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JustJeff88 posted:Uh, you poor guy. I'm going through the same thing, sort of, but in a way it hurts me even more. All 3 of my cats were rescued from the feral colony near my apartment building - Valentina and Prima were about 3 months when I took them in the first week of August and took a good month to seem comfortable. Alexandra I brought in on 29 September (I actually caught her by hand) and she took to being a housecat within about 3 days - she's just about 12 weeks now.  Ah, that sucks, man; I (kind of) know how you feel. For the first week, there was a cat the same color as mine that kept darting around in the bushes around my house but wouldn't let me get near, and I thought he was mine. It turns out he was just a stray kitten (we never did catch it and it's gone now, but it was awful to think that my cat was right outside but for some reason just wouldn't let meget close.If your cat's still around, and you really want him back, you could always try to trap him like a regular feral cat and see if you can re-domesticate him (he probably has reverted).
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A lot of cats are nervy dickheads about being approached by their owners when outside. Even Decoy, who adores me, is an rear end in a top hat who will sprint away from me at top speed or dart JUST out of reach if I approach him outside. He has to approach me on his own terms otherwise there's no way I can catch him. This is usually achieved by weeding for a few minutes and he comes up to see why I'm digging around in the dirt. So try not to take it too hard that your cat won't let you grab him outside - it doesn't mean you're a bad, mean cat-haver. This won't help you immediately, but when you finally get your jerk back inside you should clicker train all three of them to come to the sound of the clicker. We get a lot of earthquakes so I wanted a way to get te cats to me ASAP if we had to leave quickly, and now it's so ingrained that even when scared (Hugo slipped outside during Guy Fawkes) the click still penetrates their fuzzy noggins.
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hito posted:They're from the same shelter and I got them at the same time, so I was hoping they would become cat bros faster. I kept them isolated for a couple of days ,switched their rooms, and am now giving them supervised playtime. Tinker hardly acknowledges Remi; Remi is a bit scared of Tinker. He'll run if Tinker walks towards him too fast, and he sometimes does a light hiss and growl/ It's pretty tame as far as play-fighting is concerned, and I don't think they'll have any real fighting or anything, but is there a way to get Remi not so scared of Tinker besides just giving them time? Are there any bad habits I want to break now? Allow me to answer my own question by way of photograph  
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Rabbit Hill posted:Took my squinty-eyed kitten to the vet today and, surprise, he has conjunctivitis. His medicine is an antibiotic ointment that goes right in his eye and, holy poo poo, am I glad I have my dad around so I can hold the little guy while he administers the ointment, because just the thought of touching his eye gives me the jibblies. Has this gotten better at all since you started treating it with antibiotics? Just curious.... Topoisomerase fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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Nov 7, 2013 15:28
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Yeah so, Da Bird. I stopped swinging it to put it up and Mustacheface climbed me like a tree to get at it. Good cat toy, need Kevlar body suit to utilize.
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Nov 7, 2013 19:17
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Rodent Mortician posted:Yeah so, Da Bird. I stopped swinging it to put it up and Mustacheface climbed me like a tree to get at it. Good cat toy, need Kevlar body suit to utilize. My cat is the laziest piece of poo poo ever and even she goes nuts for Da Bird. I can't recommend it enough.
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Rodent Mortician posted:Yeah so, Da Bird. I stopped swinging it to put it up and Mustacheface climbed me like a tree to get at it. Good cat toy, need Kevlar body suit to utilize. Get the cat catcher from the same company. This happens on the regular: https://vine.co/v/hXzUd6gL2YZ
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Dr. Lenin posted:My cat is the laziest piece of poo poo ever and even she goes nuts for Da Bird. I can't recommend it enough. Babou manages to rip the bird bit off the end within 30 seconds. He's just too buff to play with it  Even if you let go when he catches it he managed to run through a tub or something that the stick won't fit through.  He's a monster.
