#seeping into the territory of feeling too internet

[ammonitetestpatterns]

from the compilation, KAKI-IN 1993・夏, released via troubadour record. this album dashes breakbeats with timbres one might expect to hear employed on trackers/personal computer sound chips of the early nineties. "edge of time" is pure fodder for imaginal videography, the cover girl like a hard drive tour guide for a paradisiac paradox, the convulsive sensory overload of the city reduced to the migration patterns of neon, veins of nighttime spires in a hypnotic pulse, the melty passion of the chorus clipping to whiplash, looking back breathlessly to see if you're still following. it incites bittersweet memories of emulating PC98 games when i was a preteen, then having the chance to play via floppy disc on a PC9821 much later.

[shihalyfie]

What's your opinion on how the Digital World is portrayed in the Adventure Reboot compared to the original? And if you have time, what's your opinion on each Digital World we're given in each season (Adventure/02, Tamers, Frontier, Savers, etc)?

I see the reboot's Digital World as being more like Frontier's and Xros Wars', where the cast spends most of its time in it for the duration of the series and we get to see the ins and outs of its society and lore. One thing the franchise generally tends to struggle with is how to balance the "Digimon null canon deepest lore" and "having some relevance to the 'digital' or 'technology'” aspects; I feel like Frontier/XW/the reboot are very strong in that former aspect, but not so much in the latter aspect. It's a kind of trade-off, so your mileage may vary on it, but the reboot's definitely been very diligent about showing off its null canon to fanservice degrees. That said, I do think that of the three, the one that had the strongest "digital" aspect to me is actually Frontier (due to the extensive use of DigiCode and the train tracks = network correlation); they do bring up topics like Internet networks and such in the reboot, but it hasn't quite stuck out as much to me.

My favorite is Adventure/02's. Very vanilla answer, but I just like how artsy and somewhat surreal it is (phone boxes, vending machines, and traffic signs in the middle of nowhere); even when the "digital/data" part isn't in-your-face, the weird, jumbled out-of-place everything definitely makes me think of scrambled data on everything in the world in fragments. Also, as shallow as it is, I just love the art style and background design. I do admit that Adventure/02 also just happens to have a sheer unfair advantage because we got to see so much of it over so many episodes, and even if it wasn't seeped in mythos like Frontier/Xros Wars/the reboot's, we got so much out of it over all that content and background lore and extra material that I find it to be mysterious and interesting...and, also, 02 making such a lovely place that easily accessible only added to the magic. Right after that is probably Frontier’s for the clear mechanics and similar surrealism (meat apples!), and the imagery of the trains running around just being lovely.

Savers, I felt the network/digital aspect was a bit lacking, but I liked how we got to see a good balance between it and the human world, which is important to its major theme of trying to mediate between the two territories.

Tamers and Appmon are the franchise's resident "hard sci-fi" series, so both of them have Digital Worlds (or in Appmon's case, the Net Ocean) that are strictly manmade, and are on pretty much the other polar end of the scale where they lean really hard on their relationship to the network. For Appmon, we unfortunately didn't get to see a lot of it, and that's probably my main personal complaint about it because I really would have liked to (the entire concept of Cyber Kowloon is really fun), but I also admit that a lot of it had to do with the fact that the Net Ocean isn't really a Digital World and the whole series itself was trying not to be too obligated to franchise standard; the roles of both the AR Fields and the Net Ocean worked fine in terms of the story role of talking about humanity's relationship with technology (and it makes sense Appmon might not have established societies in the Net Ocean the way Digimon would in the Digital World, because their purpose and reason for existing is more to interact with and assist humans in the human world anyway). This is purely personal preference, but even with the little we got, I personally prefer it to Tamers', partially because the lack of whimsical-ness and emphasis on it being a cold dog-eat-dog wasteland isn't really my personal cup of tea, and partially because its role and contribution to the plot feels a bit out of place to me (a certain writer fully admitted his heart wasn't in it and he was putting it in out of franchise obligation, and personally I feel it shows a bit too much).

[sassykittynoir]

The Fashion Rebellion of Adrien Agreste || Part I

Pairing: Adrinette (Marinette Dupain-Cheng x Adrien Agreste)  Warnings: Mention of alcohol consumption. Words Count: 1,8k words. 

A/N: I would like to say a huge thanks to my dear friend @smileytrinity for her infinite patience and help and support, as well as @helgabatwrittings who motivated me to write this. @miraculouslyinloveagain, @sparklesfriend4700-blog I hope you’ll enjoy this Adrinette. Well, I hope everyone does. <3

His plan was devious. If Plagg's giggles were any indication, Adrien would say he had crossed the line between mischief and Machiavellian by a long shot... alright, maybe it was  an overstatement.

"What you’re doing is more dabbling into little shit territory than being an evil menace.” Plagg drawled over his shoulders, only to shrug in disinterest when Adrien remarked that Plagg's barometer was skewed when it came to chaos and mischief.

Evil misdoings or shenanigans, Adrien couldn't bring himself to care or feel an ounce of guilt. After all, a taste of his own medicine wouldn't kill his father.

The whole thing had started a few months ago. He didn't know how such an innocent idea had gotten so out of hand. But, could anyone blame him for wanting to get back at his father when his actions were marred by his malicious intent?

Adrien had once believed his father was an overprotective parent, but, as the years went by, gone was the blind trust he had placed in the adults of his life. The Lucid maturity replaced the juvenile naivety. The perfect family facade had long since shattered, a cold truth seeping inches by inches in its cracks.

The idea blossomed into a fully-fledged plot almost overnight. Mere hours after his father  —  well Nathalie  —  had informed Adrien that he couldn't attend Marinette's picnic because his schedule had been modified to accommodate a last minute photoshoot. He had been so irritated that —

“ — I really want to get back at him.” Adrien hissed, plopping down on Chloe's bed. He felt bad for the glare he directed at Mr.cuddly. The poor bear didn't deserve it. 

“I’m not going to pretend I understand why you want to attend this dwee — Marinette’s” —   Chloe relented at Adrien’s pointed look —  “Marinette’s picnic.” Chloe rolled her eyes in disdain, applying the finishing touch to her makeup: a glittery peach lip gloss. ”But this is utterly ridiculous. You're eighteen! You should have the freedom to go wherever you want to. You’ll have wrinkles if you keep frowning like that.”

Adrien couldn't help the small huff of amusement falling past his lips. He took a deep breath in order to calm down. The last thing he needed was to be akumatized before the charity gala he was attending even began. At least Chloe — whom he considered his sister — would be attending as well.

“I have the perfect solution!” Chloe wiped out her phone, typing furiously until she reached the homepage of Versace’s online shop. “Retail therapy helps wonder. Care to put a dent in daddy dearest’s fortune?” She turned to face Adrien a grin on her face, the skirt of her haute couture dress swirling in a flurry of sequined organza.  

“You know he doesn't care about my shopping sprees, Chlo. I wouldn't have a climbing wall in my bed room if he did.” Adrien sighed suddenly deflated and laid his cheek atop of Mr. Cuddly’s head. He did give the best cuddles.

Chloe’s only answer was an noncommittal hum and joined Adrien’s on the bed. In an uncharacteristic gesture of comfort, she rested her hand on Adrien’s thigh “Do you know what he cares about? Your pretty face.”

“Go on.” He encouraged, cocking one eyebrow up in interest, mood perking up.

“What could make a designer angrier than seeing the face of his brand, his ambassador, publicly endorsing another brand?”

 Adrien could have kissed Chloe in sheer gratitude. “Chloe, you're a genius!”

“Yeah, I know. I'm just misunderstood.” she scoffed, one hand twirling a curl of hair framing her face.

—

“We don't have all night! Post it or don't, but make your decision. All this hesitation is ruining my appetite.” Plagg whined. How he could manage to sound so childish yet so disdainful at the same time was beyond Adrien’s understanding. Yet, the kwami had no trouble accomplishing such feat while sitting on Adrien’s shoulders, a slice of Camembert between his paws.

“Thanks for the moral support.” Adrien muttered. So what if he had been sprawled on his bed for the past hour, phone in hands debating whether he should be posting the video or not. To be petty, or not to be? That was the question. An existential question, one might add, as his finger hovered the share button on his screen. Teeth worrying his bottom lip. Should he really listen to the little devil on his shoulders? Should he even consider his opinion when his brain was still muddled? He had too many cocktails, tonight. 

“You’re thinking too loudly.” Plagg complained, words stretching around a yawn. “There!” he hissed, flying over Adrien’s shoulders to press share. “I posted it for you. It’ll teach your old man a lesson.”  

“Plagg!!” Adrien whispered, venom lacing his tone. “I can’t believe you did that! Two minutes in the drawer of shame!” He spat, opening the top drawer of his nightstand. 

An indignant scoff bubbled out the kwami’s throat. He titled his chin up in defiance as he plopped down on the plush pillows installed in the drawer of shame. “Just so you know, I’m going there on my own volition. A drawer full of silk pillows is hardly what I call a punishment.” he declared, petulant. 

