Kitty Chat Thread =^..^= (main, pregnant, aggressive, windows)

[goyguy]

LMAO
Weasie does that too! And she conducts a thorough sniff test after I've finished scooping and bagging. Her cat-sitter confesses to only cleaning out the box once a day, and what I always say is, "Would you flush your toilet only once a day?"

[STLCardsBlues1989]

I change the box maybe every other day. But it does have quite a bit of litter in it. 14 pounds right now.

[nancy thereader]

Fourteen pounds of litter ?

[STLCardsBlues1989]

I think so. 2 7-pound bags. I have a liner in there, but I don't normally use them because the cats rip them up.

[KatrineA]

I change the litter once a month and only scoop out poop daily. I use crystals though and I only have one cat. During hot periods in summer, I have to change it more often. Like twice a month.

[STLCardsBlues1989]

I completely change the litter every 4-5 days (scooping it out in between). I don't have a set day to do it. I just keep an eye on it and change it when it needs it.

[Ohiogirl81]

Ha. We use an entire 20-pound bag per litter box. Our kitties like to dig.

I tried using 10 pounds per box. I'll never do that again.

The upside of that, though is that if we scoop and stir every other day, the litter needs changing only every two weeks.

[rjmclau]

Originally Posted by Macrina

No clay litter for Carly. . . She's used to Scoop Away and I don't want to mess with success

I think she needs reader's glasses though I'll hear 'scritch-scritch-scritch' goin' on for the longest time and when she's done I'll go in and look and there's litter everywhere around the pee or poo, but said job is layin' right on top of the litter!

She's gettin' old...but she does have me trained to go in and remove whatever she puts in that box ~ immediately, if not sooner!

Hehe! My cat Shadow will actually claw at the sides of the box for hours. He never covers his pee or poo. Sometimes my older cat, sweetpea, will go in and cover it for him. He's a little to big for the box too. His front paws usually stick out of the litter box when he's doing his bussness.

[Marylandkitten]

Changing out the cat box? SCOOPING OUT THE LITTER?

Hmmm. I knew I was forgetting something.

[Wilson513]

Wayward NM cat has free flight home from Chicago

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April 17, 2010, 10:29AM



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David Banks AP

Charles, top, doesn't seem eager to play while waiting for his ride home at Chicago Animal Care and Control.


CHICAGO — No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he's set for a complimentary flight home on American Airlines in a carrier donated by an Albuquerque business.
Charles disappeared about eight months ago while his owner was out of town and a friend was caring for him.
“Oh, I was crushed, and I found out while I was away volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, and I was so upset because I was in New Orleans so there was nothing I could do,” said Robin Alex, of Albuquerque.
Then earlier this week, Alex received a call telling her Chicago Animal Care and Control had picked up her wandering cat as a stray. Staffers reached out to Alex after finding that Charles had a tracking microchip embedded between his shoulder blades, said the agency's executive director, Cherie Travis.
But Alex said she could not afford the round-trip ticket to Chicago to bring Charles home, so she was afraid he might be euthanized.
Enter fellow Albuquerque resident Lucien Sims. Sims said he has a tabby cat who strongly resembles Charles, and was moved when his mother sent him an online story about Alex and her pet.
Most importantly, Sims was on his way to Chicago on Thursday for a wedding, so he said he would go to the shelter, pick up Charles and bring him back to New Mexico.
Sims has made all the arrangements for Charles' return, including getting a company to donate a cat carrier and American Airlines to waive the cat's travel fee.
Travis said Charles is definitely ready for his next adventure.
“He's in good condition,” she said. “He needs a good brushing. He's got a little bit of a cold — a little bit of an upper respiratory infection — but otherwise he's in great condition.”