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He wrestles and plays with our 1 year old cat daily. But aside from that he spends his time laying down the rest of the day. He doesn't really chase after toys much anymore.

The main issue I'm having with canned food is the little cans we buy are only 80 grams (about 60-80 calories each). So we'd have to feed him 5+ cans a day. If we try to give him one of these cans we're lucky if he eats half of it before walking away still hungry looking for dry food. Tried...

You mentioned specifically only patte wet food. Just curious why you suggested this specifically and nothing "chunky".

Here's a picture of him. He's definitely overweight, and with him starting to get older I really want to get this under control. He will eat wet food, but is very picky and typically will only eat about 20-30 calories worth before walking away, even if he's still hungry. I know this because I...

I have an 8 year old male cat that is part Maine coon. He topped the scale at over 25lbs a few months ago and I decided it was time to get him down to a more reasonable weight of 16-18lbs for a cat his size. I've steadily reduced his caloric intake and have a spreadsheet documenting his weekly...

We do have a box for each cat and none of them have lids.  I guess it's a question of how to stop the other two cats from sitting on the steps waiting to attack.  This sounds far -fetched but I thought about turning the laundry chute in the master closet into a mini staircase/ramp for the cats...

Update... So the fighting and stalking between my cat and my girlfriends cat has definitely been drastically reduced, they are able to be closer than ever before and even able to lay on the same couch (although a few feet away from each other) at this point.  This is all great but, the...

-There really isn't an out of the way spot in this house.  We've had one on the main floor before and had it right in the main living room (bc there isn't a good place to put it) and it seemed to help a little however we had to sweep the entire house daily. -I'm not sure if the outside cat is...

Yes I did read the suggestion and it's quite interesting.   I'm not sure if I could get the girlfriend to agree with this however, and 4 of the cars are hers.  This would be a last resort move, and I don't think I'm ready to give up just yet.

Litter boxes are only in the basement.  It's a one story house with a basement, and the main floor is all hardwood floor so putting a litter box up there results in litter pellets everywhere in a matter of a day.  We have 5 boxes in the basement spread out.  The younger male likes to sit on the...

Update... So we've been continuing to give both cats extra attention and the urinating has improved.  We've also been taking them to the basement individually each morning and evening to get them to go to the litter boxes and that also seems to be helping.  I've been able to get my cat on the...

Small Update... The urinating is still going on, though not quite as much.  My girlfriend came home from work early today to find urine all over the oven top.  After cleaning it she was laying down and heard a noise in the kitchen only to look up and find her cat (the one who fights with my...

Quick Update... The urinating has been reduced significantly from what it was.  There are still incidents here and there but there is definitely improvement.  My cat also is showing signs of higher confidence as she isn't afraid to go into any rooms as much as before, and is playing more...

They don't fight often lately, maybe once a week or less the get into an actual physical fight.  It used to be daily and so bad tot he point where they couldn't even be near each other without a tense standoff.  At least now they can be within a few feet of each other and typically nothing...

I don't notice any difference in the days she is less playful, but it could be something that is happening while we are both working during the day. Yesterday was a down day, my cat and my girlfriends cat broke out into a fight when my girlfriend got home.  Then later than evening while we were...

It's really hard for me to tell if it's territorial or not.  Sometimes it's on vertical surfaces but other times it's full blown puddles on a counter top or on the floor.  I've relayed your advice to my girlfriend and we are slowly trying to implement these suggestions.  No more incidents over...

I honestly can't say for sure how my girlfriend has been reacting lately as she gets home before I do and notices these incidents first.  Early on when we first moved several of the cats were urinating in one specific area of the house and she would sometimes rub their nose in it or yell at...

So far it's been one step forward & two steps back... I've been giving her a lot more attention and definitely noticed a change in her attitude,  she's become more playful and seemingly more confident.  However upon coming home from work yesterday we discovered that she had urinated in my...

My cat is not so much hiding, but she's usually laying on top of a sofa or kitchen counter and up off the floor.  She reacts differently depending on which cat chases her.  If the younger male cat chases her she just seems annoyed more than anything.  But if the other female cat that she doesn't...

I'm not even sure where to begin with this.  I have a 6 year old black female cat who was literally the best and most well behaved cat I've ever owned when I lived in an apartment by myself.  In 5 years of living like that she never once urinated anywhere other than her litter box.  But in...