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I am always paranoid that I am not doing enough for my cat. I love her so much and never want to misunderstand her needs by imposing my own on her.

This is hard to write, but if it saves another cat then it'll be worth it. I found my first cat, Dawn, in a bush. She was so small she fit in one hand. She would be a part of my life for 14 years. I never had her spayed, that was a big mistake, but I also kept a very close eye on her when she was outside, so she never had kittens, I thought that was good enough for not having her spayed. I missed the signs of her breast cancer until the tremor burst. By then it was too late. The vet told me if I had her spayed when she was a kitten, her chances of breast cancer would have been very very small. She didn't deserve to die that like that, and it will haunt me for the rest of my life. If you love them, spay them.

If you have a male cat who is not eating, drinking or doing anything in his litterbox: this is life threatening. Take him to get checked out immediately. Don't wait to see if it works itself out.

My biggest mistake has been NOT being a strong enough advocate for my cats. There have been signs of illness that I have communicated to the vet, but that are ignored or not followed up on. experience has shown me over and over that I need to restate things I think are wrong and keep pushing with questions. For example, my elderly cat experienced a single seizure. She later developed high BP and lost an eye because of bleeding into the eye. Had I known then to ask about checking her BP and glucose, those two conditions could have been delayed, avoided, or treated more quickly. My best advice is NOT to be afraid to push an issue or question the vet. And doing your own research can be helpful too, so that you have info and facts to backup your concerns.

Biggest mistake was to let my cat run free. I lost 2 cats within a year to being hit by cars. Since then, my cats have been indoor only. Fortunately for my present kitty, I have a small second floor outside balcony that he loves to spend time on (a “catio”!) I installed a cat door so he can go out there anytime he likes.

My biggest mistake was adopting brother & sister cats of different sizes . While the two were very trusting, comfortable & affection with each (sleeping & grooming), the male was a bit larger (several pounds heavier as well) and could easily overpower the smaller one. As a result, the smaller cat was constantly treated like a toy to stalk & pounce upon. This left her in constant state of hypervigilance, afraid of every noise or sudden movement. While her larger brother could relatively relax whenever he chose, the poor little girl was subjected to ambushes every night of her life. If I could do it all over again, I would adopt 2 cats that were relatively the same size.

My first cat that my wife and I loved, he was a cat but as affectionate and bonded like a dog, very smart too, ended up dying of kidney failure. We waited too long to put him down and had planned on putting him down after a planned weekend of spoiling him when we had a death in the family. We had to rush out of town and had our friends check in on our cats while we were away. Had to come back home early when we heard he could not move from the chair. Do not wait too long with kidney disease, once there breath starts to stink due to toxins in the blood, it's time. He was yowling in pain periodically on our way to the emergency vets. I will never let one of my cats go thru that again, so word of warning for those dealing with kidney failure, even though they are eating for you, don't let them go too long. Ask your vet when is the appropriate time to euthanasia, it's emotionally painful but the right thing to do.

My biggest mistake and regret was to think leaving my cats alone with a lot of food and water for a weekend would be ok. Didn’t realize how much stress I had caused them. When I had returned from my trip, one of them developed a UTI. Always invest in a cat sitter, even if you’re only away for two nights.

Biggest mistake with my first cat was when I was 14. Back then I knew zero about cats and information wasn't as accessible as it is now. I bought him in a shop and brought him home without any preparations or knowledge. Eventually my mother persuaded me to give him to my neighbours friend that could provide him with a better quality of life. I was just not responsible enough back then and that shop owner should not have sold a pet to a child without an adult present to authorize it. I've learned to make a point to research on all topics whenever I see something new in my kittens or they're about to have something done at the vet. I also have a list of questions I take with me each time I visit with them on what will happen on the day and also anything else I am curious about. I don't hesitate to call my vet for advice if something worries me. I would rather be wrong than miss a sign. All things unfortunately I regret not doing back when I had Chico. Information is power.

letting cat outside unsupervised was the biggest mistake I've seen. my friend's cat got run over by a garbage truck and my aunt's cat was shot at by neighbors when he went to sleep at their lawn. Neither survived.

All very good points. My biggest mistake was not getting another kitten when I got mine so she'd have a pal. I had no clue.

One of the first I thought was "bringing lillies to the house". Those flowers are scary... So dangerous for cats

Check and clean the litter box twice a day, its a must!

