Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
I have OCD.
Obsessive Cat Disorder
🥰 The word “homeowner” has the word “meow” in it. Good luck pronouncing correctly ever again.
So I have banished her from the bedroom. She has a second litter box in the storage room and a second water bowl so she should be ok and I will definitely be more OK!
Pet store also have a gel that I use to give my cats when they had such a problem. One cat I had to dab it onto her paw as she wouldn't lick it off my finger. The dab worked as she had to lick it off the top of her paw, occasionally she would fling it onto the wall.
My hubby's son's cat had this happen. He was constipated and the Vet also found he was starting to have age related kidney issues. Special diet food has been helpful, and he's back to his old self.
Does your cat have hairballs?
Cats shed heavily during the fall and spring. As a result, you might notice an increase of hairballs during these seasons. Long-haired cat breeds may also be more susceptible to seasonal hairballs.
Occasional hairballs once a month are okay, provided your cat doesn’t have other worrisome symptoms like inappetence, lethargy, or withdrawal. However, hairballs once a week or once every 2 weeks can be a sign of food allergies, atopy (environmental allergies) or IBD (irritable bowel disease).
Generally, vomiting should not ever be accepted as a normal behavior. Because it is a symptom of so many potential illnesses, however, you might want to have your cat examined to rule out serious medical conditions if it seems to be happening more than normal.
nacy - I have banned my cat from the bedroom at night and I am sleeping much better.
sharyn - that's interesting. She certainly has taken charge!!!
Today I started putting a floor-to-ceiling cat tree together. Rocky has been scratching the furniture since she has been banned from the bedroom at night where her cat condo/scatch post is. I got a small scratching post for the living room but it's not stable enough, I can place this larger one by the windows so she can climb high and see out and scratch at many levels. I had to train her onto the small post. Hope she will "get it" on her own with this larger one. Rubbing it with a catnip toy seems to help.
One thing I do know about cats-you cannot punish them.
I miss them as much as my Tweety who's gone from me in 2024.
My condolences on your loss.
I cannot get any more pets.
I accept that now.
It's been so empty here without cats.
But I went onto the pet adoption website in my area and seeing
all the sad faces made me kind of depressed actually. So maybe
I'm not ready for another yet. We'll see.
I said my third man is missing when i lost my baby. Cried my eyes out after every trip to the rescues, however, not only did we find another precious fur baby but, we found 2.
Every single adoption makes a difference and you will soon be enjoying your new family member(s) and be encouraging others to adopt.
I pray you are chosen quickly by your new fur baby(ies).
I know I will definitely be getting two more kitties eventually.
She is a Maine Coon cross and her vocalizations are so endearing,
assuming that is Rocky.
I'll for sure get another couple of sweeties one day.
"Living my best nine lives."
"I'm not spoiled, my human is just well trained."
"I was normal three cats ago."
"One cat just leads to another."
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Mission im-PAW-ssible
I don't need a knight in shining armor. I need a cat in a decent mood.
“Cats have no guilt and very little shame.”― Ursula K. Le Guin
“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”― Robert A. Heinlein
You know nothing about rejection until you get a cat…
When you’re a kid, you want to be a teenager.
When you’re a teenager, you want to be an adult.
When you’re an adult, you want to be a cat.
One cat won’t fix all your problems…but three might.
A poodle.
Their pets.
If you are very, very lucky,
you will have spent part of your life
…being owned by a cat.