cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/29047745

Totally camouflaged.

Sometimes when a cat grooms another cat, it's nice. A cat helping another cat out, cleaning those hard-to-get spots on the back of the neck with a friendly lick.

Other times? It's more like, "Hey, I want that nice nap spot, and I'm going to annoy you until you give it to me."

And toys, if you want, but their scratching posts are getting in need of replacement and I never know what kind of trees would be more than just passable for our two cats; I'd like something they'd genuinely get excited about and not just find to be yet another surface to nap on.

…The Sweetest Cat, who prefers me over all the rest (came with his more boss cat big brother, but he died after three-months),
He has Hyperthyroidism, takes medicine for him to live longer & has “Rat” Alser (SP?) on his chin, wound that never goes away & scabs over, but flakes off & then bleeds. Problem #1. A. I can never get him to eat enough, all day, though Vet. told us he will never feel full.
How can I get him to eat more?
Problem #1. B. Sweetest cat always wants to eat together with our use the dogs’ big & taller water bowl, spilling tons of blood in their drink water. I think the answer might be, when a dog’s food bowl is no longer needed, then make that the sweetest cat’s water bowl & allow the hungriest cat to use the other two-smaller & shorter cat water bowls.
Any other ideas to get the sweetest cat to not drink out of the dogs’ water bowl & spill is blood into their water?
Problem #1. C. He always wants to eat together with our other cat, who will just keep eating, until round ball, so I cannot feed the sweetest cat, without putting his buddy & always hungry cat on leash attached to something to heavy to move & putting the sweetest cat on leash attached underneath the foot of the brandnew cat box. Partly so if the sweetest cat needs to use the bathroom he can reach either cat boxes, before he finishes his meal, as he has habit of pause in eating, then peeing on floor.
How can I get him to stop wanting to eat with the other cat, in same dish?
Problem #2. I cannot get him to use either of two-cat boxes even just more times than not using one of them. He pees on all floors & rugs, even on the spare room’s bed (that cats & I use to watch TV & pet each other).
We bought a brandnew all steel cat box, that just can easily be washed-out & no smells stick to it. Yet he does use that one either,
How can I get him to use new cat box?

…The Sweetest Cat, who prefers me over all the rest (came with his more boss cat big brother, but he died after three-months),
He has Hyperthyroidism, takes medicine for him to live longer & has “Rat” Alser (SP?) on his chin, wound that never goes away & scabs over, but flakes off & then bleeds. Problem #1. A. I can never get him to eat enough, all day, though Vet. told us he will never feel full.

How can I get him to eat more?

Problem #1. B. Sweetest cat always wants to eat together with our use the dogs’ big & taller water bowl, spilling tons of blood in their drink water. I think the answer might be, when a dog’s food bowl is no longer needed, then make that the sweetest cat’s water bowl & allow the hungriest cat to use the other two-smaller & shorter cat water bowls.

Any other ideas to get the sweetest cat to not drink out of the dogs’ water bowl & spill is blood into their water?

Problem #1. C. He always wants to eat together with our other cat, who will just keep eating, until round ball, so I cannot feed the sweetest cat, without putting his buddy & always hungry cat on leash attached to something to heavy to move & putting the sweetest cat on leash attached underneath the foot of the brandnew cat box. Partly so if the sweetest cat needs to use the bathroom he can reach either cat boxes, before he finishes his meal, as he has habit of pause in eating, then peeing on floor.

How can I get him to stop wanting to eat with the other cat, in same dish?

Problem #2. I cannot get him to use either of two-cat boxes even just more times than not using one of them. He pees on all floors & rugs, even on the spare room’s bed (that cats & I use to watch TV & pet each other).
We bought a brandnew all steel cat box, that just can easily be washed-out & no smells stick to it. Yet he does use that one either,

How can I get him to use new cat box?

Fortunately she only got her coat singed so no real harm was done. My apartment smelled like burnt hair all morning, but i now feel very vindicated in yelling at them everytime they jump onto the stove. In her defense, i have been out of town all week and she was very excited for her breakfast this morning,as normally it is my tortie that i am normally yelling at to not jump onto the stove. She likely has some radiation burns on her left side, but she wasn't on fire after running off and seems fine now.

Niniane was the sweetest little kitten when i got her, but became very aloof and distant when i moved apartments this spring. Now that the weather has cooled, she is as cuddly as ever, climbing on my chest and purring away whenever she can.

Not sure where else to inquire about this, but i got hime from wirk and gave my cats some shrimp temptations. I rarely ever give them treats, but i figured why not. Nini was hesitant about them at first but ate 3-4, then she started to make puke sounds and puked a bit. Only the treats and some bile came out, and she seems to have stopped.

Did she have an allergic reaction? She seems to be relatively fine now, maybe a bit sluggish. In the year that i have had her this is only the second time she has puked, and the first time was maybe a month ago.

Shouting her war cry (a yawn) before going into battle against the Romans (taking a nap).

Cross-posted from "A Loaf of Rain" by @other_cat@lemmy.zip in !cat@lemmy.world

Mine :)

They didn't like the thunder one bit this afternoon when i got home. But the thunder has stopped, the rain has let up, and we are settling in for a cozy night.

We have a lot of stray cats on my block, and i saw one that i call Boots staring at me, shaking his little white boot at me while i was having a smoke, letting me know he was hurt. I was so heartbroken and thought of my little girls, so I brought him a whole can of food. There are plenty of safe spaces around here, so hopefully he can find a place to lay low and heal.

I had Niniane (the tabby) for about two weeks before someone dumped Boudica, my tortie, in the lobby at the restaurant i worked at. Best i could tell, Nini was about 2-4 weeks older and they immediately became inseperable. I am so fortunate to have two cats that love each other and are so sweet and sociable with absolutely everyone. I'll watch them cycle between intense makeout sessions grooming each other, to zooming after each other acrtthe apartment, to full on WWE Smackdown events throwing each other to the floor.