We just got our first real cat and the first pet (besides fish) in our first home.
(Our last cat was a disguised demon from the lowest level of Hell and we lived in an apartment. She can't be considered for comparison.) Our biggest problems have been the litter box and claws. This animal doesn't like his own shit... unless the litter box was scooped constantly he'd crap in the sink. We ended up popping for a self-cleaning box that works well enough (but has led to one really nasty hour cleaning it when the plastic catch failed and all the crap ended up beneath the box) but needs to be plugged in to work... which means it's my server closet at the moment. I hope to run an outlet to the bathroom later. Claws are harder. We got him a scratching thing and he does use it - but he also likes the carpet on the stairs and the area run in the dining room. NEVER EVER yell at them when they're near their scratching post! You want them to LOVE it. ;^) He does love the window sill in the front picture window... but he was also clawing the hell out of the woodwork. I picked up a carpet remnant that sort of matched the wood, cut it to fit and tacked it down and problem solved. A couple of small tack-holes are much better than a thousand claw marks. Now the problem is the curtains - to get and down from the window sill he's not treating the sheer curtains very well. I've not figured out a solution for that yet. Oh - and you might want to also consider picking up a tray for the food dishes. Just something to keep the mess contained. You can give them water too but I've never had an animal that was able that didn't prefer drinking out of the toilet. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248686 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
