Anyone that give me any advice?

Thank You,
DJ

Wow, that’s funny! They sound a lot alike. Glad to know I’m not the only one with that problem. Please let me know if you find anything that works. I’ve tried spraying him, and he really hates that water bottle, but it doesn’t stop him from biting. I’ve also tried the time outs but that doesn’t stop him either. Both stop him at the time, but they don’t prevent him from doing it again.

He is the sweetest, funniest cat when he wants to be, but he does bite for no reason sometimes, and he bites when he wants me to get up. And then when I push him away or tell him no, that’s when he lunges and bites again. I am going to ask the vet when he goes for his one year shots and stuff, so I’ll see what she says!

The solution: We drape a very light piece of plastic over the entire sofa. He hates getting on the plastic and he now refuses to get on the sofa. When humans want to use the sofa, we take the plastic off and fold it up and keep it nearby. We always put it back on when we are done. A little bit of a pain, but it definitely works. Oddly enough, he is not interested in peeing on any other piece of funiture.

Shedding: During his first year, he shed a lot. However, now that his white baby fur is gone and his has gotten his more normal seal color point color, he sheds very little. Even when, I brush him and comb him, very little fur comes off of him. I brush him once a week. When he was little I had to brush at least twice aweek and I would get large handfulls of fur off of him. We live in Florida, he does not seem to grow any thicker coat in winter.

Bathing: I have never been able to give him a bath. He HATES water in any form. I have used the waterless shampoo and it works very well. Of course he grooms himself very well also. Although I have no hairball problems. In one year he has only vomitted one hairball. However, based on the breeders recommendation, I do feed him a “HAIRBALL” formula dry food; but only 1/3 to 1/2 of his food is this formula. The breeder also recommended that the other 2/3 to 1/2 be a regular dry cat food.

Biting: Oh, he loves play aggression in the form of gentle biting. A firm “NO!” along with my pointing my finger at him, stops the behavior right away………for about five seconds…..hahahahaha. Actually, he is getting better with consistent correction with the firm “NO!.”

Sincerely,
Bridget Cardinal

2_ is a lady in Adelaide who is selling me her female kitten for $400.00 plus $50.00 to drive the cat to me. She said it has vet checks and papers, how would I found out if this is proper?

please help me, thank you Natalia

Does anyone else have this problem with their Ragdoll or did I get the only bratty Ragdoll in the world? please help!

I do have a question though, my Ragdoll is very floppy and sweet when he wants to be, and inherited typical Ragdoll traits such as playing fetch, running to the door when we come home, flopping anywhere and everywhere, laying on his back all the time etc, but….as much as I love him, he has quite the attitude for what I believed a Ragdoll would be. He doesn’t like to be held, he never lays on my lap and he bites sometimes. Does anyone else have this problem? Help!

dawn

They don’t sleep with me anymore since they have gotten into the adolescent stage and they never really sat with me at night when I watched tv. I love them dearly, though, and hope they will become floppier and friendlier with age. They love to play with me and follow me at times, throughout the house. I too am disappointed by their somewhat unfriendly behavior and lack of desire for human physical contact. They are not LAP CATS!!!!

She also loves to play with grapes and corks when they fall on the floor.

My rag liked to urinate by the rake. Which lead to the motor working to hard or the motorized cat box not being able to clean it self. My rag uses a regular cat box now and we are all happy. Litter maid was not functional for us because its very long and when you have to clean it or change out the litter it really is a pain to do as you have to take the whole thing apart to do it. Side caps and pieces did not work well. In all we lost a few hundred bucks and got nothing. Also, it’s gross walking by or having company over and looking at the cat’s issues in the box. We bought the canopy and it made it stink more. That was no good. It does not hold a of litter and the cat is large and eats and drinks more than other cats. This is a larger breed period. Second to the maincoon cat. We fixed it by getting rid of the box. I have to say aside from the issue the rag uses the box with no problems. With the robo cop litter box as I called it, it seems the cat was no happy. Try changing out your cat box to something the cat likes.

Those tiny little igloo boxes and those small boxes are horrible. These cats are like having dogs in your house because they are big. You would not be happy in a tiny toilet. Clean the box every single day. Change out all littler once a week or sooner. Put a little baking soda for odors and pay less than having those smelly deoderizers in the little. Small amount meaning, 3 table spoons and mix it. If the dust is too much use a wooden or paper kind of litter. We like the fresh step clumping litter and earn points when we buy it. Smells good and cleans up nice. Cats like their boxes clean because it does not flush like a tiolet. We aren’t that different on what we like on the potty either.

If the cat won’t go number 1 in the potty take it to the vet. Not going for 2 days means its almost dead or something is wrong. It could be crystals etc… urinating / bladder infections that are treating cheaply with an antibiotc for 7 days. It’s worse than paying a larger bill if you let it go. If you clean you cat’s box every day you can see perfectly if they are going in it. Won’t take long to notice. Sometimes people food that is not what the rag needs.

My rag and I have gone through every brand of wet food and cat food. We finally found something he would eat. So we leave him on it and make no other exceptions. I take him to the vet frequently. Even if it’s just for a check up. Around every 6 months or if a problem arises.

Next, I disagree with the section about horseplaying. We don’t have two cats because they entertain eachother and don’t entertain me as much. I like attention from my kitty too. I agrevate him playing with him only to play. When he wants to play he will bring me a toy. That’s when we play. I use teasers to agrevate my rag and he loves it. When I make the bed the gets under the sheets like asking me to play peek a boo with him. We have several games we play. When he is ready to play he lets you know. Never has he bite us. He licks us and or runs off and that means “STOP” because I am tired of playing now. And we never horse around to HURT him. Yo have to guess a lot whe you have a baby. If you can’t play the guessing game than a rag might not be for you. I think some agrevevation is good for them when playing. Just don’t hurt your rag to be flat out MEAN. The have feelings. We buy him those pet laser. Never pointing them on his eyes. Sometimes I grab him and scratch his foot because it tickles him. He runs in circles around the house. He seems to enjoy it and come back for more. When company comes over my rag will greet them but will not lay on a stranger and will not play with a stranger. A stranger can pet them and he does talk to them to say hello. He knows who to play with. He knows we won’t hurt him and he trusts us. That’s it! Cat’s can’t be left out for decoration. A lazy cat can be one older or simply needing exercise. Since he won’t play with strangers, we don’t worry about him biting anyone. He doesn’t even bite us.

Also, my rag is never quite. In fact, he never shuts up! He talks in the morning and until bed time. Talks when you are in the shower and he waits for you. If we eat dinner he talks too because maybe you forget his dinner or he can small the food so he wants a kitty treat at that moment. My rag does not get on my couch but likes my counter tops and my computers. Including my bed because he sleeps with me. We have a lot of talks together. He lets me know what he wants and how quickly he wants it. And when we are having a romantic moment watching a movie together, sometimes he looks at me and lets out a meow that also sounds like he is saying “I Love You”. I reply with, “I love you too”.

Back to the litter issue. When I had the litter maid box, my rag would get irritated when the “fill line” matched the amount if litter there. It just was not enough little for him. My last cat was the same way. He goes number 1 & 2 in larger sums. So he would do a #2 outside the box every so often. When he was changed to a regular box, we never had that problem again.

This rag does not like ice in his water but my last one did. Go figure! They are all different. We don’t own them. They own us! Hope this helps. I agree with face push method for disapline but then his feelings get hurt and it kills me later. He forgives quickly though. I hate to see him mope.

I’ll miss him and love him as long as I breathe…and then some.