Pets!
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@Tez The spoiler tag button doesn’t seem to work. I deleted the post instead.
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@Arkandel Yeah I think the button may be broken – if you surround stuff with double pipes – like
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@Arkandel Thanks. And yeah, what Roz said will do it. For some godforsaken reason the spoiler functionality on NodeBB is questionable at best. Pavel had to dig deep to find something that would work.
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I wish to be as happy as this cat family is.
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Omg the pile of cats. I can’t. My heart. Too cute.
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@junipersky You did a Good Thing by reuniting Daddy Cat with the rest.
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Sir Fat Fat, my horse, decided today he was going to make a break for the great out doors. And ran me in a merry f’ing chase up and down the neighborhood.
I haven’t seen this fat bastard run this much in his entire life. And when he was tired of running he trotted up to me for pets and treats like he had just been playing in the yard and not running down the street and greeting people in their cars.
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@Cobalt he’s a good horse! look at that face!
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I bought some of those buttons you train your dog to tap to communicate what they want.
I started with “treat”. Willow immediately ran away, terrified….
Opie just sat there drooling more and more but refused to press the button.
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My muddy chaos demon
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@Kestrel When we are ready to get another bonded pair, I’m really torn between getting two great pyrs or two huskies. We need to repair some holes in the fence, that our grown puppies can’t get through but smol puppies could, before we get anymore puppies.
Plus, it is nice to not be in potty training mode. Not listening to a puppy whine in a crate over night or waking up to puddles is nice. XD
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My horse actually played with me last night! Opie is a big boy and very lazy. But I was playing with Willow and he mimicked her exactly.
Came galloping down the hall at me and then stopped short to do the crazy but wiggle, spin in circles, run away, and do it again that huskies do. (He is not husky mix).
I cannot express how much joy it gave me. He got so many pets and hugs afterward.
Normally, he’s so sensitive that any sort of play without a toy scares him.
ETA: Not a video of play, just a video of him being lazy.
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There is no sorrow like that of a dog being denied running out the front door and having a merry romp in the street.
(Also this jerk managed to get his collar off again. How he does it I don’t know!)
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I recently lost both of my parents, which required a drive from NJ to FL with their cats. I had three cats, but we lost Luke (15) in March 2022 and then Piggy (15) shortly after him last year. This left the baby, Lizzy (now 2), as lone cat since then. She and Luke never really jived, but she and Piggy mostly got along.
She is not happy about new cats, and we have them in separate parts of the house. I think Lizzy and Possum will be fine, but Tippy is about as happy about Lizzy as the other way around. Like, hissing & growling when they glance each other through the gate we have up (often covered with a blanket).
Any helpful advice? I really want to avoid having to rehome these two cats but also can’t keep them all separate forever.
she/her, them/they - not super particular
I have been here the whole time
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This is a fairly good guide!
It is okay to keep them separate for as long as it takes to develop mutual apathy. My Calypso has now been here for over a year and my Lyra still thinks Calypso is the worst thing that has ever happened to her. However, they have mostly agreed on mutual avoidance (except when Calypso decides to take her life in her hands and pounce…) The fights are to a minimum and no one gets hurt. At this post we just sigh and let it be and intervine when we notice Calypso has given up her senses.
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Thank you!
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@Tori I used to co-run a feral cat colony that occasionally got a non-feral cat we’d have to take in, clean up, and rehome.
We had a lot of luck using sentry calming collars and wall plug-ins to introduce new cats to each other. They mimic the pheromones released by mother cats to soothe kittens.
Cats are scent socializers, so quarantining one cat in a bathroom and then switching its bedding with the bedding of the other cat can help acclimate them to one another. Or just fully switching which cat is locked in which room.
Also, feeding them at the same time while they are on the other side of a door from each other (but not within line of sight) helps them associate their scent with something good.
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I actually just got two of those Feliway plug-ins to try to help but wasn’t sure about them - some of the reviews weren’t great. This makes me feel like it was a good purchase. Thank you!
she/her, them/they - not super particular
I have been here the whole time
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@Tori I think the trick is just not using them in big open rooms where there’s too much aeration.
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Agree. We used them for a while and found they worked best in smaller rooms.
Our shelter uses them also when we have cats super struggling to adjust.
