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Originally Posted by lilleah

We brought home a cat from a farm that was going to have a bad life, and we brought him into our home last night. The minute he got here, he ran under the bed, and hasnt come out, untill we NOW just tried to get him out of there with some tuna. He freaked out, and jumped all over the walls, and was bring pictures down, and absolutly going crazy, and almsot hurt himself very badly. He is now in our closet on the very top shelf. So we put his tuna up there, hoping he'd eat.
So 2 questions: how do we get him down, because he probably wont get himself down....He would claw our face if we did it manually.
And how long should we let this go on? he's freaking out, and I'm actually scared of him. But he's so cute.
HELP US!

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Originally Posted by Catkiki

Hi...

My Sissy just presented us with 3 new babies this morning. Both parents are Black and White but the kitties are all white. Do you know if they will remain white or if they will be like dalmation puppie, who are white at birth then develop the black spots later? I hope that they will remain white, as that will be a big help in finding good homes for them when they are weaned.

They actually appear to be white but since Sissy shunned the various boxes and nests I made for her and had them behind the entertainment center, I haven't been able to get a close look at them.

Funny thing is, Buddy, the papacat, is strutting around like a proud peacock. He don't know that he is going on a trip to the vet next month to get clipped if I can afford it. Sissy will make a trip there in a couple of months. Both are inside kitties and have never stepped a foot outside since we brought them home.

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Originally Posted by Firefly*21

Awwww....that's sooo CUTE!

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Originally Posted by lunasmom

Hello!

OK let me start with the scenerio:
About 7 mos ago my boyfriend and I decided to move in together. He has two cats (Patches and Beauty, both 10) and I have 1 cat, Luna age 1. we moved into a new apartment so there was all new smells and it didn't smell like one cat's domain. Patches is the dominate one and is super anxious! For example, if she sees the bottom of the food bowl or any side of it, she will cry and cry and cry until you jiggle the food so it looks full. Beauty is extremely passive, and just wants to cuddle and be loved all the time. Luna was a lovey cat too before we moved in together. She was about 4 mos. old by then. She has a playful personality, can stand up for herself, etc. Kind of a combination of Beauty and Patches.

I will admit our first mistake was that we didn't section off the cats and allow a week or two for them to get use to each other. After 7 mos though, they're use to each other. However Luna does not like Beauty whatsoever. The only time I've ever seen them play together is when they're both behind a door and one can't see the other. If Luna realises who she is playing with, she will run out from behind the door hiss and smack at Beauty. If we're playing with Luna and she gets irritated, she will run away from us and activily seek out Beauty and take her aggression out on her.
Both of us are trying to stop Luna from hunting Beauty. I will follow her if she is angry and firmly tell her "NO" before getting to Beauty. We've used the Feliway stuff, we've tried kitty valum, and as a last resort the water gun to help enforce "NO" towards attacking Beauty.

First, is this odd cat behaviour? Luna is spayed, and has gotten all needed shots. Secondly does anyone else have any suggestions to help stop her from attacking Beauty?

Thanks in Advance!

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Originally Posted by gemlady