“For someone who is supposed to be offended, you're certainly not eager to delete the video.” Plagg delivered the coup de grace in a disconcerting nonchalance, before eating his slice of cheese. As frustrated as Adrien was with Plagg, he had to admit, the idea had not crossed his mind once.

“I'm deleting it now.” Adrien declared just because he could, yet he made no effort to move.

"Huh huh. Sure you will!" Plagg retorted back. It took Adrien all the force he could muster not to dignify the tiny cat with an answer. He would be the better person. 

—

It had taken 8 hours of beauty sleep, for Adrien to wrap his head around the fact that he posted such a video of himself. He almost regretted his decision not to delete it upon waking up. Almost, but his head was pounding and he was never drinking alcohol ever again. After all, he did post, on Instagram, a 1:06 minutes long video of himself — two dry martinis away from drunkenness — singing along, no, belting along the lyrics ”Versace On the Floor” by Bruno Mars featuring Chloe’s judging looks, just to get back at his father. And yet, Adrien couldn't fight the feeling of satisfaction surging through his body when he noticed that #Versace was trending on all social media. 

The video going viral in a matter of hours? Expected. Fans sliding into his DMs?Anticipated. Nino freaking out over texts? Typical. 

What he hadn't counted on, however, was his video being broadcast on TV.  Adrien watched with stupor as a journalist reported — with supporting images  — how crowds of fan girls were waiting in queues outside of Versace’s boutiques to buy a dress. “Versace sales skyrocket after model video goes viral” read the words in bold yellow letters. He chocked on his eggs Benedict, eyes watering as he forced the food down his throat. 

“Oh, I’m was screwed. Father is going to kill me.” Adrien whispered to himself, voice barely audible over Plagg’s laughter.

—

”Dude you decided to kill the internet overnight? Were you drunk? Are you sure your old man isn’t going to kill you? You were on the news! The news, bro! -- every girl been gush-- ”

Adrien was trying to pay attention to Nino, he really was, but his attention was otherwise diverted by Marinette and Alya’s conversation. 

"He looked like an angel, so handsome. The disheveled look with the undone bow tie, and open dress shirt.” Marinette sighed. Adrien could hear the smile in her voice.

”Yeah, I know...” Alya interrupted, somewhat amused. ”-- He looked so good in his suit. His pant hugged his ass so perfectly. You've been gushing about him for two days, Marinette, two days.”  Adrien knew it was rude to eavesdrop, but who was Marinette talking about? Not that he cared, really. It was none of his business who Marinette was crushing on. She was just a friend. But why did he felt a sudden pang in his chest at the thought that a boy had caught his friend’s attention. ”I get it! Sunshine was stunning in that video.”

Wait. Hold on. What?! 

If sunshine was Adrien and Adrien was sunshine, did it mean Marinette had been talking about him? The Marinette Dupain-Cheng? Beautiful, creative, kind, intelligent Marinette? Marinette who was standing in front of him and currently paying for her caramel macchiato with a dash of cinnamon? That couldn’t be possible. 

Adrien.exe had stopped running. The epiphany short-circuited his brain. His eyes widened ever so slightly as the information finally sank in. His heart squeezed, then skipped a beat. And — 

 His train of thoughts came to a skidding halt.

"Dude, it's rude to stare at Marinette's butt like that.” Nino whispered in his ears and despite the fried synapses in his brain, Adrien still had the presence of mind to let out a noncommittal hum as an answer. Then, Nino’s words registered. A second too late if the knowing smile tugging at the corners of Nino’s lips was any indication. Blood rushed to his cheeks, tinting them a soft pink.

"You're totally blushing too! Are those thoughts appropriate?"

"I- I - I wasn't checking her out! ” Adrien stammered. Head shaking in disapproval. ”Marinette’s just... a friend. Yeah, a friend!” He forced the words out of his mouth in a breathless pant. ”Is she really though?” A treacherous part of mind wondered. Adrien didn't have to be a psychic to know — from the smug look on his best friend’s face  — that Nino was about to ask the same question.

”Oh shut up, Nino.” He mumbled, words devoid of any real vehemence. He was definitely not checking out Marinette’s butt. Not that Marinette’s butt wasn’t worthy of being checked out. She had a nice butt, and the way her skin tight jeans were hugging her in all the right places, leaving almost little to the imagination...Her legs, her toned, long, legs that seemed to go on for miles... Marinette was just perfect... From a perfectly platonic friend’s point of view, of course. It was just a friendly observation. Those were cute jeans, as a model he was bound to notice them. 

”You're still doing it.” Nino teased a second time, in his ears. The look Adrien threw his way was cold enough to freeze over the arctic ocean. Global warning solved with just one look.

A few minutes later, when the four of them were walking to their usual table in the coffee shop, drinks in hands. When Alya asked him “what’s got you so flustered, Sunshine? After the hip trusts in that video, it be must be quite something if it impresses you, huh? Adrien knew he was never getting out of this alive.  He was royally screwed.

[dailyaudiobible]

10/05/2021 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 4:19-6:15, Colossians 1:18-2:7, Psalms 77:1-20, Proverbs 24:23-25

Today is the 5th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today just like it is wonderful to be here with you every day. We’re fortunate. We’re fortunate to have the Global Campfire. We’re fortunate to have this place to come to each and every day. And, so, I'm grateful. And let's dive in. We are in the book of Jeremiah, kinda just getting moved into that. We are also in the book of…the book, but the letter to the Colossians, which we just began yesterday. So, we’re just getting into that so it's kind of new territory for us. We’re reading from the Common English Bible this week. Jeremiah chapter 4 verse 19 through 6 verse 15 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, there are days when we come to our reading from the Psalms that what we read is so raw, so honest, and we find that as a bit of a trademark in the Psalms. And we find that actually in music, right? We can find certainly pretentious music, sometimes that heart cry, or that person singing about heartbreak or some other thing that has happened and it just comes through because of the music, the feeling the emotion of the words is exponentially amped up, more on display. And, so, when we find music, a song, a lyric from the Psalms in the Bible saying what we feel, then we identify with it. And we may be…we may take a step back and go, “why is that in the Bible? The Bible’s supposed to be full of encouragement, all positivity.” But actually, the Bible is something that's there to reach our hearts and to lead us to God. And honesty is a place to start. And, so, we see that in the 77th psalm today that Asaph wrote. And he cries out in this Psalm with like…like a barrage of questions…maybe not a barrage…six questions in particular, but one after the other after the other. And if we pay attention to those questions, we find…we find ourselves in different seasons in our…in our lives having asked the same things. So, Asaph asks, “will my Lord reject me forever. Will He never be pleased again? Has His faithful love come to a complete end? Is His promise over for future generations? Has God forgotten how to be gracious? Has He angrily stopped up His compassion?” Those are some intensely honest questions. And maybe we haven’t used these exact words, but we've had these sentiments, we've had these thoughts, they've been in our hearts. Many of them we've spoken aloud and typically this is happening when we are not happy about something, right, when we have a crisis to deal with or we have to endure something or we’re suffering in some way. We usually don’t ask where has His…His compassion gone if everything is awesome and were having a great day. It’s usually when we’re in a season of challenge that these kinds of things begin to bubble up out of our heart. And it's not like they weren't there. They just emerge. They reveal themselves and all the sudden we check in with our own hearts and see that we’re not doing all that great. And at this point in the Psalm Asaph isn't doing that great. So, he asks these six questions that we just asked or read ourselves. His response after those six questions is, “it's my misfortune I thought that the strong hand of the most-high is different now.” That is so honest. That…that…that rings true. This is how he is actually experiencing life at the moment. And it…it's so ancient. These words are thousands of years old and so relevant. And, so, we can see again, permission to be honest, it's just what do we do once we reach that place…point…point that we stuffed things down inside enough till they kind of emerge, whether they blow up or they just seep out. What's going on in our heart is going to seep out into our lives. So, what we do with it. Well…the first thing is to be honest about it. We’re seeing this modeled in the Bible, to be honest about it, but there are still choices to be made, because we can get really honest about how were feeling and we can cry tears and weep and plead and yell and spin around in circles and jump up and down and do whatever we need to do to release some of the energy, but we can get stuck there as if nothing will ever change and we can…we can turn toward bitterness and that will only make it worse. That will only lead us into further depths. It's…it's as if Asaph caught himself and then gives another path. And, so, Asaph says, “I will remember the Lord’s deeds. Yes, I will remember your wondrous acts from times long past. I will meditate on all your works. I will ponder your deeds. God, your way is holiness. Who is as great a God as you, God? You are the God who works wonders. You have demonstrated your strength among all peoples.” So I don't know that Asaph was a journal-er, but what he’s saying is he will remember what God has done and let that inform how he's feeling now. And, so, often when we have kind of journaled our way through a year or through the Bible we’ll always have that so that when we can't remember we have an epistle to ourselves, a letter to ourselves, essentially, that reminds us so that we might remember God's faithfulness toward us, that yes, how we feel, what we’re enduring, what we’re facing, that's real, it's formidable, maybe it's terrifying, maybe scary, maybe it brings anxiety. It’s life. It can be anything. The problem isn't being honest about it, right, so that we fake, like it's not happening, which is so really prevalent in our faith culture. It's…it’s not the honesty that's an issue. It's what we do with it. If we use our honesty to dig a pit that we might wallow in it, we can certainly do that and we’ll stay in the pit, we'll be in the pit until we get out of the pit. What Asaph is modeling is recognizing through honesty that you are at a precipice in making a choice to remember, we’ve been this way before, suffered things before, endured things before, and scared before. God is faithful, and I will remember that. And, so, let's take that into our day. I mean, that right there, I know…I know lots of you are going through stuff and need that today. And, so, thank God, I totally understand. And, so, let's carry it today, that honesty is necessary and important, but it's not the end. It's the beginning. Let's be honest, and then let's remember that God is and has always been faithful.

