Image 1 — Starting to take cat on further adventures. I'm nervous.
Image 2 — Starting to take cat on further adventures. I'm nervous.

Starting to take cat on further adventures. I'm nervous.

I have a 1 year old, outdoor loving fluffy boy who can be quite shy.

I've been looking into a backpack carrier for him to retreat to so we can venture a little further, especially to visit his best friend who lives about 30 minutes away.

The main thing that gets me nervous is what people will think more than how he will handle it.

He has a tracker on his harness for added security, and he's now on a rabbitgo harness.

Does anyone have any good recommendations for backpack carriers? And advice to get over the social anxiety 🫪

u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 12 days ago

How often do you completely change your cat litter?

How often do you change your cats litter boxes?

I only get 3 bags of rubbish allowed per month 😢

It drives me nuts.

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 1 month ago

Stainless steel litter trays

Are stainless steel litter trays worth it?

I currently have a plastic one but need to upgrade to a larger one, I've been seeing a lot of stainless steel ones come up and also seen a lot of pet influeners using them.

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 2 months ago

Wet belt change. How much was it?

My car have nearly 70k miles and has a wet belt, it's a vauxhall crossland X (2019)

How much did you pay for your replacement?

Did you go through vauxhall if so how much did they charge you?

I called up to ask but they can't give a quote until Monday.

A private garage quoted me £850.

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 2 months ago

Is this problematic?

These cats have known each other ages and ages

They sleep together, they play together and are fine together 99% of the time.

Then there is this 1%

It always sounds quite nasty, it happens only once or twice a week and then they are back to practically best mates.

Both male, both neutered. Void will hiss, growl and try to get away but tux will continue unless he is distracted, by either me calling him, or something else happening in the background.

Both have had health checks quite recently with no concerns.

I've not owned 2 cats together before, so I'm not sure if this is just them working stuff out or just common in multi cat households or if they hate each other.

u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 2 months ago

Donated for the first time yesterday

I donated for the first time yesterday in the UK and it was nowhere near as bad as I thought.

They kept having issues with it not flowing very quick (i think that's what they said) and had to make one or two adjustments, and even after then it would occasionally beep. It took me 15mins to donate.

Has anyone else had that issue? Also when did you guys find out your blood type?

I felt absolutely fine afterwards but today I feel so tired.

I do intend on doing it again 😁

(Edited to fix spelling)

u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 2 months ago

Donating for the first time

Hi,

So I'm donating for the first time next week and idk what to expect (UK)

How long does the donation take?

And

I am due to go on holiday 3 days after, How long do you take to recover?

Any advice for before, during and after?

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago
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Does anyone know what this blue means? It's quite unfamiliar.

🤔 Water also seems to be falling from the sky?

u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago

Losing my mind

I work alone, basically, I sit around in the little staff room and have nothing to do unless someone calls to say they need something, or someone comes in late and needs help getting in or something.

After 1am until around 6am I don't typically get anyone needing anything, it's during this period where I am so restless, I don't have an issue of being tired, and trying not to fall asleep. However I have an issue with being very bored due to having no tasks.

I have a room with a sofa, TV with limited streaming services, I bring a laptop and nintendo switch.

I'm allowed to take time outside which I do very often, I like looking at the stars and getting fresh air.

I usually bring a meal to reheat in the microwave at around 1am.

I feel like I've ran out of movies, last night on my 12hr shift I watched; Hoppers, project hail mary (for the seventh time) and tons of family guy.

I love the job don't get me wrong, it was my dream to get paid to do nothing aha, but im losing my mind and time goes by so slow, also the sofa is so uncomfortable, my back hurts so much rn.

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago
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Clingy voids?

Does anyone else find their void is so clingy?

Both voids I've owned have been so cuddly and clingy compared to my tuxedos.

u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago

Meet Sir Archie!

This is Archie, my bi-color chonk!

He loves naps, churu, annoying my other cat, and meowing loudly at 1am.

Oh! and sky raisins

u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago

Advice for grooming my long hair cat

So, I adopted a long hair floofy void. He is very, very floofy. We walk into the vets for checkups, and the first thing that is said is "omg he is so fluffy!" And he is especially around the butt, yk? He has a lot of butt fluff

And it causes some....issues...stinky ones.

Sometimes requiring a rinse in the bath, which he doesn't appreciate, he doesn't hate, he just looks like a depressed drowned rat, poor baby.

He self cleans well but often smells of pee and poop due to his butt fluff.

People with floofy cats, how do you deal with all the floof?

I've looked at doing sanitary grooms, but have you tried getting a kitten to stay still? He is mental. He is not mad about it, but he wants to go play with his bro and not stay still.

So

  1. How do I sanitary groom safely but also doesn't look butchered?

  2. Are there alternatives?

  3. Matts and shed isn't an issue, BUT if anyone has de-shedding brushes that they recommend, please let us know!

  4. Do kittens who think you are playing when you brush them eventually calm? Daily brushing can get a bit...chaotic 😄

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago

I have loads of dill pickles aioli and no idea what to do with it. Help

I have a TON of dill pickles aioli. Before this, I had never even heard of it!

Now it's in my fridge.

What should I cook???

Gourmet dill pickle aioli

And I'll go shop for anything else needed!

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 3 months ago

Litter box issues with kitten.

We have 3 boxes, but my male kitten (4 months old. booked into be neutered in 1 week) will not use any of them he will only pee in them, he poops just outside the boxes, I've tried moving the boxes, I'll list the litter we have tried, he has had a vet visit and health checks, all healthy, vet has no health concerns.

We have an extra large litter box as the main box that he pees in.

We have a smaller tray.

And we have an enclosed litter box.

He won't poop in them unless I catch him squatting outside the tray and pick him up and put him in it.

He doesn't bury it either. But if I put puppy pads down to protect the floor, he pushes them out the way and then poops

We have tried:

Clay litter

Catsan

Fit litter

Wood pellets

Silica litter

Wood bark kitten safe litter.

Trays are cleaned daily, litter replaces every 2 weeks.

We have the Savic flexi loo cat tray

Savic hooded litter tray with swing door removed as my older cat doesn't know how to use the swing door

And a smaller tray we got meant for training kittens.

He came from an over run living situation with many cats

When I took him in, I was told he is litter trained and was using wood pellets, but I'm not seeing it.

It is driving me insane

What am I doing wrong?

He pees in all the trays, absolutely fine

He doesn't even have to cross paths with our other cat to use the tray because we thought that was part of the issue.

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u/Heavy-Breakfast-5037 — 4 months ago