My first post was also lost in the Great Crash of '04

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Hi! I think I'm currently the newest member right now. Today I was researching "tuxedo" cats on the internet and came across savesamoa.org. Our rescue story begins at the worst vacation ever. We had been promising to take our 8yr old daughter Jasmine to Disney for years. She was finally tall enough to get on most of the rides and so we planned out not-so-vacation for April 2006. Although Jasmine had a fabulous time at Disney, my husband & I did not find 15 hours in line all day for the mad hatter's tea cups to quite so fabulous. To be honest, it was more work than actually going to work. Prices for airfare were so high around Easter we decided to drive the 16 hour drive to & from Disney. Wait, let me first tell you, that my husband & I are unlucky...I mean if it wasn't for bad luck we would have no luck at all. At our hotel one day, our daughter was playing with a little boy in the pool who was handi-capped and had his leg amputated just below the knee. The 2 kids had a great time together, and I was sitting near the parents. I overheard the parents of the boy saying that they would've loved to take him to Universal Studios, but they didn't have the money. I talked it over with my husband and we decided to share our Universal Studios passes with the family, so we went 2 days, and they could go 2 days. They were very greatful and we agreed to meet on their side of the hotel that night.
We ended up getting home later than expected and could not find the family, but we did find an odd looking little kitty with a tail like an Easter Bunny. My husband (the cat hater) was absolutely taken by her. She was SO skinny, almost a skeleton, and had these lean long legs. She was also a perfect tuxedo cat with an Easter Bunny tail. Although she was wild, and very cautious of us, it seemed that she was kind of used to people since she was living on the resort. She followed my husband all around periodically jumping to catch & eat moths. She was visably starving and crying for food. We knew we couldn't just leave her there, so we decided to take her into our room and feed her whatever we had left over in our fridge (it was taco bell). She was a little skeptical of the room, but her hunger took over. She inspected every inch of our room and finally settled down with her taco, she gobbled it all up and drank so much water. We just watched her, she had no boundaries, she climbed into the entertainment center, in the tub, up over our heads, everywhere. And finally settled into a little ball of purring.... of course on our daughters bed.
We decided we would at a minimum bring her home, get her to a vet to get shots/spayed etc, and if we couldn't keep her we would place her in a no kill shelter. But she had to rough it the 16 hour drive home. If anyone has ever had a cat in the car they know that they cry constantly. Not my LuckyGirl...she happily made a bed under the seat and slept most of the way, she would crawl out and lay on my husband,the cat hater's lap and check us all out to make sure we were still there, and go back to her cool shaded spot under the seat. She instantly used her litter box in the car, and my husband who is meticulous about his Lexus, was thrilled even though she tap danced the litter onto the floor of his precious truck. She wouldn't eat the cat food out of a bowl, and curiously kept flicking all the food all over the back of the truck and onto the floor to eat.
So back to our bad luck, we brake down in Virginia (we live in Philly, Pa) at 3am and have to get a room, so LuckyGirl ends up sleeping in the truck for the night. The next day we have to get towed home from VA to PA....and it's the transmission (guess how much?). When we get home Lucky is quick to inspect everything, and I was so shocked and surprised at how well she adapted (what an amazingly strong and brave little girl she is!). Despite her issues with jumping high (my table and counters are no no's), we were very worried about her health and her clawing, our furniture is very expensive. The only thing she clawed was my front door mat which is made of straw bristles. Then came her visit to the vet. She did not like this one bit, they gave her her 2 shots and had her blood tested for FIV/FLA/Bartonella, although she tried her best to fight off the nurses. She is 8 months old and weighed just under 5lbs...this is very small and under nourished for her age! Her Easter Bunny tail is a birth defect, probably from the amniotic band in her mothers womb. Her FIV/FLA tests came back negative. But last Friday her results for Bartonella came back positive (this is cat-scratch disease). The chance of her getting rid of the disease is 84%, and she is on antibiotics for a month (she doesn't like the medicine either).
I had a break down over it...you don't realize how much you fall in love with an animal. She is so happy to have us (as we are to have her), she constantly wants to be on our laps, and be loved and rubbed, it's like she is greatful that we took her in. We are just totally in love with her, even though she still enjoys her high climbing. Believe it or not she actually can climb straight up the ladder (at 90mph) to our daughters loft bed....I think she thinks that it's her bedroom, not Jazzy's. LuckyGirl is putting on weight now, she eats like a race horse, and is adapting to her luxe life as a house cat. It's as if she feels she has to wake us up every morning now, loudly meowing "hi, feed me, I'm still here!!!" and she eats a dry packet and wet packet of food everyday, in addition to the kitten milk she has for nutrients, she also gets scraps of our dinner from her beloved "daddy" (formerly known as the cat hater). My husband now refers to her as "daddy's girl", "my cat", and "my buddy"...and she is just completely taking over Jazzy & my spot as his "main girls". My sister tells me to watch out cause she's definately moving in on my man...lol! Not one time can he sit down without her immediately on his lap. Lucky is the most vocal kitty I've ever seen, she tells you when to get up, when she's hungry, when she wants up, when she wants the window open, and when we listen to her she rewards us with LOUD purring and head butts of happiness. She enjoys "turtlevision" (watching our aquatic turtle), and "birdvision" at the bathroom window. She also practices her balancing act on top of the loft bed, she has amazing balance for her tiny cotton ball tail. I think of what she has had to go through in life already at such a young age, her birth defect, contracting a disease, starvation, and it breaks my heart. She is such a warm, loving, well behaved, affectionate LuckyGirl, it makes me sad to think of her out there in the wild, hunting for her next moth to eat. She's the only good thing about our Disney vacation, and she's the only "Lucky" one out of the whole bunch of us. Everyone reading this, please keep our LuckyGirl in your prayers and thoughts... this whole Bartonella thing has us losing sleep at night. We love her so much, and (for health/medical reasons) don't know if we'll be able to keep her if she doesn't recover from it.
PS..... I am very touched by the way everyone has helped save Samoa, I would love to see more pics of Samoa...and hear updates of his story. I think it's wonderful what savesamoa.org is doing, and how much you guys have already accomplished. Although they can't say it, I'm sure the kitty's are thankful, and I'm thankful too! Great job ladies!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Signed, Totally Reformed Dog People