Prayer:

Father, and we acknowledge that. You are always faithful. We have no examples of a time where You double-crossed anybody. You have always been true. You've always according to the Scriptures had a desire to be in fellowship to draw us to Yourself. We see this on every page of the Bible, Your relentless unwillingness to surrender us and Your continual willingness to pursue our hearts over the course of thousands of years and that hasn't changed. You are faithful and we remember. And come Holy Spirit and bring to mind throughout the course of this day all kinds of time maybe we’ve forgotten that You’ve been faithful and have rescued us. This encourages us. This gives us confidence. This develops our faith. And, so come, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Commentary:

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And actually, let’s take a second to talk about that because a number of you, thousands of you have had some problems over the last several days, especially…specifically accessing the Daily Audio Bible through the app or through web. And I could probably sit here and talk for several hours…and I mean…probably hours just about what it's like in the technology world and developing etc. etc. and the way in which it is a nonstop, constant…constant move forward. Just like we do at the Daily Audio Bible, a step forward together every day. But some of the stuff that's happened in the last couple of days that have been frustrating have been frustrating to us too because it's been beyond our control. Essentially, there…not to get too far in the weeds, but there's a way that security is done on the Internet and encrypting things so that data can’t be intercepted or passed along, and we don't have any of that kind of data at the Daily Audio Bible but we follow those protocols. And a major Internet security certificate issuer let their own certificate expire, which ended up affecting hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, including stores that, you know, couldn’t do transactions, not just Internet stores, but store stores and the Daily Audio Bible was affected as well. So, we've done what we do whenever an issue like this arises or when we see something more widespread. We get together and start dissecting the problem and identifying and figuring out the solution. Sometimes a problem requires a long-term solution. And, so, we have to look long term and short term, but this is the nature of it. And, so, we have been working pretty feverishly to not be relying on those specific certificates or rather, getting them in our own control. And that will make us responsible for them, but it’ll also give us control over them so that if they expire it's our fault. And, so, that is what we are in the process of doing and this should all straighten itself out. This particular issue, almost across the board has affected people who are android users who have an android type device and we were in contact and we were given the same information everybody else is being given, to be sure to advise anyone using an android device to make sure that their operating system is the most current because apparently there are some fixes for issues like this in the most current iteration of…of android. So, I'm passing that information along. And I'll just say like even yesterday, places that are…places that have billions of users, like places way, way, way beyond the Daily Audio Bible like Facebook or Instagram, they were out yesterday or messenger our WhatsApp. They were out yesterday. Totally different issues, but issues. And they have an army of developers. So, just know, it can get crazy out there. And we are, in a way, aloof. Every…well…there’s a team that works on this every day at Daily Audio Bible. And also know that we have developed two different players. One is the Daily Audio Bible app, of course, but we also have an online player that you can access from the Daily Audio Bible website, at dailyaudiobible.com. We've built those two things separately so that we have at least inside of our community here a little bit of redundancy. So, know that if you are ever having an issue with the app just got to player.dailyaudiobible.com and you’ll have a player that is connected to the system and works the same as the app. And a widespread issue like the one we experienced over the weekend and into yesterday, that kinda stuff affects everything. It was affecting hundreds of thousands of people but we work really, really diligently to serve the community here and we always will. And we’re working on some…some longer-term projects that will invariably be incorporated over the next year to stabilize and help us serve even better. And, so, if you experience difficulties, pray for us. Pray for us. It’s so much more effective than hate mail. Pray for us as we pray for you every day. We’re in this together. Also know that we’re experiencing an uptick right now. And, so, I live in the central time zone here in the rolling hills of Tennessee. So, like 5AM to 11AM is when we’re geetin’ hammered. That’s when so many people are accessing the system. Beautiful. Love it. We’re increasing resources in that direction. But if you’re experience sluggishness, just wait. It's that so many people are trying to access the same content that you are. So, be patient for like even a minute, which is…I know that’s pretty hard to do on the internet. We expect super high-speed super quick response. Boom boom boom I push the button and the thing happens. But sometimes when you have…when you push the button you are sending a message out that says to the server, I'm requesting this bit of information then the server computes and collects the information that you want and sends it back. And when a lot of people are asking for the same things at the same times then it cues up. So, just be patient for just a minute. Typically, everything can…can sort itself out. But anyway, I don’t want to get into the weeds here. Just pray for us as we pray for you as we continue to take the next step forward together because it is the deepest passion to bring the spoken word fresh every single day and brought to you excellently. When that has to happen seven days a week without fail invariably, sooner or later there are challenges. The team that works on all of this technology are also a part of who we are and listen to the Daily Audio Bible every day as well. So, pray for us. We’re in this together.

And, of course, as always if you have a prayer request or you have an encouragement you can hit the Hotline button in the app, which is the little red button up at the top or you can dial…you see the redundancy here…you can dial 877-942-4253.

And that is it for today. I'm Brian. I love you and I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning my name is Z and I'd like to thank everyone in the DAB community for supporting each other. This is a beautiful beautiful forum. And the purpose of my call is to ask for prayer for myself as I undergo some challenges and uneasiness at work at present. I'm feeling unfulfilled, unappreciated and have been in my position for four years. It's…it pays the bills and I have a wonderful team of people under me, but my issue is leadership. I feel that it could be better and it's frustrating at present to the point where I feel like I…I want to leave. I’m just hoping to find wisdom to make the right decision. I hope to…to get a sign from God as to what I should do in this situation. I can't continue to be frustrated day in and day out in that environment in which I spend most of my…my day. So, I pray brothers and sisters, I ask for your prayer that I find the wisdom to make the right decision and get through this. Thank you.

Daily Audio Bible this…this prayer is for Alicia from Colorado who used to live in Montana. Alicia is blind and she just is recovering from COVID and she doesn't have her sense of taste or smell back and she's going through lots of fear and unsteadiness and…and lots of crying in depression and so understandable especially if you're blind and…and…and, you know, and possibly alone. Father we lift up Alicia to you right now in the name of Jesus. We pray that you give her a hope and a faith that surpasses all this fear because opposite of fear…opposite of faith is fear. And Alicia the scripture says hope deferred makeith the heart sick but long and fulfilled is the tree of life. We pray that you will have this hope that you will get your…your taste back and the smell of food back so that you can eat and get your body strong again. Alicia, I…I know from just being here in Florida and the people that I know they still it takes months sometimes it takes up to 6 to 12 months to get…to get your taste and smell back. But we know God honor's prayer and God is healing you and we claim that right now in the name of Jesus, that you will get it back quickly. So, we claim that right now. DABbers please agree with me in Jesus’ name for Alicia and we lift her up to you in Jesus’ name we pray that you give her the peace that's surpasses all understanding and…and a vast amount of faith and we come against depression and we pray that you fill her up with your joy and your peace in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi this is Just as I am Sam in Northern California my first-time calling in. I started listening to Daily Audio Bible in 2019 and I'm totally hooked. I love how Brian just can make sense out of the Bible and put it in such understandable terms. So, thank you so much for that. And I would like to ask for prayer for myself. I'm having an MRI tomorrow. That's on Friday. And I have chronic pain in my spine and back and I'm just praying that Jesus will light it up and…and show the doctors what's going on. I've struggled with this pain for over 15 years, and we would like to get help and answers. So, I'd appreciate your prayers. And I’m praying for all of you as well. And it's been a wonderful group and help in times of loneliness and I love you all. Thank you. God bless you.

Hello this is Ruth __. I'm calling to thank you Brian, Jill, China for devoting your life to this __. I have in my heart there was a call that came in last week with a mother who was talking about her children. She had many. I think she might have mentioned she had nine children. And they were molested by their father and the father has been put in jail. And I lift the children up to you Lord and their mother. I just…my heart breaks just knowing that they've gone through such horrible situation. I know that You can rectify this. I know that she can bring them back and make them whole, so they don't spend their lives worrying about this all the time. Lord and I also I want to ask for prayer for my family. I have a daughter who's stepped away from me for reasons I never understand, and I need to have her back again. I also have a grandson who is not doing well, and he has stepped away from the family. I lift them all up to You Lord. You can…You can heal this family and bring them back. I thank you. Thank you all I love each one of you and I try to remember to pray for you each and every day. Thank you.

