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  1. lonelocust

    Cat suddenly doesn't like one flavor.

    Hi all. I have three cats who eat about 8 different flavors from two commercial raw brands. Lately my youngest cat seems to be refusing only one particular flavor. It is unfortunately the flavor I feed most often, as it comes in larger portions than the others. I usually get about half of that...
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    Everyone is a cat

    Do you ever accidentally treat people like cats? Sometimes I make a click sound if I am bringing the cats treats and they aren't paying attention. I brought my husband some surprise cookies and instead of saying "hey cookies!" I made the look-I-have-treats sound. Then I noticed. Also I think I...
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    What do you supplement with for a young kitten?

    I figured there was already a thread on this but didn't easily find it. If someone has one saved a link is good. 128570 TLDR: What do you use to give raw food an appropriately high fat content for a growing kitten? My 5 year and 1 year cat eat mostly raw (raw meal morning and night) with one...
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    Introducing miss Artemis

    Joining my sweet cat brigade is our third (and final) member Artemis. She's one of the calmest kittens I've ever seen. She doesn't mind bouncy playtime being interrupted for some forced cuddles, and when in curiosity mode she's pretty big on sitting in a lap and craning her little neck around...
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    Cats on smooth floors

    I just moved, and my new house has beautiful hardwood floors. Cats on hardwood and tile floors is one of my favourite things ever. I've gotten enough stuff put away that there's room to run around on the floor now, and particularly one of my cats plays fetch, and the kitties skittering on the...
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    Is this kitten pointed?

    And if so or not, what's going on with this coloring? The first pic is a few weeks younger than the rest.  So she seems to have a bit of a mask and darker paws/tail/ears, but the rest of her body is more the color of a solid lilac cat than the paler shade I'd expect from a pointed...
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    What does it mean to have a family tree?

    This is more idle curiosity than anything else. Not really sure if this is the right forum but didn't figure it really belonged in breeding/showing.  I've been browsing my local Craig's List equivalent to help a friend who just relocated to my area with his older cat find another older cat...
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    Has anyone built a catio?

    I'm likely moving in a few months and will have a back garden if I do. It's fairly small - maybe 3x3 meters, and I'm thinking of fully enclosing the whole thing into a "catio" so my guys can go in and out at their leisure with a cat door without being loose on the street. Has anyone built one...
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    Advice for moving with a high-stress cat

    Has anyone moved with a high-stress cat before? It's likely I need to do so in a few months and am worried about Gabriel. It took him a long time to get comfortable, but now he's a very happy cat, and I want to minimise his stress if he has to move. I've moved with cats before, but only ones...
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    Any danger of vitamin toxicity from over-supplementing?

    I switched to about half raw a while ago, and now am on mostly raw. The cats are doing better in many ways, including self-regulating their own intake better and not seeming to get as hungry between meals, but the only thing I've noticed is that their coats are not as amazingly soft and lustrous...
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    Cat used to enjoy park on a leash - scared after vet visit

    TLDR: cat used to like to go to the park, now is afraid to go outside since last time we went outside he went to the vet to get fixed. Looking for advice on whether I should just force him back to the park immediately or see if I can coax him there slowly at his own pace if anyone has...
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    Word/name discussion taken out of the kitten thread

    This got totally out of topic in the name-my-kitten thread, so I just thought I'd start a new thread here. (Regarding if the name "Fresia" means "Frost') Helloooo *waves northward* It's a coincidental homophone though. It is not named freeze-land, just as it's not named frieze-land, but after...
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    How do you separate/store daily portions frozen?

    Hi all. I'm trying to work a good method for storing either individual meal sizes or single day sizes of food. What do you all use? Make a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap? Sandwich ziplocks? Little stackable tupperwares? Something else? 
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    Might my sister's kitty be a Ragdoll?

    My sister rescued her cat Duma from an irresponsible owner (who was the ex-girlfriend of her brother in law or something like that,and they're no longer in touch) because she'd decided to get a puppy and lost interest in having a cat. I thought she was a DLH tuxedo, but my sister was wondering...
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    MoShow the cat rapper

    A friend of mine posted this to facebook, and it is delightful. I love this guy! His instagram shows he has a fine array of cat-related garments, and his cats have a cat clothing line. http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/editors-picks/2015/12/11/portland-cat-rapper-moshow-just-love-cats/77165874/ 
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    Post pictures of your cats "helping".

    Here's Pythagoras "helping" me write Christmas cards. Make sure the pencil is good!
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    How shall I nap today?

    I Pythagoras decided he didn't want to nap in his usual curled-in-a-circle or head-on-my-chest positions.
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    Post your cat as a kitten and now!

    OK, so he's still a kitten, but now he's a teenager. Now (5 months) vs the day I brought him home (9 weeks).
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    Stopping a christmas tree from falling over?

    I plan on getting a tree this year, and it will be the first year with a 6-month-old kitten who loves to climb on everything. I have no intention of trying to deter him from climbing, and think I can handle making sure I only decorate things that won't poison him and he won't break. But I would...
  20. lonelocust

    Hello and introduction

    Hello everyone. I've been enjoying reading the site and thought I would say hello. These are my sweet kittenfaces, Sir Gabriel Kittington and Pythagoras Kattock, esquire. Also pictured are the primate household members, myself and my spouse. (Laura and HP) Gabriel is a shy 4-year-old that...
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