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That's weird indeed. You can always just type it manually I guess:
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That's weird indeed. You can always just type it manually I guess:
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Inspiring rescue tales MrT and Vincent Alexander, thanks.
Inspiring rescue tales MrT and Vincent Alexander, thanks.
Between taking Osh to the vet, and then trying to get her to take her medication...
Yesterday was extremely physically and emotionally draining for both of us.
Pretty sure she's lost a lot of trust in me.
Yesterday was extremely physically and emotionally draining for both of us.
Pretty sure she's lost a lot of trust in me.
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What form is the medication in? If it's pills, you can get these "pill pockets", jam the pill in there and it looks and smells like a treat. We had some success with that until I guess she learned what it was :-)
They're like tablets. The vet recommended giving it to her straight up. Hence all the trouble.
Found out about pill pockets from a friend afterwards when I was complaining about my day 😅
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Don't worry about it at all. Humans tend to vastly overestimate cat grudges and animosity. The truth is that cats are too simple for that and as long as they keep receiving love and food, they soon forget one-time events (if they even associated you with the vet visit to begin with).
Pill pockets are very hit and miss apparently, lots of cats quickly learn to chew around the pill. It's usually better to just get good at administering them, although I understand that's easier said than done and takes a lot of practice. Easiest way for me is hold their mouth open (by very gently pressing the sides of the jaw) and straight up (as if you made them look into the ceiling), then simply drop the pill on their throats from above, which triggers the swallow reflex. This has the advantage that they can't "fake" having swallowed it and spit it afterwards, which they learn quite quickly otherwise. :D With practice it takes all of five seconds and they don't even know what happened.
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Hello, cat Era. I've recently adopted my first solo pet. I had a couple of cats as a kid, but we were mostly a dog family. I new to having full responsibility of an animal, so I welcome any advice y'all have. Anyway, this is a photo of my kitten, Mathilda, the day after I adopted her from the shelter about four weeks ago:
She was a stray before being taken to the shelter and I claimed her the day she was dropped off. She was about three months old. The shelter didn't have enough time to run all of the necessary checks on her, so we had a scare two weeks in and I had to take her to the ER. She's on meds for a couple of parasites now, but is otherwise healthy with a handful of vaccines planned for next month. Mathilda was initially very scared and avoidant, but she warmed up to me enough to seek my attention pretty quickly. She's still pretty skittish-- running away at sudden movements or if she sees me somewhere she didn't expected I'd be, and I hope she'll get over that with time. Having just read the OP, I decided to ditch her bell collar today in the hopes that it makes her less anxious.
Here she is during this morning's sock puppet playtime:
She's a needy kid and she's a big fan of licking me. I'm afraid she may be a little too attached, because sometimes she'll meow at me (seemingly for attention) when she's just been fed and finished with play time. Still, we're doing great and it's just a matter of kitten-proofing things bit by bit as new strings and wires grab her attention.
She was a stray before being taken to the shelter and I claimed her the day she was dropped off. She was about three months old. The shelter didn't have enough time to run all of the necessary checks on her, so we had a scare two weeks in and I had to take her to the ER. She's on meds for a couple of parasites now, but is otherwise healthy with a handful of vaccines planned for next month. Mathilda was initially very scared and avoidant, but she warmed up to me enough to seek my attention pretty quickly. She's still pretty skittish-- running away at sudden movements or if she sees me somewhere she didn't expected I'd be, and I hope she'll get over that with time. Having just read the OP, I decided to ditch her bell collar today in the hopes that it makes her less anxious.
