<p>My DD volunteers at a cat house. It’s a no kill shelter in a home, and the cats are divided into spaces by age, sociability and special needs. She cleans litter boxes, feeds and plays with them. She already has a cat (which I objected to her getting last year ) and I’m hoping she doesn’t take another. It’s like an addict working in a crack house. </p>
<p>I understand the desire to have one, but it’s such a big responsibility.</p>
<p>Where I volunteer, kittens under 6 months old are required to be adopted as pairs, no exceptions. It’s partially because of how well they keep each other company, but also because there are just so many abandoned kittens in the world :(</p>
<p>Did anyone follow the 2nd annual cat video festival yesterday?</p>
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<p>I loved the cat caught red handed short video.</p>
<p>[Cat</a> caught red handed - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>Thanks for the link above. Loved the cat imitates fireman!</p>
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<p>This is exactly how we got Josie. Not shopping, just looking – ha! She head-butted the glass door which separated us, and it was all over.</p>
<p>Our cat, Kiki, passed away about 4 years ago. I did not know about the change in petromalt. What a shame, it worked wonders.</p>
<p>A Monthly “kitty spa day” has helped tremendously in the allergy department at our house. We round them all up (all 3 of them), lock ourselves in the bathroom, and bath them one by one. It is not a pretty sight, takes two people, and leaves the humans with bloody scratches almost everytime.
Kitties (like kids) learn words you dont want them to know very quickly, so we now have to spell out “kitty spa day” if we are planning a bath for them!</p>
<p>^^^I’ve never had the courage to bathe a cat. Kudos to you.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have neutered/spayed cats who go through a mating routine? It’s like a National Geographic episode in our house a lot of mornings. It’s always our male making the move. He goes through the motions but obviously nothing is really happening. Sometimes our female tolerates it and other times she hisses and punches him in the face with her paw. They were both spayed and neutered as kittens around 3-4 months of age.</p>
<p>They are 1 month apart in age and not genetically related. He is also 3 times her size and a 3rd generation hybrid, so he would have been sterile anyway even if he wasn’t neutered.</p>
<p>Our two kitties are the result of “just to see”. Our calico, Ms Kitty was adopted when we stopped at a local shelter to drop off some leftover canned cat food that was left in our pantry when Ms Kitty I tragically starved herself to death grieving the loss of our other cat. We walked out of the shelter with a cute calico kitten with large ears and really long tail (we suspect that she has some Egyptian mau blood in her). Our white kitty, Ms Marshmallow who joined us half a year later was the result of the Baby Kiddo’s browsing Petfinder. :)</p>
<p>We have two cats, littermates that we adopted two years ago from a shelter when they were 12 weeks old. The shelter insisted that they be adopted together, and it has worked out well - H and I are out of the house a lot of the day so I do think the cats keep each other entertained. The cats were H’s idea, I think a reaction to his only child having left for college.</p>
<p>They get the Greenies brand hairball-control treats, which they love, and which keep the hairballs to a very rare occurrence. </p>
<p>My only cat-complaint is that it is impossible to stay on top of the shedding. I have those lint rollers everywhere in the house, plus the cars and my office. I have even thought every now and then about looking into having them shaved - they are a mix of long and short hair. Has anyone ever resorted to that?</p>
<p>I gave Chuckie a bath once. He hasn’t forgiven me yet. I have healed, however.</p>
<p>We have a Leo, yellow male tabby, rescue. He’s extremely sweet but very skittish still.
Then we have You’re-Not-the-Boss-of-Me a.k.a. Seven because he’s a polydactyl with seven toes on each front paw. The vet calls him Mr. I’ve Got Too Many Toes.
This one has asthma. Found that out one day to the tune of $1250. We maintain him on a steroid, an antihistamine and a rescue inhaler. Yep. If you are familiar with an Aerochamber, well we have an Aerokat with a little mask that fits over his snout. He’s got a lot of arrogance and confidence, though sometimes he does get all sweet and lovey dovey. Once, during an asthma attack with dh trying to dose him, he bit dh who ended up in the hospital on IV antibiotics for 4 days due to Pastuerella that cats carry in their saliva.
Those are my babies. I admire dogs to the moon and back, but basically we cannot deny that we are cat people. They are indoor-outdoor and keep our mouse, and therefore snake, population at bay here in the woods.</p>
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<p>When I take my dogs to the groomer, I often see a long haired cat there who is being shaved. I think it’s only done a few times a year, but I have to confess, I just really feel bad about it. Just doesn’t seem right.</p>
<p>The cat doesn’t put up much of a fight, though, so maybe he doesn’t mind.</p>
<p>We know some people who have their long haired cat get a lion cut when it is really hot. it looks very weird to me but it does seem to make her comfortable.</p>
<p>I had to shave our old long haired outdoor cat when he got where he could not groom himself well any more. His coat got so matted it was painful. He was not a very friendly cat but would let me cut and shave a little bit every day until I got it all off - the pile of fur was like another cat. It was really difficult as his skin and the underneath of his fur weer identical in color.</p>
<p>Re baths, when Mippy was younger, I thought he’d make a wonderful therapy cat at hospitals and nursing homes. He’s a big galoot of a guy, calm, loves everyone, sweet as he can be. I looked into it, but discovered that he would need to be bathed before every visit. So much for that dream.</p>
<p>We have 3 Ragdolls- Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Dart Vader. Dart is actually a grandcat who didn’t make the last move with WildChild. We have 3 other Ragdoll grandcats that belong to daughter and her husband. We also have a female Tortie who is not particularly nice to anyone but H and me. The Ragdolls (8, 6 and 5) are sweethearts.
Our giant Golden Retriever loves them all and all but the Tortie love him.</p>
<p>We have Melody Pond (named after Dr. Who’s companion) and Milo</p>
<p>Milo was adopted at a flea market. My younger D2 was about 9 and had $40 she had saved up for shopping. We stopped at the shelter booth where a grey kitten was entertaining the crowd with his playfulness. She instantly fell in love with him as did another couple. Adoption fee was $80 and included neutering. Well, I guess the cutie pie with the sad eyes and the rollled up money from her piggy bank won and took the prize home. I plunked down the other half and we took him home in a box and named him Milo. He tortured us for a year, as he could not see bare feet without attacking them. Now he is just a big fatty and does not care about feet only food. We fought over him for years as we each owned 1/2 of him but he always chose her. When she is at sleepovers, he sleeps in front of her bedroom door. </p>
<p>So set my mind to get my own cat. I dreamed of getting a Bengal. It was a big splurge but I saved up my lunch money and bagged my lunch for a year and got myself Melody Pond. She is very sweet and chirps but also a little crazy. I was happy for a while as she was mine. Then D1 came home from college and Melody left me for D1. What to do now? A third cat perhaps? DH is not thrilled. I am going to end up being the cat lady. Oh yeah, we also have two dogs. Crazy I know.</p>
<p>Anyone else have kitties that insist on drinking from the sink faucet? Or are mine just completely overindulged?</p>
<p>^ Google “cats in sinks” and you’ll see you have a lot of company.</p>
<p>OMG, look at the Tumblr page Cats in Sinks - it is hilarious! Sent it to baby kiddo who has her own blog and 2 kitties who like to lounge in the empty bathtub. :)</p>