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The tail droop I am wondering about. She always kept her tail high and floofy before, now it hangs with a small arch at the base. But she lets me play with it and brush it, no sounds of pain or pulling away. Did she hurt her tail, gently caress up her lower spine, or is it a combo of everything?
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Anyone know how long it’ll take my cat to “recognize” her brother after a bath? Luckily neither of them are very aggressive so she’s just been handing out nose bops and hisses. It’d be more funny if he didn’t looks so confused and sad that his sister suddenly hates him. He’s been laying in all of his usual spots but I guess he doesn’t smell enough like rear end for it to register.
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Queen Victorian posted:This has evolved into this... orthodox ritual performed by my husband in which he plays with the kitties for like half an hour until they are completely and utterly worn out and insists they need to concentrate and poo poo (like got upset when I popped in one time to say goodnight because I broke their concentration It really isn't, he should chill. They'll be fine.
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). They’re just kittens who need some energy drained, not dogs doing agility training, so I’m wondering if the seriousness or intensity is necessary.
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A talking coyote posted:Anyone know how long it’ll take my cat to “recognize” her brother after a bath? Luckily neither of them are very aggressive so she’s just been handing out nose bops and hisses. Give em a day or two and things will be normal again. Always happens when one of my cats goes to the vet -- Meowci gets very hissy and upset with the poor confused victim.
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Any recs for automatic feeders? We were free-feeding, but Ollie can't handle it. He is becoming a chonk at the ripe old age of 10 months. We switched to feeding a set amount through the day, but he then goes after the food container , or knocks his dish around, or just acts like a jerk in the kitchen until we come to see what he is doing. I am hoping if we switch him to auto, he will learn that food comes from robots that we don't control and will knock like 1% less stuff off the counter. I know he will knock even more stuff off the counter, but at least he will live longer, unable to constantly gorge himself to death.
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HungryMedusa posted:Any recs for automatic feeders? We were free-feeding, but Ollie can't handle it. He is becoming a chonk at the ripe old age of 10 months. We switched to feeding a set amount through the day, but he then goes after the food container , or knocks his dish around, or just acts like a jerk in the kitchen until we come to see what he is doing. I am hoping if we switch him to auto, he will learn that food comes from robots that we don't control and will knock like 1% less stuff off the counter. I use the Arf Pets automatic feeder (the one without wifi) and it's nice to have. Terry is a scarfer-barfer so I need to give him smaller portions and having food come from the robot makes him less annoying towards me. It looks like there are a bunch of similar feeders on Amazon that probably work fine too, but I have found this one to be pretty reliable. I still wouldn't leave my cat for more than a night, because there is always the possibility of jamming or another mechanical failure.
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Found blood in my cat's pee the other day and had to take him to the emergency vet. $750 later and he's had an ultrasound, urinalysis and has antibiotics and pain meds. It was a bacterial infection. Just a reminder to all that if your male cat has pee in his blood that is an emergency and he needs to be seen right away.
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Feb 22, 2021 06:40
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feedmegin posted:It really isn't, he should chill. They'll be fine. Yeah this has been my take all along, but I’ve second guessing myself because this is my first time with exclusively indoor cats. Thanks y’all in general for sharing nightly routines. I’m hoping that once we finish catproofing our bedroom and start letting the kittens sleep with us my husband can start to chill on the intense exercise regimen. So far I’ve not pushed back very hard because it’s no skin off my back and the kittens get extra exercise and my husband has more bonding time, but now I’m worried it’s becoming some big less-than-fun obligation for him. There was a My Cat From Hell with a routine that had gotten out of hand and all it did was cause arguments, inconvenience, and mild sleep deprivation for the humans while not really doing much of anything for the cats - cats stopped getting along so they started these rotating shifts so each cat would have equal but separate access to the full house while the other would stay in its respective bedroom. One of the shift changes was 2am or something absurd so they’d start fighting about having to do it on the dot so it would be fair to the cats.  Jackson Galaxy was basically like “why the gently caress are you doing this? Cat doesn’t give a poo poo about not getting living room time at 2am”.Definitely don’t want to get to the point of taking the routine too seriously to the point where it stops being questioned.