Here she is during this morning's sock puppet playtime:
She's a needy kid and she's a big fan of licking me. I'm afraid she may be a little too attached, because sometimes she'll meow at me (seemingly for attention) when she's just been fed and finished with play time. Still, we're doing great and it's just a matter of kitten-proofing things bit by bit as new strings and wires grab her attention.
had daww moment with Tobi. The chonky kitten. He was relaxing on the lounge chair and I sat down. Usually he enjoys his alone space but he got comfy on my lap and was falling asleep. I had to get up because it was quiet and didn't hear his brother. Thought he might be outside and didn't want him to get locked out. when i came back in he was asleep as well in his bed. ;D
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Hello, cat Era. I've recently adopted my first solo pet. I had a couple of cats as a kid, but we were mostly a dog family. I new to having full responsibility of an animal, so I welcome any advice y'all have. Anyway, this is a photo of my kitten, Mathilda, the day after I adopted her from the shelter about four weeks ago:
She was a stray before being taken to the shelter and I claimed her the day she was dropped off. She was about three months old. The shelter didn't have enough time to run all of the necessary checks on her, so we had a scare two weeks in and I had to take her to the ER. She's on meds for a couple of parasites now, but is otherwise healthy with a handful of vaccines planned for next month. Mathilda was initially very scared and avoidant, but she warmed up to me enough to seek my attention pretty quickly. She's still pretty skittish-- running away at sudden movements or if she sees me somewhere she didn't expected I'd be, and I hope she'll get over that with time. Having just read the OP, I decided to ditch her bell collar today in the hopes that it makes her less anxious.
Here she is during this morning's sock puppet playtime:
She's a needy kid and she's a big fan of licking me. I'm afraid she may be a little too attached, because sometimes she'll meow at me (seemingly for attention) when she's just been fed and finished with play time. Still, we're doing great and it's just a matter of kitten-proofing things bit by bit as new strings and wires grab her attention.
She's a beaut! Black females aren't terribly common, and black cats with green eyes aren't, either. As for being needy, that's completely natural on a kitten, especially one that's alone. Have you considered adopting another?
Also can I please beg you to remove the bell, for the reasons outlined in the OP?
Imgur; you just drag and drop them there, no fuss. You can then hotlink them the way I mentioned above.
They both look like they are deciding how many minutes would be appropriate before eating your body, if such a time ever arose.
These are our little munchkins. Top one is Elsa , the bottom one is Carmen
I used this for my previous cat, Reggie. It's automotive tubing that's slit down the middle that you just push around your wires. It's nice and hard to bite through, can get it in long lengths so one package can do several different cables, easy enough to cut with scissors or a razor and can be large enough to actually do several cables at once if you have a bunch running alongside each other.
Thanks, I went ahead and ordered some, hopefully that will do the trick. I mostly need to protect the thinner cables as she hasn't bothered the thicker cables so far.
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Yeah, cats rarely, if ever, chew on thicker cables, which at least provides some peace of mind that the dumb little things won't electrocute themselves.
I want to adopt a rescue. Naturally, most of their descriptions mention that they're slow to trust, or even aggressive/hostile as a result of poor treatment or not growing up around humans.
What are the odds of successfully domesticating one of these animals? And what should I know to do so? I'd probably be adopting a cat that's between 1-2 years old. I've lived with a rescue before (not mine), she was a sweet cat but never stopped being fearful.
What are the odds of successfully domesticating one of these animals? And what should I know to do so? I'd probably be adopting a cat that's between 1-2 years old. I've lived with a rescue before (not mine), she was a sweet cat but never stopped being fearful.
I considered adopting another, but unfortunately my building only allows one pet regardless of size.
I was sure to take off the bell as soon as I read the OP. I'll track how her behavior compares over the next couple of weeks.
Do it.
Mine is a rescue. She was 1 year and 10 months old when I adopted her about two months ago. It took her a while to get acclimated and trust me. She hid under my bed for about a week and a half when I first brought her home. She would still run off to hide if I made any sudden movements or loud noises or had friends over for the first month.
Before the vet/pill incident she was starting to become more trusting. Never left my sight and was constantly coming to me asking for pets and belly rubs.
My main advice would be to give your future cat time and space. Don't rush things.
