i'm so glad i found this place!
i'm having a major problem with my cat and our new ivy plant. we just moved and this is our first indoor plant and murphy (the cat) thinks it's an awesome new toy! he keeps chewing on it and i'm afraid he's going to get sick, not to mention ruin the plant, but obviously i care more about his health than the plant. lol
when i catch him doing it, i reprimand him in a serious tone. i don't yell and he knows that tone means he's being bad but he ignores me. any suggestions?
one more question, i have a littermaid litter box and it's good, better than nonautomated but i keep reading about the scoopfree boxes and how much better they are so i finally just ordered one. does anyone have one and is it really that much better than the littermaid?
also, i'm just curious about something, does anyone know why murphy takes his toys and puts them in or near his food bowl? he usually plays with my ponytail bands or those plastic rings around the top of the orange juice containers (he likes to play soccer with them. no matter what awesome toys i get him, he reverts back to those two things) lol... and they always wind up around his food bowl! i've had murphy 10 years and the baby i had before him did the same thing. in fact, they have many similar behavior traits. i'm fascinated by cat behavior i just wish i knew what it all meant.
thanks and you'll be seeing me a lot, i'm sure.
below is a slideshow of murphy. he's pretty awesome but of course, i might be a bit biased.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v195/leese/murphy/?action=view¤t=f5474511.pbw
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...phy/th_001.jpg
thanks for your help!
i'm having a major problem with my cat and our new ivy plant. we just moved and this is our first indoor plant and murphy (the cat) thinks it's an awesome new toy! he keeps chewing on it and i'm afraid he's going to get sick, not to mention ruin the plant, but obviously i care more about his health than the plant. lol
when i catch him doing it, i reprimand him in a serious tone. i don't yell and he knows that tone means he's being bad but he ignores me. any suggestions?
one more question, i have a littermaid litter box and it's good, better than nonautomated but i keep reading about the scoopfree boxes and how much better they are so i finally just ordered one. does anyone have one and is it really that much better than the littermaid?
also, i'm just curious about something, does anyone know why murphy takes his toys and puts them in or near his food bowl? he usually plays with my ponytail bands or those plastic rings around the top of the orange juice containers (he likes to play soccer with them. no matter what awesome toys i get him, he reverts back to those two things) lol... and they always wind up around his food bowl! i've had murphy 10 years and the baby i had before him did the same thing. in fact, they have many similar behavior traits. i'm fascinated by cat behavior i just wish i knew what it all meant.
thanks and you'll be seeing me a lot, i'm sure.
below is a slideshow of murphy. he's pretty awesome but of course, i might be a bit biased.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v195/leese/murphy/?action=view¤t=f5474511.pbw
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...phy/th_001.jpg
thanks for your help!