Yeah. If your cat don't want what to do. I would suggest you to leave the smart sift there along with the regular litter box. Who knows, maybe your cat eventually learn how to use it. First time using the smart sift, my cats also don't want to use it. I just leave it along with regular litter boxes. Eventually they learned how to use it.

Btw, Regarding litter, in addition to regular clumping sand litter, I also use tofu based clumping litter. In my opinion it less dusty & you can flush it.

The only choice I have here is Catspro.




There's a new shop open in my area. It offer variety of brands that are not manufactured from Thailand.
- The ORIGIN kitten formula doesn't contain gel or gelling agent but the adult Chicken Tuna contain thin layer of gel or gelling agent on top.
- What worry me with ORIGIN is it said it used food colouring.

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My regular shop that I usually go to recently promoted this cat food Tenten RM70/8kg. The package however didn't list the factory where it manufactured.




This post has been edited by kizwan: Apr 27 2019, 12:48 PM

The origin is manufactured in Indonesia. For the Tenten, the failure to print factory address/information already make me want to avoid it. And yes the price is too cheap considering the ingredient they use. Absolutely avoid it.

I bought mine RM15 per bag.

Yes I'm not in Klang Valley. Too bad though price there inflated.

You don't want urine to be more acidic. It can increase the possibility of calcium oxalate crystals or stone formation in your pet urinary tract. Ideally you want diluted, less concentrated urine. This is where the drink enough water come from. By drinking enough water, it dilute waste in your pet urine & this can make crystals/stone hard to form. Diluted urine not only make getting rid waste much better but also any bacteria like E. Coli that can cause UTI.

If any dry food claimed FLUTD prevention, take it with grain of salt. If I remember correctly from an article, they add sodium to get pet drink more water. However sodium is an ingredient in salt which we try to avoid in pet food. So actually they don't prevent anything.

I have two outdoor cats that got FLUTD but both recovered with change in diet. Their diets are kibbles & small animal. Well I assumed they do hunt. They both gone now unrelated to flutd.

So far no cats in my care that their diet 100% canned food, get flutd.

So far a couple of cats in my care that their diet is moistened food (kibbles + canned food mixed), got FLUTD but all recovered with medicine. Looks like it is only crystals because they all are not completely blocked.

So far more than a couple of cats in my care that their diet is kibbles, got FLUTD & died. All of them completely blocked. My vet did perform "emergency discharge" & prescribe medicine but all not survived.

It doesn't matter what brands. As long as your cat main diet is dry food + less drinking water, your cat have a risk to get FLUTD. Even some people who feed their cats with Greens cat food also have FLUTD problem with their cats. I use same brand for all of my cats but only a few cats have FLUTD. I can't afford premium brands because I need to buy in 10kg. Originally I feed my cats Kiska, no problem there. Then I changed to Visscay, the no color at first if I remember correctly but then the coloured ones (for some reason). My cats grew old by this time 2++ years & this is when one of my cats got FLUTD. After a couple of cases of FLUTD I started portioned their food, no more free feeding. Then changed to Prodiet because I noticed they eat more than they should with visscay. But after Prodiet stop selling 8+1 kg, I go back to Kiska & now back to Visscay (no colour/neutral colour). The only premium cat food I have ever feed my cats is Royal Canin for Persian cats because it doesn't have corn or nonsense in it.

Saying your cats going to get FLUTD if feed with certain brands is not correct. Also saying feeding with dry food your cat will get FLUTD also not correct. The difference between cats with dry food vs wet food is the latter have very low risk to get FLUTD because FLUTD can be caused by many things. Universal FLUTD prevention is water. I have more than one water bowl for my cats, different sizes & shaped too. There are two types of water I use; Reverse Osmosis water & filtered tap water. I also leave my tap water flow slowly because some of my cats like to drink from it.

For water bowls, some I use lead-free ceramic bowls while the rest are plastic. For plastic, DEHP/plasticizer leaching into water should not be a problem because we change water daily. Cancer take times/years to develop, so who knows. Avoid metal type bowl unless they are made of brass because brass doesn't rust.

If your cats always like to drink a lot of water, you're very lucky. In my experience, some of my cats like to drink a lot of water but not all of them remain like that when they grow old (2++ years).

