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Being an obsessive compulsive person 😅 I am researching the whole nine yards now. I plan to adopt a cat mid or end of next year
Will the pvc tubing work for cattle too? Cause my grandparents like to have a fence in Christmas lights and the cattle like to chew on them.
3 days ago since my Simba died from a tumor and heavy disease I was devastated. I searched for his pictures and heard a cry across my window, I went out on the street and saw baby kitty girl crying for help. Of course, I had to call her Nala, and today we made our first vetenarian visit ♥ No joke, this really happened. I even gave her back to neighbours and they asked me to take care of her, to that I couldn't say no.
Help…. I always wanted a cat when I was a child (coming from a non pet family) so I got a kitten 3 weeks ago and its not happening for me 😢
I feel so depressed and just want to give her away, I'm hating every minute of it but ultimately want her to be happy but know it won't be in my house. I love my house and can't even deal with parts of it getting destroyed or having to change it 😔
Should I give her away now while she's still small and can settle somewhere else?
These vids scare me even more 😬
I’m considering of adopting an American shorthair cat in the future. That’s to say if I can afford one.😂 but if I can afford one then that would be awesome❤
I brought home my 12 week kitten today. He was scared as fuck, but after a couple of hours hiding under the couch I managed to get him to play with a toy, and now we're friends.
I built his base camp around the couch where he felt safe, I put the litter box on one side of couch and his transport bag and food/water under a big old blanket on the other side of the sofa. Then I left some toys hanging in the air between the couch and table so to play with it he has to come out of hiding.
I think I was incredibly lucky, he seems to be so quick to socialize.
I just lost my beautiful cat that I had for 11 years , she was killed by a predator right on my front porch 😢 I will never let a cat outside again too risky
I miss her so much ❤
Please don’t make the terrible mistake I did.
I bought soooo many toys for my kitteb
He spent the WHOLE DAY playing with only one (and also trying to destroy my carton calendar 😂😂😂)
I'm thinking about getting a cat! And I'm gonna get one from my local shelter and all I have to do is save up my money and finish my essay for my parents!! 😀
I want a catte
Are you still doing live streams?
Live in a rest home (Masonic of California) and will get my cat in a couple of months
We adopted my grandmother’s cat when she died a couple years ago. It was already 18 at the time and was very scared of kids, which I just happened to classify as. He died a couple of months later, if not weeks if I remember correctly, but in those days, he was the most affectionate and lovable old baby I ever could have wanted.
Sameee😭😭
What is tapeworms in cats? Plsssssss tell me because when I am older I'll get a cat!!!!😮😮😮😮😮
you need to show B roll of cool cats instead of talking into the camera every video
I always wanted a cat 🐈 but my mom is scared of cats 😢
Planning to adopt a couple of kittens next month!
Are you advising against adopting two kitten siblings from the same litter if I work 9 hours a day? I thought perhaps having its sibling, and a well setup base camp in a spare bedroom, with stimuli like toys, a cat tree, and the other recommended things from your videos, may make a 5 day work week acceptable.
We're empty nester. Just adopted 6 year old female. Owner went into nursing home. We've had her 6 nights. She stays in closet, hisses when I but food in her room. Somehow have to get her in carrier for vet physical April 8th, 13 days from now. I'm looting at youtube to see how that's done. Vet wanted $75 up front.
OMGGG IM SO HAPPY BCUZ IM GONNA GET MY CAT ON MONDAY😭 i always wanted a cat!!!
I’ve just adopted a kitten from a rescue charity. Thanks so much for all your helpful tips. He seems to Really like climbing up Anything, which makes me concerned about leaving him unsupervised. Any tips?
Me and my boyfriend adopted Perceval in September when he was about a month and a half old
And, you know, we were prepared for everything, but it was a surprise to us that already at such an age he had psychological trauma from his previous owners
As we were told, his previous owners just threw him out on the street with his mum and siblings (because his mum doesn't look like a street cat at all)
And every time we took him in our arms close to the front door and opened it, for example, to meet a delivery, or someone else opened the front door – Perceval started frantically breaking out of our arms and ran to the farthest corner of the corridor or to the nearest room
At such moments I really regretted that I couldn't explain to him in his language that everything is fine and that he doesn't need to be afraid 😢
Just to clarify – we have never carried him outside the flat in our arms, we do it exclusively in a carrier
And this is the reaction he has shown since the first day he was in the home
I think this man is actually a cat.
