Recent Content by dawn33

I'm glad I could help! Oreo is a real handful... and some days are easier than other days. We just had a messy week here and I was feeling a bit discouraged so your post on the board helped give me hope again too! Thanks, Dawn

I'm so glad to hear that you've found some more patience and the kittys at least physically healthy. If you've not experimented with new types of litter/boxes/locations maybe you can find the one that works for both of you. I find that living with cats, often you will have to find comprimises...

and as far as the valium goes it hasn't turned her into a zombie at all and my vet says other than its addictive qualities there is no long term health effects on the cats body. I don't know if its appropriate for a kitten, and I don't know if its appropriate for YOUR kitten of course but...

My cat (oreo) actually always used the box just fine until her "mom and dad" got a divorce and she started getting moved back and forth from home to home and yelled at because she wasn't going in the box. Her owners were about to put her to sleep when I offered to take her in hoping maybe there...

My otherwise very quiet kitty will wait till that moment that I just start to drift off to sleep, get her fur mouse and start talking to it. I don't know exactly what she's saying of course, but since she leaves him "guarding" the bedroom door. I suspect she's giving him instructions to act as...

My cat also is afraid to go in the box. She does the same thing.. freaks out and runs like hell and drags it all over the house! Changing litter/new boxes/new locations didn't help because when it came right down to it, she didn't find the box objectionable, she was just plain scared to go...