Introduction to Home Staging

I just brought home a jersy woolie and it gets matted in areas like the cheeks and the sides and its butt. is this just because it is a baby and need to molt ita hair? plus it is bald behind its ears with just a little fluff…is this because of the matts?

No, they don’t always have matted hair- they get matted hair when their caretakers don’t groom them properly. You’ll need to get the matts brushed out, or have someone experienced shave him down- matts pull on their skin and can tear it, plus tend to accumulate urine and feces and other dirt, which shouldn’t be held against their skin. Any bald patches are likely from matts which someone yanked out, or the rabbit pulled out while trying to groom itself.

my parakeet is fluffed up and has his head tucked into hes left wing
he has been lethargic and has sat on the floor of the cage all day
he cannot stand on a perch for even only a few minutes because i dont think he has the strength to do so
i dont know if he has been eatting or drinking because i wasn’t home the whole day
but i remember two days ago i got him a new box of spray millets and he was nibbling away on them happily

my parakeet is sick, isnt he?
how should i take care of him through the night just until tomorrow when i can take him to the vett
i want him to live through tonight

Get warm lamp next to his cage.
Spray millet two days ago isnt real substantial food. Make sure they never ever run out of food….a quality budgie seed blend.
They can go without water sometimes but never without food.
Try and be more careful and attentive about keeping this bird fed and fed well.

I currently have a 2 year old female cat. I have got a new 4 month old female cat today. How do I introduce them best?

My current Cat does not go out side. She is an indoor cat. She has come into contact with other cats before (at old home she went outside) She just hissed at them and the other cat would tend to leave her alone.

So what is the best way to introduce the new cat to Fluff?

Cats need to be properly introduced to the new home, the new humans, and the existing cats if they are to get along well and not have problems.

Contrary to what many people think, domestic cats are not solitary creatures. Nor is there any dominance issue about introducing cats to each other. There is virtually no dominance issue with domestic cats like there is with dogs.

A cat who has never lived with another cat might not like the idea, at first, of a new cat in the family, but they will accept the new cat if the introduction is done properly.

If cats are properly introduced into a family, they can get along with the existing cats and the existing cats can accept the new comers.

Here’s how we introduce newcomers to our gang:

Cats need to be introduced very slowly.

First of all, we do not allow a new cat to have any contact with our other cats until a vet has given the new cat a clean bill of health. This includes tests for such things as FIP and Feline Leukemia.

Cats can be successfully introduced to each other regardless of their ages or sexes.

We have successfully added adult cats to our family containing both young and old cats as well as introducing very young kittens to the other cats.

It has to be done slowly. If you simply put them together, you will have behavioral problems the vast majority of times and they may never really get along.

The new cat has to be given time to get used to you and the new environment – don’t try to introduce the new cat to the new home, to you, and to the other cats all at once. Do it in stages – first get the cat used to you and its new home – or at least part of it – and the noises and smells of its new home.

Then the existing cats have to get used to the new cat – starting with its scent and then its appearance.

We introduce cats by keeping the new cat in the back room for up to a month. My office is there as is my wife’s sewing table. There is a sofa and bookshelves.

We spend a lot of time with the new cat to get them used to us, the new environment and the new smells.

It is important that you spend a lot of time with the new cat. Don’t just put it in a different room and leave it there. The first thing that has to happen is that the new cat has to get used to you and accept and trust you.

After they accept us with no problems, we put a screen door on the back room door frame and let everyone see each other for a week or so.

It may take a lot less time than a month to get to this point but we just take it slow and easy.

Once we judge it safe to do so, we let the new cats out into the house and chaperon the first encounters.

We’ve only ever had one problem introducing cats like this and that problem was resolved in a couple of weeks.

We’ve had 26 cats over the past 22 years and many of them were adults – 12 and older – when they joined our family.

We’ve also introduced several kittens, ranging from ages of 7 weeks to 4 or 5 months, to the rest of the crew with no problems.

You have to take it slow.

If you can’t put up a screen door, perhaps two baby gates, stacked one on top of the other, will close off the door but still allow the cats to see each other.

If you can’t use a screen door or baby gates, try letting the existing cat into the room with the new cat for a few minutes while you chaperon.

If things get bad, take the cat out of the room.

You just have to introduce cats slowly

There are cats who could be thrown together and become pals but they are few and far between.

