Whiskas stress = the whiskas touch the margins of the bowl, if to high (and most bowls are to high for cats) causing stress while feeding. Some cats are very sensitive in this respect (mine included) and may even refuse the food so presented.
Thankfully she hasn't a problem eating out of her bowl.Whiskas stress = the whiskas touch the margins of the bowl, if to high (and most bowls are to high for cats) causing stress while feeding. Some cats are very sensitive in this respect (mine included) and may even refuse the food so presented.
Another option is DiY cat tree, using some cardboard tubes (supermarket refusal bins :-) and rope. I am planning do make one to include cat-scratching post. I also plan to include climbing boards to the window, that may be very amusing.
Congratulations with the new kitty!
Everything you describe is kitten play!
For the wires=get some foam pads/old pillows and stuff them behind your cabinet where the wires are-just make sure no fabric is leaning right on the outlet box where you plug things in. Or use various cardboard boxes cut up into narrow boxes to use as blocks behind things you don't want her to get into. Old lawn cushions work for this.
I don't know what to say about the food. did you check Amazon?
Cat tree-will help greatly. Amazon has hundreds of designs to choose from. Luckily she is little that it won't matter if it's small. You can always get a larger one later on. Take chairs and move them to other areas to give her something to jump up on. We have things arranged to make it like stepping stones in my house. sometimes they use the steps to walk up/down and other times they curl up and sleep on said steps.
More pictures of your widdle baby!!
My 1.8 liters bag of silicate is said to last for a month. I attempted to do what they say on the label: to make a 5-5 cm level high layer of silicate and to let it for a month, replacing what I removed time by time.Today there was a new challenge.
She's been on the whiskas mostly for the whole week and she was using her litter box fine with no changes but today, might just be unrelated, but she had diarrhoea.
And my god did she make a mess of it.
It may get a bit graphic from here but I'll try to keep it PG.
She threw litter everywhere trying to bury it. Including the litter that she had just dirtied. I watched as she stomped ankle deep in it and i was just so glad I had previously set up the corner of the tiled bathroom for her litter box spot.
I closed the door to quarantine the area.
I cleaned up what I could and had no choice but to either leave her in it or to give her her first bath, which I thought I'd avoid as it's mostly unnecessary with cats but I thought for both our sakes we should clean this mess up asap..
I filled the sink with warm but not too warm water, had a towel ready and lifted her up into the sink. At first she actually seemed interested in the water but then after 20 seconds had enough and tried to break free.
I decided to not go over board especially as it was her first time in the water and just got the problem areas, her paws, legs, belly and backside. I didn't use any soaps, I would think water should be enough and don't want to damage her furr or skin or have her lick up old shampoo.
Then I towel dried her as gently as I could which for some reason she hated more than the water.
Then she groomed herself, was allowed back into the rest of the house and thankfully she didn't look too annoyed with me and gave me a few headbutts and went about her business as usual again. I wonder if she was feeling dirty herself and was relieved to be clean again.
Question, how often would you recommend changing the litter?
The litter bag says it'll last a month but that seems a bit much. The current litter has been in there about 2 weeks and I scoop it as soon as she drops one so it's never lying in it for more than a few minutes unless I'm not home.
I'm using an absorbent non clumping non toxic crystal litter that I get cheap in a pound shop/ discount store that's holding up well though it's a little discoloured at the bottom of the box now.
I just wonder if I changed the whole lot of it would she be less inclined to use it as it wouldn't smell like her anymore?
Also do people encourage or discourage baths? I don't see the problem with them so long as the cat doesn't mind it and I don't scrub her too much
Kittens are quite wild. But they're awfully cute!I have a big bag of catnip but I read that you're not supposed to give them any till they're a lot older.
I'm just very confused. I knew she was extra energetic and adventurous and very clingy. Much more than anything I read up on. And I read a lot, article after article, so much so my news app on my phone is bringing up almost entirely just cat articles now instead of news!
I'm completely shocked by her tonight. It's crazy to think that she is the same cat who wouldn't let me sleep last night because she was so intent on sleeping on my face. Her behaviour is so erratic it's like someone snuck her some bath salts when I wasn't looking!
Ha, River is the same - he doesn't like his baths but if he sees me standing guard over the edge of the bath he knows he's not getting out so he kind of has to go with it, but dying him is always a trouble - I dunno how people do cat burritos but he always gets out of the towel.Then I towel dried her as gently as I could which for some reason she hated more than the water.
Question, how often would you recommend changing the litter?
Also do people encourage or discourage baths? I don't see the problem with them so long as the cat doesn't mind it and I don't scrub her too much