Recent Content by leafwhisper

So I have had Amber for about a little more than a month now and she has settled in beautifully. She is very comfortable and content with her new home and gets along really great with Annie. They sleep together, eat together, and spend lots of time grooming each other. What concerns me, though...

Interesting, I hadn't even thought of laryngitis, but it makes sense. It also made me remember that for the first few days of introduction to the kitten she hissed practically non-stop, so maybe her throat got raw from all of the hissing?

So I've noticed that since yesterday Annie's meow sounds markedly different. She has always had a very high pitch, clear meow, but since yesterday it seems deeper and slightly gravely. There appear to be no other changes in her health - she eats, sleeps and drinks as usual, everything in her...

We had a bad infestation this past summer. I bombed and then a few weeks later sprayed, then sprayed again another month later. None of that worked. I used diatomaceous earth on the carpets and then vacuumed and that worked okay, but the best thing was daily vacuuming. You need to vacuum every...

The smell seems much better since I switched her entirely to our food. I also gave her a small amount of hairball remedy and she did have a poo, although it was a bit on the hard side. I thought the gassiness was going away, but then she got out of her room today and made a beeline for the...

She had a really huge poo the first night she was here, so I'm not sure if she is constipated. She had escaped her room and did it on the laundry room floor, then put a towel over it (which I thought was very creative on her part). I'm starting to wonder if she is one of those cats that need...

And don't forget to take care of their environment, too - changing bedding, vacuuming the area frequently, etc.

Thanks for the input. I was slowly mixing in our food (Taste of the Wild) with the kitten food that the shelter gave us, but she would pick out our food and leave the other kitten food (which was a blend of Science Diet, Kitten Chow and some other cheap kitten food). I've left the other kitten...

It's not a bad smell as in something is sick or rotten, but just very strong cat. Even though it was very cold I opened the window a crack last night and that really helped. I've also noticed that she has a lot of gas and that she hasn't pooped in the litter box yet (though she did poop on the...

We brought home our new 6 month old kitten, Amber, on Wednesday. She has been spending most of her time in the bedroom, which is also where I am keeping her food, water and litter box. I haven't noticed her spraying, and I am cleaning the litter box after every mess, but the room is smelling...

Yeah, we're still dealing with it, but it is significantly improved and I think the end is in sight. On the positive side, I have done so much research that I am now an expert on the nasty little buggers. I think the three things that have made the most difference have been the daily thorough...

Also don't forget the life cycle of a flea - the eggs don't just hatch into adult fleas, they hatch into larvae, which then must feed for a while before wrapping themselves up in their cocoons for at least a week before hatching into adult fleas. The pupa (cocooned ones) could have been in your...

Annie always comes running. She could be in a dead sleep two rooms away and if I so much as mention her name she comes running. Guess she thinks she'll miss out on some action if she doesn't

So it seems like our flea problem is finally under control and we are just about ready to bring a second cat into our home. We already know that we are going to adopt from the same rescue that we adopted Annie from, and there is a cat there that I really like, but I am concerned with whether she...