I read a really interesting article about group scent and how it can be facilitated in multi-cat households. (summary: brush every cat with the same brush daily, rotating the order of cats and not removing the hair between cats.) Does anyone here help establish a group scent for a cat on the...
Oh, my. We've had cats and trees before. Usually a couple of squirts from the spray bottle and firm "Get down!" is enough. But...we have FOUR kittens this year. We can't guard the tree 24/7. And, they think it's the best cat tree EVER. Right now we have no ornaments on it. We did have lights...
I am fostering kittens for a local rescue.
There is someone interested in a kitten, but he has a seven-year-old cat who is unaltered. The shelter won't adopt animals unless all animals in the home are spayed/neutered.
Do you have experiences neutering a seven-year-old male? He worries the...
My daughter works at a camp/retreat center. She has two cats that she's taken on...but she cannot keep them in any of the camp buildings. They have a large workshop/garage that she is able to put some shelters into for the cats.
She is looking for something that will not only be warm, but will...
The Cat Site has been such an amazing support for us, particularly when we were overseas. Long-time members might remember my sweet Beazy had fatty liver syndrome while we were living in Russia...and I was carrying her a mile to the circus vet twice a day.
We're back in the US now. Beazy and...
Hi, all! It's been a long time. We have lost our sweet Beazy and Mia and brought home two new rescues--Posy and Pippa. Recently we decided to foster a pregnant cat from a local no-kill rescue. (I am already pretty sure this will be a "foster fail", and the kittens aren't even here!)
The shelter...
Hi, all. I know it's been ages... But, in times of kitty-trouble, THIS is where I come.
Our cat was bitten on her back foot back in January. The vet came, examined it, and gave her antibiotics.
The vet re-checked the wound two weeks later and said that if it wasn't healed in another week, to...
We have two cats. Both are VERY itchy right now, but one is more than the other. She has a build up of dander on her back and near her tail. She is biting off the hair in an attempt to stop the itch. I have to scratch hard and/ or bush hard to loosen it.
The vet thought it sounded like fleas...
although i see no signs of them, no fleas, no flea dirt, no eggs…i think we have them.
*cat #1 got out and into the neighbor's basement. the neighbor has dogs.
*our old back yard was full of itchy things…probably chiggers from what i've read.
*we've moved into a new apartment and the former...
We have two cats. Beazy is 14. Mia is 8.
We have lived in many different homes in different countries. Long time readers may remember when we were in Russia, without Western vet care, and Beazy developed fatty liver syndrome. It was SO SCARY. It is only through the advice and support of this...
Hello, everyone!
I was a member here years ago, and now, I'm back--with two different cats.
Beazy (Beatrice) is my torti. She is 14 years old.
Mia (Hermia) is a calico that we got while living in Russia. She is 8 years old.
I am so glad to have this resource available to us again!
I have been an infrequent poster here--but always get good advice! And that's exactly what I need now.
I am an American living in Russia. I have two cats--one of whom I brought from the US. She (Beazy) is having some health problems. About three years ago, I went away for two weeks and she quit...
I know. It's crazy. And, it's a little disgusting.
My kitten, aged three months, lost her mother at six weeks. She came home with me shortly after.
My cat, aged five years, has adapted tremendously well to having a kitten in the house! She is very tolerant of the kitten attacking her tail...
Hi, all.
My nine-week-old kitten will ONLY eat what my cat (who is a big cat, and has to watch her weight ever since she was spayed years ago) eats--same bowl, same time, or she ignores it. Crazy, huh? I've been mixing kitten food in with the weight control food...but that seems crazy.
Any...
I'm curious to hear what is everyone's favorite dry kitten food. (I am still moistening it to make it soft...) I have used IAMS with good success in the past, but new kitten prefers the Royal Canin light that my other cat eats! (That doesn't say much for the IAMS kitten food, does it?)
Thanks...
No, I don't smoke.
I want to put pix of my cats in my signature, but don't know how to make them small enough. You all have such gorgeous signatures! I want one, too.
Her's my little fleabag. ;> Russian kittens have a very distinctive look imho--pointed noses and big ears. I think she looks like a fox...or a house elf. Sorry it's so big. I don't know how to resize it.