Recent Content by muskrat50

Inky has been a biter since I got him. I, too, have tried all of the suggestions on this site, but to no avail. This happens once or twice a day: he looks at me and the ears go back. If I don't get out of the way, he will draw blood. If he's worked up, he pants and attacks again. By this time...

Thanks for all of your advice and comments. Just to clarify, I'm not worried about thieves, but my apartment complex management has a habit of deciding to change a/c filters, etc. when it's most inconvenient -- which is next week when I'm gone. I'd put up a fuss, but they don't know I have a cat...

I'll try to keep this brief. Inky (he's a 1+ year old Orange Tabby) and I (56 year old white-haired man) live in a small studio apartment. Inky's been with since March and is pretty well-adjusted to not going out -- the shelter I got him from didn't know much about him, except that he was turned...

I had (have) the same problem with my cat, Inky. I live in a studio apartment with only one door and no screen door. I'm usually carrying groceries plus a briefcase on the way in in the evening and a briefcase on the way out in the morning. He got out twice when I first brought him home --...

I've toyed with the idea of walking Inky from time to time -- but I'm afraid that if I introduce him to the world outside, he'll want to go out alll of the time. I have a studio (one l-shaped room) apartment, so it would be nice to extend his world beyojnd the screened window that he sits in to...

Thanks for all of your thoughtful replies (even with the man hanging upside down He was much better last night and this morning. I tend to agree with the not enough playmates theory. He was found or turned in to the Baltimore Animal Control people and then rescued by a no-kill shelter (Rude...

Hello all, I've been reading your threads and excellent, thoughtful replies for a few months now, but I feel the need to step forward and get your opinions about my situation. I'll try to be relatively brief. I have a small studio apartment in Virginia where I work (and nice house in...