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    3000 miles and six cats..I need tips!!!

    when we moved we got big dog crates for the cats and put in 2 cats per.. had room for clip on dishes and sm litter box.. They were fine in there and I just walked the dog at rest stops. Just try to find some pet friendly hotels and maybe you can let the cats run around a bit at night (or the...
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    How many litter trays?

    I have always used the one per cat plus one rule.. actually more. I have 4 cats and 6 boxes.. But that allows me to clean them out a little less which I prefer. I would atlest add one box for the new guy. congrats on the new kitty!!
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    Is she really hurt or just faking?

    FIV isn't the Same as FeLV... they do a combo test around here for $30-45 I don't know about where you're at.. FeLV is very contagious and all cats should be tested... I am currently having to deal with finding out one cat from a shelter was FeLV + (Vet said he was probably born w/. it as we got...
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    Anyone heard of Triforce flea medication??

    I have used triforce opn my cats with no problems, i'll have to ask my vet about any she has heard about bad reactions... It has worked fine for us. I get 3 tubes for $8.99 vs. $14 for one dose of frontline. My cats had a flea outbreak thanks to my dog bringing some in, and this knocked them...
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    chocolate & orange tabby??

    well this cat looks just like him (except he was medium haired) per this website, I guess he is a "Chocolate Cinnamon Tabby" very pretty!!!
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    chocolate & orange tabby??

    he looked like the cat in the foreground... but without any black, and the splotches were much brighter orange, and a even chocolate color instead of brown.
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    chocolate & orange tabby??

    I saw a kitten at a rescue at petsmart a few months back, & I am sort of kicking myself for not adopting him, because I have never seen a cat with the same colors and markings.. I was a medium hair, chocolate color ( no black on him at all), but with thick splotches of dark orange ( darker than...
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    Is she really hurt or just faking?

    just a question.. was she screened for FeLV? One of my kitties I adopted from a shelter just tested positive... he never seemed to gain weight and had a mouth infection from the FeLV that made his mouth smell bad. We had him vaccinated but never tested and him testing positive put alot of...
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    when and how to wean??

    One of our ferals was hit by a car & killed a few weeks ago...we didn't know she was pregnant, but we found 3 kittens a few days after she was killed. I have been bottle feeding them and they have done great. I guess them to be about five weeks.. they are just starting to eat canned iams...
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    Is she really hurt or just faking?

    well, I have never had a cat "fake it" and I would have a vet check just to be safe... BUT... I did have a husky mix once who would limp when I let her in the house... and then I would watch her in the back yard playing with the other dog and she would be fine, no limping... but I swear if she...
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    good hairball dry food?

    My choices where I live are limited, as it's a hour drive to a pet store. I can buy Purina One Hairball and Science Diet hairball at the vets.. but I have found a website that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for shipping. Any suggestings on a good hairball food? I have a DSH that grooms all the...
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    YAY for OTC wormers!

    I worm my kitties at home... with a wormer that does tapeworms, hookworms, and roundworms. My vet knows I am poor so she doesn't mind me doing whatever I can at home..The wormer I use has the exact same active ingredients that the wormer from the vet has...
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    My cat's not eating, drinking, or using the box

    Could you get some kitten milk replacer and see if she will take a little? that will give her a little nourishment. Thats what we gave my kitty Noggle when she stopped eating and drinking... they thought she had a blockage but it turned out to be cancer... but the thing with your cat's pupils...
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    How many do you have in what kind of space?

    our house is about 2500 sq ft.. 4 bedrooms, an office, and a seprate fenced front and back yard... we have 4 cats, an african grey parrot, a cockatiel, and a german shepherd... and several ferals we feed. The birds have their own room and it is set up with branches in the walls for a big parrot...
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    Egyptian Maus questions

    mine's Blitz_mom nice to meet you Beautiful pup btw... I'm a sucker for gsd pups!!!
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    skunks rats & raccoons! i dont want them eating my feral cats dish!

    personally, I put a dish out for the wildlife too We have a HUGE opossum named Barney LOL ... sorry I'm not much help!
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    HELP! soon please!

    I had a 75 gal fish tank I set up w/ newspapers and a bed and a litter box, and that's where I kept my feral kittens while I tamed them down. Every day, twice a day, I took them out and talked to them and petted them and even the hissers and spitters calmed down after about a week... I bribed...
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    Nervous mommy

    hope everything goes well! I'm sure it will be fine
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    No No No

    Good luck on finding the kittens..we had 4 litters from the neighborhood ferals this spring.. we managed to catch and rehome all but 2 kittens (found homes for 16!!) My husband crawled under my neighbors house to get one litter. (They hated cats too and were glad for us to get them) We set up a...
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    Egyptian Maus questions

    I have no imput on the Maus... but it's good to see another GSD person on here.. if you don't already post there, you should check out the forums on www.germanshepherds.com everyone on there is really great
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