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Fat Cats, Diabetes and Foraging

Males and diabetes (Copy)

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Certified Cat Behavior Consultant offering behavior & medicating consults, handmade scratching products, food puzzles & vertical space! See website!

Someone snuck through a fence picket today and gav

Someone snuck through a fence picket today and gave mom and dad quite a scare. Someone doesn’t know what all the fuss was about. Someone said he was just fine and only exploring, he’d be right back. Someone is GROUNDED this #Caturday!

#Hitch #Snitchinson #naughtybritches

Cats, wine, coffee maker to the left. I think we’ve got a real life bumper sticker here!
@apothicwine love your product and your beautiful labels!

#gothicwine #gothcats #apothicwine #atlantacatbehavior #cats #fundamentallyfeline #bengalsofinstagram #Tonka #Tonkabeans #catswinecoffee

I do not know what is in these things but @royalca

I do not know what is in these things but @royalcaninus Pill Assist treats blow Pill Pockets out of the water when it comes to palatability. Have you tried them yet? We can barely keep them in stock at my clinic. If you need a doughy alternative, give these a try. Thank you @royal.canin!!!

And yes, this is Hitchinson's adorableness, it was not staged. He had never tried one before and I was trying to take a photo of the packaging for my talk and this is what organically happened. He is just that scrumptious!

#royalcanin #fundamentallyfeline #atlantacatbehavior #medicatingcatspositively #pillassist #Hitch #Hitchinson #Shiners #catscanbemedicated

We are getting ready for the holidays! Place your

We are getting ready for the holidays! Place your orders early, Jake is a one man factory! Cats LOVE our scoops. This is our most popular product. Get the scoop!

Link to website in bio. Click SHOP➡️Click SCRATCHING and you are there!

Or here: https://www.fundamentallyfeline.com/products/scooped-scratching-post/

#getthescoop #atlantacatbehavior #fundamentallyfeline #scratchtastic #sisalscratchingproducts #cats #shoplocal #dontdeclaw #supportsmallbusinesses

Do you do clicker training with your cats? Need a

Do you do clicker training with your cats? Need a new prop for new tricks? Our balance beam is awesome for this purpose! They also make a great play space for interactive wand toy fun! Link to website in bio: click SHOP, click SCRATCHING products, and you are there!

#fundamentallyfeline #scratchtastic #balancebeam #sisalscratchingproducts #catscratcher #atlantacatbehavior #clickertraining #positivereinforcmenttraining

It’s that wonderful, crispy, crunchy, time of ye

It’s that wonderful, crispy, crunchy, time of year again. Happy #Sundayfunday!

#Hitch #Supervisedyardfun #fall2021
#atlantacatbehavior #fundamentallyfeline

It has been a minute since we have done a custom i

It has been a minute since we have done a custom install, thank you COVID, but we are up and running. Check out this beautiful installation that @kstone73 (Jake) did today. OMG, it’s so beautiful!

If you would like your own feline wonderland we can help! Link to website in bio. We can:

-Design it for you and you can install it yourself.
-Make your pieces and you create the design (lots of free help and ideas on the website!
-If your local, we can design AND install it.

We can help as little or as much as you would like.

Go to fundamentallyfeline.com
➡️services➡️Vertical space➡️pick your poison!

https://www.fundamentallyfeline.com/services/vertical-space/

#Fundamentallyfeline #atlantacatbehavior #giftofheight #verticalspace #cats #catbehaviorconsultant

The #guardianofthecats making a #Caturday appearan

The #guardianofthecats making a #Caturday appearance. Patiently waiting for his walk, enjoying the Fall air. Let’s be honest he is the guardian of all things here. Nothing gets past #Bash! Apologies to the neighbors because this dog can hear a pin drop and barks at everything!

#fundamentallyfeline #greatpyrenees #sebastian #greatpyreneesrescue #dontshopadopt #giantdogsofinstagram #greatpyreneesofinstagram

The driftwood continues to be a good interactive p

The driftwood continues to be a good interactive play prop and scratcher.

