Meet Cranberry - My New Room Mate

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  1. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Yes, do indeed get those nails trimmed/cut. With age comes sensitive skin that can bleed and bruise easily. Thanks for doing this! Cranberry will love you for this.
     
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    Cats can be trained to use the toilet, although I've never tried that.
     
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    Sounds like an adventure for the both of you.

    I wonder if you'll get some catitude from her for a while for the ordeal.
     
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  4. Lon Tanner

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    We are back from the nail clipping and they tell me she was a good kitty and tolerated it well.
     
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    So how does Cranberry seem to be? Freaked out or OK?
     
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  6. Lon Tanner

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    She is just super. I just ordered soft nail caps on Amazon for her.
     
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    I've never seen those.
     
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  8. Lon Tanner

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    I just ordered one from Amazon. Seems like a very practical and convenient way to keep your cat well fed on a scheduled basis.
     
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  9. Ken Anderson

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    Yes, I have done that for a couple of decades. It works very well. I give them some canned food each day but, regardless, they always have kibble available to them.
     
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    I bought one in 2005 for my new cats. Not sure what you mean by “automatic,” mine is just a hopper, holds a couple of pounds or so.
     
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    I've always left out unlimited dry food for both dog and cat.

    For some reason I got in the habit of feeding them canned food twice a day...in the AM and then when I got home from work.
     
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    I got brother and sister kittens in 2005, girl has been gone a year. Boy is still with me at 16½, doing about as well as I am.

    Neither would bother with canned food, maybe take a few bites and that would be it. Fine with me! I filled the dried-food hopper once a week or less and that was all I had to do. :)

    They grew up on Walmart's catfood, although when they got to be 10 or so I had to switch to Science Diet to help with "older cat" problems. Not cheap but they loved it!
     
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    I used to do volunteer work at an independent rescue.

    -I came home with a puppy
    -I came home with a kitten
    -I then quit

    I fed them nothing but a local grocery store's house brand of dry & wet food their entire lives.
    They both lived to be in their early 20s.
     
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    My male cat had piss problems when he got to be 10 or so. Vet said he had crystals in his bladder; with a female, passing them generally wasn't a problem for obvious reasons.

    She said feed them Science Diet and he should be ok, and he is.

    Interesting note: She stuck a needle in his bladder (he was about 16 lbs., fully clawed, and not happy) right in my living room. She had to wrap him up in a big towel and it took her a while to get everything situated, but she got it. Kind of amazing to watch.
     
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  15. Lon Tanner

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    Mine will have food released into the attached food dish at preset times.
     
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