Just a comment about cat trees. I replaced an old cat tree with a new one from PetSmart. It had been sitting outside and a friend picked it up for me. The next day, I noticed an odd smell. It came from the carpeting on the tree. I (unwisely) figured it would go away, because PetSmart would never sell a toxic product, right? My cat and I both developed serious respiratory problems. I ended up paying over $$$$ to Vets and my own doctor for medical treatments. During this time, a manager at the local store admitted they had several trees on display that smelled strongly of chemicals. Her corporate office, however, told me to "prove it!" and refused a refund. The cat tree went to the trash. Needless to say, I've never shopped there again. Be very careful what you buy. Other countries that manufacture products for the US don't necesarily work under consumer protection laws.

I made the mistake of not cleaning my cat’s box enough. They didn’t pee outside the box, they just stopped peeing all together. It caused urine crystals to form and cost me $2000 at the emergency vet when my kitty became very lethargic. Now they’re on a permanent vet diet that is quite a bit more than a regular cat food.

PAIN AND ILLNESS! My cay was licking, biting and scratching, just overgrooming. I took this as allergies and did all kinds of eliminations. I ended up at the vet and the vet thought it may be pain and self soothing. Smokey was prescribed oral syringe able liquid gabapentin, and after 10 days I have seen a noticeable improvement. Cats can't tell you they are in pain.

I had a lovely cat for 21 years and I realize now I was a poor cat owner and not cleaning her letter box as much as I should have. We just adopted a new kitten and there is so much info available now from this channel and others I realize we can do better. We did get a litter robot 4 and it is a game changer. Not only the cleaning automation but the health insights watching our kitten grow as we dialed in her nutrition needs. It's been only 6 months and still learning so much through information sharing that I hope will give her a wonderful life.

Years ago i made the biggest mistake raising my little black Tasha. i played with Her roughly with my bare hands. Consequently She always bit and scratched whenever anything displeased Her! These days i don't even like to scruff my kittens. As far as possible, hands only provide loving touch and scratches. The instant a kitten latches on with teeth or claws i freeze until they let go. Then i substitute a toy, a pen, ANYTHING other than my bare hand !:-) 😺

As I'm the caretaker for my elderly mother, I'm home more often than other people, so I've made it my rule to clean the litter box whenever my cat has used it (I almost wrote "my mum" 🤦🏻‍♀️😄). My cat is indoor/outdoor and so most of the time, she seems to prefer going in the garden, but I don't want to give anyone an excuse to complain about a dirty, stinky litter box - so, cat is happy, humans in the home are happy. It's worth it for me, I'm just lucky I'm in a position where I'm not forced one way or another.

I love my old girl, Fog, but I have been taking her to the vet only once a year but now she's 16, I need to go twice a year, though she had a clean bill of health. she's also had her 'senior' check up a few years ago. I'm guilty of not cleaning out the litter tray every day, she pees in the box and goes outside to do poops. Though the other day, I found a poop in the litter box which made me very happy, so I know I MUST remember to clean it every day.

I cannot express enough the importance of simply microchipping your cat. I have had so many cats appear on my doorstep, none of them microchipped, but two of them actually belonging to owners that I luckily found through lost pet Facebook groups. And one woman had stopped at the campground near where I live and had to drive back up from Arkansas to get him!

My biggest mistake (so far) is not leash training them when they were tiny little kittens. They're 1.5 years old now and putting on the leash so they can explore the outdoors is like a war.

Not getting pet insurance can be an expensive mistake.

I would love to buy the litter robot but it just won't work with our two cats. We spent hundreds of dollars on beautiful Modkat boxes and one of our cats refused to use the box correctly because he was used to a big open box. We got the XL boxes and we tried them with an open top and an open front and both and he would just manage to pee in between the liner and the box or he would balance himself and pee outside the box. We eventually bought a large sterilite box and cut an opening in it and we use that. It's very big, we can put three to four inches of litter in it and it solved the problem. It isn't lovely, it isn't pretty and it isn't a litter robot but it works. I would love to not have to scoop the litter two or three times a day and have a litter robot do it but I don't think the cat could adapt to it and I don't want to stress him out.

