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  1. amysuen

    Kitten Suddenly Puking Up Homemade Food

    Long story short (since it's the end of naptime and I hear kiddos stirring) - Gram & Tawny were adopted Feb 20. Their birthdate is listed as November 8. - They came with Purina One Kitten Chow, and were transitioned to my homemade over about a week. - I use Dr. Pierson's recipe from...
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    Ibd From Not Varying Food?

    My sister in law told me that consistently feeding the same food can cause IBD. Is this really a thing, or does it depend on what the food is? I've been making Dr. Pierson's recipe and haven't varied it much. We tried substituting other meats for some of the chicken but our cats didn't eat it so...
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    New Kittens!

    We have new kittens in our house! Our 12 & 14 yr olds have been begging for cats of their own for years but we've had 4-5 cats, which was plenty. Last month our daughter moved out and took Snickers with her, so we adopted these litter mates for the boys. Tawny (girl) is in back and Gram (boy)...
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    Cat Safe Mouse Poison?

    We've had the mice on and off for years. Usually the cats catch them, but they always want to play with them before killing them, and after they're dead. It wouldn't be a huge issue except for my in-home daycare. Licensing rules say the environment must be "free of pests," and I don't want the...
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    Cat Litter Containment

    I'm sure this has been asked before... What's the best way to keep litter from spreading all over? We had to put a litter box in our bedroom because Laelia was pottying on Jonah's clothes and shoes. We have hardwood flooring and Toothless likes to dig to China so there's always litter all over...
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    Another Reason To Love Home-cooked Food

    We had to put a litter box in our bedroom because Laelia kept peeing on our 19 yr old's clothes and shoes and he was fed up with it. I'd resisted putting one upstairs for years because there's no room for one and I didn't want the smell by our bedrooms, but there's NO SMELL! My nose is SUPER...
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    Will Segregation Cause Behavior Problems?

    It's come to the point that we need to lock Snickers up during daycare hours because he's nipped the little ones too many times. I'm setting up the basement family room for him with food, water, litter box, blankets and toys. He'll be down there from about 7:30-5:30 M-F. Is there anything else...
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    Primal Raw Goat Milk?

    We got some samples of Primal freeze dried food from the pet store on Sunday, and the lady who gave them to us highly recommended Primal Raw Goat Milk too. I'm unsure about both - the freeze dried because it has fruits and veggies in it, and the goat milk because of the spices. I'm a little more...
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    Training Cat To Ask For Food?

    When Snickers wants to be fed he whacks me with his paws, and if I'm too slow he nips my legs. How can I teach him to wait the few minutes it takes to get his food ready and not nip me?
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    What To Do With Undercooked Food?

    Hubby helped cook the chicken and livers for last night's batch of food and they ended up more raw than usual. I thought it would be OK, but after feeding the cats a 50/50 mixture of the last batch and this one I've been cleaning up puke all over the house. :barfgreen: I have 2 weeks worth of...
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    People Make Me Mad - Vent

    Sorry if this isn't in the right place, but I've got to vent. My friend's neighbor/childcare client got a cat from the Humane society about a year and a half ago. It "didn't get along" with their other cat so the new one has been kept in the basement all this time. Last week it escaped and was...
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    Urinary Health Diet?

    We got Snickers' urine test results back last week and there was no bacteria, but the vet said there were lots of crystals in the urine. He recommended the Royal Cabin SO or Hill's Science Diet c/d, canned or dry :eek2: and said it would only work if that was the ONLY thing he ate. :rolleyes2...
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    Snickers Again...

    It's been a week. :dizzy: Snickers went to the vet again for the same urinary symptoms as last time. Again the vet thinks it's stress. It's too minor an issue to think about giving him up, but we can't afford $250 every 4-6 weeks just because he's a Psychocat. I found this article online and...
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    One Word

    I saw this on another forum and it was kind of fun. USE ONLY ONE WORD! It's not easy. 1. Where is your cell phone? 2. Describe Your hair? 3. Your day? 4. Your favorite food? 5. Favorite color? 6. Your favorite drink? 7. Fear? 8. Excites you? 9. Favorite way to relax? 10. Your mood...
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    I Feel Like I Can't Go Away

    Since switching to homemade food I feel like I can't leave the house for more than a couple of hours. The kittens eat well so they're no problem, but the older two are a PITB. Laelia will only come to eat if there's no-one around, and her plate has to be put in a certain place. If there's any...
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    Copycat Friskies Shreds?

    Snickers LOVES Friskies Shreds and gobbles up my homemade when there's a think layer of Shreds on top. Is there anything I can do to may my homemade as appealing? I've tried a ton of different treat toppers, varying the amounts of ingredients (within the recipe's range), different temperatures...
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    Do Your Cats Share A Plate?

    Our cats won't share a plate, even when I've used a big one and made separate piles of food. But when I give them separate plates they eat half their food then go check out what everyone else has. :rolleyes2: On the one hand it's not a big deal, but on the other hand we go through 12-16 plates...
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    Starting All Over With Snickers :(

    It was such a struggle to get him to eat homemade food, then he was doing fairly well until he got sick a week ago. The first day on his antibiotics he had a good appetite but since then it's been a struggle to get him to eat anything but kibble, and even then he doesn't eat more than a handful...
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    Just Got Back From Emergency Vet With Snickers

    Earlier tonight Snickers started meowing and was hunched over with all 4 feet close together. I could tell something was wrong and as I went upstairs to get DH he puked liquid with a little hair and chicken from his dinner. He was still sitting hunched over so I got him some fresh catnip...
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    I'm Doing Something Right!

    Last night was cat weigh-in (except Laelia who will only let Jonah hold her but he's not talking to us) and they're doing great! I'm pretty sure Laelia is maintaining her weight because she feels the same when I pet her, and she's not one I'm worried about eating enough each day. 4/23: Cinder...
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