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How much green tripe is ideal in a feline diet? Anyone have specific nutritional details, especially relevant to cats? Always thought of tripe as dog food, but this cat loves it. To my further surprise, a friend who had zero experience with raw feeding had no qualms about handling green tripe...

I'm linking to the entries tagged "cats," but really, there are amazing entries in all categories: http://chaoticidealism.livejournal.com/tag/cats

Yes, seriously. I heard about this in a podcast where Dr Sophia Yin was a guest to discuss her Low Stress Handling book. http://drsophiayin.com/ Here are the articles I've found on specific approaches: http://www.cat-training-information.com/...

What happens in skeletal/muscular development in a kitten that doesn't scratch at all? (Her claws require trimming every week, no problem.)

I'm aware that a cat grooming a human is a good sign. But what does it mean when the cat wants to do this all the time? When I walk around, she runs between my feet; when I stand still, she repeatedly "love bites" my ankles. Am worrying that I'm too much like the "wire mother" in Harlow's...

So far I've fed this kitten twice a day but set out frozen meat when I leave for work or go to bed. Now I've read through the schedule thread and am inspired to get her into a routine, but am not sure what I should look out for. Any suggestions? I can drop in mid-day if three feedings are...

SemiFeralKitty seemed a first a sunfaded black. Then her tail showed faint rings, and a few adult hairs grew in white. Now there are so many white hairs growing in on her belly, it looks grey. White hairs are also accenting the ring on her tail, and faint tabby stripes are appearing on her...

Last night, I was lounging on the sofa and SFK was romping around on me. When she nipped, I rolled her off the sofa. This, I realised as I was doing it, was a mistake. In the past I've only ever had adult cats, and they were fully agile. It still hasn't sunk in that SFK is a *kitten,* something...

Two and half weeks in, and Semi-Feral Kitty is already leaps and bounds removed from the drenched, bedraggled thing I took away from neighbour kids who think it's funny to waterboard animals. SFK's belly is no longer scab-encrusted. She doesn't suckle on it much any more; every time I caught...

Neighbours have pointed out several kittens around the complex, kittens much larger than SemiFeralKitten, which they say are litter mates of "the little black one that died." (They don't know I have SFK.) These supposed siblings seem weeks more advanced than SFK in development and size. They...

About ten days ago, I picked up a semi-feral kitten the neighbourhood kids were kicking about, dumping water on and otherwise tormenting. Lately I've only had an hour or two at most of waking time at home. The rest of the time, SemiFeralKitty is shut in the bathroom. She has litter, toys...