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Feliway
Hi all cat lovers. We are moving house in August and as it is only 30 miles will be putting Squeaky into her favourite cattery for a few days. The journey to our new home will be about 1.25 hours (it is a very rural area :D ), quite a bit longer than she is used to. I spoke to the vets surgery and they suggested using…
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Vaccinations for dogs
Just wondered which ones people go for? Have to take puppy back for second lot on Weds and can't make my mind up about a certain one:(
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Help with furniture hack for bathroom litter tray area?
Hi, we have a small bathroom with a littler tray under the sink. You can see it, it smells and I'd like to do something to make the area nicer. My ideal would be a floor standing cabinet with a counter top sink. I want a drawer or two underneath, then a two door cupboard so we could remove one door. The litter tray would…
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Kitten with the runs
I have a 17 week old boy, Oscar. Since I've had him at 8 weeks old he's had a mixture of wet food, and dry food, and always eats it. Since Monday he's been off his wet food, drinking a lot more water and has had the runs (luckily in his litter tray but it still stinks and as he's long haired, it sometimes sticks to him -…
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Cat Vs Fox
We were woken up last night by a noise outside I looked out of the window to see one of our cats chasing a large fox down the road - they disappeared round the corner and five minutes later - our cat came back in through the catflap and ran into the bedroom with what looked like a contented smile on his face ! Cat 1 Fox nil
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Cats using litter tray
Hi all, I have two cats (litter mates) who used to use a litter tray to do their business. I had two trays in total, both were getting used. I have a cat flap of which the cats are generally free to come and go as they please. However, I've noticed that the cats have stopped using the little trays (assuming that they are…
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Vet Prescription
Hi folks Just got a script from my vet for my 8 month pup who has elbow dysplasia . The total quantity to be supplied says 32ml. Amount to be administered on each occasion - 10 units. Duration of treatment is 6 months. Does this mean I can order 32ml x 10 units, or 32ml x 6 months? Just want to ensure I order the total I…
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Does anyone have a Pointador?
Our beloved lab died at the end of Jan and we are heartbroken. We'd like to get a new pup and are considering a few different breeds. Pointador has come up but we can't seem to find many breeders in the UK and obviously want to get a puppy from a responsible caring owner. Any advice on the breed or recommendations very…
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Your female cat's reaction to Tom cat?
Question for female cat staff, here, what reaction do you get from your cat, when it is in a safe place e.g. indoors - when a neighbourhood tom cat comes and looks in!? My previous cat (a female), if it saw another cat in its territory, would want to be let out and chase it away. OTOH my current cat - a mature calico is…
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How to stop cats sh*tting in my front garden...
Ideas and suggestions please!!? Without any cats losing there lives!! Fed up opening my front door and a new parcel having been dropped off!! Thanks
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Pedigree dry food changes again
Has any one noticed pedigree appear to have changed their Vital protection food again? I have a giant breed dog and have been using their Maxi since they stopped doing their better by nature range. I now need to obtain some and a lot of places are not listing it at all, and it appears the rest of the range has gone from…
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Cat - annual vaccination cost
Does anyone know what the approximate cost is?
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Raw dog food
I'm sure this has been covered before, but I can't find any links. We are adopting a puppy at the end of July, and looking at the various puppy foods available. They all seem to have 'reconstituted meat by-products' or some such in them, together with lots of artificial additives, (which I gather from the internet is not…
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Cat 'attacking' mine
Hi, there's a local cat who I think may be an entire male & who has no collar . . . he's a big lad, a long haired tuxedo black & white boy who looks very broad faced lol Anyway, as gorgeous as he is, whenever he is in my area on his travels he will take any opportunity to chase my two (brother & sister, turning 1 on 19th…
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Advocate 80 for cats - flea treatment
Attempted to buy the following as it is highway robbery when buying from the VET, however they replied to say a prescription is required. I sent a copy of the previous prescription when we bought it from the VET (and got fleeced) the first time and so assumed that would be enough, apparently not. Anyone bought this off the…
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Fleas and their prevention
I have two cats and a dog and all have Advocate in the treatment of fleas. However, they become very ill afterwards (especially the dog) with runny poo etc for a few days. The cats used to have Frontline and we didnt have as many issues with this but I had heard fleas have become resistant to it. Please can anyone…
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Help - kittens food has run out!
Hello everyone, Was hoping I could get some advice on this - I've been feeding my new kittens Tiger Kitten food from Asda, which is what they've had since their foster mum had them. I bought them several boxes but I'm now only two sachets away from running out. Asda has completely run out of this food for some reason!!…
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Storage mites in dry pet food problem?
My dogs allergic to storage mites and I don't want to only feed her wet food forever. If I put the bag(unopened) in a freezer and then once opened only decanter the small amounts that day out for her (keeping it air tight) will this assist the Problem of storage mites ?
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Rehousing cats temporarily when you already own one ?
My BIL is having major house renovations and has asked if we could home his 2 cats for a couple of weeks. We already have a cat who is very territorial, no cats can get in our garden and he had the run of the house. Would it be unfair on our cat to agree to house 2 others even temporarily ! One of the other cats is…
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How do I stop him barking at vans
Any tips on how to stop my 10 month old Border Collie barking at vans/buses/lorries/noisy cars, it seems to be the noise that he is barking at rather than just a 'blanket' bark. I have tried shouting at him, spraying water on him, spraying him with compressed air, dragging him back on his lead just before he barks but all…