#playwithyourcats #interactiveplay #Finn #mrfinneasesquirevonsilverfurs #cats #fundamentallyfeline #atlantacatbehavior #silverclassictabby #tabbynation

I spoke with @boredpanda about signs of content vs

I spoke with @boredpanda about signs of content vs stressed cats and when to know it’s time for a trip to the vet. Changes in behavior are often the first sign of a medical problem. Check it out here (clickable link on FB and Twitter too)

https://www.boredpanda.com/whats-wrong-with-my-cat-pics/

Mr Finneas is like a new man since we returned fro

Mr Finneas is like a new man since we returned from our trip. Perhaps a case of separation anxiety has led to him loving us more. He is SO AFFECTIONATE since we returned, he cannot get enough of us! He asks to be held, carried and cuddled in places in the home that were previously “no touch zones”. A wonderful happy accidental result of us going away for a few days. Just look at him up on the counter, so bravely asking for attention. It is so rewarding to watch them blossom!

#mrfinneasesquirevonsilverfurs #atlantacatbehavior #Finn #fundamentallyfeline #tabbycat
#tabbycatsofinstagram #silverclassictabby #tabbytakeover

Join me and Emily @kittycatgoadventures for a live

Join me and Emily @kittycatgoadventures for a live Q and A about how to introduce your cat to new adventures. Live streaming on FB and YouTube 8pm Wednesday 10/13! See you there!

#fundamentallyfeline #adventurecats #kittycatgo

It's October so fitting that I share Vader's story

It's October so fitting that I share Vader's story this month. These posts have been so well received. Thank you to all who are reading and enjoying hearing their stories. To further honor their memories, I have created a page on my website dedicated exclusively to our family, so since I cannot post the whole story here please visit my website, fundamentallyfeline.com, click on "About", click "Muses" and scroll. I am even sharing the dogs there!

Vader was an ordinary Domestic Short Hair black cat. He was one of 4 kittens in his litter and we decided to keep the whole family including his mother, Asia. At the age of six he had started showing some asthmatic type symptoms and was brought into the vet for a chest x-ray. He did, in fact, have asthma but the radiographs also showed an incidental finding of a mass on his right shoulder blade, a hemangiosarcoma. Vader had to have his right leg amputated if there was any hope for him to survive. We already had one 3-legged black cat so why not a matching set?

The surgical experience was quite traumatic. We attempted amputation at clinic where I was working but we did not have cautery back then. The tumor bled, a lot. He had to be closed back up, temporarily and transferred to my favorite surgical hero and have the complete amputation the next day. What an ordeal for him. He was painful and scared but thankfully, once he was awake from anesthesia, I was able to administer a nice cocktail to keep him comfortable. It is different when you are removing a source of pain as with Lefty’s amputation, but Vader didn’t know anything was wrong with him. He felt fine and then suddenly someone was trying to remove his leg. It was hard for all of us to say the least.

He recovered from this surgery just fine. I have always said that for cats, four legs are extra! They do so amazingly well being handicapable, as I like to call it. A few years later our home caught fire and we were not home, but all of our animals were trapped in the house. Vader spent most of his days upstairs where the fire started.

Hop over to FB or the website for the full story...

#muses #vader #fundamentallyfeline

#workshopren is glad daddy is back home so he can

#workshopren is glad daddy is back home so he can get back to work. Søren supervises Jake and inspects the merchandise for quality control. Rest assured your scratching posts will be #Søren approved! He is very thorough;) Link in bio to start shopping for your #scratchtastic scratching post today!

#atlantacatbehavior #fundamentallyfeline #sisalscratchingproducts #scratchingpost #sundayfunday

Do you bring home souvenirs for your cats from you

Do you bring home souvenirs for your cats from your vacations? We foraged for their gifts this trip! We scored a beautiful piece of driftwood and some beach scent soaked pinecones for the cats. The driftwood will be a horizontal scratcher for years to come!

Scent enrichment goes FAR beyond catnip, get creative. Fall is a great season to #bringtheoutdoorsin #fundamentallyfeline #Soren #environmentalenrichment #Finn
#atlantacatbehavior #Tonka #Hitch

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