On that note, Copper and Thomas go into their carriers when they want
to be alone or are pissed off. They even close (not latch) the
doors. They eat on a bench they started eating on as tiny kittens.
Carriers are wonderful if they are safe places. My boys traveled from
the day they came out of the pine thicket and, until they got grown, I
took them on rides and visited people with them. Carriers are sources
of adventure and fun. I have served the boys for almost 3 years and
they travel with me to Louisville, to various other places with no
trouble....no fighting to get them in their carriers or searching for
them for hours. They have a dog carriage (big baby carriage with
screens and very big all-terrain wheels) to ride around
outside....they love that too. The crate idea is wonderful. Same
principle as crate training a dog. Bob came crate trained....he goes
there to rest from the cats, to eat or tell me it is meal time, when
he is wet etc.
On Apr 15, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Pam Norman wrote:
You all have been so helpful on my questions about Poppy I can't
believe it! Maybe I can return the favor a bit & help here. Most
of my 10 cats eat in their crates. I have them stacked in the
kitchen & each cat knows which one is his & they go into them at
meal times. Otherwise I too would run out of rooms. I have one who
also eats in the bathroom & one who eats in my pc room, but the
others all eat in their crates in the kitchen. Sometimes they nap or
sleep in them too since they have good connotations.
Pam
On 4/15/2011 5:12 PM, dlg...@windstream.net wrote:
How do you keep feeding bowls seperate? I have 7 and don't have
enough rooms to keep them out of each other's bowls. Besides, each
one thinks that he other's food is diffeent and better than theirs
so the first few minutes of feeding is spent trading bowls just t
make sure I get the best food.
---- Sharon Catalan<scata...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Pam,
My 3 cats have been living together for 10 years now until my boy-
cat was
just recently diagnosed with FeLV. He may have contracted it 2
years ago
when he ran outside and got into a fight with another cat. We had
the 2
other girl-cats tested and they're both negative. We had the 2
other
girl-cats vaccinated and currently, they are separated. Doctor
said that
they can be together 30days after the 2 other cats receive their
2nd shot of
FeLV vaccination. Also, according to our doctor, it should be
okay for them
to be together again as long as they don't bite/scratch each other
or share
bodily fluids. Just keep their feeding stuff completely
separate. My cats
never fight with each other although occasionally, the other cat
will eat
someone's leftover and I think that is the reason that the 2
others cats
never contracted it considering that the other one had FeLV for
quite some
time now.
Sharon
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Pam
Norman<pam_nor...@charter.net> wrote:
I am trying to determine what to do with Poppy both now& when
the IFA test
results come in. I've been reading& reading& from what I can
gather, the
old dictums about NEVER havinig positive& negative cats even in
the same
house has been abandoned. From what I have read, the general
sense is that
it's fine for positives& negatives to be in the same home, but
should be
separate so there is no chance of exchanging fluids such as with
a bite, but
more importantly with mutual grooming. But I know also that
some of you
have both positives& negatives really living together, not
separate. Right?
What about if I put Poppy in her condo in the spare bedroom& let
me cats
visit, so at least she SEES other cats. What is she hisses&
spits? Would
that have a chance of infecting any of mine who were nosing
around her
condo? My feeling is that it would.
Also how effective is the vaccine these days? I know that some
years ago
the figure was about 30% so I never had any of my cats
vaccinated. Has it
been improved?
Right now we are still waiting for the IFA test for Poppy. And I
guess she
needs retesting on that in at least a month. I do NOT want to
keep her alone
until then. We have a sanctuary for her if she tests IFA
positive cause
then we know that she is really positive. But the person who runs
it tells
me that regardless of how she tests on the IFA, she HAS
leukemia. Period.
And would go in with the positive cats. But my understanding is
that if
she is IFA negative, she has a chance of fighting it off&
putting her in
with the positives is giving up. I think she should only go in
with the
positives if she tests IFA positive.
Can anyone help me sort this out?
Pam
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