This post has been edited by kizwan: May 1 2019, 01:45 PM

I use Happytail Stains And Odor Removal. It doesn't stop cat from spraying that place again unfortunately but very good in removing odor & stains. Just need to wipe, spray & wipe again. Also good on carpet too but you'll need to spray a lot more until it penetrate the carpet & let it air dry. If there is excess urine, you'll still need to remove it using paper towel as much as you can before spraying. You can use water in between though if you want to. Basically on carpet; remove excess urine using paper towel, then saturated the contaminated area with water, remove excess water using paper towel, then spray Happytail until it penetrated the carpet & finally let it air dry.

If I forgot to buy I use 50:50 mixture of apple cider vinegar & water. Same procedure; wipe, spray & wipe again.

Aquarium shop sell uv lamp. You can use that I think.

Edit: i just realized you're looking for uv blacklight.

This post has been edited by kizwan: May 23 2019, 07:54 PM

If the cat survived, it already immune to the virus for any further infections. Vaccination no longer needed. However if you're going to add cat in the environment, you'll need to vaccinate them beforehand.

Did his wife really want a cat? Or she have no idea? May I suggest gold necklace or diamond instead?

These are some of the food I tried & I like. It is small can, suitable if you're feeding to sick cats. Small amount of gel/gelling.








Treats + vitamin supplement. The "stick" type treats, cats takes time to get used to it. Same with the vitamin supplement. I just put it together with kibbles.




BTW, anyone tried or feed their cats with raw minced beef meat?

This post has been edited by kizwan: Jul 15 2019, 10:25 AM

Most likely. Some cats show this behavior while some other cats are the opposite. The latter usually get along well with "stranger" pets/people. Don't worry they will get along again, just needs time. If they become physical, you should consider temporarily separate them but make sure they still can smell each other.

I tried feed my cats with raw minced beef meet a couple times. Some did eat while other refused. Also I found they like the ones frozen (not minced) over the ones from pasar malam. Of course the frozen beef meat, I thawed it first & cut it myself. I feed 30g of beef meat for a cat. I just average my cat's weight to 3kg.

BTW, you use dehumidifier or similar right? I don't know what it called, the ones that taking care of dust & cat's fur. I think it was you if I'm not mistaken. I have a couple of questions.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Jul 20 2019, 10:22 AM

Owh, nevermind then. I was going to ask whether all windows need to close or not.

Yeah, private can be very expensive to most people. The low cost at gov clinic definitely helps. All my cats are neutered at gov clinic. However, they usually lack of equipments like for running test (blood, urine, etc). Probably at HQ but not at district branches.

Drontal Plus. I was looking for deworming pill. Thanks.

Good to hear that some private clinic that support TNR offer low price for neutering. The Kerian district veterinary clinic that I usually go charged 50 for male & 80 for female. But I don't know whether they are TNR-friendly or not. At most I have made appointment for two cats for neutering on the same day three times without any problem.

Not at my place. They may reject if kitty is too small or younger than 8 months old. It's more like the size than age.

I use PawMark Pinewood which is 9kg in big bag, bigger than 10L sand litter bag. They cost more but last longer.The ones in smaller bag usually pallets are smaller.

Basilisk, the darker color or black color because they mixed with charcoal.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Aug 4 2019, 04:29 PM

I see. Probably mix like you said.

BTW, a kitten run across the street to my house. Looks really hungry because he ate the cat food that I left in front of the house for a neighbourhood cat. His whisker has been cut all of them likely to prevent him from finding a way home.

It is bad times nowadays since someone in high position said it is OK to throw cat away.

It is common believe of many people. That's why some people do this.

There have been a couple of cases, real cases, cats managed to find their human parents (moved) hundreds km away. One case a cat was surrendered but managed to escaped & found way home but only to be sent to vet to be euthanized. Don't worry this cat have happy ending.

I think it is more of smell & sound sensors, like dog, for cat to get their bearings. I don't know to what extent Whiskers helps. Do you know there is whisker above both of their eyes? Also some on their cheeks. I only know they helped cats moving through obstacles especially when hunting. That's why blind cats can move without help.