Also I had a weird online dating thing happen wrt Osh (my cat). On Hinge this girl commented that my cat looked a lot like her friend's old cat that they had to give up for "allergy" reasons. I'm like who knows. She could be, I did adopt her from the SPCA. She asks me the name. I tell her. She starts writing in all caps "OMG IT IS THE SAME CAT!"
She's like when did you adopt her?
Me: Last December.
Her: Oh. My friend gave her up for adoption in November.
Me: Of 2019?
Her: Yeah.
Me: The shelter told me they'd had her over a year though. Also that she was literally abandoned on their front steps.
Her: That can't be right.
Me: Why would they lie?
Her: My friends are good people.
Me: Okay.
Then I unmatched her. Her friends lied to her or she's lying to me. Either way some people shouldn't have pets.
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Mine is a rescue. She was 1 year and 10 months old when I adopted her about two months ago. It took her a while to get acclimated and trust me. She hid under my bed for about a week and a half when I first brought her home. She would still run off to hide if I made any sudden movements or loud noises or had friends over for the first month.
Before the vet/pill incident she was starting to become more trusting. Never left my sight and was constantly coming to me asking for pets and belly rubs.
My main advice would be to give your future cat time and space. Don't rush things.
Also I had a weird online dating thing happen wrt Osh (my cat). On Hinge this girl commented that my cat looked a lot like her friend's old cat that they had to give up for "allergy" reasons. I'm like who knows. She could be, I did adopt her from the SPCA. She asks me the name. I tell her. She starts writing in all caps "OMG IT IS THE SAME CAT!"
She's like when did you adopt her?
Me: Last December.
Her: Oh. My friend gave her up for adoption in November.
Me: Of 2019?
Her: Yeah.
Me: The shelter told me they'd had her over a year though. Also that she was literally abandoned on their front steps.
Her: That can't be right.
Me: Why would they lie?
Her: My friends are good people.
Me: Okay.
Then I unmatched her. Her friends lied to her or she's lying to me. Either way some people shouldn't have pets.
That's so weird indeed, although I can imagine several possible explanations:
- She was lying to make small chat (never a good sign).
- There are two cats that look the same and both are named Osh (seems unlikely).
- Her friends did indeed lie to her; at the very least, about when they gave their cat away and how.
- She got it wrong and it was November 2018 (friends still lied to her about how they gave the cat away).
Now I'm curious about which one it is, and kind of bummed we may never know. :D I guess you could always call the shelter to find out!
Yeah. That's true. I did call them to double check the date she was left at the shelter and it was 2018.
Oh well. I'm not too hung up on the whole thing beyond wondering how Osh became the way she is.
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Well, I guess you could contact that girl to at least clear things up, but that's up to you of course.
From your description it doesn't seem there's anything particularly unusual about Osh? Most cats are highly attached to places, people and routine, and become confused and scared at first when they are uprooted and sent somewhere else. Two months is a short time; give her a bit more to get used to you and your house (and forget the vet visit) and you'll see how friendly she becomes.
Yeah. Hoenstly I agree. I think I'm putting too much weight on to what happened with the vet and pill. I tend to lose focus of the good and only see the bad 😅
Before being a first time Cat owner about 6-8 months ago I assumed that Cats evolved from Lions, tigers, etc...much like Dogs did with Wolves. I may be stupid as hell but I had zero idea Cats were always Cats and haven't evolved much.
Also, blows my mind that indoor cats are only thing for around 60-70 years. Anyway, it's been a trip reading up on the history of these critters.
Also, this is great doc on Cats and Istanbul.
Also, blows my mind that indoor cats are only thing for around 60-70 years. Anyway, it's been a trip reading up on the history of these critters.
Also, this is great doc on Cats and Istanbul.
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I'm the opposite, hahah. I didn't know dogs evolved directly from wolves; for some reason I assumed they had evolved from a now extinct common ancestor, like humans and apes, or indeed cats and big cats (quite the misleading name, "big cats"). It makes sense since dogs can produce non-sterile offspring with wolves, so they have to be much more closely related.
