Recent Content by rogerniris

I love the color so I checked Chinchilla, silver shaded Persians, SS exotic shorthair, SS ASH and SS BSH and finally settled on BSH, because their chubby faces are so precious :) I just knew Burmilla because of your post. I'll check out that too (the longhair ones look a lot like Chinchilla...

I watched some kitten mill videos yesterday. It's TERRIFYING! I had nightmares last night. Definitely will go for breeders that I can personally visit. Yes I expect a long wait, but that's totally fine. As you said, a good kitten is always worth the wait :) About cardiomyopathy, yes I read that...

Thanks for the good suggestions. Yes I agree that I should meet with the cat before I buy/adopt it. I remember I adopted one of my cats the first time I saw her (because her shelter is a bit far and we don't want to drive there multiple times), and she turned out to show some behavior issues...

I fell in love with silver shaded British Shorthair a while ago and am thinking buying one from a breeder. It'll be a long process. I just started searching and want to get an idea of the general price range. However, most breeders do not provide prices on their websites. What I understand from...

I guess the key point here is you started when they were kittens... Mine are already adults when coming home and have already developed their likes and hates. They decided to hate teeth brushing (and nail trimming too...)! 

Thanks for sharing your experience. My cats don't even like the paste too. I have to apply some on their toes to let them lick it to know it's edible. But one time I found some toothpaste in my hair... Guess that's from them trying to shake the paste off their toes!  I really hope there is an...

Anyone can provide some insight?

So we're working on brushing teeth for our two young cats. There is no way it'll go easy! We're still in the preparation stage, e.g familiarize them with the toothpaste and fingers sticking into their mouth, etc. They hate it and struggled so hard to break free. So my two concerns are: 1. we...

Yes that's what I'd guess too. And he does not act this way when he goes to the vet or something. He will explore the exam room and is not uncomfortable with the presence of the vet. He definitely does not have trust issue because he trusts us SO MUCH. He is not the more cautious one on any...

I have two cats and I always thought my male cat is the more confident one among the two. When he first came to our home he came right out of his carrier and couldn't wait to explore the whole apartment, and slept with us the same night he got home. He never hides when we're home (he will even...

I think there is a dilemma here. Usually a shelter only allows a very short period of time (15 days or a month) for you to decide whether to keep or return a cat, but for some cats, it's just too short for them to settle down. So what usually happens is you observe some aggression/shyness in a...

I hope it's not normal! I want to believe cats are clean animals and would love to have the chance to sleep with one in the future... I took my male (who has occasional diarrhea) to the vet but nothing came up. The vet said it should be due to his sensitive stomach. He's super picky and if we...

We don't. Our female never covers her poops up and has the tendency to step into it. My male on the other hand has occasional diarrhea and his butt smells like shit after that . If we catch them with poops on them we will clean it up but we can't be around the litter boxes all the time...

We had the same problem with our female cat when she first arrived. We also went through a terrible time during which we tried everything (double-sided tape, claw trimming, playing before bed time, etc.) but didn't work. We also rent and she pulled out most of the carpet thread before the door...

Thanks for the reply! I totally understand your choice here. I'm glad that I read enough on this forum (and Google) during the first a few months since I adopted my first two cats to know these basic principles you mentioned about cats, like know the triggers of bad behaviors first, positive...