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So red is turning 1 year old next month. Are there any yearly things I should be planning for (rabies shots, etc)? He seems to be in excellent health, which is great. I just want to be sure I don't forget to get him his 10,000-mile check-up! I realize now this is in the wrong forum...

Red is a bit of a sloppy eater, and his messy habits have brought sugar ants into the house. I'm getting tired of checking on his food bowl all day long to be sure he hasn't dropped any food. Does anybody have any suggestions to how I can keep his food area clean? Or, does anybody know how to...

Red is about 6 months old now and his new teeth are coming in. I am curious, it looks like his old "fangs" are still there and his new ones are coming in right next to them. Is this normal? Will the old ones eventually fall out when the new ones are in completely? I assumed that's how it...

Yeah. I've been doing that, as well. When I am petting him and he bites, I immediately stop and move my hand out of his line of sight and stop interacting with him at all. If that doesn't stop him, I push him off of my lap.

Thank you! I'll give that a try!

Any ideas? He's really starting to hurt me now!

Red has really scratched up my hand lately with his biting. He doesn't even try to scratch me (it wouldn't work since I put softpaws on him anyway). How do I discourage him from attacking my hand and arms all the time? My hand is starting to look like I've been punching rose bushes.

For me, Red just attacks and latches onto my hand. My hand is covered in scratches from him biting me.

A cat is considered a kitten until it is 1 year old, so I would start the transition at around that point. As for the amount, the bags generally give good guidelines for how much to feed. I think the amount is different depending on the type of food (calorie count, etc.) Red is about 4...

I have considered investing in Soft Paws for Red. I know that it doesn't affect his daily scratching and stretching routines, but will it hinder his ability to climb? I just got him a new cat condo thing that he absolutely loves climbing on, but I'm afraid that with the Soft Paws he won't be...

On a whim, I went home for lunch and put down a bowl of the Royal Canin... no mixing with the old stuff. He dove in. I am a little worried how his tummy is going to take it, but I'm relieved to see him eating!

Yeah, but that means that he'll only be eating 25% of what he should be because he's pretty much refusing to eat the old stuff.

It seems that Red is getting bored with his Iams, so I mixed in a little Royal Canin today and he seemed to like that, but still did not eat much of the Iams. How do I go about phasing in a new food if he won't eat any of the old?

Yeah, I was thinking maybe he was getting bored with his food, so I'm going to buy a small bag of something different to see if he likes that better.

I've heard that you need to try to keep your cats on a feeding schedule. Red weighed in at 5.4lbs at our last visit to the vet, which according to the Iams bag, he should be eating about 1 1/4 cups of food daily. Lately, I'm lucky if I can get him to eat 3/4 of a cup. I put out about 1/3 cups...