Thanks for the heads up about the documentary! I don't have YT Red but I'll keep an eye out for it.
It has nothing to do with your alarm. Cats are "on schedule" unlike humans, actually. The biological clock of a cat works much better than a humans.Minor behaviour annoyance: My cat ocasionally wakes me up. This wouldn't bother me much since she pretty much only does it minutes before my actual alarm goes off (which is impressive in its own right, but I digress) but it bothers me how weird she is about it: Instead of a mew, or walking over me or something like that she decides that the best way to wake me up is to silently climp on top of the bed (which usually wakes me up, but I ignore it) and then she tries poking my head by stretching her arm from as far as possible. If I open my eyes slightly I can see the exposed claw shaking in the air, slowly aproaching. She then taps my head once (again, with claws!) and hides her hand when I open my eyes. What.... what was all THAT?
It is actually wrong. Cats live on a schedule. Feeding them every day at the same time will lead to them expecting it. Anticipate it. elcome it. The trick is, to teach them a behaviour you actually support. The poking with the paw can end with you in the ER. Our first cat did that once and hurt my eye seriously.
Cats are, just like children, hard to educate. Each exception has consequences. You feed your cat once at 6 am instead of 7 or 8 and you can expect drama and show to break lose at 6 am from then on till you ignored this behaviour (=no reaction/consequence for the cat, no waking up, no food) for 1.000 times. That of course means patience.
Depending how deep learned the behaviour is, this might be longer or shorter. Our first Deaf cat grew up in the countryside. Eventually it was caught and brought to a foster care were it was not woken up for feeding time. It had to wake up by itself. Therefore it couldnt go and beg by meowing (that's something my partner taught him!).
Our second cat is a mall cat. It is not only specialized in thievery skill tree, his favourite food is human food and he is very good at begging. It took us 6 month to be able to eat a meal while he is in the same room with us. As long to get him stop howling at the moon at a decibel level that I felt incredibly sorry for our neighbours but I knew we had to go through that.
He now only meows in the morning around 5:30-7:00, not every morning! I could get rid of that, sadly my partner cant.
How old are the cats? First of all your soster needs to get her cat spayed. No brainer. It's irresponsible to not spay a cat. For dogs its actually an option not to, but cats just suffer when not spayed. Female as much as male. Additional the male spaying should cost less , is less complicated and less dangerous. So spay!
Next step is that you need to get the tension out of the friends cat. Take it to the vet, maybe its suffering from pain, try feliway classic without adding the new cat. prepare one room as safe heaven where the other cat does not go the next month. When he calmed down, after 1-2 weeks I'd bring the old cat back home but into one room of the house.
add feliway friends and slowly introduce them as wri
How old is the cat? Allergens are more potent in male cats, kittens do not have them yet they start developing in their teens, spayed cats are less likely to be as potent.
A 9 month kitten might not make you react, but 5 years later
Im not sure how this works in us, but i think you need to register the chip on your name/address.
also consider what kind of tag you use, dangling ones on collars might get stuck and actually strangulate your poor kitty. Ill add a link.
Cats and Collars: Is It Responsible Pet Ownership?
Placing a collar on a pet is, in theory, a form of responsible pet ownership. A properly fitted collar with an identification tag can save the life of a pet. Cats being more limber find themselves entangled more often in their collars than dogs, thus cats and collars can be a controversial topic.
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About the vet: The first rule is leave the carrier out at all times. Always. 24/7. At the beginning you might leave treats in there, before you leave for work, randomly over the day etc. so that the cat will see it and take it.
No pushing. Just leave it. Let the sweet be the reward.
Medication can be tricky. First of all: At the beginning with a new cat when the bond hasnt been formed very deep, it will always be difficult. However, avoid any kind of forcing down the throat method. Buy treats in long strips, use them as pinchers for the pill. (Catz Finefood treats for example.) If you do it the first tIme, feed a few strips before, then pincher, then strip.