How do you ground a cat?
A bit of background; Gus is is an older, very affectionate black tomcat comparable in mass to a small planet. In a nights lazing about on our new couch we estimated he generates enough electrical potential to power most of california. So when i come home from a long day I am no longer greeted by a cuddly feline but rather a poping, sparking, lint covered electromagent.
Sounding like a microwave full of foil and attracting bits of fluff and paper as he bounds towards me, I prepare for an experience which I can only describe as akin to closely embracing a tesla coil. So, as my girlfriend runs for the heart paddles, Gus sadly moseys off, as he doesn’t understand whats gone wrong or why hes also recieving a hefty dose of current. I tried to explain it, but hes never been one for the hard sciences and mentally files all forms of electricity under ‘human witchcraft’.
How do I safely discharge my little buddy without him zapping us with his static sparks?

defuse it by swiftly touching your cat using your backhand, once there’s a contact made the static charges has made its way to you unnoticeably…it works to me.

is. I married for 11 years and three young kids. We are in our early 30’s. She is a stay at home mom and I have a good management job that pays well. We are all healthy. The point / question is that I sometimes find it funny when someone comments on how they perceive our family. But as I think about it we put a lot of work into that perception. Kind of sad when you think about it. I know that in a lot of what we do one of the factors is normally how others will view it. As I get older I believe more and more that there everyone really is the same and most families are going through the same issues no mater what their income or social status. Money allows you to put better window dressing on it but that is all. So, how surprised do you think we would all be if just for a little while you could pull all the fluff aside and look into what was really going on in other people lives?

You seem to be admitting that you are, to a certain uncomfortable extent, putting on a show for the benefit of others. But since their comments are (I am supposing) pleasant, you feel like a fake? While I don’t think you have any reason to hide the wonderfully positive things you and your wife are doing for your children and your future, you can perhaps benefit from a reflection on your achievements. Recognize your hard work, but don’t reward yourself for it. Donate to a charity, but keep it to yourself. Make your family the topic of conversation, not your lifestyle. You have much more control over how people perceive you than you think. Good question.

UHH. WHY IS SHE COVERING HER FOOD WITH A MOUTAINOUS PILE OF BEDDING. LITTERALLY, SHE SCRAPES ALL THE BEDDING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAGE, AND PILES IT IN THE FOOD CORNER. AND ALSO, SHE HAS A COCONUT SHELL FOR A HOME(REPTILE HOME) AND FLUFFING INSIDE IT, ON TOP OF THE BEDDING. SHE DUG OUT ALL THE BEDDING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HALF-A-COCONUT SHELL AND THE HOUSE WAS JUST SITTING ON THE PLASTIC FLOOR. WHAT IS SHE DOING? AND WHY DID SHE JUST START THIS???

PS;
ILOVECAPS. D:

OK WELL. THATS NORMAL, SHE KNOWS WHERE THE FOOD IS SO DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT. IF YOU DO WORRY, THEN EVERY SO OFTEN RE-ARRANGE HER CAGE.
MY GERBILS DO THIS, THEY GO UNDER THE BEDDING AND EAT THE FOOD,

DON’T WORRY YOU HAVE A NORMAL HAMSTER!

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I’m talking about those of us willing to work and don’t whine about everything? where is this bad horrible economy??

BTW….More people are employed than ever before, stock market is making record after record, low inflation (even with gas prices) low interest rates, home ownership at all time records in USA, corporations making record profits, small businesses booming!…..Come on, this is the best economy in the history of USA…In the 90s that was mostly fluff from the DOTCOM crap , so don’t even compare that to this! BUSH ROCKS!

I am getting rich fast so much like you don’t see any bad economy.

I have had two cats for some time now, and my big fat fluff ball of a cat is the most well tempered and laid back cat I know. I recently adopted a newer cat, about a year old because she desperately needed a home. I followed all the guide lines for introducing them, keeping the separated, then letting them see through a gate, but the second I let them in together, My big fluff ball Kaos lunged through the open door and attacked my new cat. Now she only greets her with growling and hissing, and my new cat won’t come out if the doors are open.

I can’t keep the living room shut off forever! Is there any way to help this? I’ve abandoned the hope of them becoming best friends, but can I get Kaos to stop attacking her so she can at least come out and eat while the door is open?

my guess is that Kaos seems to think that the new cat is trying to take over her territory and that with all the attention you give the new cat, Kaos also thinks that you love the new cat more, and that it is replacing her. you can prevent more attacks from happening by spending more time with Kaos to show her that you love her equally. don’t worry, after your new cat settles in for a month or so, the attacks will gradually lessen. they might not be best pals, but Kaos might grudgingly accept the new cat!

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"See who screwed up"
"See Paula’s latest meltdown"

Has watching that asinine show somehow become mandatory? With all that’s going on in this country and the world, why is such meaningless fluff deemed to be so vitally important to the very survival of Western Civilization?

Because most media outlets (especially those that report news) seem to create their programming based on the lowest common denominator: "American Idol", fluff news stories, etc. Anything that requires critical thinking on the part of the viewer is cast off.

This is why I get nearly all of my news from the BBC America and LinkTV; they do not pander to the lowest common denominator.