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Thank you, it's a real relief to be able to tell people who understand why this is so terrible. I live in the UK and from the ringing around I did this morning the owners of the cat would only be able to claim compensation via the magistrates court if they could prove the dog killed the cat...

Apologies for dumping this here, but no one else around right now who will actually understand why I'm so upset. I just saw my neighbour's dog - a hulking great thing which attacks other dogs that pass the house and is never on a lead - return home from a walk with his elderly owners, and...

it's part of her territory, it's challenging to get into and there might be something interesting in there! (Mine spend hours working on flipping the catch to open the wardrobe and they don't even particularly want to be in there, they just know they can open that door if they try hard enough...

I think you're going to find the occasional cat who was neutered at the right time and just is by nature a sprayer. It might help to talk in detail to the breeder and make sure you pick an outgoing, confident kitten with a good family history? And make sure that you neuter in good time. I have...

I had Mitz and Jake together - the first time I'd had two kittens together. It was the easiest and nicest 'settling' period I'd ever had with a cat, they loved the company, they loved having someone to play with, cuddle up to, sleep with, and they were so much more confident together than a...

Apples probably doesn't yet see the lovable side of Brandy that you do - she might even find Brandy frightening, never mind competition and invading her territory. If she's soiling Brandy's bed that's a pretty clear attempt to cover up Brandy's scent and presence with hers! Maybe a part of the...

I'd like to hear the answer to this too. Jazzie does it when she's happy and relaxed and it's always looked to me too like a kid sucking it's thumb.

I've had two cats who have at different times got obsessed over peeing on my bed. With one I think it was territorial, with the other it was definitely an insecurity thing that then became a habit: I have the same issue now with Mitz who is a champion sprayer. The habit gets cast in stone and...

Head butting can also be scent marking - he might just be counting the dog amongst his possessions - or trying to make him smell better?

Or how to train them to take them off and leave them neatly lined up by the door when they come in.

I'd love to know too. Jake's the worst culprit of my gang, he has very fluffy 'snowshoe' feet that get saturated in mud which he then leaves on every solitary surface in the house, it's like that scene from Disney's Cinderella. Anyone know where they sell cat wellington boots?

Someone more expert will come along soon who can describe this properly. Your cat sounds to me very like the three rescued cats I've had. Thinking of three different cats with three different backgrounds who came to live with me aged between 18 months and 4 years old, all of them were...

Isn't it amazing how they snatch the smallest opportunity? Been there several times, you have my full sympathies - they don't care that you're at home chewing your nails to the quick! He'll be home as soon as he's hungry, I'm sure he will, try not to worry too much? Let us know when he's back...

Vicket is afraid of everything - not many people believe I have four cats! Jazzie and Mitz don't like the vaccum and if anything breaks or falls they're never in the room by the time it hits the floor. Jake is scared of absolutely nothing. I came home once to find the cleaner lifting up his tail...

Music seems to make a difference to my gang when driving, their favourite seems to be irish folk for some reason - no idea why that appeals to them but they seem to find it calming!

Brilliant idea!

That sounds like Mitz too.... possibly he just gets too excited at the thought of meat!

I'm so sorry. Thinking of you and Mawser.

He's fixed, and never did it before he was neutered. He seems just to be a territorial boy and I know the other things that bother him, but I'd love to work out why the wet catfood seems to aggravate this so much. I did wonder about allergies - although can't think what there would be in the...

I'm not sure if this should be a nutrition thread or behaviour. Mitz occasionally goes through phases of spraying. He's the lowest in the pack and submissive to the other three, plus an 'emotional' type, easily bothered by routine changes, and I've gone through an elimination list of what might...