~ Every time I visit The Cat Site I learn something - mostly about my kitty cats. What's the most recent tip you have learned here ?
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Fighting fleas that grew resistant to Advantage flea killer.
It turns out that the same growth inhibitor that stops cockroaches from maturing (and reproducing) also does that to fleas. Hallelujia!Thank goodness Advantage II still works here, but Frontline, etc., don't. Did you try Siphotrol spray? It goes on the floor/carpet, not the cat but it's good for months because it kills pre-emergent fleas, too. Many kennels and rescue groups use it, and sos does my vet.
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@Kflowers is just messing with you.Ummm, let's see...oh, to tap on the floor, and to gently blow on the fur of a deaf and blind kitty to help announce your presence. Fabulous info from @Hellenww and @Jem, kflowers and @stayhomeclub, and also that there is such a thing as Kevlar arm sleeves from @Kflowers
In my case we fed the young cat up on the counter. The older cats couldn't climb up onto the counter so that worked for me. But I do like the box with the cutout hole.I recently learned a solution to a common scenario: You have a young kitten who needs to eat more frequently and other cats that may or may not be piggies. If you have to leave them alone while at work all day and cannot leave dry food out for the young one to snack on because the older cats will steal it all, then you can take a sturdy cardboard box or large plastic storage container and cut a hole that is only large enough for the small kitten to fit inside. Then leave a bowl of food in there for the kitten to eat! You can make the hole bigger as the kitten grows
I recently learned a solution to a common scenario: You have a young kitten who needs to eat more frequently and other cats that may or may not be piggies. If you have to leave them alone while at work all day and cannot leave dry food out for the young one to snack on because the older cats will steal it all, then you can take a sturdy cardboard box or large plastic storage container and cut a hole that is only large enough for the small kitten to fit inside. Then leave a bowl of food in there for the kitten to eat! You can make the hole bigger as the kitten grows
My new kitten, Conan the Destroyer, is the big piggy now. He eats about four times what the mature adults do. Oink oink oink!In my case we fed the young cat up on the counter. The older cats couldn't climb up onto the counter so that worked for me. But I do like the box with the cutout hole.
My kitties taught me that . . . .The biggest tip I learned from the Cat Site: Don't play with a kitty with your hands!
Hands are not toys. Hands are food!The biggest tip I learned from the Cat Site: Don't play with a kitty with your hands!
Did you try Siphotrol spray? It goes on the floor/carpet, not the cat but it's good for months because it kills pre-emergent fleas, too
*GULP* *hides scratched hands* *is totally NOT guilty of surrendering to the mischievous eyes and letting a kitten teethe on her fingers, who is now a 2yo cat with large teeth*The biggest tip I learned from the Cat Site: Don't play with a kitty with your hands!
Colloidal Silver, colostrum, lactoferrin, l-lysine for herpes outbreak. Also great for tear stains, colloidal silver. When the herpes is under control; I can use eye envy to decrease the tear staining. And, how to know when herpes infection is present? Good thing to look up: https://pets.webmd.com/cats/feline-herpes-symptoms-treatment#1~ Every time I visit The Cat Site I learn something - mostly about my kitty cats. What's the most recent tip you have learned here ?
My vet gave me a Vermicin spray for the cat, not for kittens. After revolution, the fleas will die or move on. I totally recommend revolution for mites, heart worms, fleas, and ticks. I didn't always recommend Revolution. I got a bad batch from online. Now I only buy this from the vet.