Another good trick is, also used with dogs, teach tricks. Paw etc. Ask the cat to do the trick, reward with treat, do trick again reward with pill, etc.
Never end with pill. Always with treat. Many people try tube-products to hide their pills. Salmon, etc. I discouragethe use of that, cats just lick it off and you gotta force it down.
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Found this very interesting.
Also I saw four cats (outdoors from different neighbors) having a meeting under a tree yesterday.
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Found this very interesting.
Thanks for sharing! They're all peshiosh, yes they are. :)
An itty bitty kitty committee? :)
(also belated mecha username + cat avatar high five).
Thanks for sharing this. I've been looking for something like this for a while to help explain cats I see in the wild. Also, I love kitty meetings! I've only ever seen 2 or 3 cats though.
Found this very interesting.
Also I saw four cats (outdoors from different neighbors) having a meeting under a tree yesterday.
Taking my 14 year old cat to the vet at 3:30, he is breathing too fast/hard. I am utterly terrified, he is my best buddy, always with me and since I work from home he is almost always with me.
Taking him to the vet is always hard too because my husband and I are the only two people who can touch him, normally he has to be sedated at the vet.
He is acting fine beside breathing too hard/fast.
Taking him to the vet is always hard too because my husband and I are the only two people who can touch him, normally he has to be sedated at the vet.
He is acting fine beside breathing too hard/fast.
Say that to my cat who devoured my DVI cable. D:
I got this on Amazon, problem solved.
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Seirith Good luck to you both.
Holy crap, you own a Trico!Haru and Nemu are growing so fast I want to cry.
Seirith Good luck to you both.
It's lacking ghost pattern thoughts! Lovely trip through genetics.
Found this very interesting.
Also I saw four cats (outdoors from different neighbors) having a meeting under a tree yesterday.
Man, I wanna rub that belly. Cute cat.Haru and Nemu are growing so fast I want to cry.
Took some pictures of Jonesy playing while I ate breakfast this morning. It's not common that I get his right flank in a photo. You can see all the hair grew back orange from his surgery.
Successfully liberated the jingle ball from its cardboard prison:
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Oh no, will be thinking of your buddy <3
Chloe is still having ups and downs, she's been somewhat normal since the last time I posted about how she wasn't well. Still somewhat frail but definitely has an appetite and still goes to the bathroom (although she largely misses the litterbox, sometimes poops around the house though I suspect this is more of a scent thing to frustrate Taika). Just spends an unusually long time doing strange things like sitting in front of the water fountain almost endlessly without drinking. But then she will drink and be okay.
She could well be in pain and breathing seems slightly laboured, but I don't think she's in enough pain that it overrides her will to be (and to boss) around her humans and giant greyhound brother. Still comes into the kitchen when I'm cooking as well in case I have any stray ham, cheese or chicken to give her, bless her tiny soul.
The vet believes its probably cancer. He had fluid in his lungs and 2 small masses near his lungs.
He said there is a very small chance of pneumonia so they gave him an antibiotic shot but not to get my hopes up for that.
They could not get bloodwork because he was fighting him so they want him to come back later in they werk and they will fully sedate him.
I am devastated. He is my shadow, almost always with me and he has such a huge personality.
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I'm very sorry; my deepest empathy. Two of our cats are also our respective shadows, and even though the loss of any of the others would be downright tragic, these two would break us.
I wish I could do anything to help, but have at least my empathy and know we're always here if you need to talk about it.
Pill pockets are helpful, but there are many pills you simply cant mask (the big pill I gave my dog for example).
That's why I always recommend to work with the treat, treat, pincher, treat methode, which cant be chewed around. Later in combination with tricks.
Eventually you will end up with a cat like shiro who will eat the pill pure because he knows else no treat. (He's been on meds for a year.)
It is important to remove stains and smell with pet smell remover.
Cats do not mark with poo. They piss, they rub, etc. but no poo.
I'd take her to the vet, especially if she still has breathing problems. She's still fighting something, and it shows. That's a huge red warning sign.