My biggest mistake has been using my hands to play with my cat when she was a kitten. Now, even when trying to get her attention with a toy like a ribbon on a stick, she'll often ignore the toy completely and just stare at my hand to hunt it down and attack it. She also attacks my arms a lot, too. Part of it is how I played with her when she was young. Part of it is an extremely chaotic first 6 weeks she had. And part of it is just that she wakes every day actively choosing violence. Getting her seen at the vet is a whole-day trial since even on gabapentin she will try attacking the vet through the carrier. She has to be anesthetized just to get vaccinated. She's 6 years old now, so I've been having them take blood for testing whenever she's there since she's anesthetized anyway. Might as well get as much done as possible since we have so few chances to. So far her health has been perfect, other than her throwing up her food right after eating a few times a week. The vet hasn't found anything wrong with her health, though, so the only thing I've been able to do for that is just find a food that she vomits up the least.

I think another common mistake is getting only one kitten rather than multiple and I regret ignoring that advice. I adopted a kitten and ended up adopting an older cat a few months later. It's not horrible or anything, but I think the older cat would have preferred to be an only cat, and my [now 5 years old] kitten would have been overall happier if he had had a playmate in his life.

Biggest Mistake: Adopting a cat at 8 weeks old. Just because they are able to live without nursing doesn't mean they have learned everything they need to know. My two cats now were 13-14 weeks old at adoption and are the most well behaved cats I've ever known (adopted 3 years apart too) they know not to use their claws on people or furniture, they don't wake me up at night, just so many common behaviors I believe can be solved by letting them learn from their mother and siblings longer.

Pay attention to facilitating cats' water intake by having at least 2 bowls (stainless steel or glass) of water available in areas of high circulation. Wash them with soap and fill them with clean water every day. One of them can be a fountain (needs to be kept clean, water changes every couple of days or so). Also, you should give your cat wet food at least once a day, and you can add a bit of hot water to it. Finally, ypu can give your cat homemade meat broth.

My cat Elsee 🐈‍⬛seems a bit depressed lately. My daughter moved in with us, then she got a kitten at the shelter. I noticed Elsee seemed to eat more and engage less. She's always been healthy according to our vet. But I believe a cat's emotion health counts a lot too. TY Mallory, Wessie and Forrest. 😊

One "mistake" I made with my last pair of kittens (rescued from a feral litter in my backyard) was not socializing them sufficiently. I didn't plan getting them, so I couldn't choose a good time for new kittens, and it coincided with a very busy season at work and previously planned social obligations and they just weren't exposed to enough people and experiences. This led to my having "invisible cats," who would vanish when company came. They were perfectly fine and engaging with me, but I would do things much differently now.

One thought for a mistake: not providing/exposing a cat to a variety of different brands of cat food. In my mind, cats don’t want to eat the same food every single day. I change things up always. I’ve tried many different brands on the market (Royal canin, weruva, nulo, made by nacho, iams, fancy feast) and get my cats many different proteins: (beef, Turkey, duck, venison, rabbit, whitefish, salmon, chicken, you name it). Some are a hit, some are a miss, others my cats give a ‘meh’. This may sound like it’s overboard but I kinda go overboard with my cats 😂. The food they don’t like I give to the stray cats that I’ve adopted, spayed and neutered and now care for full time. they’ll eat everything and anything and nothing goes to waste 🐈

I would never declaw my cat. Most of his power is derived from his murder mittens.

My biggest mistake is declawing my poor baby boy. I regret is SOOO MUCH. I wish I knew more about it at the time. I thought in order for me to get an apt I would have to declaw him? Obviously that wasn’t true. He seems perfectly happy and he is almost 8 years old, however, I worry that he will develop pain as he gets even older. He is my everything and he is very spoiled. My husband and stepdaughter even get jealous of him at times. He eats Tiki cat which is super expensive but I hear it’s an excellent brand so he deserves it!!

We use the breeze litterbox & have a camera on it with notifications when there's motion. I only have to clean it when she poos (minis the weekly pee pad change & monthly wiping out & litter change). It's great. I cam see if she's posing & I go scoop it out right away or as soon as I get home. Her box is always clean. No one wants to use a dirty toilet

My biggest mistake as a cat owner was not properly introducing our youngest cat to the oldest when we brought him home as a kitten. The 2 cats only tolerate each other and sometimes the bigger male cat chases the female older cat around and I have to get the spray bottle out. I wish we had taken more time to introduce them slowly, and they might have turned out to be friends.

declawing a cat is not a mistake it is torture(cutting of the fingers and toes at the first joint).

