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    Cat becoming a playful biter - but only with me

    Thank you - I've tried scruffing him before with limited success, but I'll try this. The funny thing is, he's actually VERY good with respecting the boundaries of my other cats, especially "top cat" tiny Zosia. All she has to do is look at him the right way to send him scuttling off if she...
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    Cat becoming a playful biter - but only with me

    Hi all! In October, I came across a friendly stray cat who ended up staying in our household. I don't know much about his history or upbringing, but I believe he was dumped by his former owners. He is an adult neutered male, approx 4 years old, extremely playful, confident, and affectionate. He...
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    Confessions of an American Cat Huffer

    Over the past few years, I noticed with one particular cat, Vera, who likes to cuddle in bed with me, that I can smell a very faint smell from the occipital bone area when I get in very close and put my nose right in her fur. Vera is a very clean cat and generally has no "animal"-y odor, but...
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    Adolescent Kitten Behavior/training Regression

    Hi all! Baby Zosia will be a year old mid-May. I've had her since she was 10 weeks old and since I learned my lesson about not teaching bite/claw inhibition properly with one of my other cats, I worked really hard on teaching her good manners. For a long time she was very good, she would not...
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    Teenage Kitten Behavior...sigh

    Hi all! So in August of last year I added a 4th cat to my little clowder, a 10-week-old girl I named Zosia. She's not the first kitten I adopted (my boy cat, George, was 12 weeks old when I got him 10 years ago) so it's not my first time at the rodeo, but I just wanted to vent out a little...
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