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Yay for the clipping! When I clip my Tohru's nails, I put her on her back in my lap, like a little baby. She'll try to get away, because playing is ofcourse much more interesting, but she's doesn't put much energy into the escape attempt, so I can always hold her down. The thumbs are always...

He has already forgiven me the visit to the vet. He did throw up again, but it was some hair and fluid/slime. He's been washing himself a lot the past few days (I guess he was so filthy that even he wouldn't touch himself). Anyway, he's enjoying the attention and is slowly starting to be less...

Thanks for the advise. I will try the puff of air thing and see if he will slowly get the picture. It's hard not to overstimulate him; since he's so scared of humans, it's great to see him all happy and trusting when he gets petted though. When he's falling over he'll move his paws like he's...

We got our Bailey only a few days ago from a home were he was seriously neglected. He's very scared of humans, but we found out that he does like a good, firm rub on the head or neck. When petting him he's purring like crazy, pressing himself against you for an even harder rub and will even...

Just came back from the vet They said that the smell was probably due to him being a male that was only neutered recently, so the smell might go away. Maybe I'll give him another bath in a week or two weeks or so, if the smell hasn't gone away by then. She was a bit concerned with how the...

He's so cute really. I just spent 15 minutes with him, petting him on the head and in his neck. He starts purring like crazy, and when you start, you can almost hear him thinking "I do think she's really scary, but damn that felt good". He'll start moving around under the cupboard (cause that's...

I gave him a bath just now (before reading the message above), this time with protective coat to protect myself, lol. He's not a mean cat, but he will use his claws to try to climb over me out of the sink. Anyway, I used the dish detergent, shampoo and conditioner. He smells a bit better now...

I don't think it's stud tail. The icky stuff starts pretty much at the top of the tail and runs to about an inch from the tip. I think it has more to do with him being in a filthy house and doing his business in litter boxes which hadn't been cleaned in over a year. He's in for a bath today...

We have the Cat-It at home, I change the filter about once every two weeks. But that's simply because our cat loves to play with her dry food, throwing it on the floor and tossing it around before eating it, so many times food gets caught in the filter, which wears out the filter faster than...

Thanks for your advise, Bailey will get a nice bath again tomorrow, AFTER I cut his nails, since I look like a scratch post right now. I will probably follow your advise and switch to Royal Canin for neutered cats. I will probably use canned food of the same brand in that case. I don't mind...

What I used today was some cat shampoo I bought at the pet-store. I'm in the Netherlands, so unfortunately I've never heard of Goop and Dawn. Is that a normal kind of dish detergent? I'm using a good shampoo and conditioner for myself, so I guess I could use that on him as well. I was already...

Hello, I picked up a new cat at the shelter yesterday. It's a male, the shelter estimated him to be 3 years old. He's not responding to any sound and will only notice you in the room when he sees you or when you stomp the floor (vibration), so we're also pretty sure that he's completely deaf...

Lol. I've seen this movie many many times and it still cracks me up every time!

Tohru seems to be a bit afraid of other cats and she doesn't really like vacuumcleaners (not really afraid either though). But a couple of days ago there were some fireworks and she was terribly afraid of those and right now she jumped up when I started printing some documents. She's now looking...

Leaving her at home may be better, thought she doesn't have to go in quarrentine once she has a clean bill of health, had all her shots and is chipped (which we already did when she was 10 weeks). Well, we still have a year though, so that should be enough to find kittensitters. I'm gonna miss...

I thought about leaving Tohru with family when we're gone, but the problem is, we have a lot of allergic family members, and all of our friends already have more than one cat (one has two cats of which one is very scared and shy, one has 3 cats and a baby, and one has 4 cats which Tohru doesn't...

Tohru loves our bunnies! The first day we had her, the bunnies were terrified and making a lot of noise jumping around like crazy, but within the first week it got less. Tohru wasn't afraid of them, but she was careful. When we got her, the was a lot smaller than the bunnies, lol. She'd sit next...

We decided to take her to vet on monday to get her checked for any blatter problems (and we'll also let the doctor check her weight, and make an appointment for spaying). Thanks for your responses. Does anyone have an idea on the vacation/staying home thing?

In the beginning, our kitten Tohru sometimes woke my partner up by licking his ear. Now when you're petting her, and she's in a supreme state of being-pet-happiness, she'll lick my eye, which I think is cute and I always say 'thank you very much'. Thank god she only licks now, when we just got...

Tohru is also an alarmclock-cat. She wakes us up every morning between 5 and 6, deciding it's playtime. It was worse in the beginning, gnawing toes (and those kittenteeth are sharp!), but after giving her a time out every time, she's pretty much stopped the toe-chasing. She still wakes up that...