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    Time to get kitty behaving better!

    My cat is 6 1/2 years old (neutered male).  He lives in a house with two adults and two children (10 and 12).  For the most part, he is ok cat.  He loves me best, tolerates my husband and loves my youngest daughter as well.  He does show affection. Here is the problem and has always been the...
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    I've created a monster

    My neutered male is 4 years old. He eats one can of wet food (1/2 in am, 1/2 in pm) and is free-fed dry food (Nutro). I also started giving him treats years ago and thus I have created a monster. I am home all day so pretty much any time I am in the kitchen he meows or scratches at the drawer...
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    Cat keep trying to bite husband

    I will give you another example. Last night I sat on the couch with a book. He jumped up and sat next to me. I started petting him. Within a minute or two he rolled farther onto his back and looked ready to strike. He's eyes were big and his tail was going going very fast. I would...
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    Cat keep trying to bite husband

    I have a 15lb neutered male that we've had since he was 4 months old. He is now 3 1/2. He like me (the wife) and my 7 year old daughter the best -- tolerates my 9 year old daughter but has real problems with my husband. My husband does not give him a lot of attention -- but he is not much...
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    Add a kitty or not?

    Hard to say. I would love another cat -- my local Humane Society is waiving the adoption fee because they have too many cats. The other day my brother brought his dog over (a small maltese/bichon) -- very sweet, completely ignores cats. My cat wanted a piece of him!! I can't imagine he'd...
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    Cat scared of the car

    I am curious about RR -- the dosage says 4 drops given "several times a day" -- does that mean every 3 hours, 4 hours, twice a day, etc...????? Is there any risk of overdosing??? How long do the affects last???
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    I wish my cat liked my DH

    My cat is three years old now (large, neutered male). He is basically a good boy -- eats like a horse, uses the box well, etc... He is not much of a lap kitty but he seems to love me and the kids and loves treats even more. Anyhow, though he likes me and the kids, he is timid of strangers and...
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    Does My Cat Have An Anal Gland Problem?

    Within the last few days I have noticed a skid mark stain (with no actual poop) on my carpet. It smelled poopy when I put my nose to it. My cat walked by it and scraped at the carpet like he was burying something. This happened two times. Then I found a wet poop on his tail. I practically...
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    How much Rescue Remedy and for how long?

    Anyone know the dosage? Is it safe to give daily for TWO weeks? My cat is going to grandma's over Christmas. He does every year but it is a little traumatic for him and he tends to hide a lot at first. My other concern is he can be a biter -- just this am he jumped on the bed and bit my arm...
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    My Cat has started Biting!

    I am not opposed to the squirt bottle. It is just having it near me and ready to fire may be difficult. I stopped feeding him treats one week ago. Tonight I was making me some food and he was begging (rubbing my leg, scratching the cupboard) for treats. I ignored him and he finally "grabbed"...
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    My Cat has started Biting!

    I love my cat to death but lately he has been acting very sassy. We recently went on vacation and attacked (bit and latched on) to my niece who was house-sitting two times. Yesterday, she was at the computer typing, he was sitting on the desk, and out of the blue he bit and latched on to her...
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    Dried feces on anus

    The best method is to use sharp hair-cutting scissors. I regularly do a "butt-fur trim" to avoid poop cling-ons. I pour some tasty treats on the floor and while my cat is eating the, I pull up his tail and trim away. He doesn't love this but it is better than him laying in my bed with a poopy...
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    How do you maintain the litterbox?

    I also use FS scoopable. I scoop once a day, before bed. My kitty usually uses the box in the am, after his wet food meal. If you scoop too soon after he pees, the clump is all wet, falls apart, and is disgusting. Waiting until night-time it is a firmer clump. I also dump the box once a...
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    Microchip - Home Again??

    My instructions said to go to homeagainID.com Maybe that is the problem.
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    Microchip - Home Again??

    Does anyone use Home Again for microchip registration? When I try to go to their site I get some scary "attack site" error (ie: this site could steal your personal information). I just want to make sure kitty's info is up-to-date.
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    Severe guilt over travel

    Well, we are going on a cruise so he definitely can't come! My cat really prefers me over anyone and is shy of strangers. That is why I feel bad even when someone checks on him because he won't let anyone approach him.
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    These wooden floors

    I have wood floors (Brazilian Cherry) and carpet. The fur looks (black in our case) looks much worse on carpet. I always have tuffs of black fur on my light carpet. My carpeted stairs look "fuzzy" all the time. Other than daily sweeping of the stairs -- I am afraid your wife is going to have...
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    Severe guilt over travel

    This may seem silly, but I feel so bad about leaving my 2 year old male cat for a week in Nov to go on a long awaited family vacation. My cat is an "only" and totally used to having someone home 24/7. The first and only time he has ever been alone my neighbor came in to fed him and she said he...
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    Boyfriend spraying cat in face with water as negative reinforcement

    I think it is reasonable for him to not want the cat sitting where he prepares food. However, the easiest thing to do it pull the table away from the window.
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    How to keep urine balls from sticking to pan?

    I use Fresh Step scoopable and often have urine balls stuck to the bottom of the pan. My solution is to actually only scoop every other day. This gives the urine balls time to dry and they can be easily scraped off the bottom. If I try to scoop them when they are still wet, it is really gross!
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