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jk lol these seem like great tips and I'll definitely be revisiting this video when I decide to adopt in the future
I adopted a cat yesterday. Thank you. Her name is Lizzy
I was hoping that these tips would be put into cat language as in the last 25 years I have been the one adopted by cats.
My wife and I adopted our Creamsicle (you guessed it – orange tabby) just over two years ago. He was in a shelter, and he DEFINITELY chose us to be his mommy and daddy. He was just about 8 months old at the time. He adjusted well (meaning we adjusted well). He's just about three years old now. The shelter told us that he had been abandoned in a city park, and someone brought him into the shelter. He had been there just a couple of weeks when he chose us. We love this boy to death – and believe it or not – he loves us just as much. He's turned into a fantastic kitty!!!
Do you have a video about adopter's remorse? This is a big fear of mine.
Jackson: You can get some PVC at your local hardware store
3:38 : Guy picks up wood
I haven't adopted a kitten in 10 years, and here I am looking at videos for what I should do before my new kitten arrives
UPDATE: decided to adopt them. Will be picking them up tomorrow! Met two 8 month old kittens yesterday going as a pair for adoption at their foster parents house. They've had a bit of a rough start. I'm now digging into research and letting the feeling settle to know if I'm ready to adopt them. Thanks for your videos Jackson! I'm a big cat person so this feels right but at the same time I want to make sure I'm ready
We adopted a 5 month old all black long haired kitten just five days ago. Our resident cat, a 2 year old tabby, came from the same shelter and we got him six months ago. They're a part of my family and I wouldnt have it any other way.
Dear Jackson, thank you for all your helpful videos!!
If you see this, I'd have a question which we were discussing with my partner a lot. If we're gonna have a cat and he climbs on our table while or just before we're eating, is there any chance to get an infection e.g. from some bacteria sticking to his paws (which paws he digs in the litter with)?
(Also, possibilities like teaching the cat not getting on the kitchen table or clean the table every single time seem very unrealistic at this point…)
Thanks!
Hi Jackson, I notice you have lots of guitars. how do you keep your cats from scratching the guitars? Thanks
I just put in a application today to adopt a cute little boy cat, and I plan on watching your videos to educate myself, so thank you
My son is bringing me a kitten from South Carolina where they have a 98% kill shelters.
Can you make a video for introducing a new kitty and 8 year old cat? Both are make cats. I’ll see if I can do a video.
So what should I do if the previous owner of my cat didn’t have anything except a litter box for him? It’s not much of a base camp to help him adjust.
I really wanna adopt 6-7 cats but like I don’t have the budget for even 1 soooo IDK😢
i tried so hard to adopt in the UK but the waiting list is years long if you want an indoor only cat. British rescues have got in their head that having a cat indoors is cruel. I did end up buying two perfect kittens from a local breeder instead but i feel sad for the cats who are potentially being put down in rescues while they are blocking perfectly good homes from adopting.
Just a few more months until my husband and I can adopt. We wanted to wait until we cleared our a few more bills 😂❤ i need fur babies
I want a kitten so bad but my allergies/asthma are fighting me and scaring me from trying…I wish I was normal…v.v
Today I got the adoption of this adorable Bengal from my local shelter and I'm so excited! I've already done research and will continue to read up and prepare until I'm picking her up in two weeks!
Can you do a kitten version?
I’m adopting two kitties at the end of the month (after some prep) for the first time, the youngest I’ve had is 6 months old.
Or also a how to grieve a lost friend video? I’m supposed to pick mommy friends ashes up from the ER where she died a week ago and I’m still struggling. The void is so big I can’t handle it and so I signed up to volunteer at two cat shelters and I am planning for babies-
But the grief is still there.
I’m not sure if I need an Alexa dot to keep me on a schedule because with autism and adhd a routine at the same time is actually impossible without intervention
I Adopted my cat and she is great she is either one or two, I got her just about six months ago.