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ali_kat

31,988 posts

220 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Yeah, we had one, it didn't help

Beauty carries it.... in her mouth hurl

ehasler

8,566 posts

282 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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At least they are using the tray... smile

ali_kat

31,988 posts

220 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Yes thumbup

Zelda Pinwheel

500 posts

197 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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omgus said:
Or cat crack as they are known by my neighbour. If she shakes a packet of dreamies out of her front room window my cats will join hers in her living room. hehe

^..^


Cat crack indeed. We have to keep Dreamies in a sealed glass jar, in a high cupboard, these days.

Swervin_Mervin

4,429 posts

237 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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richtea78 said:
I have had to leave him at home a couple of days this week but most of the time I work from home for most of the week. When I work in the office I empty his tray morning before work, as soon as I get home and then a couple of times during the evening as when I notice it needs doing.
Sounds like an awful lot of emptying to me. Ours is diabetic and he's always peeing. It gets emptied when the litter in it is completely clumped, or if he's done a dump (which is, without fail, every morning before breakfast!)

You might not see him drinking at all, but as long as he's pee-ing you';re alright. Ours is the only cat in 30+yrs I've ever seen drinking water put down for him and again that's because he's diabetic so regularly thirsty. Pre-diabetes he'd only drink from pond water or a bowl that had been left outside to "cultivate" some flavour!

Never bothered with a glass bowl. The cat isn't going to give a momkeys.

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Zelda Pinwheel said:
omgus said:
Or cat crack as they are known by my neighbour. If she shakes a packet of dreamies out of her front room window my cats will join hers in her living room. hehe

^..^


Cat crack indeed. We have to keep Dreamies in a sealed glass jar, in a high cupboard, these days.
Kitty got munchies hehe

richtea78

Original Poster:

5,574 posts

157 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Wow, he certainly wanted to get into that packet!

When it comes to starting to move his stuff downstairs how long should I wait? He moves about upstairs quite a bit now but would like to start encouraging him downstairs as I plan to move his litter tray and food bowls downstairs.


Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Leave his door open. Keep his food and tray in there for now but see how much he explores. In an ideal world I'd say have another litter tray and bowl of food where you intend to keep them so he gets used to them there.

richtea78

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5,574 posts

157 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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The litter tray wasn't expensive. Can easily get another. Same for the food bowls. Will just put dry food downstairs till I know he is eating down there though as don't want to waste the food

Mobile Chicane

20,737 posts

211 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Weigh his food rather than leaving it up to the cat to help himself. Err on the stingy side.

Indoor cats can become porky very quickly if their food isn't controlled.

Also, Dreamies - nono

richtea78

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5,574 posts

157 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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I've been using them to try and get him to come downstairs. So far he has had 4 of them. I'm not going to give him too many

edc

9,231 posts

250 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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I have found the remains of kfc behind the TV on the odd ocassion, hidden Felix pouches shredded open and I've even witnessed one of them walking off with a whole plastic tub of whiskers treats laughlaugh

Swervin_Mervin

4,429 posts

237 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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Just move everything downstairs. He'll come down. It's a cat at the end of the day, you don't need to faff around too much.

whoami

13,151 posts

239 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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Mobile Chicane said:
Also, Dreamies - nono
A few every day are fine.

jimmyjimjim

7,329 posts

237 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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For the ultimate cat crack, try freeze dried chicken. My 4 could take or leave other treats, but if they hear a tub of freeze dried chicken being opened, they'll come running - and fight each other for them.

As a result, they don't get them often, and are strictly rationed when they do get them.

Bloody annoying having 4 cats follow you around for the next half hour....

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Cat crack for one of my cats is either prawns or believe it or not Vietnamese sausage! I suspect it's the fish sauce in the sausage, but she goes into monster cat mode whenever it's about.

richtea78

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5,574 posts

157 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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I've started putting some of his food downstairs and it's being eaten so he is coming down. I just haven't seen him yet!

Mobile Chicane

20,737 posts

211 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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I have never yet met a cat who could resist steak. nuts

Extremely useful as a 'training aid' to tempt timid cats in and out of cat flaps, or up and down stairs.

richtea78

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5,574 posts

157 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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He is getting more confident. To be honest I'm not in a huge rush so can go at his pace.

My local pet shop gave me a packet of Applaws to try. Apparently it's very good for him. I thought it smelt disgusting but apparently not to a cat as he ate the lot.

bexVN

14,682 posts

210 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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richtea78 said:
He is getting more confident. To be honest I'm not in a huge rush so can go at his pace.

My local pet shop gave me a packet of Applaws to try. Apparently it's very good for him. I thought it smelt disgusting but apparently not to a cat as he ate the lot.
Top notch food that yes