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My two cats have been raw-fed since for almost the entire time I have had them. One of them is probably two years old. She showed up at our door 1.5 years ago and was spayed, vaccinated, and dewormed before she entered our house. She has see the vet for boosters and was given a clean bill of...

I feed lamb, beef, turkey, rabbit, and cornish hen. One of my cats is allergic to chicken, so that is not an option. I would like to try goat. I understand that it is lower in fat and calories than lamb. Would I have to do anything other than increasing the amount I feed? One of our cats does...

We keep our cat carrier in the garage. A bird has made a nest in it. Once the chicks have hatched and have flown the coop, how would I go about disinfecting the carrier? I know that birds can carry mites, and probably bacteria as well. The carrier is a nice one, so discarding it would be s last...

I read the other thread on this forum hoping to find relevant advice. It seems like our problems are quite different. We have a rescue kitty who is food-obsessed. We had her spayed as soon as we found her. There are no stray cats or anything else around. She starts howling at 6 am. We ignore...

I have a 3.5 year-old Persian who only allows grooming on his own terms. Combing him is not optional, especially in the winter, because he gets mats all the way down to the roots of his fur, and obviously doesn't let us cut those either. I have had him since he was eight weeks old, and started...

Hello, I have been feeding Merrick Lamb Lung fillets (http://www.merrickpetcare.com/dogs/products/recipe?id=122) to my two cats for a few days now. I break them into pieces roughly the size of a Greenies treat (about the size of a dime), and each cat gets maybe 4 or at most 5 per day. Both...

We recently adopted an ever-famished stray cat who gobbles down her food at an alarming rate. Our resident cat is a very slow eater. We have been feeding him in a separate room, behind a closed door, to prevent her from gobbling down his food after she finishes hers. That has been working. The...

We have adopted a stray who is estimated to be around a year old and only very slightly underweight, if at all, according to our vet. We have had her for about a month now. She has been spayed and dewormed and given a clean bill of health. She acts famished despite being fed regularly. Will...

We are contemplating keeping a cat who was abandoned near our house a few weeks ago. I have taken her to the vet, and have had her spayed , vaccinated, treated for fleas, and tested for FIV and FelV. She has a clean bill of health. We did gradual introductions (ten days) to our resident cat...

Hello, I posted about a cat that has decided to live on my porch: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/324157/how-to-care-for-found-cat-without-harming-indoor-cat She has been there for over a week, does not wander, and is very affectionate. She is most likely a very recently abandoned pet. I...

Hello, A cat has been living under the bushes in my yard for about a week. I could not get it to eat until I bought some Fancy Feast today. Now he's out of the bushes and acting like a pet - asking for belly rubs and sitting on the porch all day. I strongly suspect that it is an abandoned pet...

Hello all, My cat has been fed homemade raw for most of his life. He is two now. I use whole-animal grinds, chunked meat, and every so often, bone-in pieces to clean his teeth. He used to wolf down wingtips and loved chicken necks. He won't touch them now. There doesn't seem to be anything...

We have twice left our cat with family when we had to go on long trips. He is very social, and even being checked on twice a day wouldn't have been ideal. Our relatives have two cats of their own. All three cats are very social and friendly. Both times (four months apart), the cats took about a...

Hello all, I am posting here and not in Care and Grooming because my concern is strictly health-related. I use clumping clay litter (Dr. Elsey's). I scoop at least twice a day and keep the litter deep enough that nothing ever touches the bottom of the box. If a clump touches the sides of the...

Hello all, I feed a rotation of whole animal grinds - rabbit, beef, mutton, turkey, and chicken - from mypetcarnivore. I add boneless muscle meat (usually heart) to lower the bone content, in the same ratio recommended by Dr. Pierson. I supplement per her recipe, with a few differences: I add...

Hello, My kitty has been exclusively raw-fed since he was very young. He would wolf down a wingtip from a chicken in minutes. I usually feed him ground whole prey, with boneless chunks added in. Once a week, he gets a chicken neck or wingtip. For the past few weeks, he has been refusing to eat...

Hello, I have some teriyaki-flavored ahi tuna jerky that is all-natural, etc. It is an expensive, "artisanal" product, so the main ingredient is the tuna. Seventh or eighth on the list of ingredients are onion powder and garlic powder. I can't taste or smell either of them, so the amount has to...

Hello, Could someone who uses colloidal silver topically, e.g., for ringworm, recommend a brand and strength? Thanks!

I would appreciate advice on a ringworm concern. I usually leave my cat with family when I travel for more than a few days. He is used to them and their house and seems to prefer it to being alone at home and checked on twice a day. We were planning to take him there over the holidays, buy they...

Hello all, Does anyone have a therapy cat? I am hoping to volunteer with my cat at a hospice, and was wondering if anyone here had similar experience.