Comments on: Fat Cats https://www.thecatcoach.com/fat-cats/ Cat Behaviorist Marilyn Krieger Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: TheCatCoach https://www.thecatcoach.com/fat-cats/#comment-59 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:04:03 +0000 http://thecatcoach.com/blog/?p=57#comment-59 Samantha,
It's always really sad to see a cat mourn for his or her buddy after they are separated. I'm glad Rolly is doing well now.

]]> By: samantha Atkinson & Rolly https://www.thecatcoach.com/fat-cats/#comment-58 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:22:11 +0000 http://thecatcoach.com/blog/?p=57#comment-58 I also found that getting Rolly a new friend (who's abit younger than his 11 years) has made him more active as he's inclined to be heavy...OK, so he's a big cat anyway but we don't want any middle age spread developing, now do we? He's always had feline friends and when the last one died, Rolly got quite stressed about it so after a while Iwent to Cats Protection and got MacFluff...now Rollys happy again.

]]> By: Stacy Hurt https://www.thecatcoach.com/fat-cats/#comment-57 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:06:49 +0000 http://thecatcoach.com/blog/?p=57#comment-57 Thank you so much!!! I'm going to order some as the holidays are coming and in our neck of the woods we have to close up the house to stay warm so you can imagine the fragrances we get. I don't need the flashlight cos my nose can follow that scent right to the area every time! I should have been a bloodhound LOL.

It's so nice to know that even though I can't stop the territorial disputes (at least until Stella dies) I don't have to live with that horrid odor!

I'll keep ya posted on our icky poo assault!

]]> By: Marilyn (the cat coach) https://www.thecatcoach.com/fat-cats/#comment-56 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:22:13 +0000 http://thecatcoach.com/blog/?p=57#comment-56 I recommend a good enzyme cleaner, otherwise, cats will continue to target the same areas over and over. The one I recommend is Anti-icky Poo. All enzyme cleaners are not created equal...

]]> By: Stacy https://www.thecatcoach.com/fat-cats/#comment-55 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:29:21 +0000 http://thecatcoach.com/blog/?p=57#comment-55 Hi Marilyn; I don't see any other comments yet so I'll break the ice I guess. Thank you for your previous 'hand holding' about the improper spraying issue. It makes perfect sense to me now considering that one of my cats is mostly an outdoor cat & trust me when I tell you; she NEEDS to be outdoors or she gets really angry and attacks my other 3. Anyhow; as the cat door is open during the day apparently we've been having visitations from other cats. My girls are all fixed but the boys come anyway and spray away; thereby causing two of my girls to go and respray. The house reeks at times. I get my bottle of Fantastic out (it's great for cat urine btw) and start cleaning where I can find. As I said before; Stella will not tolerate being a housecat and I would sooner cut off my fingers than have to lock her up so I just put up with it. She's 11 now. Typically my cats live into their late teens.

This is not about the fatties I have though; sorry... My vet told me free feeding wasn't a problem even though two of my cats are fatties!!! Not obese; but they are chunky. One of mine is very 'short' he said; so if she wasn't overeating she may tend to be (or look) fatter anyhow. I think he was just trying to be diplomatic. I love the idea of hiding food or only putting it down morning and night. Stella; our outdoor girl is so thin I like to feed her wet food in winter to help fatten her up a bit; I have to feed her separately as you might imagine; no sense spoiling the other 3 with wet food! Where can one find the cat balls you speak of where the food goes inside? That sounds brillant!

I'd love to have a giant cat tree but they are rather cost prohibitive. Any ideas on finding instructions to construct ones own?

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