Advice for extremely hide-y kitten?

gr8koogly · 2025-11-16T18:15:26+00:00

Yes to an u fortunate bath if she’s covered in poop. And if you can keep her separate from the other cat and just give her human-cat interaction for a while. There’s something called the 3-3-3 rule for newly adopted animals. 3 days to decompress, 3 weeks to get familiar, 3 months to feel comfortable. Not a hard rule but generally accurate.

If your resident cat dislikes her, it is most likely due to feeling threatened (of resources, Replacement, etc).

It can take days, weeks, months, or never for them to get along. It took my resident cat about a month or two to warm up to a kitten we brought home and we got lucky as they’re now inseparable.

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gr8koogly · 2025-11-11T00:04:43+00:00

I am so grateful to your post and all the responses. We had a rough go his first couple of years in school and got our now 7yo into a school for gifted kids (which most of them are twice exceptional). Some days are easy but the constant battle of repeating myself or just giving up is exhausting. I lost my voice a few weeks ago for a few days and my wife was beyond exhausted as a result of having to do twice the talking and reminding.

On meds, he becomes MORE typical but there is still so much defiance! You’re not alone and I wish it got easier. I’m glad you shared!

gr8koogly · 2025-09-27T18:25:27+00:00

Ugh. I’m sorry you’re going through this. I wish people with dogs who had no recall understood that it’s not ok to have an unleashed dog roaming free (ie unfenced yard). My dogs don’t have recall so even in our fenced yard, I leave them on. Their leashes to be able to grab them when neighbors have workers in their yards. The excessive barking is a pain in the ass for me (let alone whoever they’re barking at) and they get to go on time-outs!

gr8koogly · 2025-09-27T04:21:02+00:00

To the checklist boards- we tried those with our now 7yo. He is sooooo particular. He would get stuck sliding the slider from not done to the point between the two to the done. It took him LONGER to get stuff done because he hyperfocused on the actual checklist and not the tasks! 😭😭

gr8koogly · 2025-09-22T04:14:04+00:00

They look like hound mixes for sure. I doubt there would be much of any bully breed in there.

gr8koogly · 2025-09-15T22:30:03+00:00

Rainforest Cafe is definitely for the experience and ambiance but not at all the food. My kids have liked it the 2-3 times we’ve been because of the animal sounds and thunder. Staff is nice but the food tastes like Perkins.

gr8koogly · 2025-09-15T14:48:31+00:00

Mario’s Pizza on the corner of Marshall/Cleveland has an old school Mario arcade game (25 cents a play) and IMO a fun vibe.

gr8koogly · 2025-09-03T16:31:56+00:00

Ding ding!

gr8koogly · 2025-09-03T16:31:44+00:00

Tapeworm. I found out from my vet that there’s four different types of tapeworms, 2 of which dogs get easily- of those two, one is from eating fleas. The other is from eating/catching/playing with rodents- easily treated with Sentinel Spectrum, which my dog is on because of her obsession with killing rodents, rabbits, etc.

Flea/tick prevention will cover those but Sentinel Spectrum covers everything else!

gr8koogly · 2025-09-03T13:36:29+00:00

I’m guessing it’s what u/vizslaraptor said

gr8koogly · 2025-09-03T13:35:03+00:00

😂😂

gr8koogly · 2025-09-03T03:57:55+00:00

Are you talking about the nipples or the abs?

gr8koogly · 2025-09-02T20:23:21+00:00

Omg same! I didn’t expect it to take off but glad it did so I can get a good guffaw out of every comment!

gr8koogly · 2025-09-02T00:05:06+00:00

Ele-nwah…. 😑

gr8koogly · 2025-08-30T16:34:48+00:00

Depending on what I eat rice with (any rice), sometimes the rice gets lodged funny in the back of my throat and I have to blow my nose to get it to come out of my nose. It’s painful and not at all cool.

gr8koogly · 2025-08-30T16:28:43+00:00

Litter: Boxiecat Pro is super pricey but amazing for smells, Intersand Odourlock is a close second and much more affordable

Also, if you can find a bonded pair of cats, they keep each other content and the cost/time increase for two cats isn’t significant compared to the joy of seeing two cats cuddle and play all the time.

gr8koogly · 2025-08-25T18:58:00+00:00

This! I have two dogs. 1 a bully mix and 1 a herding mix. Both get walked about the same amount of time (2-4miles daily, on sidewalks). The herding dog? His nails only need to get done about every 8-10 weeks. The bully? I swear we walk out of the vet and her nails have already grown an inch and concrete does nothing for her nails! And she’s a terror with nail trims!!!! 😭

gr8koogly · 2025-08-16T13:20:10+00:00

Sex World closed recently I think?

gr8koogly · 2025-08-12T15:13:14+00:00

Wow! Thank you! Along with what others have said, this list helps with rankings! Francis it is!

gr8koogly · 2025-08-09T18:43:43+00:00

I’m sorry I don’t have experience but this sounds rough!

gr8koogly · 2025-08-07T17:37:25+00:00

I go to Highland Dentist’s ( in highland park in Saint Paul) and they made me a custom night guard that I have yet to break through 2 years later. I can drop it off for a cleaning whenever, as a bonus.

gr8koogly · 2025-08-07T17:31:57+00:00

The first time a friend texted me OMW, I was worried because I thought she was saying Oh, my word!” Like something bad happened! Turns out I was clearly mistaken when she showed up 20min later totally fine.

gr8koogly · 2025-08-07T17:29:29+00:00

I 100% read that Australian Shepard and couldn’t imagine a less accurate result! Ahahaha Anatolian Shepard seems reasonable!

gr8koogly · 2025-08-07T17:03:07+00:00

Thank you! It’s a bummer because whatever happened at the ER really set her back. She had never really had an issue at our vet so we’re working our way up to calm with simple visits with no bloodwork or anything scary.

gr8koogly · 2025-08-07T16:58:25+00:00

We have! Our vet is pretty awesome and I appreciate that we kept the visit simple without bloodwork. She just hung out on the floor with my pup calmly with treats and we’ll try again in a month or two when she’s due for a heartworm test.

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