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Cat talk/advice - all meow, all the time (1 Viewer)

Anarchy99 said:
One of my cats has a favorite spot to sleep. We have multiple cat beds, people beds, couches, blankets laying around, places in the sun, lots of comfy spots. Apparently none of those are good enough for him. Of all places, he picks to sleep on the hose to our vacuum cleaner. Sort of like THIS. But our kitty sleeps more in the middle of the loop of the hose and puts his head on the hose. It doesn't look comfortable at all. If we try to move him to a different spot, he will just go back to sleep on the hose.
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That cat OWNS that hose. And to him, that's all that really matters.

 
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5VdBeAPQE/

Thanks @simey for the help.

Graceland Wild Cats. I’ve never owned a cat in my life but earlier this year we adopted 8 Feral Cats. They help control mice in the barn and generally just prowl around the property and look cool. Which as best I can tell, is pretty much all Cats do. All I do is feed them every day and keep clean water out. They’re truly wild and won’t let you get within 20 feet of them. But I have a bet with my son that I can have one tame enough to pet by the end of the year. We’ll see.
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Joe Bryant said:
:)  Just dinner. 

You don't think I can get one tame enough to pet? 
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By the end of the year? No.  :lol:   I'd love for you to prove me wrong. In time you possibly can. Feral kittens are much more easier to tame than feral adult cats. It isn't impossible to tame an adult feral cat though.  Were any of the people from the Barn Cat Program able to touch the cats before they became yours? If they were able to, you would have a better chance of being able to tame one.  My neighbor was able to tame a feral after working with her for over a year. She would feed her, and then just hang around and sit on her porch outside while she ate. She eventually would move the bowl closer to her. After awhile, the cat showed signs of wanting attention by kneading the ground when near her. Eventually she let her touch her, and then pet her. Fast forward, the cat now lives inside her house. She is a bit skittish, but sleeps with her every night in bed. 

 
simey said:
By the end of the year? No.  :lol:   I'd love for you to prove me wrong. In time you possibly can. Feral kittens are much more easier to tame than feral adult cats. It isn't impossible to tame an adult feral cat though.  Were any of the people from the Barn Cat Program able to touch the cats before they became yours? If they were able to, you would have a better chance of being able to tame one.  My neighbor was able to tame a feral after working with her for over a year. She would feed her, and then just hang around and sit on her porch outside while she ate. She eventually would move the bowl closer to her. After awhile, the cat showed signs of wanting attention by kneading the ground when near her. Eventually she let her touch her, and then pet her. Fast forward, the cat now lives inside her house. She is a bit skittish, but sleeps with her every night in bed. 
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I don't think any of the people from the program could pet them. We'll see I guess.

This does fascinate me though. It seems like thousands of years of domestication can be thrown out the window in one generation.

Does that happen to dogs the same way if they're born in the wild?

 
Joe Bryant said:
I don't think any of the people from the program could pet them. We'll see I guess.

This does fascinate me though. It seems like thousands of years of domestication can be thrown out the window in one generation.

Does that happen to dogs the same way if they're born in the wild?
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I don't know much about feral dogs.  The cats at the colony don't let me touch them with the exception of one, and it's been five years. The one sometimes lets me pet her on the head sometimes when she eats. Most of them will get very close to me when I'm putting down their food. They start eating and my hand is within six inches of them, and sometimes I will touch one on the head, and it immediately backs up as do the others with this look on their faces  :o  .  A few still keep their distance, and wait for me to walk away before they approach the food. They all know my voice and smell. They know my car. They also know my whistle. I do a specific whistle when I get there so they can hear it, and know to come, and they do come. There was one out there that let me pet him all the time, but he had an owner at one point in his life. It took awhile for him to trust me, but he eventually did.  He would follow me wherever I went. I never tried to pick him up, but he would let me pet him on his terms. I was even able to cut some dreadlocks (they formed from getting grease on his back) off of him with some scissors, but I had to be very careful, and I could only do it while he was preoccupied eating. I knew he was owned before, because the maintenance man that works at a storage place beside where they live fessed up to me one day that he put him out there when he was around 8 months old years earlier. He turned semi-wild out there, but still knew human touch. I called him Jerry, and he knew his name. 

 
This is Sumo

He died a couple of weeks ago after battling pancreatitis for the last six months.  He was the most entertaining pet I've ever owned. He was just shy of 11.

It's my goal to live like Sumo.  Sure there is the whole "lying around in the sun 18 hours a day" part of living like Sumo, but more important is the attitude.  You see, Sumo was fat.  Did he hide his bodily imperfection like a wallflower on the beach wrapped in a towel?  No! Sumo celebrated his Sequoian circumference!  Did Sumo disguise his mammoth midsection? No Sumo was proud of his prodigious paunch.  As seen in the picture, Sumo would direct his behemoth belly skyward and dispatch an Ozymandian taunt to the very gods above: "look down upon my works ye mighty and despair!"

 I miss him.

 
From that description and picture I miss Sumo too!