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Mr. Despair posted:He's a monster. He's adorable. I've been thinking about getting a "Da Bird", but my (now) two kittens are only 3 months and 6 months, so maybe they wouldn't annihilate it in 8 seconds.
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Christ on a bike, I'm in a mortal panic. I've been feeding a feral lady for some time (named Dani) and we've become pretty good pals. I was hoping to get her spayed before now - I won't go into the full story, but I ended up in hospital suddenly and in that time she got pregnant. I don't have any direct experience with queens but am an experienced cat owner. When I got out of stir, I wanted to catch her to take her for spaying but I couldn't be sure if she was still pregnant or nursing a litter, plus I was still very incapacitated. Anyway, she very obviously give birth about 2 weeks ago - holy shrinking kittie! I couldn't get her spayed then as it was likely she had a litter somewhere. In the meantime, she started coming in more often for an hour or so and then going off to nurse her bambinos. Well, about 10 minutes ago I was formally introduced to baby and have had to take them in. My plan is to put Dani and baby on lockdown. I'm currently letting her settle in the spot she feels most comfortable in and maybe when I go to bed I'll set her up in the spare bedroom overnight with food, waters and catloo (and comfy beddy byes). I have two cats that have met her before and as long as I'm here to supervise, I don't forsee any major drama (pleasepleaseplease). So baby is about 2 weeks. Dani and I are in the early stages of our friendship. TOUCH WOOD REALLY A LOT, but baby seems fine (Dani also seems fine and is an experienced mum, bless her). They're currently relaxing on the rug under the dining table. Dani is fine with me handling the little one. Here's my question: It's late here in the UK now, but should I take them to the vet tomorrow? I don't want to disturb mum and babe unless absolutely necessary. I hopefully have potential homes for them to go to, and I may even keep Dani (baby will also be hard to resist).
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If the baby seems to be fine and is nursing, I don't see a need to get them to the vet pronto. Call your vet and see what they say.
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You should probably just call the vet in the morning and ask them what to do.
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Nov 8, 2013 20:50
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VoodooSchmoodoo posted:
You might want to leave her access to the outside in case there are more kittens that she needs to move in. 1 single kitten is not very common. Feel her belly, if she's full of milk she may indeed only have 1, if she's not bursting she likely has more.
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^ Yeah, I thought that. I let her out when she asked and she brought another right back. I think one is a boy and one is a girl. They seem OK, so I'll call up the vet tomorrow and also a family friend who specialises in fostering queens and babies. They're all nursing right now under the table and I'll stay up to make sure just in case there are any more to come.
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Nov 8, 2013 22:05
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VoodooSchmoodoo posted:^ Yeah, I thought that. I let her out when she asked and she brought another right back. I think one is a boy and one is a girl. They seem OK, so I'll call up the vet tomorrow and also a family friend who specialises in fostering queens and babies. They're all nursing right now under the table and I'll stay up to make sure just in case there are any more to come. So where are the pictures?
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Nov 8, 2013 22:39
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Hehe, it's a bit dark here at the mo' but I'll try and get some tomorrow. Pray for non-KES. I worked out that they may be a bit older than I first thought. 3-4 weeks. Edit: ... and now baby 3 is here. I'm resigned to sleeping on the sofa to keep an eye on proceedings. My boy cat is looking at them like they're teenie furry hand grenades and my girl cat is hiding from their terrifying visages of cute. VoodooSchmoodoo fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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I bought my cats some cat grass last year, and neither of them were particularly interested. When I moved to the new apartment, there were a lot of windows, so I decided to get some house plants because I love house plants They ate my Gerber Daisy. They ate my spider plant. No matter where I put them or what I sprayed on them, they found a way to reach and devour my plants. I don't really want to become the crazy cactus lady, and I don't want to get a plant that would harm them, they have already proven uninterested in cat grass, so what I need are recommendations from people who aware of plants that are safe for cats, but not desirable to cats. Any one have any experience with cat/plant integration?
