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Thank you Molly, I think we will use a cat sitter again. The cat sitter we used has cats of her own and only lives 5 minutes away, she stays around half an hour at a time to play, groom and feed the cat and Rummy seemed very relaxed when we came back from our mini break.

Hi, We are thinking of a weeks holiday this year and not to sure whether to use a cat sitter or a cattery, would someone coming in twice a day be ok for a week or would it be too long and should we book a cattery. We booked a cat sitter last year while we were away for 2 nights and our cat coped ok ...

Thank you for replies everyone...it is much appreciated.
We are going to start with a low volume and scatter treats and toys for her.
Rummy wasn't too bad with the fireworks, she didn't like the loud bangs or the one's that have a high pitch noise to them, she took herself off behind the wardrobe.

Thank you for replies, shutting her in isn't an option...we have come quite a long way with Rummy since adopting her and we certainly don't want a setback. I have brought a couple of catnip toys today and have put them downstairs so that when she comes down she can play with them if she wants, (she ...

Hi, We have had Rummy now for nearly 3 months and she is settling in well. Rummy is venturing downstairs but will only stay if either the television or radio is off, she doesn't seem to be comfortable when they are on. Bonfire night I put a radio on in the back bedroom where she like to hang out but...

Thank you Mollycat, When Rummy comes into new rooms the doors are always open so that she can escape quickly if she wants to. We give Rummy treats when she enters new rooms and lots of encouragement, last night she stayed with me in the computer room whilst I was on the computer, she stayed for abou...

Hi, Does anyone have more that one Feliway (excuse the spelling) plugged in to their homes. We have one for Rummy in the back bedroom where she likes to spend most of her time and it has made her more confident, but just lately she is venturing into other rooms but doesn't seem to confident to stay ...

Sending a virtual hug Mollycat.

Hi Ruth B Thank you for your reply, I am going to keep the food and if after a few weeks of giving her something else she goes back on it then that would be fab, if not the charity will be receiving it. You are right, I can forgive her anything, she had pushed a load of litter this morning from her ...

Thank you for the replies, I have brought a selection of different pouches of food to see which one she prefers, just want to do the best for Rummy. I made the costly mistake of buying the Royal Canin senior consult 1(48 pouches) on line which is the food she had been eating at her foster carer and ...

Thanks Mollycat, I am going to mash it up and see is she will eat it like that...hopefully she will it eat it.

Hi, Rummy is settling in well with us :) Rummy has now decided after buying her Royal Canin Senior consult 1 that she has gone off of it, she seems to suck the gravy off and leave the meat, this has left me with quite a few pouches has we had to buy it online for her. She turned her nose up at Iams ...

Hi,

Does anyone give their cats Yumove, Rummy is on Metacam for her arthritus and was thinking of adding this to her food.

Any replies greatly appreciated.

Thank you Mollycat and Ruth B, We left the door open yesterday evening and blocked the stairs so that she could explore the landing which I think she enjoyed, I also witnessed her climbing her cat tree to sit on the window sill to look out, I think she may have done this a couple of times but it was...

Thank you for the replies :) Rummy is settling in well touch wood, she set up home behind the wardrobe but comes out to see us as soon as we go in the bedroom. Rummy is beginning to want to follow us out of the room too so we hope to leave the door open either tonight or tomorrow to see how she gets...

Hi, Sorry for all the questions Rummy is home and settling in well. She has used her litter tray overnight and had a couple of wees. would it be best to scoop it out (it has absorbed well in the litter ) or leave it, I have topped it up with fresh.

Any replies greatly appreciated

Thank you Mollycat, I will try and grow some for Rummy. Your cats are very cute

Thank you for the replies and the advice, some very good ideas. We just want Rummy to feel safe and secure in our home. Rummy is an older cat approximately 15 years and the rescue would like her to be an indoor cat as she is a bit wobbly on her back legs, they think at some point she has been someon...

Hi, Thank you, its all so new to us and we want to do right by Rummy as she is sweet. We have chosen the back bedroom as it is the quietest room in the house and we intend to sit with her as much as we can to settle her in. We don't know if she was an indoor cat to begin with (she is estmated at abo...

Hi, I would like some advice please. We are bringing home our indoor rescue cat at the weekend and intend to keep her secure for 48hours in our back bedroom as advised and will then be allowed out to explore the house as she wishes. Does anyone keep their cat in one room when they go out, her food, ...

Hi Ruth and Mollycat, Thank you for the replies. We will keep Rummy on the Royal Canin for a while as we don't want her getting stressed by changing her food so soon, it will also give me time to have a look around. I might be getting the insurance from this link https://www.theinsuranceemporium.co....

Hi, We hope to get our new rescue cat in a couple of weeks and looking at food to get her, at the moment she is being fostered by a veterinary nurse who is feeding her on Royal canin senior biscuits and royal canin senior pouches that she gets from her practice. We may change this and were wondering...

Just had a look at the link below, its quite interesting....going to have a good think about this and perhaps talk to the rescue and our vets and see what they think.

Thanks everyone for the replies. The rescue have done all full blood tests and they have come back clear. We are going to open a separate bank account and pay so much in every month should we need it. We are going to see the cat on Saturday to see if we are a match

Hi,
We are thinking of homing an elderly rescue cat (15 years approx) are there any insurances out there that would cover an elderly cat.

Any replies greatly appreciated.

Regards

Lynne