Sorry for your loss, wk. Sumo is happy luxuriating in a heaven-land of large wimmen-cats.

 
Is there a way to get cats to not poop in a place? Our driveway is dirt and they are using it as a litter box. How can I make them stop?

 
Cat-related.  I think I witnessed a squirrel trying to lure a cat to it's death.

Driving down a residential street a couple days ago I slowed down to let a cat cross the street from east to west.  When the cat got close to the other side and I started to speed up again, a squirrel darted across the street also east to west right behind the cat.  The cat noticed and started chasing the squirrel back west to east.  The timing was so perfect that if I wouldn't have slammed on my brakes I would have squished the cat.

Had to be intentional, right?  I don't know why else the squirrel would have followed the cat at that exact time.  Are squirrels that smart?  Anyway,  it was interesting to me and a non-virus related thought.  Be careful chasing squirrels.

 
Saw this thread bumped and figured I would ask. Anyone had any experience with a cat with chronic congestion? Our cat is a few years old and a few months ago starting wheezing, coughing etc. Two different antibiotics over 3 different rounds have done not much of anything. The vet says, some cats are just wheezy :shrug:   That makes no sense to me. Anyone with any experience with this? I am shuked. Thanks. 

 
Angry Beavers said:
Saw this thread bumped and figured I would ask. Anyone had any experience with a cat with chronic congestion? Our cat is a few years old and a few months ago starting wheezing, coughing etc. Two different antibiotics over 3 different rounds have done not much of anything. The vet says, some cats are just wheezy :shrug:   That makes no sense to me. Anyone with any experience with this? I am shuked. Thanks. 
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No experience with cat congestion / antibiotics.......but if it were me, the first thing i'd consider is changing the food and monitor.
(note:  we have a Bengal who is allergic to fowl products (chx and turkey)......so we have buy special food with Beef or fish .    But i will say that his reaction just produces skin rashes, not congestion so this may or may not help you)
 
Also, i would make sure the cat is drinking plenty of water...........when a human gets sick and goes to the doctor, they always tell you drink plenty of fluids in order to help flush out anything and help speed up the congestion breakup.   Why would it be any different for a cat?

Third thing i would do is to look at where they sleep.  Maybe wash blankets.

 
Thanks for the responses. That was my thought as well  -  that cats aren't just wheezy - we have washed blankets - he tends to sleep with us at night and like most cats, just sleeps where ever he wants for the most part as long as he is away from the dog (not entirely true, they actually get along relatively well, it is more like sibling rivalry); We have switched foods etc. He is still eating plenty and seemingly drinking enough based on the eliminations in his litter box. Maybe we just have not landed on the right food yet. I will work on trying to eliminate certain foods, like fowl products, and see what happens. Thanks again @Mrs. Rannous and @Nemesis

 
Joe Bryant said:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5VdBeAPQE/

Thanks @simey for the help.

Graceland Wild Cats. I’ve never owned a cat in my life but earlier this year we adopted 8 Feral Cats. They help control mice in the barn and generally just prowl around the property and look cool. Which as best I can tell, is pretty much all Cats do. All I do is feed them every day and keep clean water out. They’re truly wild and won’t let you get within 20 feet of them. But I have a bet with my son that I can have one tame enough to pet by the end of the year. We’ll see.
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@Joe 8ryant   So what was the outcome of the bet above?

 
So my cat has been "fur mowing" for a while. :oldunsure:

Yes, that is an official term. It's when they lick all the fur off their belly. He's always been an aggressive, over-groomer but now most of his belly is bald. It says it could be psychological or mites or something. Took him to the vet and he got a shot for seasonal allergies which I forgot he also got 2 years ago. I think he's just obsessed with cleaning his belly. 

Anyone have cats that did this as well? 

 
urbanhack said:
So my cat has been "fur mowing" for a while. :oldunsure:

Yes, that is an official term. It's when they lick all the fur off their belly. He's always been an aggressive, over-groomer but now most of his belly is bald. It says it could be psychological or mites or something. Took him to the vet and he got a shot for seasonal allergies which I forgot he also got 2 years ago. I think he's just obsessed with cleaning his belly. 

Anyone have cats that did this as well? 
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I have a cat that has food allergies, and he sometimes fur mows. He eats Natural Balance Limited Ingredients Duck and Pea, and he does very well with it, but if he gets into something he shouldn't he gets hot spots. His hot spots are usually around his face, under his chin, or on his neck. He will scratch himself in the section until all the fur is gone and it bleeds. Then I have to give him an antihistamine, put tetracaine powder on it, and then put on his cone of shame. He doesn't get into things often, but it does happen, especially if my nephews are visiting. He has scars in some areas from the past from hot spots where the hair just never grew back. Those scars are from before I took him in.  As for the fur mowing, I discovered that he will also lick a specific section of his belly when he eats something he is allergic to. He works on it until the hair is gone in that section. It does grow back.

 
urbanhack said:
So my cat has been "fur mowing" for a while. :oldunsure:

Yes, that is an official term. It's when they lick all the fur off their belly. He's always been an aggressive, over-groomer but now most of his belly is bald. It says it could be psychological or mites or something. Took him to the vet and he got a shot for seasonal allergies which I forgot he also got 2 years ago. I think he's just obsessed with cleaning his belly. 

