It's bedtime for my computer, so I won't read any responses that may come tonight, but I have 2 questions to pose to those more experienced in these matters than I: 1. I have recently started keeping my cat inside only. She is bored out of her mind and is attacking strange things, like light switches for example. Climbing the blinds, digging in my houseplants. She is used to climbing trees and chasing birds, rabbits, and mice, and the very idea of a litterbox is utterly insulting. HELP.....ME......PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! 2. This is a strange one. My dog is suddenly afraid of her food bowl and won't eat out of it. I have no clue. Nothing bad happened in front of me or DH so we have no idea of why this is going on. The question is - how can we fix it? I have no reason to believe that the 2 situations above are related. HELP
Did the cat do something to the food bowl? Eat out of it and get her scent on it or maybe peed/sprayed near it and it is now offensive to the dog? Have you tried emptying all of the food out, washing it and maybe moving it to the other side of the room? My dogs got really strange when we changed their old food bowl and got an aluminum bowl. Their id and rabies tags clinked on the aluminum when they ate and they started acting funny about their food bowl until we replaced it with a ceramic one that does not make much noise when their tags click on it. They would eat a bite, hear the clink and jump back.
Why are you keeping her inside? Is it just temporary? My cat's an inside/outside....all he does is sleep all day inside 8) Then prowls around all night I guess? I wish I could strap a kitty cam to his head...
I have a small dog and three cats that live inside-all females. I noticed a while back that my dog would act like her food bowl had cooties. But discovered when I poured the food in another dish, she gobbled it down. My dog is sensitive about her food bowl and the area around it. I knew this all along. One evening I watched two of my cats playing tag-team around my dogs food dish. One would distract my dog while the other would grab a few morsels in her mouth and would take it back to a secluded area for both to eat up. The cycle continued until my dog realized what they were up to. She then chased them both up the stairs. She has learned to deal with her food bowl being compromised but still continues to be fooled by the two.
Because I lost a cat that was indoor/outdoor back in May (he just vanished), and we have recently seen coyotes in our back yard! Guess I know what probably happened to my buddy now, and I'm not about to lose another one the same way.
That is hilarious! She's a big dog but maybe the cats (we have 3 also) have something to do with it. If this continues for another day or so, I'll get her a new bowl.
