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My sweetie gets about two of the small cans of moist per day. I have a dispenser of Meow Mix as a standby in case she's hungry and I'm not around to feed her moist. She enjoys the moist food more, but she also likes the dry too. She does love the buffet and will usually have a nibble of both...

I haven't seen this behavior on the boards yet, so here goes. Our cat had run away for almost a month and last weekend we caught her and brought her back inside. She's a great lovey cat and she's pretty low maintenance and fun to have around. Except for when I go to bed. Around three in the...

Does anybody know how long a cat stays in the same neighborhood before it moves on? I haven't seen Dusty in almost a week and I'm very worried that she might have moved on to another neighborhood somewhere else, or one of my neighbors took her in and decided to keep her. How long can a poor...

Well, I haven't seen Dusty around. When we first got back, she came up to eat dinner on the porch once, but my boyfriend got excited that she showed up so soon and when he came around the back way to bring her in, but she got scared and ran off. The next day, we saw her in the afternoon in...

Dusty first showed on our porch last September in a bag of charcoal. She gave birth in the charcoal bag to four chubby puffs who were adopted by good families. One of them is Maskie whose name I took for the message boards. Three cats used to mooch Dusty's food on a regular basis when she was...

Well, It's kind of sad. We never got to try the harness. Mike and I went away on vacation two weeks ago. We got back this Wednesday night. While we were away, our landlord replaced our front door and wouldn't you know it, Dusty ran away while he was working on it. Dusty had at least two...

Well, she really wants to go outside, like they're giving out catnip and fishy treats and she's missing all of it. I sort of expect she'll be dragging me. I'm also hoping this doesn't have to be a permanent arrangement. Maybe once the porch cats have all been spayed they won't be as territorial...

Hi! What kind of luck do you all have with harnesses? Is it tough to get them on the kitty? Are they cool with the leash? I've been trying to reach a happy medium with my cat, and harness and a leash are my last resort, sort of. This February I adopted Dusty who had kittens on my porch. I am...

Well, the last time she wanted to be let out and I let her out, she was gone for two days. Mike and I decided that we're not letting her outside again. We honestly don't know when she'll come back again. Lately she's been pretty good about letting me go outside to feed the other cats and heat...

She was meowing pretty loud last night, so I collared her up and let her outside. She didn't come home last night, but it's been pretty warm outside (mid 30's to 40) lately. I know my little juvenile delinquent will come home when she's hungry. I am very nervous for her and wish she'd come home...

I'm very happy as my lanlord has agreed to let me keep Dusty! He is super duper nervous about the cat smell, though. Her bed and litter box and food station are in the kitchen, but far enough apart so she's okay about using all three and they're not messy. Her litter box is very clean. I...

I always leave dry food out for Dusty and the other two(sometimes 3) strays I've seen near my porch. Yesterday when I was about to refill a dish, I noticed there was some dried bird poop on the dish. The dish might be over the roof, so maybe pigeons or local birds or whatever made a download...

Things were a little rough over the weekend. I let Dusty in Friday night and we had a great time. She loves her catnip mouse and I even got to use the fishing rod a little bit. There were pettings and headbutts and purrs. I even got to see her fuzzy belly. She wanted to go outside to do her...

Dusty is a funny cat! Today I was changing her blanket and I had the door open, so she went inside and waited for me. I could see the gears turning in her head. . . "Since whenever I go inside I get food. . .. . .I can get food whenever I go inside! I'm a genius!" What a goof! I *did*...

Hmm. . . . I've been closing off the door inbetween the kitchen and the living room to save our heat. Then I open the door from the kitchen onto the porch for her. Dusty is eating inside now! I'm very proud! The first couple of times were tough, but when I see her, I open the door and she...