Recent Content by jenc511

We did the x-rays today (she's been coughing every now and then and vomiting, but otherwise seems fine - http://thecatsite.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=connie and http://thecatsite.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=connie). The vet is also doing a heartworm test and running another blood test to see...

Cats living in a place that is open 5 days a week during normal working hours and visited on weekends are seeing their humans more than most cats see their working owners. I don't see the problem. Dave and I work full time, come home, go to sleep, and go back to work. My cats don't see us...

I am going on the assumption that this is based in play...? This is most likely a self-correcting behavior. If she gets whacked with a leg enough times, she'll stop (unless this behavior is that fun for her). I don't get the impression you're doing it on purpose. You could always try to...

The meat you buy in a supermarket was raised by someone. They might not care about the animal as much as you would (not to say they necessarily don't), but they still raised it, fed it, and cared for it until it ended up on your plate. I don't really see a difference. I'm all for more humane...

Lucy thinks the alarm clock is the dinner bell. It has forced me to wake up earlier, since I refuse to be a slave to her belly, so I make her wait between half an hour and an hour after the alarm goes off before feeding her. It hasn't worked, so I doubt I'm much help. She swats our legs and...

Just wanted to chime in with the people who insisted that traditional/applehead Siamese are not "faults". If/when I actually buy a Siamese, I'm not buying a wedgie show Siamese. I think they're nice and all, but I like the traditional Siamese cats. I also love the Oriental shorthairs, because...

Talked to the vet this morning, and Connie is going in for x-rays on Thursday.

Thanks. I have been racking my brain and driving my vet crazy over this vomiting thing - I am cleaning up vomit two or three times a day every single day. Some of the descriptions of asthma symptoms describe it as almost sounding like the cat is trying to get a hairball up and that vomiting...

She has been vomiting a lot, but I'm starting to wonder if it's respiratory and not digestive...? I am setting up a vet appointment, regardless, but wondering what, if anything, I need to ask about. My vet is a cat-only vet, but I need to get Connie's vomiting under control, and I wonder if I...

Lucy eats raw, but Connie eats dry. I still don't free-feed either one of them. Connie eats enough dry in the designated mealtimes to maintain a good weight. You can feed dry without free-feeding it. If you're trying to track their intake, it's okay to pick up the food after each mealtime...

I have the Petmate, and I love it. So do the cats.

Lucy eats two meals of raw daily. She eats either Nature's Variety or Aunt Jeni's twice per day. Connie, the dry addict, eats two meals of dry per day. She is now eating California Natural, but was on Nature's Variety Raw Instinct chicken variety each day. I am trying to figure out whether...

Patricia, Unfortunately, I cannot help you with a home for Jasper, but here in Alexandria (my zip code is Arlington, but I look out my window and see Alexandria - just moved from Alexandria-proper), Jasper needs to be an indoor-only cat. This is an urban area, and it's just not safe for him to...

In addition to other suggestions, try two boxes, since some cats prefer to pee in one and poop in the other.

Personally, I hate the LitterMaid. My mom has had several of the things (along with several other automatic litterboxes available in pet stores), and they all seem to have issues. She's got two of my former foster kittens, and the male is very bad about covering his poop, so he's always...