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ENTRY Salem looks a bit like a Bombay. We call her our Faux Bombay because she is officially a Short-Haired Domestic. (And also she wouldn't win any shows as a Bombay -- too many white hairs mixed in.)

We are getting ready to sell our house and move. So it's been pretty crazy here and it's impacted our cats and dogs. Here is the first story of our crazy days: ENTRY We found out we had termites and we also wanted to refinish the floors. Both tasks required us to be out of the house for days...

My cats got a heated cat bed for Christmas! Well, technically it's a dog bed. I wanted one that the two cats who like to snuggle together could fit on. So I ordered size large. OMG, this thing is SO BIG. All 3 cats and the dog could fit on it! (TBF, the dog is smaller than the cats.) This...

That's interesting that your cat won't touch it. Mine love it the best.

I have the same problem. I changed what kind of proteins our cats were getting in their canned food to have more variety and now every time they poop, it stinks up the whole house! My husband is in charge of the litter boxes and does an excellent job keeping them clean but it doesn't help. I'm...

My vet says that, if you feed a cat that's got a sensitive digestive system a limited diet, over time they develop a sensitivity to it. That describes your experience where you switch to a new food and it works for a while but eventually your cat reacts to it. We were feeding ours mostly...

One last follow up: Everything is going pretty well. Purr$ace is totally weaned and eating well. She tends to gain erratically now -- like two days in a row of 6g weight gain or no weight gain then the 3rd it's something like 30grams! But her average has been about 15g a day since we got her...

My understanding is that most kittens are fully weaned by 8 weeks so you have plenty of time. Also, mom really encourages this process because she doesn't want kittens hanging off her forever any more than you do! As long as you leave kitten appropriate food out for them, they'll eat more and...

Okay, back from the vet. He said I was right about kitty's age and sex. I'm feeling smug. Maybe I should get my own show like Jackson Gallaxy! Except he's better with people than I am. LOL He said our kitty is smart and healthy and pretty tame. He doesn't think her mom was feral. He said...

The pellets aren't dangerous but they aren't appetizing either. My kitten hated walking on them. Hated it. That's why I put them in a blender. I was just wondering if you had the same experience. You do get very mixed information on the internet. The thing about weaning is: mother's milk is the...

We have an appointment in 35 minutes with our vet. I'd rather not do the deworming myself. I'm not good with that stuff and I don't want to mess it up. Plus we have a lot of questions and I trust my vet. He has cats himself and is good with them.

Okay, now I think I'm going crazy. Today Purr$ace weighed as much as if she hadn't lost weight yesterday. I'd wonder about the accuracy of my scale but I weighed her twice yesterday to be sure and I could feel her ribs when I fed her. Today I can't really and she's bigger on my hand when I feed...

They mean to start giving them solid food not to take them from mother's milk, if it's available. And aren't those pine pellets horrible? Well our kitten hates them. So I put them in a blender to make them more like clay and now she at least tolerates them. I can't wait until she can have the...

So we've had some setbacks. One is that it's been pointed out to me that since she hasn't been to the vet, she probably has worms and stuff and could give them to our other cats. She seems healthy and has no visible evidence of worms but she could still have them or something that isn't...

We have some of that (Fancy Feast ocean whitefish tuna) in the cupboard! We feed the adult cats Evo when they get kibble and it is similar to Orijen but with even less carbs and it's very high in calories so it would work with a kitten but she has to be much older before she can eat it. Or we'd...

I'm trying to avoid dry food as I've read kittens can't really eat it until 8 weeks. The canned food we feed the adult cats ranges from premium brand to cheaper brands (to keep down the costs and also because they will always eat those), but all have no grains. The premium brands do have veggies...

I just realized I should have added pictures! Also, with talking with my husband, we really have no idea how much she's eating. It's probably more like 4-6 tbsp of formula yesterday and today it's a combo of kitten food and cat food and formula so we've completely lost track.