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I think he's saying, "I love it - keep it up!"

They seem to be getting along tolerably well, so I will hope that it does mean they play together during the day and he is less "needy" when I come home.

Hi - when my cat was an "only cat," he used to meet me at the door when I came home and meow up a storm at me. Now, since I got a new kitten, he still greets me when I come in, but he doesn't meow like he used to. Is that a bad sign - that he's angry at me for bringing in the newcomer - or a...

I think I've decided on a routine of a small amount of wet food in the morning and a little more in the evening. The cats won't eat huge portions at one sitting, but like to have about a tablespoon's worth/quarter of a can each at a time, a couple times a day. The kitten seems to prefer pouched...

I tried upping the amount of wet food to half a 3-oz can for each cat, rather than 1/4, the other night, and they eventually ate the whole thing (at first, they ate about half of it - what they had been used to eating - and let it sit for a few hours, but I added some water to it to moisten it...

Maybe I'm giving more like 2/3 of a can total... 1/4 for each was just a guesstimate... the amount of food each cat gets looks like maybe a tablespoon or so's worth (but there is still some left in the can). Anyway, I was just starting small to see how they'd like wet food. I had tried to get...

Hi - I am just starting to feed my cats canned wet food (Aristocats, right now... they were on special for 39 cents a can!), and I wondered how much canned food, and how often, I should give the cats. One is an 8-year-old about 15 1/2 pounds, and one is a 6-month-old kitten under 10 lbs. Right...

Thanks for the advice. As you suggested, I asked the vet about the adult mix I have been giving the older cat (Murray), and he said the only problematic part of the mix for the kitten (Yuki) would be the Urinary SO. He said the Urinary SO isn't good for kittens under the age of nine months, and...

The older cat eats very good quality food: a mix of Royal Canin Urinary SO to prevent urinary tract infections (since he had a UTI in the past), Science Diet T/D for tartar control, and Iams hairball-and-weight-control formula. I think the kitten would be okay on this mix. He seems to like it...

Hi... I just adopted a six-month-old kitten, and I have an eight-year-old cat. They have been eating each other's food (I have traditionally free-fed), especially the older cat eating the kitten's food. I don't want him eating kitten food because it is high in calories and he is already...

I agree that it is probably just play, with a bit of edge to it. (Just to let the newcomer know who is boss.) I don't think Carly will actually hurt Eli. You can probably trust them together at least while you are sleeping (if the kits will let you sleep!). In time, hopefully you will feel...

Hi - I let my "established" cat, Murray, meet my new cat, Yuki, yesterday, after having had them separated by a door for a couple days. Yuki was very happy to meet Murray (even purred when he first saw Murray), and kept approaching Murray trying to make friends with him. However, Murray wasn't...

Hi - thank you again for recommending Pet Plan. I decided to sign up with them, in the end. Was going to go for PurinaCare, but I learned that at my cat's next "birthday" (age 8), the premiums would go waaaay up. I called Pet Plan, my second choice, and they said the increases wouldn't be nearly...

I think my rates might be high because of where I live or something. Or maybe because of my breed of cat (Siamese). Across the board, the rates I have found for $100 deductibles have been in the $20-25 range, at least. My purpose for insurance is for extremely costly emergencies that might crop...