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Yeah basically it's more for him than the cats, if it's something he enjoys as part of his before bed routine that's fine but he shouldn't get too hung up on it.
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WhatEvil posted:Found blood in my cat's pee the other day and had to take him to the emergency vet. How's he doing?
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Cowslips Warren posted:The tail droop I am wondering about. She always kept her tail high and floofy before, now it hangs with a small arch at the base. But she lets me play with it and brush it, no sounds of pain or pulling away. Did she hurt her tail, gently caress up her lower spine, or is it a combo of everything? Happened to my cat - she jumped onto the bed and missed (caught a front paw badly in the sheets so couldn't land properly and landed on her butt badly). Took her to the vet, nothing physically wrong, but same symptoms as you described with no additional info. After searching, it's evidently nerve damage and not that uncommon an injury but most likely the tail will never be the same. The tail nerve bundle goes along the spine and basically can get pulled/damaged without additional physical damage. 6mo later and our cat can move her tail around some, but I'd put it at 75% returned.
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Feb 24, 2021 16:42
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I'm going to be moving soon. Morgana already packed herself in. 
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important Kira update: she has settled in nicely! the fosters at Toronto Cat Rescue did a great job, she is a total sweetheart and only has baseline levels of rear end in a top hat Cat behaviour 
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 Lainey's first time on a lap, 3 1/2 weeks since she came home
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Our 10 month old female cat has started getting extremely anxious every time i go to the bathroom. She will sit behind the door, scratching at it, meowing desperately. She'll stay there until i get out at which point she'll start jumping around excited, grabbing my leg and begging to get petted. It's baffling. She didn't do that until about a month ago. The funniest part is she only does this when I go into the bathroom, and doesn't give a single whisker when my girlfriend does, much to her disappointment. Any ideas? Does she think that I'm abandoning her? Or is she afraid i might drown in the toilet water?
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Sounds like you've got a cat there, alright! One of the great joys of cat ownership is the lovably inexplicable and bizarre things these furry weirdos get up to. A surprising number of these quirks involve bathrooms - go figure! Have you tried just letting her into the bathroom? My own cat of 10 years used to do something similar - mostly because for years she'd follow me around from room to room like a dog at heel. I'd just let her sit and observe when I was on the toilet, since she was so intent on never allowing a door to separate us if she could help it.
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No Closed Doors is like rule 0 of having a cat If rear end in a top hat gets closed out of the bedroom while we're asleep he just straight up starts knocking things off shelves until it opens and he gets to come inside for 5 seconds before walking away
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I actually have a weird question concerning something my cat does... So, I smoke spliffs, which is a mixture of tobacco and cannabis -a bad habit, but not that unusual. The odd thing is, after I come back inside from smoking one of these, my cat Jackie is absolutely insistent about her need to spend at least ~3 minutes or so voraciously licking clean the two forefingers and thumb of my right hand - or the three digits that come in contact with the spliff when I smoke it, and thus smell the worst. When she's done, my fingers are extremely slimy and gross but usually do not smell like smoke anymore, at least. She doesn't always do this, but when she decides to she is... insistent about it. She will go as far as forcefully holding my hand down with her paws while licking. Anyway, I guess I have always sort of wondered whether she does this because she hates the smell, or likes the smell. I would think it's because she dislikes it, but then she only gets that intense and insistent about this one smell - good or bad - so I really can't say.
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kaworu posted:I actually have a weird question concerning something my cat does... I'm no expert, but it seems to me that she smells that you're "dirty" and wants to clean you because grooming is what cats do when they're close? Then again, if I so much as touch deli meat my kitten will spend the next hour trying to lick the taste off my fingers so maybe your cat just really, really loves spliffs?
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my 9-month-old cat is a 12-pound scarf much of the time (she still is not done growing because maine coon mix lmfao she's gonna be like 15 fuckin pounds) she re-taught this behavior to my senior cat, who actually also used to do this like a decade ago (oh god she's so old  ) but stopped as she got oldercats are cool and i recommend them, they keep you warm and happy
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Feb 26, 2021 13:44
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 i switched my cats back to a food that they used to eat and now they have GERD. my poor dudes have trouble meowing from the reflux.the vet prescribed some meds and i think they’re doing better? it makes me so sad knowing that they’re in pain. the house is so quiet, too. 
