat love ...