[Ilikemyscarf]

Originally Posted by vegetables

completey hypothetical situation:

lets say i have this really annoying cat.. that likes to scratch my legs and jump all over me. all the time. do you guys think its ok if i were to lock him in the bathroom for 30 mins as i eat my dinner? im mean im sitting there enjoying my meal while i hear his pathetic little calls for freedom and it doesnt phase me one bit. in fact, i even forgot i locked him in there for a while. is something wrong with me? should i be concerned?

Try getting him some toys. And locking him in the bathroom is very cruel. Let him out or like ayooshi said, put him in a bedroom or something.

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by vegetables

completey hypothetical situation:

lets say i have this really annoying cat.. that likes to scratch my legs and jump all over me. all the time. do you guys think its ok if i were to lock him in the bathroom for 30 mins as i eat my dinner? im mean im sitting there enjoying my meal while i hear his pathetic little calls for freedom and it doesnt phase me one bit. in fact, i even forgot i locked him in there for a while. is something wrong with me? should i be concerned?

I don't get what's cruel about it as long as the cat has food/water/litterbox/toys. Even if it's going to be in there for an hour you should at least put some water in there and a toy or two to let the cat keep himself amused. When I first got my cat she used to beg for food whenever I was eating and once she jumped up onto my plate, into my food . I gave her a kitty-bath and locked her in the bathroom for 15 minutes while I finished eating. I don't know if she meows or not because she's not a very vocal kitty and when she does "talk" her meows are very quiet. Also, when I visit my parents' house and I have to go out somewhere for more than an hour I put 1 or 2 of her toys and her food/water bowl in the bathroom (her litterbox is already there) and close the door. She usually climbs into the dirty clothes hamper and goes to sleep . I have to do this to prevent my dad from being mean to her or "accidentally" letting her out of the house (he hates cats).

edit: once when I was at my parents' house the cat somehow managed to get on top of my sister's bird's cage and had her paws reaching in there, scaring the life out of the bird who was screaming and squawking (cats have been known to literally give pet birds a heart attack). I stuck her in the bathroom, intending only to leave her in there until I put the birdcage in another room but I forgot about her and she ended up being there for more than an hour. She had water though. Stuff happens, just be very careful and don't make it a habit

[wheelworks]

In addition to the above, make sure the toilet lid is closed

[bluey]

I think thats cruel. I mean like... hello... Poor thing.

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by wheelworks

In addition to the above, make sure the toilet lid is closed

ewww! I didn't mention it because I figured that's common sense

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My kitty has a lump on the lower left side of her belly.. it feels like a small, round, hard object under the skin but it's hard to see through her fur and when I touch it, it doesn't bother her...she doesn't seem to feel it. I took her back to the APL where I got her so they could look at it and they said just to keep an eye on it. Inshallah it's nothing . I also asked them to teach me how to clip her nails...that stupid vet I posted about previously who was so rough with her obviously has scarred her for life. She screamed (yes, screamed), struggled and hissed when the lady got out the clippers...then she scratched the lady's face. I felt so bad for the lady but poor kittybutt was so scared, I just took her home

[fatima]

Originally Posted by fatima

looks like im going to be cat-sitting again!

im gonna pick it up tomorrow and ill have it til friday. i hope this one is a little less hyper than the kitten i watched for my friend a few weeks ago.


and yes...you can call me the crazy cat lady

ill post pics tomorrow iA

turns out i wasnt needed. oh well ...

i guess that means you CANT call me the crazy cat lady..yay!

[thejellymill]

I'm hoping someone can answer my question inshallah. Alhamdulillah my kitty's a normal 4/5 month old kitten with tons of energy and sneakiness. I've got her on a dry food diet for kittens with wet food as an occasional treat a couple of times a week. I don't give her any people-food, not even milk, even though she always "begs" when I'm eating.

In the last 2 weeks she's thrown up 3 times.. Yesterday and today she did it again. Both times it's (okay sorry this is gross) yellow and usually has cat kibble in it. Today it looked like yellow diarrhea (without kibble in it) but I could tell it was definitely wasn't diarhea. (So sorry ). I caught her trying to eat it so I locked her in the bathroom while I scrubbed the spot, cleaned out her litter (everything in there looked normal ) and cleaned the kitchen top to bottom to make sure there weren't any people-food crumbs lying around. I can't figure out what's wrong with her!!

Also she's had this little round hard bump on her lower stomach for over a week but it doesn't bother her when it's touched or pressed. The animal shelter people said "keep an eye on her" and that's it. Could the two be related?

[Bluestar]

Probably best to take the cat to the vet

My next door neighbours cat, Karl always comes to say hello, although i'm sure it's because he finds my bed comfortable because he always ends up falling asleep in it. The other day he wanted to go home and was sitting by the open door, waiting for the rain to stop. So i picked him up, shuvved him under my coat and took him next door. Cats are such wimps.

[Ilikemyscarf]

I took my cat to the vet this morning for a bath and a nail trim. She said to come back around 2, I miss him!

ps. Everyone comments on how cute/beautiful he is. Me loves my baby

[sally]

I like to pretend my little kitty man is really a dog. He's so cute and acts like one so why not

[thejellymill]

I think I figured out my kitten's problem inshallah, alhamdulillah.. She's been throwing up because she eats too fast.

In other news she's getting into the habit of sleeping next to me at night with at least one paw touching some part of me. If I move, she'll scoot after me so that her paw is touching me again. Every morning after my phone alarm goes off she'll come and sit on my hair and paw my face as if to say "get up! there's no snooze button here!" Once the light comes out I open the blinds a little on the window next to my bed and she sits on the comforter next to the window, purring and staring at me with half-closed eyes. I love her, she's adorable mashallah

Right now she's sitting on the front window sill staring intently at two guys having a conversation on the sidewalk

[Ayooshi]

Asalamu Alaikum,

Okay, My kitty disappeared, Its been about a week now, and he's home every night. What could possibly have happened to him?

And he's a baby too, only a year old, I hope theres a chance that he's still alive.

Fi AmanAllah

[thejellymill]

Is he neutered? Neutering them and spaying them helps tame the roaming instinct in them and prevents them from finding certain "things to do" while they're out which is what he could be up to.. if he's not neutered, that is.

[thejellymill]

awwww my kitteh's belleh was just a-growlin' while she was stretched out on her back sleeping

[Ayooshi]

Originally Posted by thejellymill