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So, question. I saw in the nutrition thread a post about how that stuff is "outdated" now; is grain free no longer the ideal thing? What is?
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Archismo posted:So, question. I saw in the nutrition thread a post about how that stuff is "outdated" now; is grain free no longer the ideal thing? What is? For cats its fine. If your cat is doing well on their food now, no reason to change. Its worth asking your vet about though as they should know your cat best. Boogalo fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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I've been getting Facebook ads for "tailored" cat foods, is this worth looking into or is it just a gimmick to justify it being four times as expensive?
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Julio Cruz posted:I've been getting Facebook ads for "tailored" cat foods, is this worth looking into or is it just a gimmick to justify it being four times as expensive? Just a gimmick. Your cats won't and don't care.
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My cat likes to eat bugs, is there a bug flavored food?
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owls or something posted:My cat likes to eat bugs, is there a bug flavored food? Maybe buy some crickets and give them a toy that's also a snack!
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Man, my cat friggin HATES the foghorn sound in that one Arby's commercial about their fish sandwich.
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:Maybe buy some crickets and give them a toy that's also a snack! The snack of choice seems to be murdering silverfish in the bathroom.
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owls or something posted:The snack of choice seems to be murdering silverfish in the bathroom. Catching bugs is one of the most useful features of the cat (given that we don't have mice in the house). But she's a bit too brave and tries to catch stink bugs and bees as well.
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After being scared off by the price, an upcoming Covid concert refund and boredom of scooping is making me look at the litter robot properly. It's very tempting, and the testimonials in this thread have all been glowing. I've had a look at how it works, my only question is related to tracking. Currently we use the non-clumping absorbent litter, because it doesn't really track, more just scatters around the box a bit. Of course the Robot can't use that type, so what are people's experiences with tracking of the clumping stuff? Does the robot-ness help keep it inside? Won't be doing it until they're both sleeping in the same room, so I've got a few months yet to obsessively research things  E: and what does the Wifi one do, and is it worth an extra €70?
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Bobstar posted:After being scared off by the price, an upcoming Covid concert refund and boredom of scooping is making me look at the litter robot properly. It's very tempting, and the testimonials in this thread have all been glowing. I've had a look at how it works, my only question is related to tracking. Currently we use the non-clumping absorbent litter, because it doesn't really track, more just scatters around the box a bit. Of course the Robot can't use that type, so what are people's experiences with tracking of the clumping stuff? Does the robot-ness help keep it inside? We got the fat ramp because Lt Bean's got no ups and it catches a bunch of litter and actually has reduced the tracked poo poo as a result I think most of it comes from rear end in a top hat launching himself out of the robot like a rocket though The wifi syncs with your phone and tells you things like when it's cycling, if it's full, if the cat drug a toy in there and it's currently stuck, if you overfilled the thing and caused it to stuck. i would say it's worth it?
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I adopted two cats from a shelter a week ago, two year old siblings male and female sterilized, indoor cats. The shelter wanted them adopted as a pair. Things have been going okay and the female lets me stroke her now but her brother sometimes attacks her from behind and bites her neck, no damage but she clearly doesn't like it and will twist away and retaliate. Since she's allowed me to stroke her her brother has started to come over to us while I'm stroking her and attack her. As I said there seems to be no damage and they are friends again after a while but why does he attack her when she's with me? And can/should I do anything?
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I feel like the LR does it's best to keep tracking to a minimum between the height of the opening, the fact it's mostly enclosed, and the fact the depression where the litter rests is pretty deep. But this will depend on your cats' behavior. The little step ramp helps because if they are gonna track litter they'll have to walk over those steps and they're designed to keep litter on them and not the floor. This does NOT help if your cats are sometimes inclined to rocket out of the litterbox like some sort of poo poo-propelled ICBM, scattering litter and possibly turds in the process. No, my cats aren't known for doing that, why do you ask  Good ball by Dixon posted:I adopted two cats from a shelter a week ago, two year old siblings male and female sterilized, indoor cats. The shelter wanted them adopted as a pair.
