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- Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:08 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: automatic food dispenser
- Replies: 2
- Views: 514
Re: automatic food dispenser
I've tried a fair few food dispensers in my time, and have found the manual ones easier to set and more reliable than the digital ones I have the Catmate ones, but these are reduced at the moment so might be worth considering https://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/petsafe-automatic-2-meal-dog-and-c...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:02 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Found a month old stray kitten and brought it home, now what?
- Replies: 118
- Views: 9543
Re: Found a month old stray kitten and brought it home, now what?
probably not helpful to you, Joe, but my 13 year old Penny pees around every 20 hours, and poops around every 36 hours, and as an only cat she has nothing to spook her
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:29 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Advice for a long car journey
- Replies: 9
- Views: 910
Re: Advice for a long car journey
personally I wouldn't worry about a litter tray for a five hour journey, as most cats would find using one in a moving vehicle difficult, especially if stressed lots of spare bedding which can be swapped if necessary would be useful though I travelled from Surrey to West Wales with a sedated cat in ...
- Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:19 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Sox - our saggy beautiful old cat-puss, has cancer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 550
Re: Sox - our saggy beautiful old cat-puss, has cancer
the last two cats I had to say goodbye to were euthanized at home, which made it so much less traumatic for them and me if your vet is willing and you can afford it, knowing how you will manage that final farewell can help in the time leading up to it - you can prepare a resting place for him, and g...
- Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: How to Handle Peeing Outside of Box?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 919
Re: How to Handle Peeing Outside of Box?
I'm with Joe - asking an entire tom cat to live happily indoors is a recipe for disaster, and I'm surprised peeing outside his litter box is your only problem I'm sure you care for him, and want to do your best for him, but your posts do rather give the impression the object is to get Kitty to confo...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:49 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: My cat gizmo passed away suddenly
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1082
Re: My cat gizmo passed away suddenly
you've probably done a lot of googling, but in case you missed it, this account of having a cat with saddle strombus will strike a chord
https://www.petmd.com/blogs/fullyvetted ... _cats-7364
https://www.petmd.com/blogs/fullyvetted ... _cats-7364
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:06 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: My cat gizmo passed away suddenly
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1082
Re: My cat gizmo passed away suddenly
how horrible for you it certainly sounds like he had a heart condition no one knew about - most probably it was congenital, and there might not have been much you could have done had you had a diagnosis sudden death is a horrible shock for those left behind, but not the worst thing for the one who h...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:53 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Found a month old stray kitten and brought it home, now what?
- Replies: 118
- Views: 9543
Re: Found a month old stray kitten and brought it home, now what?
would the older cats use a covered litter tray, Joe?
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: New Kitten Shows Aggression
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2427
Re: New Kitten Shows Aggression
I suspect the large crate is the problem, as if you are approaching her while she is in it she has nowhere to go, and the hissing and spitting and claws is what most cats do when they feel backed into a corner Can you let her out of the cage and let her find her own safe places? Preferably a high up...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:50 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Single cat spraying in new house
- Replies: 4
- Views: 523
Re: Single cat spraying in new house
first thing I thought of when reading your first post - did the previous owners of the house have a cat or cats, which he can smell? is he marking because their smell makes him feel he needs to establish his ownership of the house?
thorough cleaning and time may help if this is the cause
thorough cleaning and time may help if this is the cause
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:25 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Skin issues
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2071
Re: Skin issues
have you seen this thread from way back? it began in 2014 but has had more recent posts
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viewtopic.php?t=772
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Just when everything seems fine something terrible happens :( Mila might die
- Replies: 83
- Views: 5774
Re: Just when everything seems fine something terrible happens :( Mila might die
I think Spaska is a fine name for a cat - Barbara Woodhouse, Jackson Galaxy's very very different forerunner - used to say cats respond best to names with an 's' sound, so Spaska is doubly good
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:19 am
- Forum: Bereavement Support
- Topic: All most four years on ,I am still grieving
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2607
Re: All most four years on ,I am still grieving
me too, I'm sad to say
I have a lot of respect for Mollycat, but I don't need at my age to be preached at on a cat forum
I have a lot of respect for Mollycat, but I don't need at my age to be preached at on a cat forum
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:21 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Found a month old stray kitten and brought it home, now what?
- Replies: 118
- Views: 9543
Re: Found a month old stray kitten and brought it home, now what?
what a cute little scrap
it seems goat's milk is better than cow's milk for kittens, but not as good as special formula milk - and if he has a dodgy tum goat's milk could make it worse
can you shop on Amazon? there's quite a few kitten milks on there
it seems goat's milk is better than cow's milk for kittens, but not as good as special formula milk - and if he has a dodgy tum goat's milk could make it worse
can you shop on Amazon? there's quite a few kitten milks on there
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:56 pm
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: Reintroducing old friends
- Replies: 4
- Views: 631
Re: Reintroducing old friends
another consideration as that there will be no way of returning the second cat if it doesn't work out, as woud be the case with a cat coming from a UK based rescue my own experience, FWIW, after a lifetime of cat ownership, is that female cats tend to enjoy sole possession of the home and the people...
