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  1. samuel medina

    Yikes, badly matted fur

    Snickers is somewhat adventurous, and after a roll in a pile of ash, she headed straight to the bathtub for a drink... so now she's got a few near-solidy mats. Is there anything I can do? I've heard olive oil works, but I don't have any atm... won't go to town till tomorrow (work).
  2. samuel medina

    Wife hates my cat

    How do I pesuade my wife that cats don't cause 'fecal contamination' all over the house? She seems to think they step in their poop, and that their litter always has tiny poop particles on it, so the cat's paws track poop germs everywhere. Snickers will wait till I scoop out the box before...
  3. samuel medina

    Do you let your cat sleep in your bed with you at night?

    Snickers sleeps on an ottoman in the living room till the fire gets low in the wee hours. Then she hops onto the bed next to me.
  4. samuel medina

    My Cat From Hell TV show and wth happened to Animal Planet?!

    A temperament that isn't 'psychopath you have to tiptoe around and cater to.'
  5. samuel medina

    My Cat From Hell TV show and wth happened to Animal Planet?!

    Having watched MCFH a bit, I'm puzzled at what drives people to knowingly NOT breed for better temperament in cats.
  6. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    Sheesh, folks. Not everyone sees animals as people.... because they aren't people. I've tested a shock collar on myself out of curiosity.. it doesn't hurt, and human skin is pretty delicate by comparison. Different training tools aren't about ego, they're about different approaches. Any tool...
  7. samuel medina

    My cat isn't affectionate anymore

    Makes sense abbout feeling safe. Snickers slept next to me for the first week or so, but now she sleeps in the living room but hops onto my bed toward the morning.
  8. samuel medina

    Naughty cat - Thinks my bed is hers

    I couldn't get to town today, so I tok a bamboo rod i had, braided some strings together and, grabbed a little electrical tape, and voila! Instant 'fishing pole' toy. She hunted and fought with the string for about an hour. She's out cold right now, should sleep for hours, I hope. ;)
  9. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    ROFL @ bully. Correction and bulying are two very different things. I know quite a few people who train presas using e-collars with great results. Any tool can be abused. Believing the tool is the problem is like believing guns cause crime or spoons make people fat..
  10. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

     Child Protective Services is a false equivalency. A cat is not the equal of a child.
  11. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    Where do you get that 99% figure? Such hyperbole. BTW Cats are not more intelligent than dogs. Studies have proven them to be otherwise. Positive-only training doesn't work with every animal. A nice plushy pomeranian would be a great candidate for clicker training, while an extremely...
  12. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    Oddly enough, cats do 'punish' each other and learn boundaries within a cat colony, or Cat Room 2 at a local shelter. Snickers was the alpha of that room and, from what I've been told was a bit of a bully there... so they do seem to understand dominance at the very least. So far, Snickers seems...
  13. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    You'd report someone for having a different way of seeing things. How tolerant of you.
  14. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    Not so sure that 'shock collars  should be banned.' Any training tool can be abused. I've seen dogs with lacerations from an ordinary flat collar. Clicker trainers have been known to treat dogs into obesity. ;) I've zapped myself  with a shock collar. It doesn't actually hurt. It is surprising...
  15. samuel medina

    Naughty cat - Thinks my bed is hers

    LOL, I'm a dog person. She's plushy pest control.
  16. samuel medina

    Naughty cat - Thinks my bed is hers

    I did give her her own bed, but she likes mine better it seems.
  17. samuel medina

    Naughty cat - Thinks my bed is hers

    Well, I play catch the string/red dot with her before bed to try to wear her out. I may have to get more toys.
  18. samuel medina

    Naughty cat - Thinks my bed is hers

    So Snickers lies down 2 feet from me on my bed. I lay my hand down by my side. Snickers leans over and swats me, then does a slight lunge toward me, then again, as if she were making a threat. I told her 'No,' and she seemed to settle down. She seems to be working hard to become an outdoor cat.
  19. samuel medina

    How do you cats react to "punishment"?

    Maybe a shock collar, so you can zap him when he does stuff, but do it so he doesn't se it's coming from you.
  20. samuel medina

    Lost voice! Home remedies?

    Update: I gave her some bone broth, which she really liked (no seasoning, just boiled turkey bones in a pot for about 9 hours), she's started to vocalize a little again, and she's eating more. Will still take her to the vet thursday though.
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