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kw0134 posted:Does the male want to sit on your lap? I have two boys that will compete to sit on my lap and they'll fight literally on my lap. Does he do it any other times? You may want to play with them a bit and see if it's just excess energy. Otherwise...they're not falling out over it, so you can probably let them figure it out on their own.
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Oh, it sounds like he wants to play. Cats play fight all the time, do they make any loud sounds while this is happening? Given that they're otherwise not put off by each other afterwards seems like it's something she's actually tolerating. I have a female that does not take to playing very well (not uncommon with females after a certain age) and will hiss at my smaller boy when he gets too close. Then he fights the other male and they have a tumble for a few minutes. This is basically them. No claws, no blood, no screaming, no problem.
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Good ball by Dixon posted:now but her brother sometimes attacks her from behind and bites her neck, no damage but she clearly doesn't like it and will twist away and retaliate. This bit sounds like dominance behavior (or sexual behavior) to me. When an intact male does it to an in heat female it signals sexy times, otherwise it's just dominant jerk behavior that in my experience is always followed by "gently caress you get off me". If they are two years old and they've been fixed for a while it shouldn't be misplaced sexual behavior. My guess is the change of venue and having different humans around is leading the boy to think he needs to renegotiate the social pecking order. If so it should settle down in a few weeks as they calm down in the new setting. Like others have said, if there's no blood and nobody seems terrified, just annoyed, it is normal cat stuff and no need to worry.
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One of my cats has been missing since Tuesday and I am literally developing gray hairs. I have scoured the neighborhood multiple times every day since (specially early in the morning and late evenings, which gets pretty scary because this is a pretty rough neighborhood and there are outlying slums, which I have also gone through), mapping where I've gone to (and in which times) and marking every cat colony I've identified, I have literally searched for him in every street and abandoned terrain in a radius of 500m of my home. I've put up colored posters (offering rewards) on every market, grocery and pet store in the neighborhood and have spoken to everyone in my block and surrounding blocks, plus some people I've seen walking with their pets and every old person I've observed hanging out by their porch, giving all of them pamphlets with our contact info and pictures of the cat. We've mobilized social media (including groups focused on pets and their rescues) and everyone I personally know in the neighborhood. I have even resorted to shaking a ration box late at night in the hope the sound will travel far, it did draw in a lot of cats, who I fed, but not mine. I have also been leaving my sweaty clothes and shoes outside and one of the litter boxes, but since we have other cats (some he is friendly with, others not), I am not sure how helpful the latter is. There have been some false positives, which at least makes me hopeful that some people are keeping their eyes open, but I've also had false hints from people who wanted some small change for "helping". There was an old man that seemed credible (as in he was curious and wanting to confirm information, plus mentioned things that weren't obvious from the posters) who claimed to have seen him yesterday morning, but I am now wondering if he was pulling my leg and I was just too desperate to realize. I worry that he has had an accident and I will never even find the body or that some bastard took him and has no intention of contacting us (or took him and lives in an entirely different neighborhood or city), he's somewhat distinct looking, so it is possible that he was stolen (not any pedigree breed, just a gorgeous mix of Siamese and Brazilian Shorthair, he can also be easily identified by a scar in his left eye from when I originally rescued him from a literal guter as a baby). He's very much an indoor cat, though we have a garden and a tall wall, so we noticed really quickly that he was gone when he didn't show up to eat in the morning. One year and a half old, castrated, vaccinated, kinda chomky and clumsy, so not really a cat that would wander far even if he got to the other side of the wall. We've looked at anything that could potentially hide a cat at our home and in some of the friendlier neighbors, while asking the others to keep their eyes and ears peeled. Anyways, this is not a vent, I am just outlying the situation and what we've done and are trying, I will not stop searching for him. Are there any other recommended approaches or courses of action? The local radio stations don't have a specific spot for missing pets.
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ZearothK posted:Anyways, this is not a vent, I am just outlying the situation and what we've done and are trying, I will not stop searching for him. Are there any other recommended approaches or courses of action? The local radio stations don't have a specific spot for missing pets. I think there's not much more you can do. One thing I've noticed is that "lost cat" posters I've seen have always urged people to look in their garages and cellars, where the cat might seek shelter without being noticed. I hope you find him!
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Thanks for the answers, I will let them work i out.
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