White parasite

[antonchigurh]

It appears I now have a cat- at least for awhile. A series of events happened yesterday which showed her loyalty to me. No, not the crow thing. I will not get into the incident so don't even ask. She's now on a 90 day probational period. I took her to the vet to be tested to make sure she didn't have any diseases. She checked out fine and got shots

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[tamago23]

1. One litterbox per cat is sufficient. I prefer clumping litter personally. If you can afford to get a Littermaid, get one. Don't get a refurbished one though; in my experience, they die quick (~6 months, as versus 2.5 years).

2. As for where to put them, an out-of-the-way place like by the washer/dryer works well, that's where litterboxes were in my childhood house. But now we have ours in the bathroom since we live in an apartment and don't have a laundry room.

3. I have never tried bathing a cat, so I have no idea.

4. HAHAHAHA. No. Cats sleep wherever they want. I suggest getting used to the cat being on the bed.

5. Hit up Petsmart for a toy that looks like a long flexible plastic rod with a piece of string attached to it and then a bunch of feathers on the end of the string. It's kind of like a fishing rod. And the feathers on the end are usually interchangeable. Then you can sit on the couch or at the computer or whatever and twitch it at the cat, who will go apeshit. Fuzzy fake mice are also good. (Or if you're fucked-up like me, buy them fluffy real-live baby mice. Just make sure you're willing to kill the mice afterwards in case the cat injures them but won't finish the job. I had snakes so that made it easy.)

6. Double-sided tape along the obvious clawing spots (the edges of the couch, for example) works really well. Also, if she's jumping up places where you don't want her to (kitchen counters) then put aluminum foil on the surface. Cats HATE the texture of aluminum foil.

[antonchigurh]

"Cats sleep wherever they want. I suggest getting used to the cat being on the bed."

This one won't. I'll make sure of it.

[serene_orange]

I look forward to the entries where you have trained the cat where to sleep

[antonchigurh]

I might even publish a manual when I'm done.

[nutkitty]

I'd also like to see this. I don't believe it is possible! XD

Forgot to add that you could always get a covered litterbox to prevent clothes from falling inside. Some cats won't use them though.

[antonchigurh]

She's been doing pretty well staying off the bed. She has a cat bed, a giant box and blankets on the trunk at the foot of my bed.