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I have an appointment at a local no kill shelter tomorrow and I'm kind of nervous. I put my cat down last year that I grew up with and it was extremely rough. I adopted a cat fairly quickly to help heal (didn't help) but I think him having someone else when I'm gone all day would help. Just kind of nervous/afraid that the acclimation process will be bad.
Kind of in a similar situation. I adopted a stray a couple of months ago. He's a very talkative fellow and I think it's partly because he's lonely/bored. My fear is that if/when the time comes I want to introduce another cat he'll start trouble- he's definitely an alpha.
We lost one of our boys last week..he slipped out when my gf wasnt watching and didnt come home that evening. They're used to being indoors so I was ready for the worst. luckily I heard him (very faintly) through double paned glass. He was locked in an outdoor cupboard, about 30 meters from our kitchen window, on a 15cm high shelf. He mustve gotten scared and the neighbours didnt notice him and just closed the doors. I was crying my eyes out, never been as happy to seen him fucking up our furniture again.
The next day we had to see the vet about some urinating problems so the poor little guy had quite the week.
The next day we had to see the vet about some urinating problems so the poor little guy had quite the week.
Glad you found him safe and quickly. I would be bawling my eyes out if my kiddos got loose, they know nothing of life outside.
It's been two weeks now and Shaun looks a lot healthier, and keeps getting chubbier every day. He's friends with the rest of the cats too (except for Yuna but then again she doesn't like anyone)
He still can't jump very high because of his leg, so he can't climb on stuff, but I'm sure he'll get there.
Wife and I are in bed and we hear Jensen dart up the hallway followed by a large thud. He hit something, either the wall, the doorframe or something else. He walked under the bed but didn't seem to be injured. Poor guy.
Also found one of his little dangly toys in two pieces in separate parts of the living room tonight...definitely would have liked to have known how that went down.
Also found one of his little dangly toys in two pieces in separate parts of the living room tonight...definitely would have liked to have known how that went down.
In our house, the front door faces the stairs, and when one of our cats gets the zoomies she likes to go charging down the stairs, slide across the hard floor, then do a sort of jump-turn using the front door as a kind of springboard. Sounds like a herd of elephants but it's just this little lady: (apologies for terrible quality pic!)
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Is that Photoshopped or is there a creepy supernatural explanation for it? :D
Edit: yeah, Photoshopped. Here's the original.
In our house, the front door faces the stairs, and when one of our cats gets the zoomies she likes to go charging down the stairs, slide across the hard floor, then do a sort of jump-turn using the front door as a kind of springboard. Sounds like a herd of elephants but it's just this little lady: (apologies for terrible quality pic!)
Cats wallrunning / wallspringing will never stop being hilarious and pretty cool at the same time. :)
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Chill winter.
Orange tabby's are the best. Was looking last weekend at least one among other cats, but not sure I can adopt another one after putting mine down last year.
they are both cool! while they may be the same age. they have different personality.
patterned one definitely enjoys the attention. the other one gives off the old man vibe.
Chill winter.
I see your orange tabbies and raise you one another.
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Chill winter.
Awww. Two of mine are cuddled together like that right now. Winter makes them cuddlier. :D
I see your orange tabbies and raise you one another.
Oh my, a long-haired yellow tabby; I haven't seen many of these in the flesh!
He's more medium haired then long. Love that bushy tail. I adopted him 3mos ago. He was a stray, although he's such a sweet guy I think he was someone's house pet who either escaped or they dumped on the street. Food obsessed and cries/yowls a lot.
Gorgeous!Chill winter.
As a kid I used to have a gorgeous long-haired orange female, she was so skinny under all that hair :D
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I had a longhair black and white cat as a kid- whenever he got caught out in the rain he seemed to shrink to about a quarter of the size, but loved being brushed and dried until he was appropriately 'big' again :D
I have a cat approaching a year and she's still clawing up things like my desk chair, the dining table chairs, and the door frames. I was thinking about doing caps. Any advice? I've tried saying no whenever she does it and turn her attention to a scratching board but it doesn't work 99% of the time.
https://www.amazon.com/SmartCat-3832-Ultimate-Scratching-Post/dp/B000634MH8
She's being a cat. You can try caps, I don't find that they work all that well. Do you have a good scratching post? I highly recommend you get a really good sisal post. That's the one my kitty is standing on a few posts back.
Even with the post I have tons of other scratching stuff, like a scratching board, a scratching lounger, lots of catnip toys, etc.
I still catch him scratching the sofa leg, my bed, my speakers, etc, from time to time but he always goes back to the scratching post.
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I just have a couple of simple scratching boards that are like $10. Lol. One by the litter box and one in my room near my chair. She doesn't have anything like that. But I guess I could try. I want to eventually get a nice desk chair, but I can't with her tearing my current one up.
Don't put any toys/scratchers by the litter box- would you want to play with your PS5 while on the toilet? (what am I saying, this is Era, lol). Cats are very clean animals.
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The "wet rat" effect. Aww at loving being brushed. :)
If you don't have a cat tree, I would recommend one instead. You can get tall (2m) ones for $60-70 and it will make your cat super happy, and redirect the scratching to its posts. One of the best investments you can make.
I sometimes wake up to my cat staring at meWoke up to this on our bed this morning:
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my cat tree needs an upgrade. one of the resting post i spun it too much i basically stripped one of the bolts on it lol. so its now leaning but to be fair they don't really use it. might just get some more beds as it keeps them warm and they can lounge around
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$60 shipped from Petco. 😺
Only $60? That's pretty good--I've been thinking of getting mine a new tree/tower; I buy my food from their store, but maybe I should check out Petco's site.
Yup! It's Sylvester
No. He just sort of likes to stare blankly at times
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Yup! It's Sylvester
Oh my that photo, the SO heard me aww from across the house. <3
If I could communicate with cats, the two first things I would ask them is what do they think of when they state into the ether, and what do they dream of. I want to know so badly...
Yeah, the one of ours that grew up in the streets doesn't respond to slow blinks either, hahah. It's funny because she's become very loving over the years otherwise.
Don't get me wrong, he's a sweet guy- I think he was either someone's pet who escaped, abandoned, or indoor/outdoor kitty. He likes attention somewhat, but not a lap cat. Very food motivated. He has a love/hate relationship with petting- he will purr, but his tail is wagging like crazy.