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Thanks - but what worked best for me was just patience, as well as enough agility (at 62) to crawl around under furniture and stuff to get hold on her while she was at that fearful stage. That finally passed when it dawned on her that I was not harming her and it was just a routine we had to be...

Hello -- It has been quite some time since I posted here. I am very worried about my 10 yr old cat Callie who was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. She seems to feel OK only she has lost some weight. Since many of us have trouble pilling our cats (me included!) I got interested in the idea of...

This is true! And we have never been animal hoarders even though at one time years ago we had 5 dogs, 2 cats and a horse...that was as many pets as we ever had all at once, back in the day. Today, my SIL seems to think her poor simpleminded relative is turning into a hoarder just because I wound...

Thank you, Columbine!! My SIL thinks she knows what is "best" for me; but I wonder how she'd feel if the shoe were on the other foot and she was expected to get rid of loved ones even if they're 4 footed loved ones. I am all these kitties will have when my Mom passes someday and it's likely...

That is good to know, that we could be using these expensive drops for just a while. Fluffy has become almost a perfect little trusting lovey-dove when it's just the two of us, her only big flaw is how she behaves when she sees the other two older cats. Stretching her neck and snuffing and...

Okay, that was originally what I was doing. These days 2 trips to the nursing home, one before and one after work, are not uncommon. So therefore our poor kitties are feeling neglected. Probably explains some of the peeing and pooping by the two older ones around the house,  Fluffy still lives...

I adopted our third cat, Fluffy, in February, and because she acts aggressive toward my 2 older cats, I started Fluff on Jackson's Hyper Helper drops. However, as I think I mentioned in my first posts, my mother is elderly with health problems, and she can no longer participate in our pets'...

Missy is 13, Callie is 9. Vet said Missy has signs of arthritis developing but so far it doesn't seem to bother her in the least, although with age she is slowing down a bit. That is why I will keep the old box (with sides about 4 inches high all around) in case she does have pain from arthritis...

Interestingly enough, I have already tried using this new box in the kitchen (since the older kittehs have issues about the younger girl and we still keep her separated from them, trying to prevent any further fighting) but to no avail, I did put a bit of their poo into it but they ignored it...

Yes, I think so :)

I thought buying a brand new box with higher sides would eliminate the problem of our 'middle' cat Callie kicking the cat litter out of the older box when she is 'finished.' But now, after changing to the new box which includes enough litter out of the old box to contain their scent (no, it...

Yeah, I feel the same way sometimes, ciarabd, I know the cheapest thing to do would be just settle for my own situation with a kitty who is aggressive and anxious, whilst I play the referee and work to keep her separated from the other 2 older cats to prevent any more fighting. (They can see...

It might be very difficult for me to pill Fluffy--she's wiggly with a growing tendency to bite, and I don't want her to get so that I can't handle her anymore w/o a fight-- but the Orijen treats sound like a great idea. I have not heard of them but thanks for the tip, maybe I could mail order...

It is something of a relief to me to hear that not everyone has fantastic "testimonial" results using Feliway. I believe my garage which is Headquarters is simply too large, it's 25 x25 with a ceiling that is probably 10 feet high, typical garage but I suspect way too much space for 1 Feliway...

Are there small T shirts for cats? I have heard from our vet that they do make cat-sized thundershirts. I would think the regular thundershirt might be a tad bulky for such a small animal though. Great to know that the Spirit Essences come in large bottles! I could not tell even when mousing...

Wow, guyz, thanks for the new tips! I'm glad now I didn't start Fluffy on Prozac, I didn't have a good gut feeling about it, afraid it would zonk her out even in a tiny dose. Will sacrifice the 16 dollars that cost me, just to be on the safe side! Hmm, now I wonder whether she would do better...

Wow, Bengalite, I wish I had known about that before I spent a wad of money on a Feliway diffuser for our large garage which does NOT seem to have any effect whatever on our 3 cats (newbie is bullying, other 2 terrorized). Maybe our garage is just too big for 1 diffuser! I am also incredibly...

I found the Jackson Galaxy site yesterday and their Bully Remedy and Scaredy Cat essences really sound like they might help us with our prob of new dominant cat and 2 older terrorized cats. I also fully intend to try the experiments suggested here, about feeding on opposite sides of a screen...

Right, great advice, as soon as I have some free time I will start the experiments ! The young kitty already has her own comfy cage. It's a large one meant for a big dog, but the one I borrowed from the vet was a little on the cramped order, it needed returning anyway. In the new one, Fluffy can...

Yes unfortunately, you are correct, I know! Whenever we had new kittens in the household, there would indeed be a few rough days when the older cats would howl and growl and hiss and spit, maybe swat at the newbie. We had a senior cat who refused to "get along" with a young guy for many years...