When I adopted my first cat I fed her a high priced dry kibble. I did not know any better because the shelter gave me a small bag of dry kibble. Even with all the silly mistakes I made over the years she lived to 16 and I will always miss her.

Another mistake I made when I had my cat I only did it one time. She was an indoor cat but one day she was crying at the door to go outside and we lived in the country on a dirt road with acreage and I had horse property and I thought our yard was big enough we won't have a problem so she was an indoor cat she was 6 years old to go out for a little while we're out in the country she was only out there a couple hours but it was getting late and so I thought where is she so I went out and look for her laying by the mailbox and we saw tire tracks in the dirt road where somebody deliberately ran her over where she was sleeping right next to our mailbox on our side of the road we saw the tire tracks he was killed deliberately. I will never ever let another cat outside unless unless they're on a leash.

I am so very glad that I found you years ago. You clearly love your pets and want to share what you’ve learned and continue to learn with your audience and I appreciate that from the bottom of my fuzzy heart (because that is where my cats are!!). THANK YOU!!

I also was not aware of the dental pain I had just gotten my new kitty 4 1/2 years old. And she came with dry food and she was not eating it and all day long and she just wouldn't eat it and so I found a couple of cans of wet food that I had from my other cat that I no longer had. So I put that down for her and she ate it right up the web food I said what she just doesn't like dry food. So I started giving her wet food and I happen to have this coupon when I got this rescue Kitty for a free checkup so I took her in for her freetrack checkup and I'm so glad I did I thought she was fine and they looked in her mouth and they said she had an abscess she had to have two teeth pulled and she had already lost he's on the other side and she has horrific teeth problems so and she loves dry food but she just can't chew it. So glad I took her in with that free coupon I never thought that she had teeth problems I've had cats my whole life I'm 80 years old never had a cat with bad teeth and especially not a young four-year-old cat with rotten teeth and that abscess was very hard to get rid of even after they pulled her tooth did surgery I had to take her back in for more antibiotics to get rid of it she had a horrendous looking mouth he said. But I wanted her checked out totally I love this cat and I had to do all kind of tests on her I had him to do kidney function test and diabetes test I spent $1,000 on that cat making sure she was okay. And the main reason I wanted her kidneys checked as she's a water guzzler I have automatic waterer a little Fountain and she drinks tons and tons of water I literally clean her litter box three to four times a day she pee so much and they said her kidneys are fine she's just a water drinker guess she loves the water fountain so everybody out there get your cat's a little water fountain she loves it but anyways I have to take her in regularly for teeth cleaning her teeth are so bad and I would not have known that had I not had that free coupon to have her checked out and I'm 80 years old and I missed it and I've had cats my whole life they just don't complain she sits on my lap everyday loves to be petted never complains about anything she does miss the dry food though so maybe every couple of days I have some really good dry food. One that you suggested. Tiki cat carnivore I think it's called but she can't chew it so I the pieces are too big so I smash smash him up with a hammer so they're like half the size chinchou if that way once in awhile I give her that if I don't break them up with a hammer she swallows them whole and throws up if I break him up with a hammer she doesn't throw it up but I only give you the dry food every few days mainly she's on a really good wet cat food she eats Iams wet and Sheba. The only wet food she likes. But I know it's so much better for her some of the dry food for her every few days for a little treat. And as for treats I give her the wet treats because she can't chew the dryer again had bought the bag of dry treats for her and I use my pill cutter to cut them in half because otherwise she swallows them whole and if I cut them in half she can chew in a little bit her teeth are really bad and she lost both of the big molars to the front teeth and one on the other side and three of them were gone before I even got her and I didn't even know it. So watch your cat's teeth watch all they eat. She will not let me brush her teeth I bought this very expensive toothpaste to cost me $30 every once in awhile I'll put a little on my finger try to rub it around on her teeth to see if it helps a little bit. And I bought water additive that the vet suggested add to her water it's supposed to help with her teeth somehow. And I saw the other message on line here that's helping me out a lot thank you for doing this letting us all tell our mistakes so we can learn from them and another lady suggested plaqueoff and oratene gel so thank you for putting that on there and I'm going to look for that thank you for doing this for us so we can help each other out with our mistakes I love this channel❤

Great video and amazing tips! I have another one to add : Thinking you "own" the cat :)

