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I'd like to get my husband a litter robot for his birthday, since he's the one who changes the cat litter in our house. (I'm allergic! Fortunate allergy to have, I tell you. :P) Anyway, they're really pricey and I was wondering if anyone had a litter robot coupon code they'd be willing to...

Thanks for all the comments! I came up with a solution that is working for now, but will only last until they're big enough to climb. I got one of those low pet enclosures that they use for dogs. The mommy cat can get in and out, but the kittens can't, so it expands their area: As you...

I've fostered orphaned kittens before. I had three that I bottlefed, and raised in the tub until they were litter trained and we transferred them to a ginormous cat playpen. So I thought I had everything covered. But I now have a nursing queen and her three 3 week old kittens in addition to...

My beloved orange tabby, Opie, died this past March. I can't get over it. At first, I cried every single day. Then I would go for weeks without crying. Now, every now and then, when I least expect it, I break down in sobs. I miss him so much I feel like I need therapy. I'm mourning him more...

You've given me some great advice, and I have to tell you, it's like Finnegan knew I wrote this post yesterday. About an hour after I wrote it, Finnegan got curious about what I was doing and came over to me, and just plopped right down beside me, eyes all intent. Later in the evening, he...

Are Tonkinese cuddlers? Would they sleep with you, or lay with you? Or is it always 'play play play' all the time?

As I mentioned in a previous thread, my beloved orange tabby cat Opie died in March. He was a cat with lots of opinions, who knew how to irritate his humans. But he also made us feel loved. He'd jump in my arms and sleep. He'd lean against my leg while I watched television. He'd curl up...

Yes. Haha. That's his Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde nature. I didn't. It's been 14 days though, do you think he still needs it? He's getting Purina One (with higher protein than a lot of those designer brands, but I've heard good stuff about Innova). And then for a late night dinner he gets a small...

I don't know if I believe in it, but I will tell you one thing. If Opie was a ghost in our house, he would definitely be haunting Finnigan. He always had to be #1.

Here's a picture of Finnigan that explains why I took him home: Here's Finnigan in his James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause pose that we've been seeing lately:

I agree. If I bring Finnigan back to them, telling them how he has been behaving, they might think that he's "unadoptable" and kill him. Especially since it's kitten season. The fact that they -are- a kill shelter is one of the reasons I wanted to get him out of there in the first place. But...

Thanks for your comments. We cleaned the whole house of everything that belonged to Opie before we brought Finnigan home. And that was hard to do. But I couldn't bear to have a new kitty using all of Opie's things, and I also didn't want the new cat to feel like a replacement. If I had to...

March 6th, we had to put our beloved orange tabby to sleep. He had renal failure, and after months of fighting for his life, he just couldn't fight any more. My husband and I had raised Opie since he was a kitten. He was headstrong, mischievous, and full of catitude. But he loved us. When...

We got him from an ad in the newspaper, and so I don't know much about his upbringing before we got him at 9 weeks. And you're absolutely right that we can't blame them for their survival instincts . . . I just want him to share nicely so that I don't have to have two feeding stations, and so...

Yes. I'd hate to have to start doing that--I was hoping there was a way I could get the kitten to be nice. But if it is normal behavior for him to be a greedy little thing with the food, then I'll feed them separately.