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Drontal Cat Tablets
by Lozster
My cat has a sixth sense where the vet is concerned. Come the date of a check up and she's no where to be found. And, though my vet is lovely, I too like to avoid a visit to keep costs down.
Drontal cat tablets are a relatively simple way to worm your cat at home and avoid extra vet trips. Drontal provides protection ... against round and tape worm. This is especially important if your cat, like mine, views the neighbourhood as the plains of the Serengeti, returning home with carcasses grasped between her teeth whilst somehow managing to mew loudly at the same time. I wish she didn't do this, especially when small children are around but she does. Given that she scoffs the lot, I know it's important to keep on top of the worming.
Drontal is a worming tablet that is readily available on line for about £1.50 per tablet. Buying multiples generally brings the price down. The pack comes with some cat stickers to pop on your calendar as a reminder of when you have treated your cat. Dosage is calculated by weight (one tablet per 4kg - an average weight for a cat). You can administer it by hand as the vet would which may be fine for the tamer cat and more confident owner. I choose a moment when my cat is very hungry and con her by either placing it in a slice of chicken, rolling it in cheese or last time, simply putting it in with her dry biscuits. The tablet is slightly bigger than a biscuit. I would say she falls for this 90% of the time. The other times she will spit it out. this obviously isn't ideal but for the price, I'm prepared to accept the odd wasted tablet. In terms of efficacy, my cat has never had worms so I will keep up with the Drontal and hopefully avoid visits to the vet!
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Pets At Home Red Gingham Lace Cat Collar
by milmol7
It was time to invest in collars with bells when my two cats started to bring me the results of their hunting exploits - something I was pretty troubled by. I had tried to get them to wear collars when I started letting them out so that they could have a contact number in case they got lost, but within 10 seconds of seeing them ... frantically trying to get them off and being really irritated, I gave up.
When the hunting started though, it was time for a rethink and after thinking long and hard about having them wearing bells, whether it would drive them mad etc, I decided I had to give it a go, and headed along to Pets at Home.
They stock a wide variety of these collars, which are complete with bells, priced at £3. They have some with fabric/felt feel or those which are more solid - a kind of leather-feel but obviously not leather at £3 each! They have all patterns and colours, I chose one red one for my black cat and a brown/black one for my dark torty.
The biggest worry when buying cat collars are that they will release easily if they get them caught. At the same time, it can't be too easy to release them or they will be constantly getting lost! Instore these collars are merchandised on cardboard strips, not wrapped, so you can freely try out the clip fastenings and also feel the fabric or texture of the material, and how lightweight they are. With these, you need to apply a bit of force to open them, but not so much that they wouldn't release if the cat is stuck. The clips are plastic, coloured to match or contrast with the collar. They have two 'prongs' which clip inside the solid outer casing of the clip with a reassuring 'click'.
When you get the collars off the cardboard backing, they are easy to adjust with a plastic slide, and you need to get them tight enough so the cats can't reach them with their mouths but slack enough obviously not to hurt them - being able to fit two fingers behind the collar is what they recommend. Adjusting and readjusting is very easy, and once in place they don't slip or slacken.
At first, unsurprisingly enough, both cats were less than impressed with the collars. I can't pretend the bell didn't bother them, because it's very sensitive, and jingles with any move. But what did surprise me was that literally within 10 minutes they were moving around and acting like they had forgotten they were there. Don't get me wrong, they still from time to time were taken aback by the bell, or felt the collar and had a few moments of trying to get at it with their mouths, but a swift distraction with the nearest (stuffed!) mouse and they were amazingly fine.
I really was concerned that the bell may distress the cats, but I know my cats, and they definitely do not. They've been wearing these collars for about 4 months now. One of the girls has lost 3 of them, the other has lost just one. For peace of mind knowing that they release when caught, I think that represents a fair enough result. At £3 I usually keep 2 or 3 spares in the cupboard just in case they lose one, and at that price, I don't mind doing that at all. For what they are, £3 is good value and quality, the cat who's only lost one had worn the same one for 3 months and the black pattern did fade off it, but in terms of the collar itself it showed no sign of wearing out.
The best thing of all though, is that since wearing these collars the hunting success rate has been cut to the point where there has only been one "incident" the whole time they've been wearing them. The bells do jingle with every move they make, so any prey is always given a fighting chance. On the occasions one has come off in the house, they even sit still whilst I put them back on, something there would be no danger of happening if they were in any way upsetting.
For value for money and effectiveness, these collars are an excellent buy.
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Kong Kickeroo
by myloh
I'm reviewing my cat's favourite toy.
It's a long shapeless plush toy with a tail.
It is the same as the one shown ,but ours is brown/beige tiger striped rather than the giraffe patterned one shown above.
It is made by KONG,who are one of the Kings (no pun intended) of pet toy makers.
***WHY IT WAS ... BOUGHT***
Our Freddy,or Winifred as she was initially called,is a rescue cat and was a really timid little thing when we first got her, so we bought a few things to pique her interest,but she just never bothered much with anything. She'd been mistreated by a previous owner so was very withdrawn. (depressed we think).
Through time she came out of her shell though & this is her favourite toy.
She wrestles with it endlessly as if it were a real animal,even though it is utterly shapeless & unlike ANY animal. I suspect the tiger stripes trigger something in her brain ,so she imagines she is fighting off a mighty foe.
***THE TOY***
It is a simple long thin rectangular cushion with a cute little tail added .
There are no 'arms or legs' on it,so quite what animal she thinks it is I don't know.
It was "infused with catnip" when new ,so that will have been an added attraction I daresay,and the seller said it could be sprayed with catnip intermittently to keep it attractive,but we haven't bothered, because despite a few washes (including fabric softener once) Freddy still finds it adorable.
The fabric is lovely and velvety and so far the tail hasn't moulted,despite much abuse in the past year of use.
It cost us £3 ,but that was on a market stall & I'm told they cost around £4-£5 in shops.
Would I recommend it ? Yes,definitely. But bear in mind that with cats being so unpredictable it might not get the good reaction ours got .
Thank you for reading & I hope it was helpful.~~~myloh.
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