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Posted by simpleseven on September 20, 2009, 2:45 pm
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> To everybody who has a cat, I have some questions about mine, and will
> appreciate your advice! =A0Adele was a stray I adopted after she showed
> up at my sister's house and simply would not leave. =A0Neighbors began
> to feed her and would take her in on cold nights, but enough is enough
> and she really needed a real home. =A0(This went on for about 8
> months.) =A0Nobody was looking for her, none of the local vets knew her,
> and my sister was allergic and couldn't give her a home, and couldn't
> find a home for her. =A0So I decided to take her, and am delighted! =A0Sh=
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> is a gorgeous tuxedo cat with completely black face and white
> whiskers, and is gentle and loving. =A0The vet thinks she is about 2
> years old and had been dumped. =A0She is completely healthy and now
> spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped (all of which she has forgiven me
> for), and follows me around all day when she is not power-napping, at
> which she is expert. =A0I have always had dogs, and in fact have my
> wonderful 8 year old mixed breed, Clara, the 45 pound wonder, who has
> been a great sport about having a new roomie. =A0It took a while, but
> Clara and Adele have worked things out between them and are friends.
> However, I do have a couple of questions about Adele.
> First, Adele will "find" a new napping spot and stay in it off and on
> for a week or two, and then finds another. =A0When she has run out of
> "new" spots, will she return to her old spots?
> Why is it that the only water she drinks is from Clara's bowl? =A0Clara
> doesn't mind, but why is this? =A0Adele has her own water bowl next to
> her food, and I keep her bowls scrubbed and the water fresh, but she
> only drinks from Clara's bowl (also kept scrubbed and full of fresh
> water). =A0Also, if Clara has slopped some water out, which is more
> common as Clara ages, Adele drinks the slopped-out water first.
> How long do I need to keep newspaper/foil/etc. on a chair I don't want
> her to sharpen her claws on? =A0She has THREE scratching posts she likes
> and uses, but wants to use my good chairs, too.
> What is the deal with her apparent love of classical piano? =A0Whenever
> I sit down at the piano and play, no matter where she is she will come
> running, jump up on the piano bench, rub and head-butt me, and even
> play a few notes. =A0When I had the movie The Pianist on TV the other
> night she jumped up on my chair and did the rubbing and head-butt
> stuff while he was playing at the beginning and the end of the movie.
> Adele doesn't seem to pay the least bit of attention to any other
> music -- just classical piano.
> I will appreciate any information and suggestions you might offer!
> Many thanks!
Hi Mary and all,
Enjoy your kitty, Mary.
I have three cats....
I have a very large bowl that all my animals drink out of, haven't had
any complaints so far. ;-) Years ago I had a cat who refused to
drink from a bowl. She'd meow to get my attention and then run to the
sink and meow until I turned on the faucet, she'd have her fill and
then jump down. She also like to climb up onto the bathtub and visit
with me when I'd bath. She behaved more like a dog then a cat I'd
say.
I have tried the double stick tape without success to attempt a detour
from my tables, counters, etc. I haven't tried to double back the
duck tape though...I'm going to give that a shot. I do have a
climbing tree for my kitties, along with a couple of scratching card
board things that sit on the floor. They do use them and haven't had
too many issues with them clawing up my other furniture.
One of my kitties is giving me problems with wetting/spraying on top
of my blankets (where I tuck my chin over the top.) She doesn't do it
everyday. I don't know why she'd doing this. I do my best to clean
out the cat boxes everyday, started giving her a teaspoon of wet food
to help with urinary health. It is just awful to climb into bed to
find that my blankets are wet.
I have three dogs too, two of them sleep with me...one sleeps beside
the bed.
I have started shutting my bedroom door to keep her out! Any other
suggestions?
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Posted by Joanna on September 21, 2009, 9:19 pm
She will rotate sleeping spots often throughout her life, totally normal.
I think she drinks out of the other dish to be closer to the dog, and
she cleans up after the dog is her way of being part of the family.
Cats sometimes think they are people, or at least try to be. So she
likes piano, some like rock, some like country music. Their responses
are just as varied as a room full of people. I like this about cats, it
makes them interesting.
As too how long for the foil I don't have an answer cuz every cat is
different. I had one that learned after the first time. Another one you
might as well leave it on. Then I found he didn't like cayne pepper. So
I would rub some of that on the legs once a month or so.
Joanna
Mary wrote:
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> To everybody who has a cat, I have some questions about mine, and will
> appreciate your advice! Adele was a stray I adopted after she showed
> up at my sister's house and simply would not leave. Neighbors began
> to feed her and would take her in on cold nights, but enough is enough
> and she really needed a real home. (This went on for about 8
> months.) Nobody was looking for her, none of the local vets knew her,
> and my sister was allergic and couldn't give her a home, and couldn't
> find a home for her. So I decided to take her, and am delighted! She
> is a gorgeous tuxedo cat with completely black face and white
> whiskers, and is gentle and loving. The vet thinks she is about 2
> years old and had been dumped. She is completely healthy and now
> spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped (all of which she has forgiven me
> for), and follows me around all day when she is not power-napping, at
> which she is expert. I have always had dogs, and in fact have my
> wonderful 8 year old mixed breed, Clara, the 45 pound wonder, who has
> been a great sport about having a new roomie. It took a while, but
> Clara and Adele have worked things out between them and are friends.
> However, I do have a couple of questions about Adele.
>
> First, Adele will "find" a new napping spot and stay in it off and on
> for a week or two, and then finds another. When she has run out of
> "new" spots, will she return to her old spots?
>
> Why is it that the only water she drinks is from Clara's bowl? Clara
> doesn't mind, but why is this? Adele has her own water bowl next to
> her food, and I keep her bowls scrubbed and the water fresh, but she
> only drinks from Clara's bowl (also kept scrubbed and full of fresh
> water). Also, if Clara has slopped some water out, which is more
> common as Clara ages, Adele drinks the slopped-out water first.
>
> How long do I need to keep newspaper/foil/etc. on a chair I don't want
> her to sharpen her claws on? She has THREE scratching posts she likes
> and uses, but wants to use my good chairs, too.
>
> What is the deal with her apparent love of classical piano? Whenever
> I sit down at the piano and play, no matter where she is she will come
> running, jump up on the piano bench, rub and head-butt me, and even
> play a few notes. When I had the movie The Pianist on TV the other
> night she jumped up on my chair and did the rubbing and head-butt
> stuff while he was playing at the beginning and the end of the movie.
> Adele doesn't seem to pay the least bit of attention to any other
> music -- just classical piano.
>
> I will appreciate any information and suggestions you might offer!
> Many thanks!
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> appreciate your advice! =A0Adele was a stray I adopted after she showed
> up at my sister's house and simply would not leave. =A0Neighbors began
> to feed her and would take her in on cold nights, but enough is enough
> and she really needed a real home. =A0(This went on for about 8
> months.) =A0Nobody was looking for her, none of the local vets knew her,
> and my sister was allergic and couldn't give her a home, and couldn't
> find a home for her. =A0So I decided to take her, and am delighted! =A0Sh=