Anyone have cats that did this as well? 
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There some useful tips here.  You see if a different vet will do more to help.  Distraction (ie playtime) seems to be a viable thing to try that can't hurt your cat.  This could take a while to fix.

 
urbanhack said:
So my cat has been "fur mowing" for a while. :oldunsure:

Yes, that is an official term. It's when they lick all the fur off their belly. He's always been an aggressive, over-groomer but now most of his belly is bald. It says it could be psychological or mites or something. Took him to the vet and he got a shot for seasonal allergies which I forgot he also got 2 years ago. I think he's just obsessed with cleaning his belly. 

Anyone have cats that did this as well? 
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We have a super-stressed cat who does this, particularly on her belly.  We did get some kitty-level Xanax for her at one time, but I didn't like the way it affected her as she was just a zombie.  Maybe we could have adjusted the dosage, but we kinda gave up on it.  I've heard from several people, including our petsitteer, that CBD oils can help a lot with this, but I'm sure you wouldn't have any idea where to get such a thing.  :whistle:

 
krista4 said:
We have a super-stressed cat who does this, particularly on her belly.  We did get some kitty-level Xanax for her at one time, but I didn't like the way it affected her as she was just a zombie.  Maybe we could have adjusted the dosage, but we kinda gave up on it.  I've heard from several people, including our petsitteer, that CBD oils can help a lot with this, but I'm sure you wouldn't have any idea where to get such a thing.  :whistle:
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Just remember CBD likely okay.  Pot- likely toxic.

 
Our two year old boy, who has overcome a lot already in his short life, has stomatitis. He was diagnosed about six months ago and they pulled a couple teeth then.He unfortunately was born with extra teeth. We took him in this week and he will have 4-6 more taken this week. They said if we took him to the kitty dentist, they would probably recommend all teeth go, but our vet (who has a cat who has gone through this) says she can't recommend taking healthy teeth out just for the sake of taking teeth out. She flat out said he will lose all his teeth ultimately, but he can live a normal life without them. 

Just sucks....he is such a happy, bouncy cat and to have him deal with this stinks. 

 
:(

Bruno, my 7 yo bengal, who’s been fur mowing has also had some teeth removed a few years ago. His back teeth are in need of cleaning badly. Vet said he’s probably going to have more teeth pulled over time. Sucks.

 
I'm going to cross post this from my original post in the WFH thread

I had already started to work from home ~2 to 3 days/wk when the lockdown started in early March & have been 100% WFH since then.   Both of our college aged girls came home & finished out the semester/summer sessions online.   

Since we were all on lockdown anyways, the girls suggested that there is a rescue group nearby & we should foster some kittens.  Wife and I said, "Why not?  We definitely have the time."  So we first fostered 3 kittens in MAY/JUNE for about 6 weeks and all 3 got adopted in a couple of days.......and we did it again starting in JULY and are about 1 wk away from putting them up for adoption:
Scooby Gang:   https://imgur.com/a/mi5EFQU        Freddie, Shaggy, Daphne
The 100 Gang:  https://imgur.com/a/Dlvr19S         Bellamy, Octavia, Clarke:   

They spent the majority of their time in my daughter's room & it was awesome to know that when you were having a bad work day or just needed a break from your co-workers(or family)  that you could walk to the other side of the house and instantly forget your troubles!!    Has made the whole WFH experience much better and i don't even miss the office life.  I heard that we'll probably be 100% WFH at least thru the end of this calendar year.....so we haven't discussed if we will do this a 3rd time.

 If you are starting to feel isolated, you should consider fostering a pet as it is only temporary and who knows, you might just find a lifelong friend in the process.

 
So far I've trained my kitten to come to his name, sit, fetch, high-five, get in his carrier and turn in a circle (sort of, not really getting this one great).  Probably do a "play dead" kind of thing next. 

 
cockroach said:
So far I've trained my kitten to come to his name, sit, fetch, high-five, get in his carrier and turn in a circle (sort of, not really getting this one great).  Probably do a "play dead" kind of thing next. 
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It's funny how teaching him new things alters what he's already learned.   I started teaching him to not be so handsy when getting a treat fed to him, which resulted in him standing like a ground hog or otter to eat treats.  Adorable!   But now he doesn't high-five good like he used to because he thinks I don't want him to use his paws.  Funny.  

 
cockroach said:
It's funny how teaching him new things alters what he's already learned.   I started teaching him to not be so handsy when getting a treat fed to him, which resulted in him standing like a ground hog or otter to eat treats.  Adorable!   But now he doesn't high-five good like he used to because he thinks I don't want him to use his paws.  Funny.  
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This is all adorable.

 
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