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Yeah my cat spends a couple hours a day buried under my duvet. I wouldn't worry about it
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Domino has been tearing apart boxes lately and leaving chunks of them all over the place. Is that a sign of pica or him just being an rear end in a top hat?
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Len posted:Domino has been tearing apart boxes lately and leaving chunks of them all over the place. Is that a sign of pica or him just being an rear end in a top hat? Just being an rear end in a top hat. Our cats do that, too.
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Feb 14, 2017 20:21
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Momo can crawl out of the blankets, but he's more likely to crawl under them in the first place. He loves the little space between my massive amount of pillows and my mattress.
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Feb 14, 2017 22:19
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Deteriorata posted:Just being an rear end in a top hat. Our cats do that, too. I'm not sure if that's better or worse
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Feb 14, 2017 22:35
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Scout eats cardboard as well and leaves bits of it everywhere. It's just cats being dumb cats.
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Feb 14, 2017 23:43
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Our cat Sunny would tear into cardboard boxes with both teeth and claws if no one was looking; that stopped after I got her a scratch mat that she liked enough to use regularly.
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Feb 14, 2017 23:55
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Super Librarian posted:Our cat Sunny would tear into cardboard boxes with both teeth and claws if no one was looking; that stopped after I got her a scratch mat that she liked enough to use regularly. My kitten keeps chewing chunks out of the rubber backing on his litter mat.
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Feb 15, 2017 03:20
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 she's under the desk now where she spent the first few months I had her
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Organza Quiz posted:she's under the desk now where she spent the first few months I had her
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Feb 15, 2017 12:24
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What a dummy!  How're both cats taking it?
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Feb 15, 2017 12:44
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Synthbuttrange posted:What a dummy!   Pepper went from Very Alarmed to kind of perturbed to basically chill in the space of an hour, Peridot's tiny walnut brain is still trying to process what the gently caress just happened. I have a vet appointment for her at 9.30 tomorrow morning but I'm not quite sure how I'm going to get her into a cat carrier, I guess I'll just have to see how she is in the morning. She's talking a lot more than she did when I first brought her home, I'm not sure what that means. ETA: yeah we're going to be okay. I coaxed her out with some treats and she's re-exploring a lot. Both of them are very cautious about each other but they worked their poo poo out very efficiently and nicely the first time so I'm not too worried if they have to do that again. Organza Quiz fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Feb 15, 2017 |
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Feb 15, 2017 13:45
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Organza Quiz posted:
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Feb 15, 2017 15:53
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Yay for Peridot! I'd been rooting for you/her.
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Feb 15, 2017 16:31
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Organza Quiz posted:
Yesssss you bagged the little jerk! I'm so relieved.
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Feb 15, 2017 17:35
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Those are some adorable monsters.
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Feb 15, 2017 17:57
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Congrats on re-obtaining your furry idiot!
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Feb 15, 2017 21:18
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 happy it all worked out in the end. Silly cat!
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Feb 15, 2017 23:08
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KITTY GET I'm so happy you got your loser back
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So it won't happen until something like a month/month and a half from now but one of the women I work with has a cat she's getting rid of when her boyfriend/fiance/whatever the gently caress goes overseas for the military. By getting rid of I mean the current plan is to put it down because they've tried unsuccessfully for six months to find someone to take it. I talked to my girlfriend about it after work today and she's okay with us taking her in rather than putting it down so if it gets to that point we're getting a second cat. My concern is Domino does not do other animals. When we first brought him in from outside it was at her moms house and it took him about a week to stop skulking around and hissing at everything. But this time he won't have as big a house to go hide around in because instead of a house it's an apartment. The guys never had any accidents and I'm worried that the stress will cause him to start poopin'/pissin' on things. Thoughts? I'm wary of the idea but I can't let a cat get put down just because she doesn't want it. Apparently health wise shes in great shape, is declawed and has never been outside a day in her life.
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Len posted:So it won't happen until something like a month/month and a half from now but one of the women I work with has a cat she's getting rid of when her boyfriend/fiance/whatever the gently caress goes overseas for the military. By getting rid of I mean the current plan is to put it down because they've tried unsuccessfully for six months to find someone to take it. I talked to my girlfriend about it after work today and she's okay with us taking her in rather than putting it down so if it gets to that point we're getting a second cat. Cats are usually pretty adaptable. As long as Domino has a place he can rule over as his he'll probably be OK. Cats tend to get very good at ignoring each other after a while. Give them a chance. There might be a problem, but the odds are low and it's worth the shot.
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I would say to give it a shot, yeah. At bare minimum, you can at least buy the second cat some time to find a no-kill shelter or other solution, even if it doesn't work out in your home.
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Feb 16, 2017 00:59
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Organza Quiz posted:
Hooray! A happy ending. Did you have the trap set wrong or did it just need the extra weight to preload it?
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Feb 16, 2017 04:39
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Hooray! A happy ending. I got the ranger to come over again and replace the lovely trap with a different kind of trap that really was on a hair trigger and would definitely shut the second anything stepped on the plate. So I'm not 100% sure I was setting the first one right but I think I was and it was just a much stiffer mechanism.
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Feb 16, 2017 07:08
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Trip report on Gabapentin: I started my cat on it last night. She was pretty much in a coma from 25mg. I thought she was dead for a minute there in the middle of the night. Half a pill works much better and seems to control her pain.
