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We've had a slow, difficult introduction that began in late August. it went from just having the other cat in the guestroom, to eventually havign Freya eat outside the guestroom, to eating with the door cracked, to baby gates, to Freya in the livingroom with Squeakers ( who is being held), and...

Chewy has a sale on the chicken Dr Elsey's chicken formula canned food.For about $16 bucks, you get a 24 pack of 5 oz cans. That means you are getting a super premium food for less than fancy feast. I ordered 3 packs of 24 and wanted to share the deal with others, because it is just so...

I don't think we're at the point where we throw in the towel and return the new cat to the rescue organization and declare our cat an only cat, but I fear that it is a possible outcome, given the time and progress we've had so far. We're 3 weeks in, and for the last week Freya has basically run...

We recently adopted a second cat from a rescue organization. She's a sweet cat, who is bonding well with my wife and me, eating drinking, eliminating,and scratching in good ways. As we've had her we've noticed a lot of traits often associated with Maine coons, and wondered if maybe she isn't...

In part because of Freya's separation anxiety (also because we just wanted a second cat), we decided to try getting a new cat with the hope that the new cat would be a potential friend/playmate or at least some grudging entertainment. We made sure to get a cat that was a year or two younger...

My cat has pretty bad separation anxiety, and we(especially my wife) would really like to be able to go on vacation, but we also don't want our cat to go nuts while we're gone, and, we especially are worried that she'll develop behavioral issues during the trip that might persist long after the...

Dr Elsey's Salmon cat food is far and away my cat's favorite treat, even though it isn't marketed as a treat at all, and instead is a super premium dry cat food. Because it is a carb free high protein dry cat food, there is no real need to limit its consumption ( beyond hydration concerns if...

After increasing our living space (hopefully by the end of the year), my wife and I will probably get a second cat. My wife really loves Maincoons and Siberians, so we may get one of those. We don't want a kitten, so we're considering maybe getting a retired breeding cat. We have some questiond...

My wife and I love sous vide chicken breasts, but less so some of the dark meat, so I was thinking of getting whole organic chickens and carving them, keeping the breasts and maybe thighs for human cooking (my wife likes thighs), and the rest or catfood or chicken stock. In any case I was...

My wife and I have been doing more cooking lately (I highly recommend organic jamacian jerk sous vide chicken breasts, and it has inspired me to try making some food for my cat, Freya, as well. I'll be trying to make her some lightly cooked fare, but that's another set of questions (and thus...

As many people know , Freya is a very vocal cat who wants to talk to my fiancee and me, and has thus larned several words (currently "hello", "hi", "no", "ow", "Oohrah" and "rat") to help us understand what she wants. She also sometimes will try and mimic our words ( the best what when I said...

A couple of weeks ago Freya did the cutest thing I had ever seen. She was on her window perch and a squirrel came right up to her on he other side to check her out. They checked each other out for a bit, then Freya looked right at the squirrel and chirped a nice clear, "Hello" at the squirrel...

I've long since switched from old fashioned mops to a steam mop and love the change, and also find microfiber works just fine without chemicals, but for kitchen counters and bathroom surfaces, I'm not sure what to use. For the kitchen counters I mostly use Mrs. Meyer's Multi-Surface...

While i am my cat's primary caretaker, Freya is pretty fond of my housemate who just started a 2 week vacation. She's doing better than last time, but I was wondering if any one has suggestions of things I can do to help her through this period. I already have high availability to my cat and...

While the African Grey parrot ( and other parrots to a lesser extent) are best known for learning to say a few human words or phrases, cats (some of them anyhow) are capable of at least some, as well. Obviously the individual cat maters ( Freya is especially good at it because Siamese have a lot...

It is always a good idea to feed cats grain free food, but many cats don't take to the healthier stuff, especially if they're used to the flavor additive laden lower grade brands.  So, I thought I'd be great to see which foods (wet and dry) people's cats *REALLY* go for.  So, just list your...

My cat is recovering from spaying surgery, and is wearing an econe ( aka the cone of shame). She's doing okay in it (eating drinking, and using the litterbox all without major incident), but clearly hates it with a firey passion. What I noticed is how she's calmer in the cone (though some of...

Often my cat will, after a play session, run of to the litter box to do her business.   Afterwards, she'll come back and seem much more energetic.  It isn't anything that I'm worried about (she's a healthy, energetic kitten), it's just a little weird how she seems to come back super charged.  ...

When I try and cuddle my kitten or pet her, she moves off to sit nearby but out of reach. She'll tolerate being held or petted briefly if sleepy (heck, she seems to generally like it even), but otherwise she'll squirm and or meow to be put down.. She's not afraid or aggressive in any way, and...

In general, my kitten Freya, is pretty well behaved. She is affectionate, uses her pellet litter without issue at all, drinks well from her cat fountain,  mostly scratches her scratching posts, is eating a variety of quality foods without excessive pickyness, has never lashed out in anger or...