Hey this is Jerry calling from Duluth Minnesota. So appreciated the words this morning of Brian Friday October the first…actually Saturday October the second. It's a day 890 of my renewed journey in the Daily Audio Bible. Some of you have been here many years know me as Jerry the Paper Carrier from Duluth MN. Back in April 26th of 2019 I renewed my commitment to the Daily Audio Bible. Now it's been 890 days without a miss getting up early in the morning starting my day with the Daily Audio Bible. Appreciate your prayers through the years and wanted to particularly today pray for Brian…Byron sorry in Florida. You've been such a blessing to me over the many years. Pray for your wife who's dealing with so many health issues and have for so many years. And Charlie from Houston who's been wife has been dealing with lupus and now has found out that there is difficulty with the heart and lungs. And Byron thank you so much to for sharing that…that little story as far as the bus stop is concerned and for taking time even through really difficult times to look at the little things and remember what God has done for us. Also thank you Brian again for reminding us as far as the journal. I remember when you told the story of the black wing pen…pencil's when your mom was had…was passing away. I've journaled now I've for many…many many months and years since…

Good morning, everybody I’m Ms. Jomiah God is Coming and I want to pray for Byron from Florida. I wanted to pray for his wife and that his wife becomes healthy, and that God is always helping you and He'll be on your side no matter what. So, thank you Byron for sharing your story because that means a lot to people and thank you so much. So, as we pray in Jesus’ name Amen.

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heart of stone (11/?)

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As it turns out, the next thing that happens is Damian calling her. She answers immediately, holding her phone as close as she can and pulling her knees up to her chest.

“Janis?”

“Damian?”

“I-oh my God!” His voice is so high, so fast, that she can barely register anything he’s saying. Not that what he’s saying is anything coherent anyway. “You…. Oh my God, Janis! Your hair! Are you okay? What happened, when did this happen?”

“So,” she breathes, her fingers drumming on the floor. “I’m guessing you saw the photos?”

“Yeah,” he says. “Yeah, I did. It was literally the first thing I saw when I opened Instagram.”

“Aw, we’re psychically connected,” she teases.

“Babe, you know I have my notifications on for you,” he replies. He falls silent and so does she, her fingers picking at the rug as seconds pass with neither one speaking. It’s new and scary territory, for her as well as him, which is why she’s almost okay. It’s more than enough just to have him here, even if it’s only on the other end of a phone.

“Are you okay?” he asks after a while.

“I… good question.” She lets out a long sigh, her head dropping against the wall. It hurts, probably more than it would have before. What constitutes ‘okay’ took on a new meaning a while ago and it’s always changing. Still, even with that, she knows what she’s feeling now. Like she’s stepped off a roller coaster, dizzy and uncertain, the ground beneath her feet shifting and her stomach tied up in knots. “No, I’m not okay. I’m really, really not okay. But you know how it is.”

He hums in response. He doesn’t know, not really, because he can’t, but one of Damian’s many attributes is empathy. It’s what makes him such a good actor but more importantly, such a good friend. Just like always, he knows what to say and what she needs.

“Do you… want me to come over?”

And despite the heaviness in her chest, she smiles.

“You would?”

“Of course I would. Do you… would you be okay with that?”

“Yeah. Yeah I would. I really, really would.” Her voice catches in her throat. “See you in a hot minute.”

“On my way, kiddo,” he says.

“Wait, Damian,” she says hurriedly. “Just… don’t tell your mom about this, okay?”

“Of course not,” he says, like he hadn’t even thought of it.

“Or my parents either.” She can see him stopping at that, confusion crossing his face followed by his trademark parental disapproval. Even sitting here, two blocks away from him, the image is enough to make her shift where she sits.

“You haven’t told them?”

“This was kind of an impulse decision,” she sighs. “I’ll tell them at some point.”

“Yeah you’d kind of have to.”

“Oh shut up,” she scoffs. “Just… tell them I asked you to hang out. And keep them out of my room, okay?”

“Okay,” he says softly. “I’m leaving the house now. I’ll see you in ten, okay?”

She nods, coldness creeping back into her body and anxiety prickling in her stomach. She’s tempted to change her mind and cancel, the thought of him seeing her like this terrifying her to her core. But even if she did, it wouldn’t matter. He knows she needs him, and so he’d be here anyway.

“Thanks,” she tells him before hanging up.

She spends those ten minutes pressed against her bedroom wall with her eyes closed, her ears straining to hear her parents. They shuffle around in the kitchen, the TV turns on in the living room, they have conversations in low voices. Her heart picks up when she hears the stairs creek, and it sits in her throat when she hears footsteps outside her door. Her dad’s. He lingers outside her room and she cowers away from him, like he’s not her dad but the monster from her childhood nightmares. She presses her face to her knees to stop her mind from picturing him looking sadly at the door, hand extending to knock, unsure if he should.

He turns and goes back downstairs, and she feels terrible for being relieved.

Minutes later, her mom greets Damian at the front door, and he asks if he can see her, telling her that she invited him. Her mom is delighted with the news, probably just happy that she’s seeing people and not locking herself away.

He knocks her door, the touch careful and gentle and the only thing that could make her get up. Her limbs are stiff from sitting and cold from dread, and no amount of shaking fixes the latter. Her hand trembles as she opens the door and she barely remembers to slide the bolt back.

In the three seconds it takes for the door to open, she feels more fear than she’s ever felt in her life.

“Hey,” she croaks out.

“Hi,” he replies, his voice so soft that it makes her want to cry. He sounds like he’s about to cry and he hasn’t even seen the entirety yet.

He slips in through the narrow opening, slowly clicking the door shut behind him. Unable to look at his face, she keeps her eyes trained on his shirt; white with a cartoon Pikachu on it. She wants nothing more than to collapse into his chest and let him hold her until she feels alive again, but she keeps her distance.

“You… you really did it,” he finally says.

“It wasn’t an Instagram filter,” she mumbles. It’s an awful joke, if you can call it that, but he huffs out a laugh. She does to, only it turns into a sob and her face crumples.

“Oh, kid.”

He wraps her in his arms, his embrace feeling like an old blanket, one she’s had her whole life, and she leans into him, her tears rubbing off on his shoulder. While she’s always been smaller than him, she feels impossibly dwarfed now, like he could pick her up and carry her out of here. He probably could, what with the weight she’s at now.

His hand comes up and covers her head, rubbing against it where he would have patted her hair.

“Does it look bad?” she asks. She feels rather than sees him smile.

“Nah. You could never.” He pulls away, just enough to look at her, his hand still on her shoulder. She meets his eyes for the first time, and finds them conflicted, trying to be cheerful, but still laced with discomfort. She can’t blame him and squeezes his hand to show him that. It’s still a shock to her and she’s been living with it for 20 minutes longer than he has. “Janis… what happened?”

“I…” she sighs. She waves her hand in the air as though she was trying to physically pick events and put them in order. “I told you it was kind of an impulse decision, right?”

“Yeah,” he says. “But you know, there’s ‘buying twelve plushies on the Internet’ impulsive and then there’s…” He strokes her head again, his touch so, so careful.

“True,” she chuckles. She punches his arm, partly out of genuine affection and party to try to diffuse this awkward energy between them. Crossing her arms over her chest, she takes in a deep breath, letting it out slowly. “So… Guess I should start at the beginning?”

“The very beginning,” he says before a small, bright smile turns up on his face. “Apparently it’s a very good place to start.”

“Nerd,” she teases. “Well…” She steps backwards, flops onto the bed and grabs a pillow, pulling it over her stomach and squeezing it hard. “In the hospital, yesterday. That’s when I noticed it. I couldn’t not notice. I brushed my hair and my hair came out with it. Not even a little bit, you know like it normally does. Like, a lot. And I freaked out.” Damian doesn’t say anything, but she can already see his eyes starting to water. “Stop me if this gets too uncomfortable, okay?”

He can only nod.

“So then I get home, and even more comes out. I’m just lying on my bed and more of it comes out.” Her grip on the pillow tightens. She’s pouring salt all over these fresh wounds and holy hell, it hurts. “And then this morning and then half an hour ago and then I…” She sighs, long and shuddering and reaches out for his hand. He takes it, of course and strength seeps slowly into her skin. “It was falling out. And I realised that I could either do it myself or let the chemo do it for me.” She traces patterns on the back of his hand. “I’m not going to be bossed around by some medicine.”

“I know you won’t,” he says, pride shining in his eyes. He pulls her into his embrace and she willingly follows, resting her head on his shoulder. Normally her hair would be falling down his back or tickling his nose. Now that won’t happen for a long, long time.

“Oh my God,” she whispers. She turns around and tucks her legs up beneath her, the tears running down her cheeks noiselessly. Her hands twist the pillow around and around, just like her chest is doing now; her throat winding tighter and tighter. “What have I done?”

“What you always do,” he tells her quietly. “Been brave.”

“I don’t feel brave.” She pushes herself up and paces the room, one hand on her lip and the other pressed against her mouth. Damian’s eyes follow her, confused and helpless. “I hate this.”

“I know.”

She shakes her head but manages to stop herself from telling him that he doesn’t. She slows to a halt in front of the full length mirror, her heart freezing in her chest. She doesn’t recognise herself. She looks so much smaller now. Weak, fragile. She wants to spit at herself and Damian sitting there is the only reason she doesn’t.

