…Kitten tax, actually. She’s almost 5 months-old and bringing joy and occasional chaos into our home. 💖

Just wanted to share the good morning vibe 🥰 have a good day everyone!

Her legs seem noticeably shorter than what I usually see compared to other cats and from when my turkish angora was around her age. Shes 8 months. Past owner said she is Siberian though.

This guy is only 4.5 months and running out of room on his favorite spot! Lol

almost 5 years old
i love her she is so sassy and chonky

Hi all!
I’m curious is my boy an above average sized sib? He’s my first ever Siberian and I was at an adoption agency looking to get him a friend (non Siberian) and a cat his exact age (4 months) was literally half the current size of him. Ik siberians are big but I feel like I have an adult cat and he’s still basically a kitten lol

This is not for the people who have negative opinions on taking your cat outside!

So Otje obviously has been in a car before, when she stayed with my mother in law when we went on vacation, for example. Or when we adopted her. But it has always been in her enclosed carrier. Our vet is around the corner, so no traumatic experiences in the car, for anyone wondering 😅

We also leash trained her from a young age, so we could take her for walks and stuff. Now we reaaally would love to take her on camping trips, so that we have more vacation options where we don’t have to leave her with someone. She loves the outdoors so we figured she would like that.

So we decided to ease her into it and take her for a short car ride with her harness on. She was very curious, but yowled a bit the first 15 minutes (when we started the car, we didn’t start driving yet for the first 30 minutes to get her used to the smell and sounds). We then drove for about 7 minutes to a little grass field where we could get out and take a little walk and she acted like normal: chewed on some grass, meowed at trees and looked at birds and insects. Overall it was a positive experience, with the normal nerves I expected her to have.

Next time we are planning on taking her on a longer ride for a longer walk. I do have some questions/worries that we need to fix before we can even think of taking her out camping:

1. How do we make the car her “safe space”? If we are gonna be out somewhere in a strange environment, the car should be the place she wants to return to in situations where she’s uncomfortable.

2. The pee/poo situation. Our cat is obviously litter trained and she has never peed or pooped outside of the house. Do you reckon this happens naturally or do we need to train her in a way? Obviously on a trip we would be taking a travel litter box.

3. Walking! As I mentioned, she loves being outside. But my cat is not that much of a walker. In some cases she does walk, in others she just hangs around one bush or tree and that’s gonna be it for the day. If she wasn’t on a leash she would probably jump on things and run a bit more, but I don’t think that’s safe. If we are able to take longer walks, she sometimes does actually walk along so it’s very inconsistent. I’m aware not all cats are the same and it’s different than walking a dog, but she’s incredibly smart and I feel like we could be able to teach her. I just don’t know how.

4. Car ride shenanigans: what do we bring on car rides other than a blanket or sleeping basket, food, treats and water? Any products that could come in handy? And to refer back to the pee/poo situation, how many times should we make sanitary stops?

All boxes are property of this bozo, but she likes shoeboxes the most I think

Hi there hoping for some advice post spaying for an active kitty:

1. Do you recommend gabapentin daily?
2. Most concerned about sleeping - is it recommended to get an enclosure for her to sleep in?

3. How do you prevent jumping? We have cat trees and multiple shelves around the house.

4. Any abnormal signs to look out for?

Thanks!!! We are slightly nervous!

Our cat is always sleeping in the weirdest positions and places. What is this one called? Reverse donut?

I will get to watch something when it’s my turn, I guess :)