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    12 Yo Male Fixed Orange Tabby Is Now Always On Counter Getting Into Food

    We have had our rescue Orange fixed tabby male since he was 7 yo. He is 12 now and gets up on the kitchen counter tops multiple times a day looking for food. He never did this in the previous 5 years we have had him. He is a indoor/outdoor cat, he is even eating donuts though ziplock bags...
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    Next Cat For New Hampshire

    We have our 11 year old Orange boy Bodie. He is a mainly outdoor cat, he was a stray on Island of Martha's Vinyard. However he has never been able to put up with winters up here. His short hair I belive is to blame. We love Orange cats, however trying to decide if next one should be midium...
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    Cats and Chickens

    I would like to get a few egg laying New Hampshire red hens to get fresh eggs, and keep the ticks and ants down around the house.  How ever I am concerned our 20 lb, 7 yo red tabby will kill them.  He hunts mice, chimpmunks, snakes.  I know as chicks I will need to keep him away from them.  But...
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    7 year old male red tabby fights with neighbors cat

    We got a 20 lb,  7 year old nutered male red tabby from a family member about two years ago.  He was s tray in NYC till he was about 8 months old, lived in a house with 12 cats, but did not get along with the one other neutered male in the house. He has always been a inside outside cat.  He is a...
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    How to deal with weekends where the in-lawsbring there small breed dog?

    Our cat Bodie the 14lb Orange tabby was a stray originaly then lived for 8 years in a house with 10 other cats.  When our in laws visit for the weekend they bring the 6 lb Chiwwa/Yokki mix over.  The dog is OK, with the cat but tries to sniff it when the cats back is turned witch leads to a...
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    Leaving cat for the first time alone

    We are leaving our one cat Bodie alone for the first time in the house for 4 days in a month.  We are ready to get the automatic feeder, and water bubbler. But most threads on the topic are for houses with multiple cats.  Will just the UFO looking feeder, and a regular bottle top water work for...
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    Bodie 8 year old the 13.5 lb Orange tabby is our young family's first pet!

    In my Avatar you can see the newest addition to the family.  Bodie the 8 year old 13.5 lb Orange tabby.  He lived with 10 other cats with a family member on a island.  But he is a very people orianted cat and loves his new home where he gets more attention than he could have hoped for.  He is...
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    New to us 8 year old male first time outside at new house.

    We got a new to us 8 year old orange tabby male from a family meber with lotsof cats.  He was a mainly outdoor cat at his previous home but we kept in for the first month at our home.  But it is time for him to go outside.  How shoudl I introduce him to his new property? 
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    How much to feed a 13.5 pound 8 year old male.

    Bodie our new to us 13.5 lb male Orange tabby gets a scoop/ 2 ounces of "Taste of the Wild" dry both morning and night.  He also gets 6 oz. of wet every evening.  He use to gobble down the dry when he lived with 9 other cats in his previous home because of the other cats.  Now he just nibbles on...
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