hi everyone,
my name is lyne and i am new to the group. i found this site the other day while looking for some info on the net. i am the mother to several furry monsters. since i have ten acres it does not bother me to have so many as long as i can afford to feed them. my girls don't know it yet but starting in oct they are going to be fixed, one or two a month til they are all finished. the reason i joined the group is that i have some questions was glad to find a place that may be able to help.
first is that a few of my cats like to sharpen their claws on the dinning room chairs. i have tried the sprays that you get at the store but none have helped. does anyone have any suggestions?
next has to do with cat enclosures. i have a 10x20 foot enclosure at the back of the house. the cats can go in and out threw a window in the spare room. it has a solid roof since the winters are snowy and icy. i put up the enclosure because i have a couple of special needs cats that would not make it out in the big world. my problem is that since the roof is solid whatever grass there was has died and the ground is packed dirt. does anyone have suggestions as to what i could put down. i would like something that keeps them dry and warm but is easy for me to keep clean. because we live in a rural area i have used stray and shavings but this summer i found a baby copperhead in the enclosure(even though i have bird netting on the enclosure) so i don't want to use it anymore for safety reasons.
next has to do with supplements. i would like to give them l-lysine occassionally,especially during the winter. i want to be able to mix it with their food. yesterday everything i read said to give 500mg twice a day, crush the pills and mix in their food. i feed my cats from a tray and they get fresh food twice a day. how much should i mix with their food to make sure it does any good? can i give them human supplements?
thanks in advance for all the help.
lyne
my name is lyne and i am new to the group. i found this site the other day while looking for some info on the net. i am the mother to several furry monsters. since i have ten acres it does not bother me to have so many as long as i can afford to feed them. my girls don't know it yet but starting in oct they are going to be fixed, one or two a month til they are all finished. the reason i joined the group is that i have some questions was glad to find a place that may be able to help.
first is that a few of my cats like to sharpen their claws on the dinning room chairs. i have tried the sprays that you get at the store but none have helped. does anyone have any suggestions?
next has to do with cat enclosures. i have a 10x20 foot enclosure at the back of the house. the cats can go in and out threw a window in the spare room. it has a solid roof since the winters are snowy and icy. i put up the enclosure because i have a couple of special needs cats that would not make it out in the big world. my problem is that since the roof is solid whatever grass there was has died and the ground is packed dirt. does anyone have suggestions as to what i could put down. i would like something that keeps them dry and warm but is easy for me to keep clean. because we live in a rural area i have used stray and shavings but this summer i found a baby copperhead in the enclosure(even though i have bird netting on the enclosure) so i don't want to use it anymore for safety reasons.
next has to do with supplements. i would like to give them l-lysine occassionally,especially during the winter. i want to be able to mix it with their food. yesterday everything i read said to give 500mg twice a day, crush the pills and mix in their food. i feed my cats from a tray and they get fresh food twice a day. how much should i mix with their food to make sure it does any good? can i give them human supplements?
thanks in advance for all the help.
lyne