We generally have a wooden screen over the whole thing but have left it off during the winter when we light the fireplace. Sometimes he'll get back there and "dig"...I honestly think it is more of wanting to get back underneath to "find" things that he might hear up in the chimney. He doesn't...
One of my cats has a fetish with the fireplace (not lit of course) and loves to dig in the bottom under the grate. It's a gas fireplace, so the stuff that is under there isn't wood ash, but more like soot. One thing is it makes a mess (all over his paws), but secondly I realized that he is...
I'm hoping you all might have some advice about an older cat (over 16 yrs). We had some blood work done last week and he is low on potassium. We were boarding him last week while we were away and they gave him fluids and some supplements on just about a daily basis and when we brought him home...
Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions and warm welcome to the board. We have narrowed things down to Tiki, Bela, Nilla and Marbles (this isn't including all the names the kids came up with). We are trying to choose a name that fits her personality and are still getting to know her...
Hello all, we just adopted a darling white female cat from a local rescue this weekend and are in need of a name. In searching the web for some information I ran across your site and thought I would register so I can talk with and get ideas from some other cat lovers.
More details, she is...