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We have two cats and for various reasons I need to have “my” cat’s litter box in my bedroom so it’s important to me to minimize odor. I usually scoop it out at least twice a day sometimes more if he or our other cat in the house does a bm. What is your advice on products to clean it? Also there...

Jeter lives to eat and constantly jumps up on the counter and into the kitchen sink to scavenge whatever he can. I have never been successful in training him to stay off counters - foil, double-stick tape, etc. - nothing deterred him. He knows it’s “wrong” because if I approach him when he’s...

Two cats three boxes - one in my room, one in hallway, and one in spare room and they have both been using all interchangeably although my 13 year old male usually uses the one in my room and the younger female usually uses the one in the hallway. Lately, however, every time the 13 year old male...

First of all, I want to emphasize that I’m not trying to substitute proper vet care by asking questions here. Sadly my 13 year old neutered male is a disaster at the vet. Even pre-medicated he’s so aggressive that staff have refused to get him out of the carrier and I’ve been turned away and I...

Jeter is a 13 year old indoor cat - has been indoor only since adopted at 12 weeks. Recently he’s making more attempts to get outside and goes out our front door onto our front porch and plops down under a bench or onto our side patio from the side door. So far he hasn’t wandered further but I...

My 13 year old Jeter is beyond impossible at the vet - even with pre-visit meds he snarls and hisses and slams into the carrier as soon as we get into the exam room and his records clearly describe him as aggressive and as actively lunging at staff. A month ago a vet VERY reluctantly sedated him...

My 13 year old male cat has limited tolerance for other animals and he’s very territorial and defensive. We have a blended household with three other cats, one golden retriever, and have a continuing parade of foster dogs usually one at a time. The golden and he are fine and he’s grudgingly...

When the vet assistants put my Jeter back in his carrier the zipper broke - was a soft-sided carrier that I got because it was large (he is 13-14 lbs) and could fold down. Since he’s extremely challenging to handle I’m not really blaming them as they were probably struggling even though he was...

Three weeks ago my vet extracted Jeter’s (13 years old) upper canine d/t resorption . He’s a nightmare at the vet and requires total sedation even after giving him sedating meds prior to the visit. He’s eating and acting normally after the protocol of two weeks of soft food, getting Bupe into...

Here I am again. I am talking more to you folks than to my own family. Cat apparently has opioid induced constipation. Won’t touch pumpkin, managed to get him to eat food this morning with a little bit of Miralax but called vet since he hasn’t gone in three days after dental surgery. She...

I apologize in advance for deluging this site with inquiries but have several issues weighing heavily on me with Jeter my 13 year old neutered male. I’ve posted about his 1) interaction with a female cat he’s scented for years on my son’s clothes and through a gate but is now in our home; 2) pre...

As previously posted, I have a 13 year old neutered male Jeter. He’s an pretty ornery cat but is completely impossible at the vet - vicious and aggressive, dangerous. 200 mg of gabapentin night before routine visit and again 2 hrs before made him quiet at home and seemed effective until we got...

I have read tons of suggestions online, on this site and others, regarding how to give a cat meds but am looking for further suggestions. Cat is impossible to handle at vet - vicious and aggressive and they cannot handle him - so she gave him gabapentin to try before appts - 200 mg night...

As I previously posted, we have an adult female who’s is generally pretty docile but for whatever reason she corners my adult male who is generally pretty irritable and the hiss-fest and growling and stare-down ensues. No physical fighting other than a bat or two. Should both cats get calming...

I posted back a couple of weeks ago and am still concerned about the interaction between these two cats. Jeter is a neutered 12 year old male who has always been an only cat. He did accept an adult female golden retriever who was raised with cats - they don’t snuggle or play or anything but...

My male cat is 12 yrs. old and has been an only cat. He’s big and generally irritable when he’s being moved from one place in the house to another, for example, hisses at strange smells, and is impossible at the vet. He did however adapt well to a golden retriever and to a cross country car...

I posted here recently explaining that my 12 year old male cat is a beast regarding trips to the vet, etc. I used to be able to clip his claws after training him to tolerate it using treats although I’ve always had trouble getting the right angle to reach his dew claws. I was not vigilant about...

Jeter is 12, weighs about 14 lbs., and from age 1 started being very aggressive when brought to the vet or even to the pet store from which we adopted him just to get nails clipped. I managed to train him to let me clip nails but it’s still difficult mostly because I stopped doing it frequently...