Declawing is an atrocious procedure to impose on a cat 😢

#8 Learn your cat and their personal boundaries and body language. Freely admit that I pushed their boundaries a bit at the start (I was desperate for a cuddle bug). And I had the scratch marks to show for it. I'm happy to say other than the occasional misstep or someone deciding the fastest way out of my arms is clawing over my shoulder instead of jumping down. . . I am scratch free. The occasional one from an accident doesn't bother me, but I would have several at a time for a while. #3 is an issue I will always be so frustrated with. So often it seems like people just refuse to take the time and effort to make sure they are feeding the right amount. Filling a bowl and walking away is NOT good pet parenting. Personally I don't even like automatic feeders because if you have multiple cats you never know who is eating what or how much. And microchip feeders are not infallible. They are certainly better options than a food bowl filled every few days. . .but I personally am always going to advocate for supervised mealtimes if at all possible. If you can't take 10 minutes to feed them. . . I bet you're not taking 15-20 minutes to play with them daily either.

2:38 It's also important to remember that cats are very sensitive. They're very smart and very sensitive

Invest in pet insurance from the get go, especially whilst your pet is still young. Getting insurance on older cats can be harder and costly, and not having it risks huge unexpected vet bills should they ever need care. ❤

My biggest mistake was feeding my cats a kibble diet. When my husband and I brought home our first 2 cats, we didn’t know what we know today about cat foods and property diet. Both cats experienced urinary track issues and that’s when we began educating ourselves and switched to a canned, then eventually a raw diet to ensure they were getting lots of moisture from their food, and a diet that wouldn’t encourage urinary track issues.

Glad this showed up in my feed. Wow what a view you have, won’t ask where. Anyone, Fred my feral cat has had 20 kitties in 15 months. This last batch of 6 at two weeks I picked them up & put on my screened in porch, said Fred this is your new home please come in. She did. Tarps and cardboard over the chaise lounge where she has brought all her litters, with the rain this spring, time for dry digs. So FINALLY got Animal Control to come and take her for their TNR program. Yeah! The time she spent on the porch she became my best bud. Pets & brushing. Before you No Touch Fred. Now I am public enemy #1. She very miffed at me. There is no petting. I open slider & she leaves the chair and goes under it. I lie on the floor and talk to her. She was spayed 5 days ago. Eating & hitting the box no problems.Was wishing she’d turn into a house cat. Any thoughts, is this normal???

Oral hygiene is another thing I think first time cat owners don't do or take seriously enough.

My biggest mistake has been missing dental pain. My cat is 3 years old and has been pretty jumpy lately and acting nervous around inanimate objects. He’s not been super cuddly but he was eating fine and grooming and over all acting fine, still playing and active. Then recently, I noticed he was eating slower and side chewing so I took him in and he had mild gingivitis. I got his teeth cleaned and even though the vet said is mouth looked healthy besides some tarter and gum inflammation, his entire demeanor has changed since the cleaning. He’s eating fast, he’s become so affectionate and sleeps on my lap again, he’s less jumpy. I wasn’t relating the less obvious signs to pain, I thought that’s just his personality. Now giving him plaque off and using Oratene gel to try and keep up with his mouth better. I think he might just have more sensitive gums then other cats.

I wouldn’t do anything to my cats that I wouldn’t want done for myself. That in itself makes it fairly simple and straightforward as a cat guardian. But every kitty is special and likes things in their own particular way and that’s what makes this whole thing very fun :) It was really nice to see Forest again :) were always thinking of her and wondering how she’s doing😊 you also have a very nice home! I really like the flooring at the 4 minute mark, I’m weird with house things lol

I scoop litter boxes three or four times a day. My two cats always use the them at bedtime and when I am about to leave. LOL They keep each other stimulated with chasing each other and running to see what the dog next door is barking at. Or I just let a fly into the house. Their main diet is chicken thigh meat or raw ground beef two or three times a day. Every two or three days, wet cat food. I make bone broth to put on anything they eat. They get a tin of sardines on Sardine Sunday. I have a cat tower and several automobile carpeted floor mats around the house. The cats use them as scratching posts and they leave the furniture alone. My main mistake. When I first caught them as kittens, I fed them the usual wet and dry food. The wet food made one of them sick. Researching food, I stopped feeding dry and started homemade real food. I continue to look for better wet food. I currently use Weruva, which is low in calcium, phosphorus and sodium.

