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This was a great thread!  Thanks everyone for sharing.  I needed the pick me up today

I have a very shy cat who never liked to be held or carried, brushed etc.  I just kept at it.  I set up a folded blanket and left the brush there.  Any time she went on that blanket square I would brush her.  Now she goes there and calls out to be brushed.  Her brother comes over and pushes his...

We were feeding our 3 cats high quality raw.  They didn't like it.  We went back to canned Friskies (bulk cases from Costco).  Now they won't always eat that.  They want Kibble - more carbs.  I refuse to go all Kibble because I think they need the moisture.  I have only ever seen one of them at...

If I only had just the one cat, I would train her not to get on my counters.  We have three cats and three dogs.  We have resigned ourselves that the cats need to be on the counters.  They use the counters to traverse the house above the dogs.  Only one of the cats will go on the same level with...

I think this is so cool.  We used to have an outdoor cat that followed us on walks.  We have an indoor cat now that we are trying to teach to walk on a leash but it is more like a drag.  Ideally I would like to have him start out on a leash and then put him in some kind of back pack.  We have...

I think boarding your cat for 2 days would make her just as unhappy as leaving her alone for 2 days.  Ideally it would be best to have a pet sitter look in on her at least once a day.  You can find them - google, craigs list, etc. There are a lot of them out there now who make their living doing...

Our long haired cat won't let me brush his arm pits and he gets mats.  He also doesn't like when I cut them out and I haven't been able to get him used to the sound of the electric trimmer. I have taken him to a groomer where they kept him all day, washed & dried him and shaved his whole...

Your post is scary similar to what we did.  We had two rescued cats and one was taken by a coyote. Now all our cats will be indoor cats only!  We wanted to adopt one kitten to keep the one left company.  There was a brother and a sister.  We were going to adopt the brother because he appeared to...

I have two sibling young cats near your cat's age.  The male is always ravenous like yours but his sister is not.  He even eats her food if we don't stop him.  To look at him he doesn't look fat but if I feel his belly he's got a layer of fat growing there.  His sister has none.  I think it's...

We have multiple animals like you do.  We have 3 cats and 2 dogs.  Not all of them get along.  We have a gate in our kitchen and some of the cats will venture over the gate into the dog's domain.  One will never.  The cats are fed in and their litter boxes are in the cat only area.  Luckily the...

I'm sorry but I had to laugh at this.  I know its a problem but I can just see your cat saying "take that you stupid dog!"  "Chase me and I pee in your water dish"    Your post doesn't say but are the dog's water and or food dishes near the litter box?  If so I would try to move them as far...

My two dogs love a snack with peanut butter each morning before I leave the house.  Lately our male cat has decided that he wants to join this ritual.  I would break off a small piece of beef lung and he would run off with it.  Now he sits on the counter and acts like he wants the peanut...

Our male cat sleeps at the foot of our bed.  If I get up at night he immediately moves into my warm spot.  I just pick him up and move him.  He attacks my feed under the comforter daily.  He really likes it.  I move my feet and he pounces.  Sometimes he nibbles at my fingers in the middle of the...

That makes a lot of sense.  I feed my indoor cats a 1/2 can twice a day and he is eating a full can twice a day and what ever his owners are feeding him.

I didn't want to hijack the other thread so I'm here complaining about my neighbor again.  We feed him on a regular basis now.  I put a rug on the chair on my porch where he spends a lot of time.  This past weekend we had snow and then the temps dipped into the 20's.  I wanted to let this cat...

Our male neutered young cat cries to go outside and lurks at doorways too.  Yesterday, the dogs were in the back yard with us so I let him out.  He explored the yard, the shed and the garage.  He was pretty pleased with himself.  After about 30 minutes I put him back in the house and he stopped...

I would ask the people who were willing to look after her for 1 month.  If you are paying them a pet sitting fee, maybe they would do 3 months.  I follow a Newfoundland Dog site where a woman took care of someone's Newfoundland for 3 years.  I think that if your pet sitter takes good care of...

When we first got one - our 2 kittens would chase the light all over the house.  It was good exercise for them.  The male 1 year old now will only attack it but won't chase it anymore.  It's like he's outgrown it. Our older cat will only try to get the beam when it's at her feet but never...

That is so cool of you to take in that old man cat!  We did it the other way around but our older cat was 3 not 13 when we added two sibling kittens to her world.  All I can say is that it took so, so much longer than I thought it would for her to come around.  She still doesn't like them but...

Our male cat not only acts like a dog but spends more time with our two dogs than he does with the other two cats.  Our house is divided by a series of gates to keep the cats safe.  He is the only one who walks between both areas.  In fact he sleeps in our room with the dogs.  Whenever/wherever...