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You're very welcome Odin2014!  Let us know how things go...The best part is, ramped up love boomerangs back to you too :)

You are clipping nails (not declawing)?  (HOPE HOPE HOPE...my heart is fluttering with hope ) You will be ok!!  It's easy, especially with the tiny thin kitten nails - and now you've done it once, you can have the confidence and relaxed attitude for the next time (without the alcohol and meds -...

I know a many of you guys love these for your cats - just passing on the news for safety...

Please Please Please reconsider.  The advice you have chosen to listen to has been influenced by vets who make MONEY from the procedure.  It is in their vested interest, not scientific interest, to say that 'declawing has been given a bad rap'.  Look at the gaps here - they say it has been given...

Oh, that picture was from when I was doing individual meals.  Now I put the whole day into that tub (it's a lot fuller now!), because that saved so much time and freezer space.

Yep, those tubs would probably work.  Just check they are freezer -safe.  This is what my ones look like: http://catstuff4aussies.weebly.com/food--health/frankensteinfrankenpreywhat My boy eats a LOT in a day tho (he's a very active breed), so this size that we use is perfect for on day's meals.

YES - what talkingpeanut says.  Also yes to DaBird (and there are endless variations to that one toy too!) I had an extreme biter and attack cat.  Funny, he even looks a bit like Odin!  The thing with higly willed (they want things A LOT), and very intelligent cats, is that 'discipline' in the...

You are correct - declawing is super painful physically and psychologically.  Plus, you run the risk of creating a cat that hasnt got claws - so they opt for teeth. Probably worse for your situation.  As you know, it's like cutting off their toes, so it is going to cause major problems for the...

I do day sized tubs with clip lids.  Saves the plastic a bit (lot)!

Lol, well, I can't really call most behaviours 'naughty', as the motivation for the cat wasn't 'naughtiness'.  But I can say I have had some very annoying things happen (for perfectly natural reasons, on the cat's side of things!) 1.  Kitten chewed my spectacle arms so that I couldn't wear my...

No, you're not cold - just worried.  Like has been said, try to isolate the cats over a period of time to find out who is peeing outside the box.  It is always wise for a check up whe you get the 'right' cat. As to peeing where the water source is, I think this is more complicated.  I have...

I guess you could also take note periodically of the eyes?  We look for normal eye reactions in humans who have suffered concussion.  My guess would be unresponsive eyes need emergency vet, same as ER for humans.

Sort of right.  Your observations are good - do something to the cat (accidental or otherwise) that is not nice, and pee happens.  Do something nice to the cat after the horrible thing, and pee is averted. Now switch 'angry' to 'stressed'.  (The STRESSED cat may look angry to a human, but it is...

Yes - what ShadowsRescue said! And I highly highly recommend a good read of this blog: http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/ The writer has so much experience with so many rescued cats, and it all comes out in her posts and stories.  She talks about cats with traumatic pasts, and how these affect...

Infection smelling is very very advanced - you don't want to wait for that sign. Infection can be seen as it would in a human.  Puffiness, swelling, redness, pain.  Later, weeping, wetness, pus.  Then necrotising flesh (that's flesh that is dying), and smell, and at the extreme stage you will...

I'll bear in mind the ACV siamiam2!  As I use it for household cleaning, not a food supplement, the cost of ACV for quantity I use probably isnt going to work, but good to know it could also be used...with extra benefits! Yeah, re the soy, I read somewhere that it is pretty evil for all living...

Please also remember that cats and birds and humans are physiologically different.  Cats are one very unique species who (unlike dogs and humans - I don't know about birds) cannot process and remove some chemicals from their bodies.  Which means these chemicals build up...until a toxic dose is...

Ok, first up, here's some reading on UTIs: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=urinarytracthealth I don't know the details of course, but jumping straight from the qu about the possibility of a UTI to a penicillin shot seems bad and ineffectual practice.  The above will help inform the fur-parents, as...

All answers are great.  For a bit more reading around the issue, have a look at this blog.  I always find it informative and spot-on.  Have selected a few relevant pages for you, but there's lots to browse: http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-only-cat/7830...

Yes - block access.  Good ideas.   But also give a carrot...create a BETTER place to go hide out.  A box and blanket hidey 'tent' for example, placed next to or on top of the couch...then act happy and excited that this is a spot just for them.