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We have an outdoor cat and in the past month he has totally stepped up his campaign to rid the world of mice, birds, and moles. In the past two days he has brought us 4 things. My roommate is threatening to take him to the ARL. We need to discourage him. Is there a spray we can spritz him with...

I almost hesitate to tell the story because it starts with my cat having fleas (gross). But anyway, it happens to the best. She is an indoor cat but she got out a few weeks ago by accident and spent the night in the back yard. As an indoor cat, she was not wearing a flea collar (THAT'S changed...

I thought my Neko was losing her mind yesterday morning, she was on the windowsill and all of a sudden she flew off, landed with a thud, raced through the living room into the dining room, out to the kitchen, down the hall to my bedroom, feet just skittering on the hardwood, then back into the...

Aww. Noodles looks just like my Indy that we lost in December. What breed is Noodles? We never knew what Indy was, if anything, she came from the shelter.

My Indy used to walk along the top of the chain link fence, it was a curved, smooth, metal bar. I never knew how she managed to keep her balance with no grip, but she was good at aerial stunts. It was only a 4 ft fence, meant more for marking property lines than anything so she would leap from...

My indy was forever sleeping in a basket of clean laundry and then I would have to wash all the top items again because I wear mostly black and she shed gray on everything. I even got her a laundry basket of her own and eventually I "fooled" her into sleeping in it by putting clean towels in...

It is hard though, we don't want to get another cat right now as I am hoping to move again this year, if I get my way 5000KM away. I traveled with cats before but it was a challenge. My roommate also does not want to replace "his" cat and will likely not support me in getting another one. And...

As I write this, she is sitting in the dining room giving me the evil eye because I would not pet her when she was rolling around my feet at the computer desk. She does that a lot too, I am afraid one day I will step on her or roll over her when I don't notice her there flopped down.

We lost our other cat in December. Before that, Neko would not touch kitty treats, can food, nothing that wasn't dry Purina. I was giving them to Indy to try and tempt her appetite when she wouldn't eat. Eventually we found she had a tumour and had to put her down. Now since then Neko has become...

I think another cat is a good idea-I think it keeps them amused when we humans are at work. We had two cats always up until December when Indy was diagnosed with an inoperable tumour. Now my formerly quiet, undemanding Neko has become an attention hog, she wants to be rubbed and snuggled 25...

I lived in a house growing up that had the kitchen connected to the dining room by a narrow pantry with a swinging door, and both rooms exited onto a long hall. My dog would stand at the kitchen door and I would stand in the kitchen and then run through the pantry to the dining room and she...

Neko pretty much loves being rubbed anywhere, although her favourite is her head. She only likes being held in a weird way, its hard to describe-laid out along my arm with her bum in the crook of my elbow and her shoulder in my hand so her legs are free floating in the air. I think she just...

When my Indika was out of sorts, she would chase Neko around the yard climbing on her like she was a male. I was told that since there were no male cats in the whole neighborhood, she was asserting her dominance, so yes I do think they do it to establish a pecking order of sorts.

Has anything traumatic happened to the cat or your family lately that he might be reacting to? Did anyone hurt him or did he see anyone get hurt? Has anyone fallen in the tub or is anyone sick? Have you switched soaps/shampoos so that you might smell different? Hopefully kitty is not psychic in...

I had a cat who was absolutely freaked by the sound of my electric razor. One time I tried to pet him right after shaving and Simon tore my hand to pieces, he just raked his claws up my fingers-I needed about a half dozen bandaids. I didn't even still have the razor in my hand and I had no idea...