Not taking my cat Raine in for a check up before getting her spayed, she unfortunately did not survive the surgery, some cats aren't good candidates for spay or neuter surgery and it can have deadly consequences.

I have 3 cats and 4 litterboxes. They are on differet areas of my small place. One of them is a cheaper electronic box (i wish i could afford a better one) and i clean them all multiple times a day. One of my cats has ibs and he sees the vet evey 6 weeks. His poop is constant diarrhea now and there is nothing we can do about it. Multiple cleanings are a must here.

I have 2 Litter Robots that service 8 indoor cats. Living the dream.

Our vet thought that vitamin d would stimulate his hunger. Turned out he had cancer. The emergency vet caught it. One morning, my cat wasn't breathing comfortably, and I had to take him to the vet to be put to sleep. I still have most of the vitamin d that I bought. I haven't found anyone to take the rx food, either.

The obvious one is that my orange guy ate way too much. Not only did I have the classic free feeding bowl out, I think he had food anxiety issues while his sister was still with us. He looked like a basketball. :( The other mistake was not keeping them used to being crated up and going for a ride. I learned rather definitively the first time I tried to crate Caesar before Cleopatra. Crating her alerted him... My wife and I plan to take impending kittens for rides with use frequently.

I would love to hear your advice on oral care!

The biggest mistake I made was feeding my cat dry food. We adopted a cat from a shelter 19 years ago. At that point there wasn't a lot of information online. We fed him a high quality kibble because that's what everyone did then. As he got older he had inflammatory issues requiring prednisolone every day. He died about a year ago, last March. I still mourn him and cry when I think about it. He made it to almost 18 but he would have lived longer if we had known better and fed him a high quality wet food from the start. We adopted two 4-month-old kittens just over a year ago. They get the best wet food. One of them is a kibble addict, he was fed Royal Canin kitten food at the shelter and he loves it. He gets a little every day, it's his evening treat. We built them a climbing area with platforms and two very tall cat trees in the living room and we are in the process of building them an enclosed 8x10 catio on the deck. The local shelter requires that people sign a contract agreeing that they will not let their cats out due to the risks and shortened lifespan. If you live in the country it is safer but still better to be very careful. As an attorney I wish we could prosecute people who declaw their cats. It is animal abuse. If you are that worried about your furniture, don't get a cat. If you can't put the time in to trim your cats claws once every couple of weeks, don't get a cat. If you aren't willing to spend the time to train your cat, don't get a cat. I recognize that this might sound harsh but cats are living creatures and if a person isn't willing to put the time in they shouldn't adopt a cat. Declawing is illegal in most countries and provinces. The fact that it is still done even occasionally occasionally in the United States is a black mark against us. Because we lost our cat when he was almost 18 I've become an advocate for wet food. I'll buy wet food for people, link them articles and information, websites and videos. It is a difficult balance, you don't want to be that person who hammers their friends but neither do you want to remain quiet when they are doing something that you know will shorten their cat's life.

My step-daughter had a cat that came with her house. They never found out where it came from. The house had been empty for a very long time, so not likely the previous owner. The cat just walked through the door, and stayed. She was an indoor/outdoor cat, and she was super sweet. Since they didn't intend to have a cat in the first place, they kind of neglected things that they probably would have done if the cat had been an active choice, like getting her spayed. She ended up having a litter of kittens. Everything seemed fine at first, but after the kittens got new homes, one by one, the calls came in that the kittens died. The cat had caught an STD from mating and passed it on to the kittens. She only lived about a year longer herself.

Another issue with declawing a cat is that’s one their most effective defenses.

7:23 - Forest CLEARLY said "I don't know"

Thanks for the chapters! Great for easy reference.

I have been through a lot of my own health issues, and haven't been as proactive with my cats' care... it has become especially difficult keeping up with cleaning the litter boxes ! I have one little cat of the three who holds going until the last minute... and last year was hospitalized overnight, dealing with a blocked colon! A very expensive lesson, but has not made things any easier... I worry more, now, too! 😢 He's the youngest of three and he's fifteen years old!...

Hi, just wanted to say I love your videos. Not sure if you've been asked this before, but do you have any advice for how to live with cats when blind, like me? Someone else takes care of them, but maybe you have something. Also, is there a way I can have the cats come to me when I call their names? I get depressed often and it would help if they'd come more consistently to help, and they do help. Thanks.

