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Matt has become quite large over the years, now at 24lbs. As he carries it so well, no one realised HOW heavy he was getting until the most recent vet appointment, when we realised he'd gone up from 18.6 Two major factors at play here: Friskies, and wandering around eating from the other cat's...

Hi everyone. It's been years. My old computer had all of my information saved, and it took awhile for me to find my credentials after I finally replaced it. I'm SO pleased to see the photos of my cats when they were young- Matt is now 9 years old! the kitten is 5, and the foster is 4. Matt's a...

Hey there It's been awhile, but I'm having some disputes between a couple of my cats, and wondered if the community could weigh in? We brought Little Helen home last November. She adjusted well, got along well with everyone, with only one real point of conflict: one week she seemed to be...

So my daughter's standing there holding Helen, telling her how pretty she is.....and she's purring away....and all of of sudden she bites her shoulder. she drew blood too. She was immediately put down, and looked hurt at the hurt human. She's been a biter since we got her(not nasty, just...

Matt's crying when he pees....pooping outside the box....and looking at me sadly  from the top of the basement stairs(his personal box is downstairs) At least he IS still peeing, and drinking lots.... I spent the last two grand on my credit cards to fix my van over the last couple months, so I...

Over the time I've had Matt I've transitioned his food a number of times trying to find the best for him and our budget...I found a raw food for 65centsper cat per day, and I can afford this. Matt's getting to the age that I'm starting to worry about stones, obesity and various other issues-none...

Ok, so I've had Little Helen since November.... She comes out of a hoarding situation, and needed to be socialized when I got her.  She'll tolerate being picked up for a few seconds now, even upwards of a minute if it's me. She follows me to the bathroom, and likes to have conversations. She's...

I was picking my kids up from school and a couple of youngsters came by with a 4week old kitten, and a couple of blankets. On hindsight, I thnk they were trying to find it a home.  They'd been walking down the street and some guy gave them the kitten, saying he couldn't deal wth it. Now I have...

As a born dog person, I figured I'd always be that way...but over the years some of you have watched me develop into a full-blown cat person. From the loss of my dear Sassy, who taught me to love cats, to Matt, Midnight and Little Helen, cats have become part of who I am.... Enter the dogs My...

So it's official, we've signed the papers, and Little Helen is ours. She's got her collar, and I've added her into my signature. Now for her pics for those who don't yet know her Cat in a box :) :)  first week, still hiding best way to keep warm in a cold snap-mom's blankets gettin' some...

I'm absolutely thrilled that little Helen is comfortable enough in our home to play and "talk", but I wish she'd shut up at night. She's been running around till 2am, talking around a mouthful of toy/sock/mitten for over a week now...... So my plan is to take away the toy, and tell her "Shhh"...

So we've been trying to figure out why Helen has suddenly taken to loudly meowing in the middle of the night...from one end of the house to the other. It's loud and slightly odd-sounding but we couldn't see anything wrong with her. Her behavior in daytime was fine, just this night-time change. ...

It's been a rought trip for the little one. She was taken from a hoarding situation where there were 20 or so cats, and didn't handle the shelter well. she hid in back of her cage, and bit (not badly, more defensively) staff who tried to socialize her. One male member was having luck, but when...

Every few months I do a massive cleaning spree. This involves moving furnature, sweeping and dusting behind book shelves and generally blowing apart the house and putting it back together. Matt loves it, he always takes the oppurtunity to explore previously covered corners.  But Midnight's gone...

So, I have a 16lb cat, and have been wanting to get him a cat tower for awhile now, but nothing seemed sturdy enough.... Last weekend my Dad and I got together and he helped me build one; a 5.5foot tall climbing heaven that does not wobble, and has massive shelves to accommodate Matt's large...

My mom's coming to town this weekend, and she has a dog. I have three cats, and two of them don't like dogs.....I need to help her find a place to stay that will let her bring the dog, but it's got to be on a budget because she's American and their money is going to be treating my...

It's time to apply the topical to the cats again, and I usually use Revolution, but the fact is, with the foster cat here too, it's running me $60/month to keep them covered. I see Advantage for about 80 for 2 months on Amazon, but I don't know because it's prescription only here in Canada?

how much to feed an 8lb cat? I feed Friskies wet, and a few treats.  I've been splitting a can (somewhat according to size) between the three cats  twice a day, and Matt's losing weight(which is good, because he's over weight), midnight's spot-on, and Little Helen the foster cat is gaining...

I've had the foster cat since Nov.25. we planned on having her for 3months, but she's done really well, and there were a couple of issues between her and our daughters. Those seem to be resolved now, but the fact remains that we've done what we set out to do--we have socialized a cat who was...

I generally use Dawn blue, since it's tough on grease, and gentle enough to use on cats.....but my daughter, who's now old enough to help out in the kitchen, has a bad reaction to it. So I bought Palmolive,  which doesn't hurt her hands, but is making mine crack and bleed.  Can anyone suggest a...