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Post by tonib on Oct 23, 2015 3:24:46 GMT
Oh dear that won't be popular with anyone. It does sound like a stress issue but it might be worth getting them checked out at the vets in case there is anything medical that is causing this problem & they may also be able to suggest some stress relief ideas.
Have you any idea what is happening when Honey wets the beds? Such as are they fighting or is she avoiding Olive or are the litter trays not fresh or being guarded?
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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 23, 2015 16:53:03 GMT
What do you use to wash the bedclothes? Sometimes certain clothes washing brands smell like toilets to cats from what over heard.
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Post by jess on Oct 26, 2015 17:14:39 GMT
(sorry it's taken me ages to reply, been away all weekend)
I think it's mainly to do with the litter trays, I'm the one who cleans the litter trays in the house and I normally clean them everyday but when I'm out/away it may be a day or two before they are properly cleaned so I think that has something to do with it.
Also, Honey has real attachment issues and she hates being left alone so I think her weeing maybe partly down to that distress when she thinks we are leaving her. We wash the bedclothes with Arial. Anyway, it hasn't happened since, I've been cleaning their boxes daily and also spray the beds daily with feliway so fingers crossed it finally stops.
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Post by tonib on Oct 26, 2015 17:23:32 GMT
jess If it is stress - which could be caused by the attachment issues - then it may be worth considering zyklene tablets but have a word with the vet first, although you don't need a prescription for them. We had them we were having issues with Lexie's stress behaviour. However it sounds like you don't need them at the moment - glad to hear that the problem has gone away. Litter trays not being clean enough can cause these problems although so long as the waste is taken out of the trays daily (or even more frequently) then you don't have to fully clean them everyday.
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Post by jess on Oct 26, 2015 17:26:13 GMT
Yeah, we'll just take it day by day now but will mention it to the vets next time we're there and do some research on those tablets! Thank you for that
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Post by jess on Nov 4, 2015 20:33:39 GMT
(so far so good on the peeing on beds front, not had an incident since) I'm just wondering how you can tell if a kitten will grow up long haired? Honey's coat is totally different to Olive's in that it's denser, her tail is thicker and her belly fur is extra fluffy and it's just generally not as silky smooth as Olive's - does that mean it'll be longer when she's older? Also the neighbours cats are beginning to realise there's kittens in this house and have been up to the cat flap a few times, they're huge Bengal/Burmese cats and when we had Oscar he never had a problem with them as he was the bigger cat so made it his territory pretty quick but I'm scared that when we let the girls out in just over a month they'll be bullied tremendously
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Post by tonib on Nov 5, 2015 0:00:33 GMT
Good news on the beds jess Can't really help with the long/short hair question as I've never had kittens. When looking at other people's kittens the only fluffy ones have been fluffy all over when they're going to be long(er) haired. One of our cats, Osiris, is a short hair but has a fluffy tummy. Thinking more about it the British Short Hair kittens I've seen at cat shows have been quite fluffy but grow are short haired cats, there's a difference between fluffy & long haired. lotsofcats may be able to give a better idea as she has a variety of cats
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Post by lotsofcats on Nov 5, 2015 10:32:28 GMT
I have 5 long haired/semi long haired cats. I've found some photos of my 2 youngest when they were kittens so you can see how long haired they were so that you can compare Honey to them. Also look at the difference in Bramble (my oldest cat) as a 4/5 month old to now.
Looking at your photos Honey does look as though she may be semi long haired. An indication is the fluffy tail and they usually have long hair in their ears.
This photo is Blackberry at 5 month old - she is now much more long haired.
This is Bramble when she was about 5 months old and she looks quite short haired apart from her tail and ear hair. She is now very long haired.
Willow now:
Willow as a kitten:
Blackberry at 6 weeks old:
Bramble now:
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Post by jess on Nov 5, 2015 11:21:11 GMT
Oh my what lovely photos! Yes I would say Honey's coat looks most like Blackberry's maybe not as long but it's certainly that thick, especially round the tail area - maybe when she gets to adult age she'll be a weird mix of the two
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Post by smilesbetter on Nov 5, 2015 11:50:55 GMT
Smudgies kittens that turned out to be long haired were both as long haired as Willow in lotsofcats pics there. Lovely pics there!
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Post by lotsofcats on Nov 5, 2015 15:38:36 GMT
In the summer Blackberry loses her lovely mane but Willow doesn't which is strange because the Maine Coons lose theirs. Blackberry and Willow's Mum Kali is short haired and their other siblings were both short haired too.
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Post by jess on Nov 11, 2015 21:16:59 GMT
So two days ago I did the girls second round of Advocate and tonight I was mortified to discover dead worms in one of their poops!!!! I didn't even know kittens who hadn't been outside could get worms? Freaking out a little bit now incase one/both of them still has them inside her...
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Post by scallywag on Nov 11, 2015 21:19:48 GMT
Im a bit ignorant to this but arent all kittens and pups born with them ? Im sure I read that somewhere ?
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Post by jess on Nov 11, 2015 21:21:07 GMT
Ooh I did not know this either, will have a google now. Think the only thing I hate more than worms is the dreaded ticks.
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Post by scallywag on Nov 11, 2015 21:23:06 GMT
Im sure soneone will come along and correct me LOL
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