Jessie and Ginger on my Bed
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Essentials
Wet Food Wet food is popular and cheap although it can stick to your cats teeth giving gingivitis. Vets recommend dry food.
Cat Bowl Dry food is easy to serve, keeps and you can give the amount your cat requires. It also helps to prevent gingivitis. Make sure that there is plenty of water to go with your dry food.
Cat Bowl A plastic low bowl is easy to clean and doesn't tip over. It can hold water too.
Cage Cat Carrier Your cats will need to be transported to the Vets. This can only be done safely in a cat carrier. I find the cage carrier, roomy, lets the cat have good visibility and is easy to use.
Plastic Cat Carrier A plastic carrier is cheaper but smaller for the cat and very difficult to use, especially with an irritable cat.
Frontline Flea prevention is important, especially in he summer. The prescription medicines like Frontline and Stronghold are more effective than the supermarket brands but more expensive.
Clay Cat Litter Clay based cat litter, is the most common type of cat litter. It comes in both clumping and none clumping varieties. I prefer clumping as it makes the cleaning job easier and you know which bits of litter have been used and which bit have not.
Wood Based Cat Litter Wood based cat litter is better for the environment. Unfortunately my cats hate the stuff and refuse to use it.
A litter tray holds cat litter. Some do this simple task better than others. I have a covered cat litter that keeps the litter inside no matter how much excavation the cats do. It also helps with odours.
Wormer Cats need regular worming. The worming tablets available from your vet are more effective than the wroming tablets that you can buy in your supermarket, (pictured left)
Cat Collar A collar holds your address tag enabling your cat to be found if it becomes lost. Always get one that is easy to escape from in case it gets caught Preferably buy a reflective collar so that the cat can be send by drivers at night. Also buy one with a bell. This helps to save the local bird population. Pleasing your local bird watchers and also helps to deter your cat from bringing in dead animals. It is worth persevering with collars even if your cat repeatedly loses them. They do get used to them in the end.
Ideas
Cat Nip Spray Cat nip spray is useful to getting your cats to like a certain area where you want them to be as opposed to areas where you do not want them to be, where you can use cat deterrent spray. I sprayed catnip on my scratching post to encourage the cats to use that rather than the furniture. The spray also helps with making cats feel comfortable with unfamiliar surrounding, say during adoption/fostering.
Flea spray is useful to rid your house of fleas or to prevent them from arriving. It is best to treat the cat first, remember.
Brush Cats groom themselves when they are healthy but brushing cat help and is indeed essential for long haired cats. Cats may take a time to get used to the brush but more often than not get to enjoy the attention that the brush gives them.
Cat Basket Cats like to have a place of themselves. A covered basket is most preferred. Place it in a spot where the cat has already warmed to, usually in a warm spot.
Cat Behaviour spray Use cat behavior spay if you want your cats to avoid certain objects that you can not put out of reach, or which you do not want clawed. Jessie took to biting the lead of my electric iron. This was dowsed with the spray to deter her.
Cat Fork A cat fork helps separate your cats cutlery from your own for hygiene. It is also good from scraping out wet cat food easily.
Cat Groojming Glove Use a cat grooming glove if you have a cat that likes to give un expectant bites during stroking. (My cats do not like this product)
at Shampoo Sometimes your cat comes in very dirty with substances you do not want to be licked clean. Ginger has come in with fence paint and engine oil before now. Ordinary shampoo may be harmful so I use this Tea Tree Oil shampoo.
Cat Milk Cats like milk but the normal dairy milk contains lactose that that cannot deal with. Special Cat milk is a nice treat for your cat.
Cat Treat Cat treats make an occasional reward for your cat. However they can make your cat fat and are not nutritionally balanced as a replacement for their normal food.
Cat Toy Ball Young cats and kittens like balls. A simple ping pong ball will keep them amused for hours.
Hills Feline TD Cat Dental Dry Food Dental Cat Dry Food.
Virbac Chews Chews. These are cat treats that help brush the cat's teeth.
CET Home Dental Care Cat Toothpaste Cat Toothpaste. If you have a compliant cat or cat train a kitten.
Logic Oral Hygiene Gel Cat Oral Hygiene Gel. You apply this to the mouth and the cat just licks the gel. This is useful for when you have difficulties brushing your cat's teeth.
Cat Toy Bell Young cats and kittens like bells.
The Soft Kitten Company