“It did seem like a good idea at the time,” she says, unsure who she’s directing that to. “It did.”

“And it was,” he insists. “It was the good idea out of two bad ones.” She picks at her nails, unable to even pretend to smile.

“This is going to take some getting used to,” she states. Damian hums in agreement and comes up behind her, arms around her waist. She grabs onto him, clinging to her most trusted lifeline. She blinks, and another realisation sets in, along with a fresh set of tears. “All people are going to see now is cancer,” she says glumly.

“But you’re a Scorpio,” he mumbles into her shoulder.

“Shut up,” she chuckles. “You know what I mean. I’m not a person anymore.” Her voice shakes and although she’s standing up with his arms around her, she feels as though she’s sinking into the floor. “I can’t hide it anymore.” For years she’s strove to stand out, but not like this. Now blending in is all she wants to do.

Damian doesn’t say anything, just holds her tighter, even though his own hands are shaking.

“Wait,” he says suddenly, untangling himself from her. She holds onto one of his hands and follows his eyes to her bed. At first, she thinks he’s looking at the carpet of hair across the bed. The sight is physically painful for her and she almost turns her head away before she sees what he was really after. He reaches over and picks up the razer, eyeing it with fascination.

“It’s my dad’s,” she explains. “I didn’t ask his permission, but I doubt he’ll be mad. That’d be real messed up.”

“Janis,” he says softly, looking over at her. There’s an idea sparking in his mind, and if it’s what Janis think it is, she’ll kill him. “What if I-”

“No,” she says sternly.

“You don’t even know what I’m suggesting,” he whines. “It could be anything.”

“If it involves that razor and your head I don’t want to hear it,” she tells him. “I mean it, Hubbard.” His face falls and he looks from the razor to her.

“What if you’re not the only one people are looking at though?” he asks. He turns it on, and the mechanical whirring makes her stomach do a turn. “You know?”

“Damian,” she sighs. Diplomacy is what’s needed here, and though that’s not really her strong suit, she’s willing to give it a shot now. She has to. “Look, you are the single greatest person and the best friend I could ever want, and-OH MY FUCKING GOD DAMIAN!”

She claps her hands to her mouth, her cheeks bulging behind them. Damian’s mouth has fallen into an ‘o’, his eyes wide and shocked. He looks like someone had just tazed him. That might have been better. But instead, there’s a bald strip running right through the middle of his head.

“Oh my God,” she says from behind her fingers. “Oh my God you just did that.”

“Yeah,” he replies. “It’s… it’s kind of a rush, really.”

“Damian… why the hell would you do that?” she asks. “Why?”

“Because,” he says firmly. He could put Mr Duvall to shame. “If this is happening to you, then it’s happening to me to.”

When tears prickle this time, they’re tears of gratitude. Gratitude to the universe for letting her exist at the same time as Damian and allowing him to be her best friend. She’ll never understand how she got so blessed to have him. But she couldn’t be more thankful for it.

“Are you serious?” she asks.

“Right now, I can’t not be,” he tells her, grinning. She smiles back and then using all the love she has in her, she launches herself into his arms, nearly topping the two of them over. “Woah there, still holding an active razor.”

“Sorry.” She lets him go and wipes the tears on her face.  She gestures up to the strip on his head. “Want me to help you out here?”

“I’d appreciate that.”

“I am more experienced with this than you,” she reminds him.

She sits him down on her bed and kneels behind him. He had piled up all of her old hair and pushed it into the corner. She had tried to start on it, but even touching it was too much for her. Meanwhile, she dragged the mirror out in front to sit in front of them.

“You sure about this?” she asks him, waving the razor. “You know this is kind of permanent. Or long-lasting anyway.”

“Yeah,” he says. There’s far more confidence in his voice than she’d have. He squares his shoulders and nods at her in the mirror. “Do it. I trust you.”

“You may regret that,” she says, and he just laughs.

Despite her shaking hands, she does a fairly okay jobs, pouring all her concentration into guiding the razor across his head. She even battles past how sickened she is in doing it, fighting the urge to flinch. She holds his ears down and gets at the side and gently sweeps at the bottom. She’s doing a lot better than she thought she would. It’s not perfect, the two cuts at the nape of his neck are proof of that, but she’s weirdly proud of herself nonetheless.

“Okay,” she breathes. She leans back on her heels and switches the razor off, relieved when the sound is finally gone. “We’re done.” She holds her breath, one hand holding his tightly, preparing herself for any kind of reaction; regret, disgust, anxiety. She’s been through it all in the past half an hour.

“I look like my grandpa,” is what he says instead and Janis bursts into laughter. Real laughter, the kind that shakes her sides and is loud and obnoxious and makes her fall onto the bed. “No, I seriously do!”

“You are a grandpa,” she teases, pushing herself up on her elbows. She doesn’t know if she’d say he looks like a grandpa but he does look odd. It sort of unsettles her, which it shouldn’t given she’s the one who started this whole mess. But whatever discomfort it feels is nothing compared to how warmed her heart is, so she takes his hand and laces her fingers through it. “Thank you.”

“What are friends for?” he replies softly. But this is past friendship and they both know it.

“Guess this means the drama department will have to set aside some cash for a wig,” she teases. “Do you know when the list comes out?”

“Oh. That.” His eyes drop to the floor, his lips pressed tightly together.

“Damian?” she asks. “Damian, what happened? You… you didn’t get it did you?”

“Ensemble,” he replies. “And they said they might consider me for an understudy.”

“Seriously? Come on, that… no that’s not happening.” Nothing makes sense about it. Damian is easily the best performer in that drama club, and she’d watched his audition piece over Facetime ten times. The role was as good as his. “Is that drama department on crack?”

“Quite possibly,” he says. “They’ve always been on crack. But it’s okay. I’m okay with it.”

“Liar,” she tells him.

“Well I screwed the audition!” he says with a shrug. “So it was kind of my own fault.”

“You haven’t screwed up an audition in the entire time I’ve known you,” she reminds him. “What happ-”

She can’t finish her sentence. The guilt written across his face and the way he avoids her eyes are all the answer she needs. She doesn’t know if she should be angry at herself or crushed for him.

“Oh my God,” she sighs. “I’m so sorry, buddy.” Now it’s her turn to hug him from behind, her cheek pressed against his shoulder.

“What are you sorry for?” he asks. “It was my fault. My heart just wasn’t in it. Besides, I’m just happy I get to be in the show at all. There’s no small parts after all.” She keeps her mouth shut; the last thing she wants is to make this about her. But she can’t help feeling responsible. This is the last thing she wanted to do; drag other people down with her. There must have been something she could have done to stop this. Talked to him more, let him know she was okay, maybe managed to get out and go with him to the audition.

“Who got it then?” she asks quietly.

“Jason Carpenter,” he answers. “Junior.”

“Well we’ll just have to arrange for a little accident to befall our young friend, won’t we?” she asks.

“You’re a dangerous human,” he tells her with a grin. He reaches up and holds her arms. “Nothing could change that.”

They have a second of quiet before the doorknob turns, and panic jumps in immediately. They can only look at each other and then the door for a split second with identical wide eyes and open mouths before her mom walks in carrying a tray of snacks.

“Hey, I thought you guys might like some-”

The tray clatters to the floor. Coke spreads across the carpet and cookies bounce on the plate. Her mom is frozen, looking from Janis to Damian, taking in the bald heads and the pile of hair on her bed. For what may well be a century, they can all just sit in shell-shocked silence.

“We need a vacuum,” Janis says weakly.

“Oh my gosh,” her mom whispers from behind her hands.

“Mom.” She jumps up and runs over to her mom, taking her hands in hers and trying her best to smile. “It’s… I’m okay.”

“Oh, Janis,” she sighs. Her hand reaches out but freezes halfway to her head. “When did this start?”

“Yesterday,” she says shyly. “It started happening before we left the hospital and it kept falling out and then…. This just happened.” She takes in a breath, although it does nothing to calm her. “I just wanted it off.”

“Oh, baby,” she says. “Why didn’t you tell us it was falling out?”

“I just freaked out,” she confesses. She kicks the floor. “I got scared.” Her mom sighs and strokes her wet cheeks. Janis is confident that if they were alone, she’d have gotten a kiss on the forehead. But they weren’t and when her mom saw Damian, a whole new emotional outburst came through.

“Oh, Damian.” She almost shoves Janis aside and runs over to him, hugging him tightly like he was hers. “You did this for her?”

“Would you believe that this isn’t even the craziest thing I’ve ever done for her?” he says, any trace of sadness gone. Janis crosses her arms over her chest, a bemused grin on her face. “This was nothing.”

“Thank you,” her mom says, her voice cracking. She turns to Janis and points sternly at her. “You better keep him around. People like this don’t come around a lot.”

“I intend to,” she says.

Just then, the door opens even more, and her dad is on the other side. Much as she’s in favour of ripping off the band-aid, she wishes she could have waited a little longer on this one.

“So this is what all the commotion is about,” he says weakly. Janis only nods. He smiles, albeit it’s tiny, and looks over at her bed. “I assume you’re going to clean that up.”