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:12 pm
- Forum: Bereavement Support
- Topic: All most four years on ,I am still grieving
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2607
Re: All most four years on ,I am still grieving
Issie, your post reminded me of a work colleague whose son was killed by a train when he was only 21 her grief became so much a part of her that she had no wish to move on, because to her it meant she was abandoning him - focusing on anything which made her forget her loss for a few hours just led t...
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:15 pm
- Forum: Bereavement Support
- Topic: Devastated, completely heartbroken
- Replies: 4
- Views: 812
Re: Devastated, completely heartbroken
how horrible for you - I can totally understand your shock I am no expert, but would have thought there would have been some evidence of poisoning - I have had a cat killed on the road with no sign of injuries, and sudden death from a heart condition does happen as for a post mortem, I think I would...
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:16 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Help needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 650
Re: Help needed
is the intention to sell the kittens? is that why she is suddenly interested? if this is the case, see if the new legislation scares her off the idea https://boughtbymany.com/news/article/lucys-law-banning-pet-shops-selling-puppies-and-kittens/#:~:text=On%20the%206%20April%2C%20the,have%20bred%20the...
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:07 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Spayed cat problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 405
Re: Spayed cat problem
a bit of googling suggests it is possible for a vet to miss an ovary, becausethey are very small, and that will cause a cat to be in heat, but it can also just be a sign her hormones are still settling down I think you are going to have to keep her inside for a bit to see = though she can't now get ...
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: adopted farm kitten - reassurance needed!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 734
Re: adopted farm kitten - reassurance needed!
definitely carry on as you are - basically ignoring him until he is ready to interact he'll be missing his siblings, and the rough and tumble they would have provided, and you need to bear in mind kittens in general, regardless of their background, want to play much more than they want to be petted,...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 4:41 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Rescued female not gaining weight
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1224
Re: Rescued female not gaining weight
testing for EPI is by no means routine - you can buy pancreatic enzymes on line, and it could well be worth giving them a try, as I don't think they can do any harm and could well be the answer
- Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Where do they go?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1132
Re: Where do they go?
this time of year is prime feline mating time, for those who still have the equipment to do so, and prime hunting time too, now the sun is out and the nights are warmer I still see my neighbourhood's cats occasionally, but they tend to have some poor unfortunate creature clamped in their jaws, and s...
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:24 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Which are the most absolutely delicious cat foods?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1267
Re: Which are the most absolutely delicious cat foods?
when my Trigger was in his last weeks with an inoperable sarcoma, I gave him some John West dressed crab every day, which he loved
and Gourmet have brought out a new pate food too https://www.purina.co.uk/cat/cat-food/p ... t-cat-food
and Gourmet have brought out a new pate food too https://www.purina.co.uk/cat/cat-food/p ... t-cat-food
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: Long distance travel
- Replies: 5
- Views: 806
Re: Long distance travel
no idea of the cost, but this looks ideal for what you need
https://www.gofetch-ltd.com/dog-transport-vehicles
https://www.gofetch-ltd.com/dog-transport-vehicles
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:29 am
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Scratching & Vomiting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 460
Re: Scratching & Vomiting
could it be the warmer weather making him too hot? is the vomiting associated with hairballs?
I've never had a long haired cat, but wonder if an aggressive grooming campaign to remove moulting fur might help
I've never had a long haired cat, but wonder if an aggressive grooming campaign to remove moulting fur might help
- Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Dog attack (not mine)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1759
Re: Dog attack (not mine)
I too have changed my mind about the indoor/outdoor debate - I have an enclosed area 20 feet by 30 feet outside my back door, accessed by a cat flap, and which is partially paved with tubs and climbing plants - it gets loads of sun, and has been much appreicated over the past 20 years by several cat...
- Sat Jun 05, 2021 1:55 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: Is my cat pregnant?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 345
Re: Is my cat pregnant?
if you have let her out unspayed then almost certainly the answer is yes
- Sat Jun 05, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
- Topic: My Cats have fallen out
- Replies: 4
- Views: 507
Re: My Cats have fallen out
just a thought - is there any chance he sprayed on the sofa? I assume he's been 'done' so you wouldn't smell anything if he had, but she would
- Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:45 am
- Forum: General Cat Chatting!
- Topic: Where do they go?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1132
Re: Where do they go?
on the subject of support, I remember well how useful the old Yahoo group for cats with hyperthyroid was to me years ago when my Trigger was first diagnosed - mostly American members but that was a big asset, as treatment for HT was more advanced in the US than here I got enough education from that ...
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:32 pm
- Forum: Rescue & Rehoming - General
- Topic: Rescue Cat Hiding 4 weeks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3014
Re: Rescue Cat Hiding 4 weeks
wise words as always from Mollycat - the fact that he is eating and using his tray is reassuring, as severely traumatized cats sometimes do neither the hardest thing in such situations is not to react when the cat makes its first overtures - I can remember how hard it was to ignore my late Tosker wh...