Recent Content by teiga

Yea!! She did pee for me!! Never thought I'd be so excited about a soaking wet towel....

Thanks all of you. Since you all seem to "get it" when it comes to our animals, you will probably chuckle when I tell you that Ophelia's favorite place to hang out is in our attic (old house, huge walk-in, unfinished). She has her own food, water, bed, litterbox...it's her place to escape from...

Hi, I haven't been on the site for a while - I've been enjoying two crazy not-so-kitten-size-anymore cats and a wonderful 15 1/2 year old cat who has recovered nicely from surgery last spring (stones removed from urinary tract). All was well until this week. I brought Ophelia (the 15 1/2 year...

Thank you all so much! I am feeling better today - definitely calmer and much more positive. All I had to do was look at my beautiful girl. Despite her surgery yesterday, she is still snuggly and completely determined ... to jump on the couch, that is. We made some steps for her and she...

Merrick is a very good wet food. My dog loves it. My cats ate it for about a week before they snubbed it. I am having much better luck feeding them Wellness grain-free cans. It's been a couple of months now and they still devour it.

Hi, My 14 year old cat had surgery today to remove stones from her urinary tract. She had been passing a little blood in her urine and recent x-rays revealed the tiny stones. Ophelia is healthy and I was not worried. Everything went fine. When I picked her up, however, my vet informed me that...

Hi, I have a 14 year old cat who has not eaten her last three meals. We feed her and our two kittens (7mo.) Wellness cans and an organic dry. She has also recently had a Trader Joe's cat tuna can, but the kittens finish what she doesn't and they are fine. (TJ's pet food was NOT recalled)...

Hi, I have two 18 week old kittens, brother & sister, and am ready to take them to be neutered/spayed. I have been reading quite a few of the posts about cats coming home with vet "smells" and not being accepted, even by their close siblings. Casanova and Zoie are so amazing together - I would...

This situation is like riding a roller coaster. One minute I think everything is going to work out OK in time and the next minute I want to cry because I think that I've "lost" my cat. I love the kittens, but have to shut them in a room if I want to have any quality time with Ophelia; otherwise...

I sympathize with your situation. The same thing happened to me when I had my cat spayed. After a few months she started going into heat again. When I called them, they said that she was exhibiting residual behavioral patterns. That sounded a little absurd so I went to another vet who thought...

I recently added two kittens to my household, making 3 cats altogether. They are from a litter of 4 from a stray we adotped. So at one point, we had 6 cats to take care of - which means constant litterbox scooping. I tried every natural litter I could find and finally discovered a brand called...

I, too, have two kittens who do not cover. I think the problem stemmed from their mama who, a few weeks after giving birth, became ill and used to do her business outside the box! She was their role model. I was hoping that, once they moved in the house with my 14-year old, impecably neat cat...

I have definitely been trying to have some alone-time with Ophelia. She will still snuggle with me, just not sleep. And that's OK because the situation is relatively new (although sometimes her unprovoked crankiness towards the kittens does try my patience). It is a little harder to play with...

Thanks for the welcome. This forum is great - informative, friendly, and very supportive! Anyway, I took Cass & Zoie to the doctor and am waiting for blood test results. As of my post, they were eating Castor & Pollux Natural ULTRAMIXÂ174 Kitten Formula dry kibble (not organic, my error). I...

Well, it's been about 3 weeks now since I first posted and I did get the Feliway plugin. Ophelia (my 14-year old) seemed to mellow out a bit, but not much. Perhaps she is one of those cats who are not really affected by it, or her agression/possiveness is extreme. We are at the point now where...