My husband and I recently moved into a new house and it seems the previous owners left behind the family pet. The cat has been living on our roof and she apparently has kittens with her. We found them in the backyard on Friday (after she kicked ‘em off the roof). We’ve claimed one as our own and the neighbors have claimed the others. Soo….

How hard is it to litter box train a kitten. I’d say he’s probably 9 weeks old. He’s definitely been weened (if that’s what you call it). We have him in the laundry room right now because I don’t want him to ruin my carpet. So how do I do it and how long does it normally take??
Thanks for all the smart answers! I should’ve clarified that we do let him out of the laundry room, when we’re awake/at home. My husband likes to play with him more than I do! Anyways, yes I’m definitely sure he is a HE.

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My female cat constantly licks and scratches her fur. The fur on her tail is nearly bald and she has a lot of sores on her, so we are a bit reluctant to use a flea spray/powder. She sits on the edge of the bath, kitchen work top, tumble dryer, plastic bags and boxes. She runs like crazy over the lounge carpet to get to the window sill or sofa etc. We have sprayed the house with a strong flea killing spray and we always make sure that we hoover and keep the house clean. This is driving her crazy and we don’t think that she is sleeping very well. She hates wearing flea collars, they end up being bitten off. Is anyone else experiencing the same problem or any suggestions would be gratefully appeciated.

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I’m bringing a 10-12 week old kitten to my apartment tomorrow. It has lived on a farm and has never been inside a house. She will be an inside cat now. Will she use the litter box right away? Or will she poo/pee anywhere? Also, we will be keeping the box hidden away in a pantry on the floor. But for a few nights I would like to keep her from roaming the apartment freely because I don’t want her to poo/pee on the carpet while I sleep. Would it be ok to lock her in the bathroom with the litter box at night, and in the morning put the litter box back in the pantry? Or will this confuse her as to where to go to the bathroom? Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks.

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Where can I find a cheap cat scratching post? The cheapest at Petsmart is like for a 2 foot piece of wood with carpet on it.

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I know it seems obvious, but I’ve tried cleaning both at times, and still had the urine smell, even after cleaning the carpet and walls of the closet that contains this wonderful item. I have a neurotic fat cat that has bathroom issues. Any thoughts?

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my cats are bored in my rather lack-lustre backyard and i’d like to get them a cat tree that’s suited for the outdoors (rain and all). i’ve seen some okay ones at Cat’s Play, using real tree branches/logs for the posts, but they also have carpet on them, which is not so good for outside. Armarkat has a nice all wood one, too, but it’s straight up-and-down, with no cubbies or limbs branching out

i’d like something with the perches/cubbies covered in all sisal or canvas. i probably could just replace the carpet on one of the others with the sisal or canvas, but they’re expensive enough as it is for me to want to spend more money just to get what i want.

any help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks!
i suck at building things and have half a thumb to prove it….

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What is the best kind of scratching post for cats?
I just bought a 1-1/2 yr old cat the other day and he’s been clawing at my carpet and ripping it out next to my sons room.
Today I was going to buy a scratching post, but there are different kinds. Which do cats prefer?
1.) All carpet ( straight post )
2.) All carpet ( kitty condo )
3.) Carpet on parts, rope wrapped around other parts
4.) Other (please explain)

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I have 2 cats, aged 4 and 3. The older one is a model cat, perfect, The younger one is a nightmare. Ever since I have had him I have been wiating in hope that he changes but no and now I have a baby son its just making my life a constatn misery.
What can I do? Cat in question is so naughty, has destoyed my house, every room has wall paper hanging off, he jumps up places he knows he is not allowed and knocks things over, this is a seriocu cncern now I have my baby. Already he has almost hit my son on the head when he has knpcke things over, so I now I have to chut him out the front room almost all day, which I odnt want to do.
Im just at the end of my tether and am thinking I cant go on with this animal. He destroys everything like today I went to the supermarket, and put my shopping in the house then while I was getting my son out of his coat etc the cat went into the shopping bacg and ripped into a bag of moist facial wipes therefore destroying the whole bag. This is commong ie he is banned from the kitchen also as he ruins all my food, and eats things like plastic bags and rips the bin liners open. I cant even have a bin in my bed room.
He is banned from the bathroom as thats where I keep all my baby things, which he would rip open, but instead he rips up the carpet outside and I have got stuck in there, Im just terrified of what this cat will do next and really cant cope anymore.
Its really upsetting for me and means I shout a lot which is upsetting for my baby boy,
we live on a main road so i cant let them out as I feel they would not last long at all.
I just dont know what to do anymore, the though of re-homing my cat breaks my heart but what else can I do?
There are loads of cat toys, towers and scratch posts in the house and lots of windows for them to look out of.

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My cats diet, has been a very small dish of milk in the morning, with 3 of those soft treats, some soft food for lunch and a feeding tower of dry food any time he wants it. he has two clean litter boxs, and he knows ware both of them are.

Seems he will poop in his box, and yet he will poop on the carpet in various rooms too. We tried adjusting what food stuffs he eats, but he still does it. Are cats the type that would do that, like a way to get back at us, for some thing we won’t do, that he wants us to? Is that maybe a sign of some thing serious? Would some of the tainted pet food cause that if he was eating some, and we didn’t know it??

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OK so I’m trying to fix an old cat tree I got from my friend. It’s one of those you get from Walmart that’s made of cardboard and carpet with 4 posts and 4 perches. The posts connect by screwing into each other with a perch in the middle. Well, one of the plastic cap/plug whatever it is you use to screw and connect the post together broke and I can’t figure out what it is the get it replace. I’ve even taken it to the hardware companies to let em look at it. If you’ve never seen one of these posts they look like a shipping tube for posters, with the caps on the end, except these caps are stronger and have a knut in em to hold the screw and connect the posts. Does anyone have an idea of what I’m talking about and know what this plastic parts called and where to get it?

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