“Dad,” she scoffs, just as her mom says “Alex!”.

“Kidding,” he says, holding his hands up. “Kidding. I’ll do it.” The joke fades from his face though and his hand is on her shoulder. “Are you okay?”

She really wishes people would stop asking her that.

“As okay as I can be,” she answers.

He pulls her into a tight hug, whispering “c'est ma fille” in her ear. He only speaks French to her when it’s serious.

“I say for telling the rest of the family we just put my pictures into the group chat,” she says. “So they’re used by the time they see me.”

“We don’t even need to put in an explanation,” her dad adds. “Let them work it out for themselves.”

“We should ask if they notice any difference,” she goes on. “Test how delicate they are.”

“You two are terrible,” her mom sighs, her hand on Damian’s shoulder. Janis laughs and sits down on the bed, acutely aware of all the eyes on her. Her parents, because she just jumped off the cliff without telling them, and Damian, because this isn’t his house and they didn’t really make plans past him hugging her.

“Hey, I’m feeling pretty good, why don’t we go out?” she asks Damian, suddenly aware of how small her room is. “We could go to the park?”

“Um, sure,” he replies.

“Mom? Dad?” She looks from one parent to the other, her feet swinging just above the floor. “Can we?”

“Uh…” Her parents look at each other, one just as helpless as the other.

“Doctor Wiley says I should if I can,” she reminds them. “You know, keep up exercise and stuff.”

“Because you exercise so much?” Damian asks. Janis punches him for that comment.

“Well, if you think you’re up to it,” her dad says. “I don’t see why not. Just… you two might want to wear some hats.”

“Oh is there a breeze?” Janis replies, raising an eyebrow. “Thanks, guys.”

Janis fishes out two old beanies from her closet and Damian follows her downstairs. Maxie is down in the hallway, running up and down the hallway in the way he often does when he’s restless. He runs up to the cupboard under the stars and paws at the door and Janis realises he hasn’t been walked today.

Her feet hit the hallway floor and his little ears perk up, thinking someone’s come to save him from boredom. Suddenly she’s acutely aware of the lack of hair on her head, the hat still in her hand. She takes in a deep breath and creeps towards him, her steps cautious, far too cautious for where she is. In her house, with her dog.

She kneels down, and after the longest second of her life, Maxie runs up to her, butting his head against her legs and attempting to jump up on her knees.

“I look a little different right now, don’t I?” she whispers to him, a kiss pressed to his furry head. “It’s still me, don’t worry. It’s still me.”

She’s said before that validation from her dog feels better than from anyone else, but it’s never been truer than it is right now.

“What’s that crazy dog doing now?” her mom sighs. Heat rushes through Janis’ cheeks when she remembers she still has an audience.

“He’s just bored Mom,” she replies as she straightens up. “No-one’s walked him yet. We can do it now if you want.” She looks over at Damian, who stands in the corner and makes kissy faces at her dog. “You don’t mind, do you?”

“Why would I ever mind?” he asks her before coming over and ruffling Maxie’s hair. “Why would I ever mind walking my favourite boy?”

So when they set off, it’s with hats on their heads, a leash in Janis’ hand and poop bags in Damian’s pocket. The air feels colder than usual, the extra sweater her mom insisted she take actually coming in handy, and the clouds are tinged with grey, promising rain later. Autumn is definitely making herself known now, bringing with it the excitement of Halloween and bonfires and the spooky witching season that she’s always loved..

That you won’t get to have this time a voice whispers in her head.

She pushes that thought away and focussed on what Damian’s saying. He’s filling her in on the North Shore gossip, although there doesn’t seem to be much. People broke up, people got back together, someone cheated on a test, some teachers are assholes. Two teachers allegedly hooked up, which does make her ask for more details. The musical is avoided altogether rather than being the main focus, and much as she tries to ignore it, the absence bothers her.

She wraps her arm around him and rests her cheek on his shoulder. They decide to go to the park to let Max roll around on some grass. Damian points out how his ears perk up when the word ‘park’ is mentioned.

“Hey, why don’t we call for Cady?” she suggests, seeing as they’re close to her house anyway. “I mean, only if you’re cool with it.”

“Of course I am.”

“Sweet,” she says. “She hasn’t seen Maxie since before school started. She probably misses the little pooch.”

“She also misses you,” Damian says. Janis shakes her head, tilting her head forwards only to remember her usual way of hiding her blush is gone.

“She does?” she says. “She can’t. I text her pretty much every day.”

“Yeah but that’s not face to face,” he points out. “She misses seeing you face to face.”

Her grin grows wider. “She said that about me?”

“You sound like you’re still in middle school,” he sighs. His voice then turns high, in what she guesses is meant to be an impression of Janis. “Oh, does Cady like me? Like does she like-like me?”

“Shut up,” she scoffs. “I’ll take poop duty off you if you keep that up.”

“Oh how will I possibly survive?” He rolls his eyes for good measure as they turn up Cady’s street, her house just a minute down the street.

And then Janis’ brain turns upside down, the gentle buzz replaced with heart-pounding dread, her blood turning cold. The butterflies she felt when she first suggested Cady turn to sand and pile up inside her. The familiar street turns sinister in the blink of an eye and she’s met with the urge to turn around and go anywhere else.

“Um, on second thought she’s probably busy,” she says. “She said something about Mathletes when I last talked to her, I’ll text her later-”

“Janis.” He takes her arm and turns her to face him, eyebrows raised and face set in a ‘no-nonsense’ expression. It’s no wonder her mom loves Damian so much; they’re practically the same person. “You can’t avoid Cady forever.”

“I’m not avoiding her,” she replies. She chews on her nail. “Just think she needs space.”

“Okay first off, hand away from your mouth,” he tells her, pulling it away. “And second, Cady isn’t the one you’re giving space to here.”

She sighs deeply, stuffing her hands in her pockets while Maxie amuses himself with a lamppost beside her. He’s right, even if she freaking hates it. She doesn’t know what she was thinking when she suggested getting Cady. Maybe she missed her, maybe she forgot she was freaking bald. Maybe, most likely, she wasn’t thinking past the next five minutes, to when Cady sees her, if she hasn’t seen her photos already, and she has to have the ‘oh hey I’m bald now because of the cancer that I have, please don’t run away from me because I really like being with you and I promise I’m still your girlfriend’ talk with her.

And no-one prepared her to have that talk.

“I’m nervous,” she confesses.

“Over Cady?” he echoes without mocking her. “Come on, she’s the human equivalent of a puppy. Would you be nervous around Maxie?”

“Yeah,” she answers and that sets him back. “I was nervous about Maxie. Times that by ten and you get how I feel now.” When she looks back over her shoulder, she can see the edges of the tree in the Herons’ front yard, the leaves turning gold. “I don’t want to freak her out,” she mumbles. “See this is the kind of thing I was trying to avoid-”

“By breaking up with her?” he finishes. “And how did that work out?”

“You’re being a real jerk right now,” she says. It’s half-hearted though. He’s not a jerk, just offering her some much-needed tough love.

“Tell you what,” he says. “If Cady has had a sudden and drastic personality change and freaks out, then I will personally-”

“Kick her in the face?”

“Give her a very extreme talking to,” he says instead. “And if she hasn’t then you have nothing to worry about and you two can go on being the impossibly cute couple that I am proud to call my friends. But… you never know unless you find out.” He holds his hand in front of him, the corner of his mouth turned up in a smirk. “Deal?”

Janis looks back down the street. In amongst the anxiety and the fear, there’s a pull in her chest, a desperate desire to see her girlfriend again. Facetimes and texts can only do so much; her arms haven’t been around her since last week. That’s far too long for a person to go without a Cady cuddle.

“Fine,” she says, and Damian’s arm slings around her shoulders before they stroll up to the Herons’ house, Maxie scurrying along beside them.

“Are you going to ring the doorbell?” Damian asks her quietly once they’re on the step. “Or do you want me to do it?”

“I’ve got it,” she mumbles, pressing her finger to it. The sound makes her wince; it’s never been so sharp before.

He nods and rubs a comforting hand along her shoulders.

On the other side, they hear fast footsteps sprinting towards the door, an outline appearing in the window out of nowhere, and the door opens to reveal an out of breath Cady, her wide eyes focussed solely on Janis.

“Janis,” she breathes.

“Hey,” she replies, holding up a hand in an awkward half-wave. Her mouth runs dry, words deserting her.

“Oh my gosh!” Cady throws her body at her, their chests colliding, her arms around her shoulders, her head buried in the crook of her neck, her breath tickling her skin. Janis wraps her own arms around her, revelling in the feeling of Cady being back in her arms. The hug is desperate and a little afraid, like they’re clinging for survival. Like Cady is worried Janis might disappear if she doesn’t hold tight enough.

But even with all that, it’s still got all the markers of a Cady cuddle. Safe and warm and making her feel like she can take on anything.

“Oh my gosh,” she says again, her fingers scraping at the nape of her neck. When she pulls away, there’s a smile on her face, not matching the sadness in her eyes. “You look good.”