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Feb 17, 2017 03:27
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it turns out the solution to getting momo to stop chewing on bags is to accidentally get some febreeze on them so I think if I just get teh febreeze scented trashbags he'll leave them alone and I will no longer have holey trashbags
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Joburg posted:Trip report on Gabapentin: Haha - I take the same medication as your cat for anxiety. Talk about  . Gabapentin is a pretty drat unusual drug though it has a TON of off-label uses.On another note, reading this thread may be bad for my sanity. That account of Kirby dying (I gave the poor goon advice about that cat, he was real to me in some way!) weirdly hit me hard. I need to get a boyfriend and become less emotionally dependent on my cat,  . I think I'd be crying for days if I actually *found* her lying dead in my house. Even if I found the newer kitty, Sardine, I would be so heartbroken that I do not know WHAT I would do or how I could cope. I think I've got a slightly unusually strong bond with Jackie because I got her at the same time my life exploded and I had to get clean (of drugs), and lost almost all my friends (the ones I'd met while using which was my entire adult life) so for a while there while I was getting my life together and on unemployment, I was just living with Jackie every single day that winter, and she was my main source of comfort and basically saved my life... I am fairly convinced that if I didn't have her support (and at the time all kinds of awful things were happening - not that I didn't have them coming - and I was very hurt and upset and alone most of the time). I hated myself SO deeply and SO completely, it was overwhelming. if I didn't have this cat constantly reminding me that I'm not alone, that I am loved, and that I am capable of love, was literally what gave me the strength to go through with that it and stay clean. I would have *definitely* gone back to using and would either be dead, in a prison/psych ward, or homeless and barely scraping by and soon to be dead or in prison. So I dunno - I think when you honestly feel like your cat actually *saved your life*, and I sincerely believe that, it's just very difficult to contemplate losing said cat. I know I'll never have another cat like this one; just the idea that I could find her dead one day inexplicably makes me cry. But then, I've also never truly lost anyone (human or animal) that I've ever truly loved. Probably gonna be tough regardless. kaworu fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Feb 17, 2017 |
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So Peridot has basically completely adjusted back to inside cat life and is greeting me at the door and getting pets just like she used to. It's just about 100% more awkward because Pepper still doesn't seem to know who she is. I'm imagining Pepper as the star of a sitcom where a total stranger moves into her house and takes over all her stuff and everyone else in the house acts like she's an old friend who's lived there forever and every now and then Pepper just bursts out with WHO ARE YOU?! WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE?!
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Our new cat, Raja, has finally deemed my belly worthy enough to sleep on at night. However we noticed one of the stitches from her sterilisation has come open, probably from all the running and playing she does with Cleo. Do we just try to keep it clean and wait it out, or do we rush to the vet? At work right now, so can't post a picture.
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Kittens are starting to jump up onto the counters and the spray bottle doesn't seem to be teaching them any lessons. We bought peppermint oil and put it in certain areas in hopes of deterring them from going there (computer cables) and it doesn't seem to work. I've also tried putting Aluminum foil on jump areas but they just run over it. Any other effective methods I can try? Considering one of those motion sensor air spray devices.
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m.hache posted:Kittens are starting to jump up onto the counters and the spray bottle doesn't seem to be teaching them any lessons. Double-stick tape or tape rolls with sticky side out. You can put them on poster board if you want them portable. Works like a charm with all my cats.
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Deteriorata posted:Double-stick tape or tape rolls with sticky side out. You can put them on poster board if you want them portable. Works like a charm with all my cats. I'll have to give that a shot. They also like to try to climb our blinds so likely double sided tape will be required for that. Aside from that, Balder pounced on our dog Nyx while she was chewing on a bone. Loud freakout from the pup and the cat vanishes into the entertainment unit only to emerge a few minutes later with the butt wiggle to do it again. I think they are getting along fairly well.
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Deteriorata posted:Double-stick tape or tape rolls with sticky side out. You can put them on poster board if you want them portable. Works like a charm with all my cats. We tried that with Scout and she didn't give a poo poo, she just thinks it's interesting. When we removed the tape in the end, it was covered in pawprints.
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m.hache posted:Kittens are starting to jump up onto the counters and the spray bottle doesn't seem to be teaching them any lessons. Our cat tried to get on the counters exactly once in our new place. We'd left a bunch of random crap (change, a screwdriver, some empty Coke cans, a couple of scotch tape dispensers) on the counters exactly where she tried to jump. She was frightened by the ruckus of everything scattering and falling and has not tried since. She also has really bad eyesight and so it helped that she couldn't see what she was getting into when she jumped.
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effika posted:Our cat tried to get on the counters exactly once in our new place. We'd left a bunch of random crap (change, a screwdriver, some empty Coke cans, a couple of scotch tape dispensers) on the counters exactly where she tried to jump. She was frightened by the ruckus of everything scattering and falling and has not tried since. One of them knocked over a full 2l jug of vinegar and it didn't seem to phase them. Also, found a bunch of paw prints on the aluminum foil we left on the counters today.
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Deteriorata posted:Double-stick tape or tape rolls with sticky side out. You can put them on poster board if you want them portable. Works like a charm with all my cats. Unless your cat is like my idiot and tries to eat the tape
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I tried all those things to get Shithead to stop sitting on the fishtank and what finally did it was the time he knocked the lid in, fell in, and crushed the fish to death under the lid. Poor David Bowie ):
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I recently got a new cat, and it turns out she had some serious gum disease from her short life as a kitten on the streets, and now has no teeth Is there anything I should know?
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The Vosgian Beast posted:I recently got a new cat, and it turns out she had some serious gum disease from her short life as a kitten on the streets, and now has no teeth Probably not a big deal. Cats don't really use their teeth for eating as much as you'd think; watch one eat sometime and you'll see they're just horfing food down, no chewing. She might prefer soft wet food if she's had mouth pain, but I've known toothless cats with no problems with dry food.
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