Hi everybody, I'm new to these forums but I really find it amazing how much you guys love cats! thats awesome. Now, this is my first cat and I was just trying to see if any of you could offer your infinite wisdom. I know its long but I hope some of you can help me out with these questions. Thank you so much.
1) I have a 7-8 month kitty and she is mostly well behaved but sometimes I think that she gets bored being the only cat in the house. I have a small pug dog who is 7 years old but he spends a decent amount of time outside and he wouldn't hurt a fly, all bark no bite. She seems to be fine with him but whenever she comes into view of him 7 out of 10 times he just barks his head off, of course while he is backing away from her haha.
Could anybody tell me is it just something he just needs to get used to, having a cat in the house or should I try something else to try to calm him down? I have held each of them in my arms while the other was in the room and he's done fine but as soon as he is on his own he just loses his mind. He is a very very hyper dog though.
2) For the first couple days when we brought home my cat she just purred away all day and she really didn't say much at all, in fact I can't even remember her making a sound at all. Well, she is comfortable now and now she seems to talk all the time! She doesn't meow, never heard her do that before but she just kind of goes around the house yelping and making little chirps. The noises almost never sound like she is real sad or in pain, just talking or asking to play. Is this normal for a kitten of 7-8 months?
3) After many opinions and reviews I decided to get her an alpine scratcher cosmic catnip made. It has gotten rave reviews everywhere i've read but so far after a month of having it in my room, her base area basically, she has shown zero interest in it. She sometimes scratches furniture instead but not for more than a few seconds after we tell her to stop.
I did notice that she tends to go after the couch and things of that material. My friend was going to give me his cats old post that is still in good condition and she hasn't used it in years, it is carpet material standard scratching post so I hope that might give me some answers but does anybody know if that might do the trick?
4) Sometimes I have noticed that she will dig through her litter box when it seems she is bored or trying to get me out of bed and even at times has layed down in it a few times. I considered trying to maybe do something to discourage this behavior but I do not want her to be afraid of the litter box, she hasn't had an accident yet, well, that we know of
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5) I feed her the hard food at 7:30 AM every morning which I don't really mind because it wakes me up instead of letting me be lazy. Then sometime around mid-day I will give her some canned food, is that a good set up? I think I give her more food than she needs but she is really skinny but extremely long!
Sometimes she is real active at night in my room while I am trying to sleep but lately I've have been turning her night light off and I have also been trying to keep her awake as much as possible all day.
Wow thats a lot of reading and if any of you brave if it all thank you very much, I am a true newbie to cat ownership and I just want to do it right way.
1) I have a 7-8 month kitty and she is mostly well behaved but sometimes I think that she gets bored being the only cat in the house. I have a small pug dog who is 7 years old but he spends a decent amount of time outside and he wouldn't hurt a fly, all bark no bite. She seems to be fine with him but whenever she comes into view of him 7 out of 10 times he just barks his head off, of course while he is backing away from her haha.
Could anybody tell me is it just something he just needs to get used to, having a cat in the house or should I try something else to try to calm him down? I have held each of them in my arms while the other was in the room and he's done fine but as soon as he is on his own he just loses his mind. He is a very very hyper dog though.
2) For the first couple days when we brought home my cat she just purred away all day and she really didn't say much at all, in fact I can't even remember her making a sound at all. Well, she is comfortable now and now she seems to talk all the time! She doesn't meow, never heard her do that before but she just kind of goes around the house yelping and making little chirps. The noises almost never sound like she is real sad or in pain, just talking or asking to play. Is this normal for a kitten of 7-8 months?
3) After many opinions and reviews I decided to get her an alpine scratcher cosmic catnip made. It has gotten rave reviews everywhere i've read but so far after a month of having it in my room, her base area basically, she has shown zero interest in it. She sometimes scratches furniture instead but not for more than a few seconds after we tell her to stop.
I did notice that she tends to go after the couch and things of that material. My friend was going to give me his cats old post that is still in good condition and she hasn't used it in years, it is carpet material standard scratching post so I hope that might give me some answers but does anybody know if that might do the trick?
4) Sometimes I have noticed that she will dig through her litter box when it seems she is bored or trying to get me out of bed and even at times has layed down in it a few times. I considered trying to maybe do something to discourage this behavior but I do not want her to be afraid of the litter box, she hasn't had an accident yet, well, that we know of
5) I feed her the hard food at 7:30 AM every morning which I don't really mind because it wakes me up instead of letting me be lazy. Then sometime around mid-day I will give her some canned food, is that a good set up? I think I give her more food than she needs but she is really skinny but extremely long!
Sometimes she is real active at night in my room while I am trying to sleep but lately I've have been turning her night light off and I have also been trying to keep her awake as much as possible all day.
Wow thats a lot of reading and if any of you brave if it all thank you very much, I am a true newbie to cat ownership and I just want to do it right way.