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I haven't sorted that myself either so I'm not much help. They ate my fern and my spider plant (I checked first that they were safe) and they even tried to nibble my cactus so don't go that route either. If they couldn't eat it, they would dig in the pot.
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Nov 8, 2013 23:31
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Huntersoninski posted:I bought my cats some cat grass last year, and neither of them were particularly interested. When I moved to the new apartment, there were a lot of windows, so I decided to get some house plants because I love house plants They ate my Gerber Daisy. They ate my spider plant. No matter where I put them or what I sprayed on them, they found a way to reach and devour my plants. I don't really want to become the crazy cactus lady, and I don't want to get a plant that would harm them, they have already proven uninterested in cat grass, so what I need are recommendations from people who aware of plants that are safe for cats, but not desirable to cats. Any one have any experience with cat/plant integration? I believe (check the ASPCA list first before buying anything) that lots of succulents are cat safe. I think they are a pretty kind of plant and mine have never bothered the burro's tails I have growing on my kitchen window ledge.
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VoodooSchmoodoo posted:Hehe, it's a bit dark here at the mo' but I'll try and get some tomorrow. Pray for non-KES. I worked out that they may be a bit older than I first thought. 3-4 weeks. You might want to keep your cats well away. A nursing queen can be very very violent if she feels her kittens are threatened. Are their eyes still shut though? Generally we go by eyes and if they're trying to wobble about to roughly judge kitten age.
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She has been coming in so frequently that my others are not too bad with her. I've been keeping a close eye on things and experienced mum seems pretty relaxed (everyone's sort of asleep right now). Biscuit, my boy, has been watching them and mum has been keeping an eye out and no major drama has occurred. I think she growled at him once, but is overall quite relaxed. Babies' eyes are nice and bright and fully open. They are teetering around a bit but quite mobile. Funny, my girl cat Honeybee, is her daughter from a previous litter. She's very sweet but is an incredibly shy cat with both people and other cats. For history: I've been feeding Dani for over a year, but it's only in the past 6 months or so that she's slowly been coming nearer to me. She brought me Honeybee when she (Honey) was about 2 months or so. Dani is a quiet cat, but not so shy once she trusts you. VoodooSchmoodoo fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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I went to the shelter today and ended up picking up a new cat. Her name is Tonks. The shelter said she'd been there since August. I have no idea why nobody would take her, she's so laid back and affectionate, and she loves both people and other cats. I'm getting her spayed on Monday (she's about 2 years old, intact, probably has given birth) and getting her companion cat (an intact adult male she got along with well) then. Here's a picture! The shelter says torties take forever to get adopted, but I have no idea why. She's a really friendly, laid back cat.
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Aww, I love torties and have always found them to be laid back (and super pretty). OK, crappy pic because it's gloomy here, I didn't want to alarm them and baby kitties = very wriggly.  This is Dani (mum), Johnny (on the left, spotted), Carl (the other one). Blurred white foot between them belongs to Dizzy, who seems to be the biggest. She is quite floofy. Johnny has a cute gremlin mew, Carl is quite sparky and Dizzy seems to enjoy teasing the other two. She pulled Carl's tail earlier. They're currently shacked up on that cushion under my craft table. Edit: And... a Zim or Carmen has now appeared! He/she seems perky enough. VoodooSchmoodoo fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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I love the slightly irritated mama cat face. "Ugh, go ahead, you little nuisances."
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VoodooSchmoodoo posted:Aww, I love torties and have always found them to be laid back (and super pretty). I read all your posts to my husband. He pretty much went "yeah, where are the others?" after the first one appeared. He also noticed the Starship Troopers names  Next one is Rasczak!
