I agree, he looks to skinny. Would start with a fecal test for parasites + feed him plenty of a high protein -high fat food (not all at once but over days switch). Diamond naturals is 40% protein,20% fat, the best deal around here. I mix some water in with it to add moisture. If their not used...
My girl took to playing with a feather on a long string attached to a short rod pretty quick when she saw me using it with my other cats. Makeing little rodent distress noises when she shows interest edges her on to play vigorously. Storing the toy in cat nip is very enticing to. I think the...
Very good post, I agree.
2 of 3 untamed barn cats i took in tested positive for flv, 1 had much problems until the 1 obviously needed put to sleep but i spent most my time with her and the 3rd older kitty lived like yours until. She still is shy about being approached and picked up but fairly...
I feed my 10 cats twice a day , mostly dry kibbles mixed with water, most cats approximately 40% water depending on each cats eating habits and weight. Start with small amounts of water and work them up over time or experiment with different wet foods. Most my cats seem to go for a good drink of...
Mix small amounts of wet with a dry she will eat, let her get hungry to encourage her to eat it that way and over time increase the amount of wet until she will make a meal of it. I feed mostly dry mixed with water, occasionally I treat them with a can. Chicken and tuna seems to be accepted...
I keep this vertical cage at the foot of my bed in front of an outside window. They can see outside when the shade is open, they are close to me and see the tame cats sleeping with me. They are easy to get at and work with petting them. Most cats have tamed remarkably fast for me this way...
You could put them in a kennel or maybe 1 of those portable chicken coups, let them out late in the morning and feed and put them back before dark . Cats sleep something like 20 hours of 24. They could adapt to that lifestyle.
The 2 collars on the bottom are my favorite, light up outstanding when a light hits them. They easily break away as is out of the package. Cats loose them now and then, but i probably find half what they lose when looking for the cats at night or my car headlights hit them and they glow...
I put outside cats, ferals, kittens, tame or whatever either in a large cage or smallish room, give them a litterbox or 2 with plain cheap clumping cat litter about 3 inches deep. Don't ever remember a problem with healthy uninjured kitties. I always make it easy for them to find and climb...
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Tiger Tom the kitten in the middle is the instrument of God that won my heart over for love for cats. He was feral and to survive as a lone kitten ended up here and soon ended up killing a young chicken and was prowling for more. He avoided capture and being shot at about a week or more...
This is my oldest who prefers keeping her distance from other cats, she was my only for about 9 years.( #7 was reunited back to my cat family today after he spent about 3 winter months running wild as he ran away from his new home I adopted him out to.) Any way I have a hard time getting her to...
Vet wouldn't take here in until 1PM which disappointed me, but she checked her bladder and said it was near empty and that it was small. She had UTI's in the past and she looked at her history and she always got better with antibiotics so sent us home with them and Science Diet Prescription...
I had the problem with a male about 6 months ago on a weekend. Got over $1000 dollars in him quick, mostly emergency care. He and she are near priceless to me but I am caring for 6 and even 1 at that is about 10% of last years income and I don't have a nest egg.. I will call the vet soon after...