Recent Content by kitty2cat

Sorry. I have no experience with deaf cats, but I sure would like to meet your escape artist kitty. He reminds me of that episode of the US version of The Office when Angela throws the drawer cat up into the ceiling to escape during a fire emergency and the cat just falls through the ceiling a...

Earlier today, I was rubbing my (no longer) obese cat's belly when all of a sudden I felt a hard object. I was terrified so I kept investigating the area. Turns out it is a rib! He has lost enough weight that I can just feel the outline of his lowest rib. My other three cats have always been...

I absolutely hate when they do this. My cats bat at the water in the bowl with their paws which I have explained to them a thousand times are their litter box paws not their drinking paws!

I don't know if it is just the weather cooling off at the end of the summer or what, but my cats have become crazy! They are bouncing off the walls, jumping, running, chasing each other, slamming into things, sliding across the hardwood, spinning in the bathtub, climbing curtains, throwing...

Thanks Auntie. I will follow your advice. Your feeding routine seems a lot more manageable than what we've been doing here. I am really interested in your menu. I didn't realize the break down between bone, meat, and organs could be spread out over the week. I was trying to recreate the...

Thanks for the advice. I will reduce the amount of organ meat. I was using figures from a site that suggested 25% organs including heart and secreting organs. My break down is roughly 8% heart, 8% liver, and 8% kidney. That leaves me at about 16% secreting organ, which is higher than your...

That's so amazing! I bet loving the atrium will help him stomach the hallway I love watching cats go crazy when they see birds. I hope your kitty got to see new things!

I've read that thumping tails is an angry sign, but wagging tails is often an indication of curiosity or happiness. I don't judge by the tails, I judge by the face. Cat eyes are strangely expressive. If my kitty gives me that squinty eyed look, I know he is on the verge of doing something bad...

If that doesn't work, you might try getting a new littler box and putting it somewhere else in the house (maybe even with different litter). Your cat might be associating the diarrhea in addition to the cleaning with the litter box. It is tough when kitties think that illness/treatment is...

I agree with everyone that leash training can put your cat in danger, but there are some valid reasons to consider it and some ways to make your cat's experience outside safer. However, there are also some real dangers you should be aware of. I was very lucky in that all of my cats...

I have no advice, but it is heartening to know someone's cat is giving them more trouble than mine are giving me. I was going to suggest a big mixing bowl, but you already thought of that. Good luck. I hope the bitter apple works.

Try putting him on your lap or, if he is just too terrified to sit in your lap, in a kennel and hanging out with him in the hallway for 20 minutes or so. Feed him lots of treats of course. After a few days of this, he might handle the hallway better. My cats used to sit by the window howling...

I inadvertently trained one of my cats to jump up on the sink whenever I walk towards the bathroom by giving him his favorite "treat" (which weirdly enough happens to be a shower in the sink) while he's up there. This took all of about a day/ four repetitions (he used to get showers in the tub...

3 of my cats took to the fountain right a way. One didn't. We bought this wheat grass packet made to grow in the fountain and that caught his attention right away. Unfortunately he became obsessed with the fountain and started moving all his toys to the basin. This clogged the fountain and made...

I admire whole prey feeders! Way to go! I can stomach handling meat from the grocery store, but I don't think I can deal with feeding my cats whole animals from species that I've had as pets (rabbits, chickens, other small and mid-sized birds, rats, & mice). Until I grow a backbone and a...