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VoodooSchmoodoo posted:This is Dani (mum), Johnny (on the left, spotted), Carl (the other one). Blurred white foot between them belongs to Dizzy, who seems to be the biggest. She is quite floofy. Johnny has a cute gremlin mew, Carl is quite sparky and Dizzy seems to enjoy teasing the other two. She pulled Carl's tail earlier. They're quite large looking, 5 to 6 weeks would be my guess from the size and what you've said so far. She keeps on having litters from what you've writtrn so you might want to contact your local rescue groups for help homing these kittens (if you need it). Hit up cats protection for a neutering voucher to get her spayed free/cheaply - CP are mostly like a big corporation these days though so don't expect much from them outside the voucher. Smaller groups are more likely to be actually useful.
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I do also have Rasczak in mind  Yeah, I know CP is pretty useless at the mo'. My CP foster connection says my local group is down due to financial problems and my next local one is not doing pickups. They can also be a bit funny - my nice neighbour was turned down for adoption, but she's a perfectly fine cat owner and her other kitties (3 now) are very well cared for. My vets do have a deal with them, so I can get neutering for donation only without having to go directly through CP. You just fill out a form saying the cat is a rescued feral. For re-homing I may also contact all the vets around here first. They have worked out well in the past because they can put me in touch with previous clients - they have done this before anyway. I have a lot of vets practices around here, including my old Dr. Nate who might be helpful (he's now at another practice in the area). They're all doing very well at the moment and yes, I think they are a bit older. They are tentatively starting to wean.
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Daily Forecast posted:So my cat, Jasper, has a bit of a problem. So yeah, as a quick update, I tried putting him on an all-fish, grainfree kibble, and his scratching and biting immediately skyrocketed so it was either something in the kibble or the fish itself. I returned that food and got him a really expensive duck and pork grain free kibble because he's a spoiled little poo poo and I love him. Not only does he love it and inhale the stuff, but almost right away his problems are starting to clear up. He's still biting and grooming a bit, but it's far less than he has been this past week or so. I also changed his litter from a corn-based to a pine pellet kind, and I don't know if it was just the food or both of those things, but I'm not going to mess with a good thing and change anything now. What do you guys think of the Evanger's cat food? The ingredients seem really good, and there are some good reviews online of the specific flavor I'm feeding him ("Beef it Up!") but I've also read some shady things about the company in general, too. It all seems to relate mostly to the dog food they make, though, so maybe the cat food is fine. quote:INGREDIENTS: Daily Forecast fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Nov 10, 2013 |
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Any tips on getting a new cat acquainted with higher quality foods? I was starting to get worried about Tonks because I couldn't find anything she was willing to eat (I tried Orijen dry food, Solid Gold dry food, and Blue Buffalo wet food). She'd just sniff it and walk away, even though she acted hungry and ran to me when she heard the bag shake or can open. Finally, I remembered that my roommate had some Meow Mix in his closet, so I tried that, and, of course, she loves it. I'm guessing it's what the shelter feeds their cats. I know via the OP to introduce a new food incrementally, but what if your cat won't eat anything higher than Meow Mix quality? Will mixing the two still work, or will she just eat around the non-Meow Mix? Am I just gonna have to keep buying more and more different bags of cat food until I find out what she'll eat, or is there a way to coax her into eating what I already have?
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Ya, I don't recommend Evanger's due to the shady poo poo the company has been caught doing. Salmonella recalls pale in comparison to, you know, claiming Pheasant and just using chicken instead, because it raises the question of what else are they lying about? Speaking of salmonella recall companies, EVO makes Duck cat food, and their wet was not a recall problem, so you could see if that works. Natural Balance then has a duck and green pea dry diet. Zandrov, as far as getting a cat to eat new food... They're one of the animals that will starve themselves instead of eating something they're picky over. If you mix food, cats will generally eat around the stuff you want them to eat, but it's worth a shot. Otherwise, yup, keep trying different brands. Sometimes you can add things like broth or meat juice to new foods to entice them, and then slowly wean them off the additive, but that doesn't always work.
