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Lets start off with this: I know how dangerous essential oils can be to our feline friends. And it worries me a great deal! I have quite a few bottles of essential oils that are always kept away from kitties and are usually only used on my wrists before bed as I find them a helpful sleep aid...

@sivyaleah  Thanks so much for that-- yeah both my kitties are adults, so I don't know how much they'll accept tooth brushing though I'd be willing to try conditioning them to it!  I want them to have healthy mouths but I realized the other day I'm absolutely ignorant to what you can do to help...

Hi there,  Growing up, none of the family cats really had any specific tooth care and one elderly cat had to get almost all his teeth removed eventually, and another one has really nasty breath and his teeth look awful. I don't really have any experience with specific care related to feline...

I'd love to let my boys sleep with me, and when I just had Frankie I did. But now, they wrestle half the night and wake me up at 5am to be fed breakfast even though they aren't ever fed until 7:30-8am. I miss having them snuggle with me! So now I keep my door shut and they sleep somewhere else...

@LTS3  No, I know. What I said was, They eat in meals. It doesn't take them more than 10-15 minutes to finish. None is ever left over and the bowl get washed before dinner usually. So it's never ever sitting out. 

@stephanietx   I'd be willing to try that if I had to. Geez...I spend way more on these cats' food than myself! I'll definitely start adding water to their wet food. What about adding some water to dry food? They eat in meals so it wouldn't be sitting on the floor for more than 10 minutes.

Hi guys, I'm devastated. I noticed one of my kitties, Mr. Mistoffelees, was going to the litter box several times last night, squatting to urinate but not going. I palpated his abdomen and watched him closely but he wasn't in any pain, swollen, or acting funny so I decided to wait until morning...

Thanks everyone for your wonderful responses :)  Mistoffelees is settling in better though they both are still obsessed with the hamster. I'll try many of these suggestions and see if anything works! The main concern is the future bird. I feel guilty because when they agreed to move in with me...

Hi, all, I have a lovely black kitty named Frank Sinatra. I also have a second black kitty called Mr. Mistoffelees. Second kitty was an accident. I'm sure plenty of you know how that goes...  Basically, my parents removed him from a very bad situation, but since they already have three cats...

@betsygee   Thank you! That looks like a great article :) Read it though and have a much better idea of it. I'm really excited to meet the boy next weekend! I absolutely was not planning on having a second cat..but with the circumstances I'm definitely going to give it a try. Worst case if it...

Makes me go "awww" because this shelter kitty found a forever home with me and I think when this picture was taken, he finally knew that.

Hi, everyone! First of all, I just wanting to give this whole site a huge THANK YOU. I came here after being treated awfully somewhere else when trying to figure out how to feed my cat. Everyone here was so sweet and helpful. I was kindly educated and helped specifically-- now my Frankie no...

Hi all, I've started conditioning my cat, Frankie to the clicker. I decided to start this because he is so intensely food motivated, and gets into trouble/can get aggressive suddenly whether it be play or irritation at getting his claws trimmed.  I'm a psych student with an interest in animal...

@LTS3   With the water+wet food thing, I did see that somewhere but he eats it within 5-10 minutes. It's not left out for ANY period of time :)  I didn't know that about sea food! :( I will try to look for other good brands with different meats. I'd never heard that before. 

Thank you so much, I really do love this kitty. @LisaHE  I'm sure he will love that suggestion ;) I'll try increasing the amount of wet food and check his weight for changes. The wet food is pretty low calorie now that I look at it... I'm usually home around the same time mid day so I'll try to...

Thanks so much for the reply <3  He's been dewormed and vaccinated. I do give in and give him scraps sometimes, but only tiny pieces and usually only plain meat to avoid too much spices or starch. (He loves french fries though....sigh) But it's hardly a significant source of calories. I was...

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