Recent Content by kicken74

I'm getting 2 new kittens and I have leather furniture. My concern is just with normal walking will their little claws put pin size holes in my furniture. I have a scratching post, but more worried about just normal everyday walking on the furniture. What has been your experience with leather...

Thanks! I never even thought about checking out the shelters and pet stores for a microchip clinic. I guess I just thought it would be safest to have it done at the vet clinic, but either way, there is a trained tech who would be inserting it. I'm just shocked that they charge $75 per cat for...

I just got mine home yesterday from being neutered. I will do the microchipping with their next visit. I just couldn't fork out that much cash at this time. For some reason, my vet seems to be on the high side for pricing where I live. But they are great, so it's worth the few extra bucks...

I use Tidy Cat clumping litter for multiple cats. I also use a baking soda additive (the orange box that is made for litter boxes), I can't remember the name right now. I usually only add that 1-2 times a week. I have 2 cats and 2 litter boxes. I scoop once a day or once every other day. I...

Maybe even leaving the tv on will help with background noise. He'll adjust. It will just take him a little bit. If you do have someone that could stop over on your longer days will help. Or I have you tried getting different cat toys that will spark his curiosity? Maybe that will be enough...

Okay, I'm seriously considering getting my two cats microchipped. But a few things I am curious about. 1- Do you know it is there, can you feel it? I'm worried about always feeling it when petting them. The vet tech assured me I wouldn't feel it, but wanted to see from others if your really...

My 6 month old kittens went in to the vet this morning to get neutered. The vet just called to say everything went fine, HOWEVER, one of my kittens (Nigel) won't be getting his adult canine teeth in. He lost all 4 canines about 2 months ago and the vet said that he must have just lost them...

I should have done this before I posted! But I just noticed a previous posting about microchipping!

I brought my 2 kittens in this morning to have them neutered and the vet tech offered to insert a microchip while they were under. I have not done much research on the microchip so opted to not have it done until I'm more familiar with the cons of it. Have any of you heard about any cons with...

My cats have always had the run of the house. I had a cat that would sleep right next to me under the covers, head on my pillow. He needed to touch me constantly, when I would move he would move next to me. Well, come morning, my husband had 1/4 of the bed, I would have a 1/4 of the bed and...

I hold no ill feelings. I'm glad I came here first before I decided to do anything with them. I'm having lots of fun buying scratching posts (that would be the shopper in me ) My vet actually has a printed schedule of shots and procedures they hand you when you first bring in your kitten. It...

I had posted an earlier thread about when to declaw and neuter my two boy kitties. After reading all the responses, I never realized that declawing is illegal in the UK and other parts of the world. Why not here? I find this interesting that it's illegal elsewhere but not in the US...

Thanks for all the replies. You know, I just talked to my husband and he actually said that I need to do what I want to do. I think if I showed him all the info on declawing he would think different. I have always grown up with declawed cats and so have never known anything different. When I...

Thanks for the links, but I have done a lot of reading about declawing. And let me say, I'm not 100% decided on the declawing. I am getting a lot of pressure from my husband to have it done. This is another reason I am waiting until they are 7 months. For health reasons in males cats, they...

How old before I neuter and declaw my two kittens? The vet told me I could do it when they are 5 months, which is this week. But I don't want to put them through that right now. I was thinking when they are 7 months old. I really hate to do either to them, and maybe that is why I'm...