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I'm fighting total war against fleas with my cat. I've done all the normal stuff. Vacuum constantly, wash everything, applied frontline plus, then I went to capstar, then I went to confortis. I've also sprayed the most common areas my cat lays around as well as inside and under the couches and I'm wondering how soon I can safely apply another dose of frontline plus. My vet said 3 weeks is safe (It's been about 2 weeks at this point), but I'm about to have a big family gathering and I need to not have 20+ people calling me to complain that they brought fleas home with them. How dangerous is it to apply frontline+ within the 2-3 week period? Also vets tell me the arsenal of drugs I've thrown at my cat won't cause problems but I still feel a little weary.
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Zandorv posted:Any tips on getting a new cat acquainted with higher quality foods? I was starting to get worried about Tonks because I couldn't find anything she was willing to eat (I tried Orijen dry food, Solid Gold dry food, and Blue Buffalo wet food). She'd just sniff it and walk away, even though she acted hungry and ran to me when she heard the bag shake or can open. Finally, I remembered that my roommate had some Meow Mix in his closet, so I tried that, and, of course, she loves it. I'm guessing it's what the shelter feeds their cats. I know via the OP to introduce a new food incrementally, but what if your cat won't eat anything higher than Meow Mix quality? Will mixing the two still work, or will she just eat around the non-Meow Mix? Am I just gonna have to keep buying more and more different bags of cat food until I find out what she'll eat, or is there a way to coax her into eating what I already have? You have to make a slow transition. Start with 1/4 new food under 3/4 old food, move on to 1/2 old food over 1/2 new food, etc. The transition shouldn't take longer than a week.
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Bishop posted:I'm fighting total war against fleas with my cat. I've done all the normal stuff. Vacuum constantly, wash everything, applied frontline plus, then I went to capstar, then I went to confortis. I've also sprayed the most common areas my cat lays around as well as inside and under the couches and I'm wondering how soon I can safely apply another dose of frontline plus. My vet said 3 weeks is safe (It's been about 2 weeks at this point), but I'm about to have a big family gathering and I need to not have 20+ people calling me to complain that they brought fleas home with them. How dangerous is it to apply frontline+ within the 2-3 week period? Also vets tell me the arsenal of drugs I've thrown at my cat won't cause problems but I still feel a little weary. You've got a flea infestation and you're going to have 20+ people over in a few weeks? I hope you win that war, because I'd be super pissed if my cats got fleas because someone invited me into his or her home as a guest and failed to tell me that fleas might be present. At least give people a warning so they know not to take any bags inside and check their clothes when they get home. But then they wouldn't want to come, would they? What a pickle. I'm not a homemaking pro, but it seems like poor etiquette as a host/hostess to expose your guests to fleas. If this is about saving face, you might have to bite the bullet and use an outside venue, like restaurant, hotel, or church gym. If you can't, at least call a real exterminator as soon as possible.
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VoodooSchmoodoo posted:They're all doing very well at the moment and yes, I think they are a bit older. They are tentatively starting to wean. Ah, then be ready to get Dani spayed as she can/will come into season again pretty quickly after she starts to dry up. Neither you nor Dani want to go through all this again I should imagine.
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Daily Forecast - my fussy little punk will only, ONLY, eat Petcurean Go! Chicken, Turkey and Duck (grain free). He hates fish, lamb and beef in all their forms. Go! etc are generally pretty good about providing free samples - it's worth a try. I'd been through Orijen, Acana, Ziwipeak dry and Royal Canin before the little swine would eat something that wasn't Hills.
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My cat constantly looks at me exactly like that when i go find him and pick him up for cuddles. Its the look that says I'm staying right here until the EXACT moment you look away and bolting. Its so cute
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Dear little rear end in a top hat, I spend a lot of money to by you healthy grain free food so it hurts my feelings when I caught you eating leftover rice when my back was turned. Also stop eating my food. Love, Dead Cow Little jerk also stole my boyfriend's half a burrito that was wrapped up and sitting next to him. Cat jumped up on the table, picked it up, and jumped off it in one swift motion.
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