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I'm sorry I've no useful advice about your problem, but here's a link for you to email the catchat behaviourist, who can be contacted free of charge, and may have some useful suggestions for you..... behaviour@catchat.org Would it be possible to secure your garden, so he can go outside but not roam?...

I'm gutted, after all the waiting and suspense

Two months of waiting for the promised (?threatened?) draft is becoming unbearable

It's going to be quite something when it comes !!!

The DIY box would certainly be effective, but looks to be quite high to get into, and I've never seen boxes like that here in the UK, though others may know where to find them. When I'd a similar problem with a previous cat I bought a large plastic storage box - the sort sold for under bed storage, ...

Does time allow for her to have just one night in the cattery, as a trial, and to let her see that she does come back home after being there?

Staying at home would be better, of course, if you can make arrangements you'd be comfortable about.

If there are any smaller, local rescue groups in your area you may find that they are more flexible. I know of groups in my area which use foster homes in the way you have in mind, so don't give up.

Have you managed to get any help for this cat?

I should have mentioned earlier that the Aldi litter at £1.55 is a slightly smaller bag - 8 litres, than the Lidl which is 10kg - confusing when different units are used.

Ria - mine are both Ragdolls, so are long haired, but I've never seen any bits of litter stuck in their fur, and I'm here most of the time. I did put a tray of wood pellets out for a while, some years ago, which they'd used before they came to me, but they ignored it, always using the tray with clum...

I also like clumping litter, and am very happy with Lidl's own brand, on offer at the moment at £1.55 for a 10kg bag (usually £1.79). Aldi's is very similar, and the cats happily use either.

Any reply will come to your personal email address, and it will also show the message you sent. I don't know if there's any other way to see the email you've sent.

Well done for trying to help this poor cat. If you don't get any help from the big charities, and I hope you do, then if there are any small animal charities in your area you may find them more helpful than the big ones. In some areas that seems to be the case. If you can get the cat to a vet they'd...

Strips of double sided tape are usually very effective, as cats hate the sticky feel when their paws touch it. I've used it a number of times, often at the bottom of the stairs, like your problem area, for various cats and it's always worked. It's well worth trying. Best of luck - hope you sort it b...

That's the one I give my cats, and at the offer price of £6-99 for 3kg (£2-33 per kg) it's an incredible bargain and worth stocking up.

No problem with the dates on the Purina, Mark, as Desley says. Mine is dated for use by July2018, so at the rate you get through it it's not going to last so long.

I'm puzzled - I had an email nearly 2 weeks ago from Zooplus offering the Purina One at £6.99 for 3kg, implying that it was only for a few days, so I ordered some and that's what I paid. I assumed that all of us on here who use Zooplus would get the same email, so didn't post it. I've just checked a...

I think you were lucky to be shopping yesterday, Mark. There's no 750g bags showing up now on Sainsbury's website, but 800g size is £4.50. I wonder if they were changing pack size, so reduced the older stock. Over 20 years ago I used to buy Iams, under the impression that it was a good food, but sto...

I've had two cats with a watery eye that's looked just like your cat's, (both the right eye, too) and in both cases the vets have said that it's nothing to be concerned about - just a leaky tear duct. I've just wiped their faces with a tissue when needed. Hopefully yours won't be any more serious. C...

Never mind hearing the din Gracie was making - I think anyone in earshot might have heard a few choice words to add to their vocabulary!!

For cheap chicken or fish I'd suggest you try Farmfoods, if there's a branch near you. At the moment you can get 2kg frozen chicken breasts for £5. Chicken legs are cheaper, of course. I get frozen pollock there,too, (and sometimes from Lidl) which my cats love - poached in water, which I do in the ...

This Australian product seems to be a good idea to keep cats in their own garden, and intruders out, but I'm not aware of anything similar in the UK - until someone copies/develops the idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLw9 ... 6dW90rsM48

For advice from a behaviourist you could try emailing this one, without any cost at all.......

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Things have certainly been better for me for the last few days. I've stayed logged in, which has been much better than finding that I'd to log in on every visit.

The gremlins have been exterminated - permanently I hope!

Thanks to whoever came to the rescue.

If it's just a case of frayed ropes you might consider buying a coil of sisal rope, from somewhere such as Screwfix, to replace the rope. A staple gun, or 'U' shaped staples hammered in, will secure each end of the rope in place - not quite as pretty as when new, but much cheaper, and the cats don't...

Thanks Ria I've ticked the 'remember me' box several times, in case it worked, though I was really under the impression that it was an offer to help recall one's password, and user name after typing the first letter, rather than to stay logged in. At one time the option marked 'Stay logged in' was a...

I've no problem logging in, but I used to stay logged in and I can't find that option any more. I'm not sure if that's because the website has removed that option, or that I'm having an all too frequent 'Senior moment' and just can't find it.

I'd never thought of buying the cans of Morrisons pate until I read some of the posts on here, but I got a pack today as my two like the pate type of food. I've only opened one can so far and it's been well received - hope it's not just novelty value. At least it stops them licking the jelly and lea...

Yes, the Lidl Premium pouches in jelly are the ones often recommended on here (£1.99 for 12 x 100g). They're not as plentiful as the gravy ones, so you may have to hunt under the top layer of boxes to find them! Some of us stock up on them when we do find them. Markb recently mentioned some pouches ...

In Home Bargains today they still had lots of these at £3.99.

Hello Marie

It would be very helpful if you can explain just where on his body the wound is, so that we can suggest what can be done to protect it. A photo would be even better if that is possible.