My biggest mistake and regret of my life was leaving my beautiful cat outdoors by himself away from home (1.5 miles to be ). He grew up as an indoor/ outdoor cat but once I moved to an Appartment I felt bad for leaving him indoors all the time. He loved the outdoors as much as I do and call me crazy but something always told me he wanted fresh air. So for two years in row we went outside and wonder off together. I noticed he was becoming familiar with the place and was marking his territory. So I started leaving him by himself while I ran some errands. I always used an AirTag on him and found him while he was outside. However, I got lazy and let my guard down, some dogs attacked him. He was gone by the time arrived. I will never be the same, my soulmate is gone. I’m heart broken. If you walk your cat outside with or without a leash do it SUPERVISED AT All Times. And use an AirTag. Be strict with your cat or cats even if they get mad or something. It sucks but I have to accept my mistake. Now I have to live with it. Miss you Donatello. Always in my ♥️ 😢

I don't think I've made any mistakes YET. but sometimes I'm not sure cause I think it is very hard to tell with cats what is really going on with them . I have 2 accidentally ❤❤😂 the are 2 years old and are doing great I think I clean litter box every day since I've had them However I work and can not do the 6 tiny meals a day so I guess I am feeding them wrong But they still seem to be just fine

omg Wessie knows his part so well!

I adooted a bonded pair of kittens and when one passed away at age 11, I decided to get a new companion for my remaining 11 year old resident cat. Well it’s been 5 months and the resident cat is still hissing and I cannot put them together unsupervised. So one always has to stay locked away in the basement or a bedroom. It doesn’t appear to bother either one, but it’s really hard on us. I’m not giving up that someday they will get along. But if I had to do it over, I think I’d aim for a slightly older companion for my 11 year old. Our new cat is almost 2 and has way too much energy for my older girl, so she just annoys her.

my cat is nocturnal, sleeps all day and goes out at night. I've tried to change this habit but nothing works. He doesn't use litter box so i can't keep him inside forever either... I usually let him in when i wake up in the morning

Love your channel...I'm in Zurich, CH right now so the Little Robot 4 is not available in this country :-(

Wow thank you so much my friend, for your information abaut cats❤❤❤

We free feed dry and it's been ok. He doesn't seem to have gotten fat. We tried doing wet on a schedule and it just didn't work. He wouldn't eat most of it.

I cleaned Cornelius's box daily. I'd say come on, time to clean your #### box. He would follow and watch me work. He loved that 😀

This was a regretful past for me but maybe this can help others. I was a teen when getting my first cat and was in charge of taking care of him, I only listened to my vet and fed him a horrible dry food which wasn't nutritional and I feel so much regret for not giving him the best life while he was in my care, I wish I paid more attention to him and did more research :( We had to move far away and ending up giving him to an old family friend but I think about this pretty often.. To any new cat owners please look into ways to give your cat a good,beneficial for your cat!!

your cat has quite the pouch there at 1:10...

As owners, I am sure we have all made mistakes and misunderstood our cat in some way. But there are certain errors that are so inhumane such as declawing your cat. I don't mean to be rude but I will never understand why would anyone get such a savage idea. If you love your cat, and inform yourself a little bit about feline behavior, there is not a single reason to go for that choice. I always research so much before taking decisions with mine, but experience with him has been the best teacher. Yet I am not afraid to contact the vet and other cat owners as much as I find necessary, because the well-being of your pet comes first.

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Totally agree with the entire list. 👍

I just found your channel recently and really love it. My 13-year-old cat recently was very ill and was diagnosed with Pancreatitis, what would you recommend for for food? I've had her on fancy feast and Sheba. She prefers a Pate'. Thanks much and thanks for sharing your knowledge. Take care.

My biggest mistake was assuming for years that just because store bought food is on the shelf that it is automatically ok for your cat to eat. It isn't. And that goes for no name brands all the way up to expensive high end brands. Learn about what your cat should and should not be eating. Not just talking about avoiding carb-packed kibble. There are wet food dangers too. Read the labels. Research the ingredients. If I had started that years earlier, I could have avoided hyperthyroidism for several cats. (Tip-avoid cat food containing sodium selenite, a toxic ingredient that became more common starting in 2016.) Don't buy the bullcrap when your vet says that your cat has a condition just because they are old. That is a lazy answer. Both people and pets are getting more and more sick because our environment and our foods are full of bad ingredients. The less toxic your environment and food are, the healthier both you and your pets will be. Good luck.

