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My indoor cats tags say "Indoor Cat, I'm Lost. 555-555-5555" I had mine engraved double sided and the back says "Microchipped. Reward offered". If the place you are buying the tag can only get 14 characters on it then try somewhere else. A phone number will take up nearly that many characters...

Sorry to hear Tickles is not well If the vet has given him a clean bill of health re: the litter box issues then maybe adding a second box will help. In the short term, close doors to rooms he shouldn't be going in - i.e. room mate's bedroom, room mate's closet. Is your new household quiet...

Hi there, I've done some searches on this site and others and have found a lot of information on free choice feeding but none specific enough to tell me how to switch from scheduled to Free choice. I was feeding our girl her kibble free choice. She would get a small amount of wet twice a day...

just to mention: the conversation was done civily and when they asked me I had no idea they had declawed. They both thought I was nuts saying that giving most cats a scrath post will stop any unwanted scratching. The point that was missed here is that simple measures like providing a post and...

And therein lies the problem. So many people just do it routinely like spaying and neutering, when it is presented as such (tickbox) it doesn't help either. I had never even heard of such a thing before I moved to the US. When I moved to Canada I got myself a shelter kitty. The ladies at work...

My boy is obsessed with the stuff, I think I will invest in one of these It won't stop him stealling tissues from my handbag but will deal with his bathroom issue!

If you have another cat who will eat the hairball paste, feed it to them in front of your one that refuses it. My DLH refused outright to eat the stuff at all - I changed to Sentry Petromalt (smells very malty) and gave treat sized pieces to my other cat - in front of her. Now she wants it all...

Interesting... About two weeks ago I started adding arm and hammar litter to their trays. He occassionally wouldn't cover it before that but very regularly now.... Hmmmnn

He did this once in a while but recently it's every or every other day. What can I do?

Sending a persistant and consistant message is key. Everyone has to buy in to the training and agree to do the same thing. I use the 'no..no..no' method and guide them off with a gentle hand. They got it pretty quick. In the early days I also sprayed our counter tops with water (when we were out...

I'm sorry to hear about you cat. Poor thing, it's terrible that these sick people exist and are able to get hold of weapons. I assume you're in the UK (RSPCA) i always let my cats out when I lived there and nothing ever happened to them, they lived to ripe old ages too. I live in Canada now and...

We have two cats. A 1.5 yr fluffy girl and an 8 month old boy (OSH). Their relationship has come a long way since we introduced them about 3months ago. There were ups and downs, in the v.early days he drove her nuts but he has calmed down a lot since he was neutered. She can be shy but is very...

My boy does this too. At certain points in the night he crawls out because he is hot and gets a drink (usually from my glass). Our other kit runs and hides in the bed under the cover when we turn the vacuum cleaner on. Bless um.

Lol when our little guy came home from his neuter our other cat was hissing at him and he was very wobbly but determined to do his normal things. We had to shut him away from anything he could climb on (he was trying to climb the cat tree dizzy with an ecollar).He was crying to come out so I...

Bitter apple would work. It's really potent. IKEA sells boxes that contain the wires (you could easily fashion something like this) http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00138309 I found that it's the loose wires that move around a lot that my little guy was most interested in. Once all...