“You think so?” she echoes. She scratches the back of her neck. “You know I had been thinking of going bald for a while, but I wasn’t sure if it would work.”

“It works,” she tells her. “Believe me, it works.” Cady’s fingers curl into the front of Janis’ jacket, her sneakers touching the front of Janis’. Her next words are whispered, possibly mindful of Damian standing behind her, or her parents back in the house. “Are you okay?”

“God,” she sighs. “Can we make it a rule not to ever ask me that question again?”

“Sorry,” Cady says sheepishly, but the question doesn’t leave her eyes. Like everyone, she has good intentions; it’s not her fault Janis has grown tired of that question. Besides, maybe she’ll make exceptions for the two people she’s with now.

“I’m okay,” she says, running her fingers through her hair. “And me and Damian were going on a walk. You up for it?” She presses her finger into Cady’s cheek. “By the way, someone missed you.”

Adorable confusion clouds Cady’s features for a second, but it turns to glee when she notices Maxie jumping up on her, demanding to be picked up. He’s just as big a fan of her cuddles as Janis is.

The Herons are fine with it and Mrs Heron comes out to greet them, not even flinching at them, telling Janis she’s looking well and how she misses having her around. Janis misses the Herons’ house too; Mrs Heron’s cooking and the various photos from Kenya up on the walls and sitting in Cady’s room with their legs intertwined.

“Hopefully, I’ll get around soon,” she says as Cady comes through the door with her jacket on.

“Oh you take your time; we’ll still be here” Mrs Heron says. “Have a nice time, Binti.”

“Bye Mommy!” Cady calls.

They last five minutes before Janis hands Maxie’s leash to Cady, her face lighting up like a kid on Christmas morning. Even though she gives Maxie more leash length than he should be allowed, he stays by her side, looking up at her with those big, round eyes every now and again to play with her.

“My dog has no sense of loyalty,” Janis sighs. “I’m his sister, I feed him, I love him, I bathe him, and yet he loves Cady more than me.”

“It’s because Cady is part puppy,” Damian remarks. Cady’s mouth falls open at that remark, even more so when Janis splutters into laughter. Damian simply shrugs, shit eating grin lighting up his face. “It’s true and you know it, little slice.”

“If anything, I’m part lion,” she says, tossing her hair back.

“Oh yeah I can see it,” Janis jokes. “Real ferocious babe.”

“I’m ferocious,” she says. Her face is scrunched into the most adorable pout imaginable and Janis has to wonder if she’s doing it deliberately. “Aren’t I?”

“Completely terrifying,” she says, throwing her arm around her and kissing her temple. Damian mumbles something about Those Darned Gays and makes a fake gagging noise.

When they get to the park, Janis insists on buying both of them ice cream, even though the weather is hardly ideal. That little van stays up all year round, selling hot and cold treats, and ice cream just feels tight.

“Hey,” she greets, sliding up to the van’s window with Damian, Cady sitting with Maxie as he takes advantage of the free dog water. “Can I get three cones? One chocolate, one butterscotch, one bubblegum?”

“Oh,” is all the cashier says. She’s old, must be in her forties or fifties, and Janis has definitely been served by her before. The ‘oh’ was tiny and could be trivial, but Janis tenses at it. Even when she smiles and says, “coming right up”, she can’t shake it.

Yes, she guessed that her hair falling out would shock a few people. She just doesn’t like seeing it.

She hands her over the cones and Janis fishes a five dollar bill out of her pocket.

“Oh, no honey, this one’s on the house.”

She grits her teeth. Any other time she’d love to hear those words, but now this lady is going to take her money whether she wants it or not.

“No thanks,” she says, sliding the bill across the counter. “Here. Keep the change.”

“That’s okay, kid,” she says again. Her voice is careful and honestly, kind of condescending. “These are a treat.”

“Yeah, from me. I’m treating my friends,” she says. Damian shifts uncomfortably behind her and she takes in a breath. Minimal damage, that’s he goal. Besides, keep this up and she runs the risk of acting like a Karen, albeit in the opposite direction.

“Thank you,” she tells the cashier. “But it’s okay. It’s just three dollars. Please, just take the money.”

Maybe this ‘vulnerable and weak’ look has some perks, much as she hates it, because she reluctantly takes it and hands her back the change.

Janis puts that in the tip jar and walks away with a smile.

“I have never seen someone so adamantly refuse free shit,” Damian says, handing her the bubble gum cone.

“Yeah well,” she shrugs. “Point of principle and all that.” He nods, a short hum escaping him.

“Do you think people will give me free shit now?” he asks. “You know, people who don’t know me?”

The very question is so ridiculous that Janis bursts out laughing just as they reach Cady.

“What happened?” she asks, looking from Janis to Damian and taking her butterscotch.

“Damian’s planning on using his completely selfless and kind act to exploit people and make them give him free shit,” Janis giggles.

“Shame on you, Damian Hubbard,” Cady scoffs. “How do you sleep at night?”

“On my bed of sins,” he replies, and Janis busts out laughing again.

“That sounds like a porno.”

“A Jesus related porno,” Damian adds.

“That’s an image permanently branded into my mind,” Cady says.

“The Bible but it’s kinky,” Janis adds and she watches Cady’s cheeks flame red. Not even her time in the plastics could make her comfortable with this kind of stuff, which does make for some fun interactions.

“Somewhere out in Florida my very Catholic grandmother is having chest pains,” Damian says. He nudges Janis’ arm. “By the way, Bertha says hello.”

“Oh we have to love Grandma Bertha,” Janis says.

Cady tracks down a good sized stick on the grass and after inspecting it for bugs or anything else, starts tossing it for Maxie. Thankfully there’s no other dogs or little kids around so they can let him off his leash and watch him go wild around the grass.

“I wonder if I’ll ever be as happy as your dog is when someone plays fetch with him,” Damian says.

“Not possible,” she replies with a shake of her head. “Dogs just have a level of happiness unattainable by us mere mortals.”

“Well that explains Cady.” Cady turns around and raises her eyebrow at him, dimple in her cheek as she smiles. Damian simply sticks his tongue back at her. Janis wraps her arm around Cady’s middle and rests her chin and her shoulder, swiftly pressing her lips to Cady’s jacket. She also sneaks a lick of Cady’s ice cream, which her girlfriend doesn’t seem to mind.

Maxie bounds up to Cady with the stick in his mouth, his little feet barely touching the grass as he comes. He deposits it at her feet, his tail wagging frantically and his fur streaked with mud.

“Okay Mr Max, you’re getting a bath when you go home,” Janis tells him. His ears droop at that and he whimpers, tilting his head to look up at her. It would melt anyone else’s heart, it certainly does for Cady, but she’s more experienced. “Mm, beg all you want little boy, it’s not changing a damn thing.”

Cady laughs and throws the stick again, Maxie forgetting his woes as he chases it back across the park. Cady leans her head against Janis’ shoulder, making warmth radiate through Janis’ body. It feels nice.

It would feel nicer if it weren’t so god damned tired.

She doesn’t know when it started, she’d been too good at ignoring it, but that’s fallen apart now. It’s not the dragging her down, unable to move kind of tired, just the heavy eyelids and the longing to sit down kind. It’s become more common these days and she’s never disliked it more than she does right now.

She has half a mind to run back down to the stall and get some coffee but dismisses the idea. It’s a combination of not wanting to worry Cady and Damian and not wanting to go back there.

So she tosses the stick for her dog and laughs at Damian’s jokes and blushes at the sight of Cady’s smile. She’ll make herself power through it.

“Oh, I have to get home,” Damian announces after a while, his phone in his hand. “Mom wants me back. Plus, I have to start an assignment for English.”

“Cool. I think we’ve given the pup enough exercise for one day,” Janis says. She taps her leg and whistles, calling Maxie back to her. He doesn’t falter as she puts the leash back on him; his feet tapping against the ground. She runs her hand through his fur and lets him lick her hand before she straightens up and they start the walk back down.

They’re barely away from the green before her chest starts getting tight. A simple one minute walk draining her almost completely. Her gut reaction is to panic, whether it’s over her friends’ reaction or her own safety she isn’t sure. She doesn’t struggle to breathe, but she struggles to retain it, her chest pitifully, painfully empty.

“Janis?” Cady asks her. Sharp, eagle-eyed Cady. Her arm had threaded through Janis’ and it tightens now. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” she says. It’s more of a mumble though. She tries to take in a deep breath and fails miserably, a metallic taste hangs around in her mouth.

She’s too tired to even keep her wall up, and so she admits that she needs to sit down for a moment. She lowers herself onto a park bench, Damian’s hand on her back, and buries her face in her hand.

“Is she okay?” a passer-by asks her, the voice so sweet it makes her feel sick.

“I’m fine,” she grumbles, not bothering to look up at them. That must not have deterred them, because Damian then says “she’s okay, really. Just out of breath”.

She isn’t sure how long they sit there. To be honest, she’s not counting. She can’t, not with the way her vision darkens and her thoughts lose track. All she can focus on is keeping her eyes open. She does vaguely think about how she’ll be paying for this with apology texts later tonight.

