| Paw Colors | Points |
|---|---|
| Grey | 0-49 |
| Red | 50-149 |
| Orange | 150-299 |
| Green | 300-599 |
| Magenta | 600-1499 |
| Purple | 1500-4999 |
| Blue | 5000-9999 |
| Brown | 10000-24999 |
| Black | 25000+ |
daisy326's Profile
Paw Level: 22
Member Since: 12 / 22 / 2008
Name: M Nelson
Birth Date: 3 / 26 / 1985
Categories: Behavior, Cat Care, Health, Products
About Me: I just got my first ever cat about a year ago. We\'re slowly beginning to figure each other out- but luckily she acts a lot like a dog!
Personal Interests: Art History Travel Literature The environment Animals Photography
- Whisky - Other
Cat Behavior
Aww hehe yeah it sounds cute on paper but I know how annoying it can be when it doesn\\\'t stop. The best I can suggest for the midnight tapping is to lock him in a large room with his litter box (or rather, lock him out of your bedroom). I decided as soon as we got our kitten that there was no way this animal was going to sleep in the bed- it\\\'s just way too distracting. Midnight ambush attacks and kneading massages- while well intended, are a huge pain. She took to it pretty well. She cries first thing in the morning because she wants to get one of us up to feed her, but for the most part she\\\'s settled into having her own space pretty well. Just make sure he has his own comfy bed or crate (we found our cat loooves her crate) in addition to a little dry food, plenty of water and litter box, and he should be good to go. As for the ambushes and attacking the phone, the best thing you can do is play with the cat until he\\\'s too exhausted to move. I suggest a laser pointer for this. It\\\'s sort of the equivalent of a tennis ball to an ocd ball-obsessed labrador. A good 20 minutes of playing with that should knock him out for awhile. Cat nip toys are good too because they run around with them and tucker themselves out- so if he\\\'s driving you nuts with the cabinets/phone, just toss him a cat nip filled toy and that should occupy him for awhile. If you keep them away from the cat and only give them to him when he\\\'s all hyper-ed up, he\\\'ll be extra happy/excited to get the toy. I hope this helps! Remember, it could be worse- you could have a cat that ignores you :)
Cat Care
I have to say- the World\\\'s Greatest Cat Litter is holding the smell really really well. I might see if there\\\'s some way I can manage the yellow dust that comes off it because otherwise it\\\'s perfect...
Cat Health
Well I just got a call back from the vet and the tooth loss is from bartonella\\\'s disease- which, of course, is transmittable to humans in something called cat scratch fever. AND requires 3 WEEKS of liquid antibiotics for the cat. Why can\\\'t my cat come down with something that isn\\\'t transferable to people? Oh, and I think the ringworm is back.. in me, not the cat.
Cat Care
Well, I get the feeling that it\\\'s easier to get kittens used to trimming their nails because they\\\'re young and more trainable- but you can try starting out by petting and pressing gently on your cat\\\'s paws to get her used to you handling them. Once she\\\'s comfortable with you doing that she should let you use a nail trimmer. Just be care you don\\\'t cut the quick which is a nerve in each nail (you can see it as a slightly darker coloration in the nail) that can really hurt them and you\\\'d probably wind up having to take your cat to the vet.
10 Answers | Asked By: mosco14 1