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Originally Posted by babyharley

Me and my boyfriend recently brought home a new kitten, 8 weeks old.

We have had him for about a week now, and Everynight since we have brought him home (except one!) he has stayed up meowing half the night and will only sleep for about an hour at a time. He only
seems content in our bed after crying for hours at a time. I have recently realized that he has started meowing constantly when we are home even, and will not stop unless we start to give him constant attention. How do I get him to sleep at nights and stop the meowing constantly while we are home? HELP!

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Originally Posted by goosehazel

Hi, we have had a kitty in her own room since August. We've been trying to incorporate her into the family for months now. When our middle cat gets near her, the new kitty growls and stays curled up in a little ball. She won't assert herself at all. I've read everything and tried everything. She won't come out of her room or off her little blanket even. Any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by chichismom

Hello! I just joined this site and couldnt be happier! It took me long enough to find it but it was worth the wait. I have 1 cat her name is Chi Chi.She is 16 years old and fiesty/drama queen. She is a orange striped maine coon mix, pretty big cat, not overweight just big.Her only problem is since she has gotten older, maybe she has developed arthritis, or just not as active as she used to be and her front claws grow rediculously long. I was unaware of this problem until last year I spotted something dark on the pad of her paw and upon closer inspection(she was sleeping like a rock,she would never let me touch her feet otherwise) saw that her nail had curved and grown into her pad!!! I was heartbroken and shocked to see her in this predicament, she would never let me know she was in pain thats just her attitude to keep to herself, never the less I felt like a horrible owner

for not seeing this prior.I took her to the vet and they trimmed all her nails and took care of the ingrown one and informed me that she would need them trimmed every 4-6 weeks to prevent this,things were fine for about a year, then one time, I dont know if she was in an extremely evil mood or what but they absolutly refuse to see her now unless I allow them to put her under anestesia.NO WAY! I have no problem with them calmning/tranquilizing her somewhat but to fully put a 16 year old cat under anestesia for something so little scares me

I have since contacted a new groomer and she seems fine with her having an attitude and being evil

,however she has not met the little devil in person yet, her first appointment is this sat. PLEASE pray for her and me that she makes it through without a big huff. Has anyone experienced a cat with an attitude like this? any suggestion? There is no way I could trim them myself(believe me I have the battle wounds and scars to prove it) but does any know a GREAT groomer/vet in the St Louis city area that might be able to help me if this one doesnt work out. Thank you soooooo much for your help or suggestions, I hope I can help you all out as much as possible with any problems you may be facing that I have encountered. Thank you, god bless you and your kitties

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