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Help - I've just adopted a cat, never had a cat before and until 2 hours ago never dreamed I'd own one. I'm flying blind.
She is two years old, named Winnie, I was going to change it but I notice she turns her head and looks at me each time I say her name (which is quite cool), so I'll just go with it.
To be honest, I haven't had enough time to think of questions, but, there will be thousands as this is totally foreign to me.
I think I plan to eventually transfer over to raw, or 1/2 raw 1/2 whatever, I don't know. Right now I came home with chicken & rice Nutro, thats what she's been eating (so they said) and I vaguely remembered reading threads here about cats being fussy and stuff, so I went with what she knows.
After her first dump, well, I was quite shocked, all I can say is that it was twice the size of my dog who is 4 x Winnies weight. So, we are going to transition to the best kibble and canned food I can find, then to raw, as long as she will eat it.
I just gave her some canned tuna which she gobbled, but she wasn't too keen on a pork rib. I'm just hoping I don't have a fussy eater here.
My first question I have is, does anyone walk their cats?
She's running around the house, probably because she's been cooped up in a small cage for goodness knows how long, but shouldn't cats get exercise as well? Or am I totally out to lunch here?
Also, is taurine in anything else other than heart? That worries me a touch because I've never seen heart of any type for sale in this part of the world.
I know these are really basic questions, but I'm totally ignorant. Believe me, I will spend tomorrow going back over old threads and learn as as quickly as I can.
Thanks.
She is two years old, named Winnie, I was going to change it but I notice she turns her head and looks at me each time I say her name (which is quite cool), so I'll just go with it.
To be honest, I haven't had enough time to think of questions, but, there will be thousands as this is totally foreign to me.
I think I plan to eventually transfer over to raw, or 1/2 raw 1/2 whatever, I don't know. Right now I came home with chicken & rice Nutro, thats what she's been eating (so they said) and I vaguely remembered reading threads here about cats being fussy and stuff, so I went with what she knows.
After her first dump, well, I was quite shocked, all I can say is that it was twice the size of my dog who is 4 x Winnies weight. So, we are going to transition to the best kibble and canned food I can find, then to raw, as long as she will eat it.
I just gave her some canned tuna which she gobbled, but she wasn't too keen on a pork rib. I'm just hoping I don't have a fussy eater here.
My first question I have is, does anyone walk their cats?
She's running around the house, probably because she's been cooped up in a small cage for goodness knows how long, but shouldn't cats get exercise as well? Or am I totally out to lunch here?
Also, is taurine in anything else other than heart? That worries me a touch because I've never seen heart of any type for sale in this part of the world.
I know these are really basic questions, but I'm totally ignorant. Believe me, I will spend tomorrow going back over old threads and learn as as quickly as I can.
Thanks.