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How can I reward my cat besides using edible treats?

One of my cats is completely non-responsive to edible treats. Be it salmon, chicken or beef flavored, he completely ignores any treats I give him. I want to be able to reward him/get him to come when I shake a bag of treats, but can't figure out any…
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Can a cat be naturally skinny?

I'm writing with a question that has bugged me for a while. I have an approximately two year old rescue cat we found as a kitten. She is our first time cat so I'm not too sure if this is common but I find her to be so skinny and slight in comparison…
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How can I tell if my cat is bullying her sister and what can I do to combat the problem?

I have two cats from the same litter that I adopted when they were around 12 weeks old. They are going to be a year old in two days, and as of recently I have been wondering if there's something wrong. Chilli is the bigger and much more approachable…
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How frequently do cats lose their whiskers?

Does anyone know how frequently cats lose their whiskers? Is it natural shedding, like their hair, or is it much less frequent? I ask because I have two cats and am randomly find a whisker here and there for the one cat. I never find any from the…
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What are alternatives to prevention other than spaying or neutering?

After viewing answers to "Does neutering have any negative effect on the health of a dog?" and "Can a dog contract a sexually transmitted infection?", I am curious to know if there is a trusted way to prevent my dog from mating without…
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How much space does a cat need?

Im in short order moving into an apartment and my roommates arent big cat people so said cat would only have my room which id guess is about 200-230 sq ft. I would invest in a six foot cat tower for play, climbing and such. Would this be enough room…
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Cat always tries to press her head against the brush

When grooming my girlfriend's cat with a brush, she very often tries to push her face into the brush. The previous brush was rectangular and she would aim with her nose at one corner of it. I had the impression that she tries to clean her nose with…
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How can I prevent my dog from being a racist?

My dog has an issue with other kinds of people...specifically, Indian people (Asia). Whenever he gets close to the vicinity of Indian people, especially when we have guests in our home, he gets very angry and extremely aggressive, even if he…
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New cat for my other cat

I just lost my male 16 years old cat. I have a 5 years old female, very sweet but lonely. She is declawed in her front feet. I want to get her a new cat, what age, sex and with the claws do you recommend? They are inside cats.
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How do I teach my kitten to clean feces from itself?

I adopted a kitten, when he was only 1.5 months old (he is now almost 4 months), from his breeder so he didn't know a lot things. So I've had to teach him how to use the litter box and even how to eat from a bowl. However the one thing I haven't…
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Moving has caused my cat's night-life to eat away at my actual life

We've recently moved from a house to an apartment. We've had this cat for quite some time, and it has moved with us twice before. Both the other times, the cat would disappear for a few days (under a couch) and then start settling down. We…
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Why my cat is doing acts of sabotage?

I have a male Angora cat. The problem is that it keeps doing acts of sabotage, playing with litter, dropping vases, cracking cups, etc. We also have 3 other cats in the house (his "wife" and their 2 "children"). He keeps hurting them. Why he is…
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Which South American fish will keep pygmy chain sword plants clean?

I have a new tank (40 gallon long) that's just finished cycling. I've had plants in there for a few weeks already and they're doing well overall, but are starting to show some real algae build-up. In particular my pygmy chain sword plants…
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My adult cat kneads and sucks on my blanket like a kitten. Why?

I have seen this behavior in kittens before who are nursing with the mother. They push and pull on the mother's fur with their paws to get the milk. My cat, however, is a adult and has no mother. She does this while purring loudly and it seems to…
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How can I more easily clip my ferrets' nails?

I've been having some trouble clipping my ferrets nails. I try to scruff them and hold them still, but they just weasel out of the hold and run away. It's very frustrating to have go chasing after them, especially when I have to do the job myself.…
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