Cats, cats, cats

Feliway is a pheromone based spray. I think there's another calming herb for cats. I'll see if anyone at the shelter remembers what it is.

Snickers Mom, That's a good idea. I've left my cat for 3 days with big bowls of food and water. It would even be worth buying more litterboxes to have enough.

My kitties remain at home when we go away. My daughter visits every few days to top up food and the many water bowls we leave. We also have set up cameras to monitor them. They are far happier at home than in kennels at the vet. We are fortunate to have a fully enclosed outdoor courtyard so litter trays are not an issue although I change my daughter’s kitty litter when she goes away and I look after her cat. Amutually beneficial relationship!!

edj3, We sometimes have problems when we go away. Both cats HATE going to the vet, especially Miss Felix. I have a cousin that will cat sit, but once in a while, unavailable. For short trips, we have put extra food and water out and they have been fine. In fact, they act like they didn't know we were gone. LOL

We had bad weather overnight. Louie gets freaked out over storms. Felix, not so much.

Snickersmom, when we are home and have company, he's fine. He doesn't attack, nor does he hiss. He will sometimes try to bully his litter mate (who is equally neurotic himself, although he doesn't attack strangers when we're gone--instead, he hides).

We generally cannot get pills down either cat; these are the only cats I haven't been able to purrito and pill and I've had a lot of cats. Partly it's because they are big cats, with long spines, long legs, long tails. Wally weighs about 16 pounds and I believe Eddie is north of 20 these days.

When they do need to go to the vet, we get them in their very large carriers and once at the vet's they are sedated. No one can examine either cat without sedation.

It's a real shame too because they are total love bugs with us, always in our laps or near us, head butts galore, all the signs of happy cats who are comfortable in their surroundings.

They can't.

I posted earlier today about why--no way to feed them (canned food, please believe me it's required. Infected anal glands that burst are incredibly painful and then the cat's in a cone of shame).

edj3, I hope something works out. I have to keep Felix's food away from Louie. He eats everything. Felix has special diabetic food and I put her meds in the wet food.

Today the sun is out and Louie is ready for adventure. He decided to climb a fake palm tree. That did not work out too well for him. It fell on a table (nothing broke) and Louie is now hiding under the bed.

Kitty is loving the sunshine!

such a beautiful picture (and kitty!)

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Didn’t know where to put this. Thought it’s good for a giggle.

Good morning, Ladies. I love the cat in the sun spot. Miss Felix loves sun spots. She is going to the Vet. She has to have labs. Poor baby. I know the feeling. I have labs tomorrow.

The arctic front is moving through this morning and temps have been dropping all night. Which means my furry little pieces of Velcro plastered against me all night long--very comforting!

I have a question for you all. Snickers is somewhere around 16-18 years old and weighs 12 pounds. She likes the little cans of the Fancy Feast pates. She eats 1/2 of a 3 oz can in the morning and then the other half at dinnertime. But she seems to always want a little more and a little more.... I thought I was feeding her too much but I looked on the can this morning and it says 1 can per 3 to 3-1/2 lbs of body weight per day for adult cats.

The good thing is that she rarely eats dry food and so she doesn't hack that up very often. She used to eat it and then leave me presents here and there. So I would much rather have her eat the canned stuff but I'm afraid of giving her too much and having her gain a ton of weight (like me!)How much do your cats eat?