One comment that made me fume ( & l’m not built that way…. BUT! 🤬…. ) l remember on a site that was a FAT 🥴LIBERATION BLURB from this behemoth of a woman,who was over feeding her cat, ( poor thing 🥺) to a ridiculously unhealthy size ( she was so fat she could hardly walk! BOTH of them actually. )- she said she wouldn’t love her if she wasn’t fat. Eh wot? That’s bloomin animal abuse!!!!!! I couldn’t give 2 hoots about this gigantic thing, but the cat! 😿👿🥺

My biggest mistake as a cat parent was that I have been excessively vigilant and responsible for my cat's health. This over-the-top care to have any symptom, even the slightest one, immediately checked and regulated, resulted to my recent BAD choice of taking him to an aggressive vet, and not to his standard homeopathy vet. He initiated a series of -seemingly endless/limitless- unnecessary and entirely inappropriate antibiotic injections, on a daily basis, which caused severe haemolytic aneamia to my cat. Despite visiting this same vet as an emergency during the weekend when the first symptoms of illness showed up, he did not check the animal as he ought to as to find and treat the reasons for his sudden malaise, and my cat lost his beautiful, precious, shining life within 4 days. In hindsight, I wish I was more trusting, balancef in my care for him and more laid back and carefree for his initial symptom, as to have the clarity to make the right choice for him

Same

How can people not clean their cat's litter it's beyond me to comprehend. They must be the same people that don't clean their toilets or shower everyday.

enjoyed you including your cats more

Your thoughts on Vivarawpets cat food? We just adopted 2 5 month olds, bonded. They LOVE this food and I mix with bone broth. They will be getting raw chicken necks weekly as well ..

Male cats are really prone to and blocked urinary tract from eating dry food so see if you can encourage more wet food and Cat I got did not want the wet food and I tried so many different kinds I gave so many different kinds of food to Charities because she just wouldn't eat them will finally I've got her on Iams wet and also she butt wet she loves both of those try an experiment that's what I did it took me about six months to find the wet food that you would eat because we really had a problem with her teeth so she couldn't eat the dry anymore she loves it though. Let's be patient maybe you can find somewhere food he likes and then just give him dry every once in awhile like I do because they are very prone to urinary blockage has good luck

Good video. How is Forest doing these days?

I'm still unclear and unsettled that declawing is still an option at some vet offices. Horrible just absolutely horrible 😞

I have 2 cats, IDK but one uses appropriate scratching posts I have around the house, my other cat, not so much. He loves door frames, wood furniture and cabinets. I have tried everything to give him his own scratching post, even a wood one. Nope, my other cat loves it though. 😒 Maybe I didn’t do enough to establish separate scratching areas. 🤷‍♀️

I’ve bought the litter robot 4 and it is the best investment I could have ever made. But the 2 mistakes I have made is over feeding my cat and not playing enough with him. I need to invest in good toys we can use together. I really need advice on this. I noticed you have a white cardboard box with holes in it - what is that toy called, please? I live in UK so not all toys available there are available here but I might be able to find something similar. Thanks so much for this video and advice!

I have 2 big male cats, how large of a cat will the cat litter machine fit? They're both about 22lbs, yes overweight some, but they are BIG toms - about the size of a Jack Russel.

My mistake is not telling my parents to give the kitty away because of my sister's allergies. She was hospitalized often. They should have given her away instead. There would be less sibling rivalry.

Hi! Where can I buy this fumble box you show us in the chapter "Mistake 2"? Tx!

You missed the biggest one Letting your cat outside they are not safe. Hunting rodent and bird populations unnaturally reduces them. My area getting hit by cars or killed by wild life like coyote is common Also unnecessary cat fights sending your love one to the vet.

Did litter robot fix the issue with the 4 model not triggering?

What can I do with my cat she's kind of a short hair cat not real short on top but she's real real Fury on her belly but she sheds tremendously and I don't know what to do and it doesn't seem to do the trick

Hi I don't now what to do my cat is peeing every wear but also in the liter box's but is peeing more then youshwanl

Cats too have behavior problems that can test the owner's patience.