“Okay, you can’t walk home,” Cady says. “Not like this.”

“Yeah I can!” she replies, suddenly spurred into action, although she sounds a lot stronger than she feels. She grabs the bench and pushes herself up, her friends protesting on either side of her. Her body protests as well; her chest burns and her legs shake. She could tune her friends out, but she has no choice to listen to her body and falls back on the bench.

When she raises her head to look at the park gate, it seems so, so much further away than she thought. Her shoulders drop at the mere idea of trying to make it over there. Maybe she could, but making it to her house? Impossible.

Her heart breaks when she uses that word, but it is.

She sits still for a long time before Damian takes her silence as resignation and offers to call her dad for her. She leans her head on Cady’s shoulder as he makes the call, their fingers joined in her lap.

After he hangs up, Damian helps pull her to her feet and, after making sure she won’t pass out, lets her lean on him all the way to the park gate. Cady takes Maxie, who trots dutifully beside her, head high as if to ward off anyone who might pose a threat.

Her dad’s car pulls up within minutes, if even. The three slide into the back, Janis sitting in between them. She makes sure to avoid the mirror, not wanting to see either her reflection or her dad’s face.

Before they reach their house, they leave Damian home first.

“Are you okay?” he asks her as he unbuckles his seatbelt. She’s pretty sure she had a response, but it comes out a soft “mm-hm”. She looks at him, really looks, taking in the bald head again. He did that. He did that for her and hasn’t regretted it so far.

“Thank you,” she says. The words feel too weak for what he did. “Thank you.”

“Anything for you, kid,” he tells her. “Now if you want to repay me, go home and take a nap.”

“Your mom may not let you hang out with me once she sees that,” she teases, pointing to his head. He laughs merrily and shakes his head at her.

“She’ll be fine. After all, she survived when made that dent in my wall. This is nothing.”

She hugs him tightly before he leaves, putting everything she can’t say into this. As they drive away, she finds herself unable to take her eyes off him and his house until it’s out of sight.

Cady doesn’t need to be asked to stay. She texts her parents quickly in the car and rests her hand on her leg for the rest of the car ride, her touch gentle. She holds her hand on the way into the house, her other wrapped around her arm, making sure she won’t fall/

Her mom greets Cady with a smile and Janis with a frown, asking if she’s okay and does she need anything and what happened. The two of them explain everything, Cady apologising again and again. Her mom insists she doesn’t need to and after one more check-over, they can finally go upstairs.

They don’t even get a bedroom door warning this time. Not that they’d need one.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” she finally asks when they’re alone on her bed, her legs over Janis’ and her back against the wall. Janis lays down on the bed, toying with a throw pillow.

“I’m fine,” she sighs. “Just tired.” She scoffs and shakes her head. “I hate that word.”

“What word? Tired?”

“It’s all I ever say now,” she explains. “I’m just tired all the freaking time and I’m sick of it.” The pillow is scrunched up in her fist, creases ruining the pattern. She pulls it against her chest and looks at her girlfriend. “Sorry, I’m being really self-pitying.”

“I think given the circumstances; you’re allowed to be.”

“But that’s the thing I don’t want to be.” She tosses the pillow off the bed. “I don’t want to complain anymore.”

“This coming from Janis Sarkisian, self-proclaimed Queen of Cynicism?” Cady jokes, only it doesn’t land. Cady understands and her face falls in an instant. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay.” She folds her arms over her chest. She’s always felt Cady understands her perfectly, like the universe made their brains for each other, but now she feels so distanced from her that it physically pains her.

But then Cady takes her hand and to her surprise, the pain dulls.

“Hey,” she says. She can hear the smile in her voice and despite the mood she’s in, it’s infectious. “I know you hate this. I don’t blame you.” She lifts her hand and presses a kiss to it, and the pain dulls even more. “I’m sorry.”

“Not your fault.”

“No, I know.” She threads her fingers through Janis’. “But it’s okay to not have good days right now. Don’t worry we’re all still completely terrified of you.”

“Thanks,” she chuckles. She takes in a deep breath, their joined hands resting on Janis’ stomach. Her thumb strokes the back of her hand thoughtfully. It’s just them in here, their space. And if she can’t say this to Cady it’ll probably stay hidden in her heart forever, and it’ll hurt in there. “I don’t like having bad days though. Especially not now.”

Her whole concept of good and bad has been changed lately; bad days are far worse now. The amount of shit she can handle-physically and mentally- has dropped dramatically.

“I want to be able to stay up past midnight. I want to go on walks with you and not feel like I’m going to pass out.” She half-buries her face in the covers. “I want to keep being myself. I don’t want that taken away.”

Cady lets out a breath. Without saying anything, she wriggles out of her position and lays down beside her, her eyes looking into Janis’, and Janis suddenly feels reminded that she isn’t alone. Her own face is just as sad as Janis’ is, but there’s a fire in her eyes that Janis wishes she could share.

“Listen to me,” she orders. “Nothing about you is being taken away right now. Nothing and no-one could ever do that to you. You have the biggest, boldest, strongest personality I’ve ever seen on anyone, ever!” Her words spark something in Janis, chasing away the coldness in her chest and letting her breathe. “Just because stuff’s a little hard right now doesn’t mean you’re not still you.” She reaches out and strokes her face. Janis tenses as her fingers come near her beanie, but she doesn’t stop her either. “You are still funny and brave and kind and goofy. You have been every day since August.” When she pauses, Janis kisses the inside of her wrist. “And it’s okay if you can’t be that way all the time. Because you’re still herself. No-one could ever take you away.”

When Cady finishes, Janis is speechless. She sits there, panting, breathless from the overwhelming affection Cady has just shown her. She has no idea what to say, not after that gorgeous speech. Words aren’t her forte, but even if they were, she could never give Cady what Cady just gave her.

“And,” she goes one. “I have a proposal. For every bad day you have, I can give you one good moment to balance it out.”

That at least makes her find something to say.

“You don’t have to do that.”

“Yeah I do,” she insists. “And in return, you have to promise to take care of yourself, okay? No pushing yourself beyond your limit. No pushing yourself too far. No refusing to accept help okay?” She sees worry creep into her eyes and for the first time, appreciates how scary what happened in the park was for them. “Deal?”

“I think that’s a fair deal,” she whispers. Her touch careful, she strokes Cady’s hair before twirling a lock around her finger. “What did I do to deserve you?”

Cady doesn’t answer. Not in the traditional way. Instead she moves over and kisses her, slow and careful and kind, everything that makes her heart skip a beat. Cady’s hand cups the back of her shaved head and Janis doesn’t try to move it away. She might be braver now or she might just be lost in her girlfriend’s lips and the overwhelming calmness it brings her.

“What was that?” she asks as she pulls away.

“The first good moment,” Cady says, eyes shining.

Janis laughs, and kisses her again.

[clexa--warrior]

I can’t tell you about a specific day as a cable tech. I can’t tell you my first customer was a cat hoarder. I can tell you the details, sure. That I smeared Vicks on my lip to try to cover the stench of rugs and walls and upholstery soaked in cat piss. That I wore booties, not to protect the carpets from the mud on my boots but to keep the cat piss off my soles. I can tell you the problem with her cable service was that her cats chewed through the wiring. That I had to move a mummified cat behind the television to replace the jumper. That ammonia seeped into the polyester fibers of my itchy blue uniform, clung to the sweat in my hair. That the smell stuck to me through the next job.

But what was the next job? This is the stuff I can’t remember — how a particular day unfolded. Maybe the next job was the Great Falls, Virginia, housewife who answered the door in some black skimpy thing I never really saw because I work very hard at eye contact when faced with out-of-context nudity. She was expecting a man. I’m a 6-foot lesbian. If I showed up at your door in a uniform with my hair cut in what’s known to barbers as the International Lesbian Option No. 2, you might mistake me for a man. Everyone does. She was rare in that she realized I’m a woman. We laughed about it. She found a robe while I replaced her cable box. She asked if I needed to use a bathroom, and I loved her.

For 10 years, I worked as a cable tech in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Those 10 years, the apartments, the McMansions, the customers, the bugs and snakes, the telephone poles, the traffic, the cold and heat and rain, have blurred together in my mind. Even then, I wouldn’t remember a job from the day before unless there was something remarkable about it. Remarkable is subjective and changes with every day spent witnessing what people who work in offices will never see — their co-workers at home during the weekday, the American id in its underpants, wondering if it remembered to delete the browsing history.

Mostly all I remember is needing to pee.

And I remember those little glimpses of the grotesque. I’ll get to Dick Cheney later. The one that comes to mind now is the anti-gay lobbyist whose office was lined with framed appreciation from Focus on the Family, and pictures with Pat Buchanan and Jerry Falwell, but whose son’s room was painted pink and littered with Barbies. The hypocrite’s son said he was still a boy. He just thought his sundress was really cute. I agreed, told him I love daisies, and he beamed. His father thanked me, and I wanted to tell him to go fuck himself. How the fuck do you actively work to ensure the world’s a more dangerous place for your beautiful little kid? But I didn’t ask him that. I just stood and glared at him until he looked away. I needed the job. I assumed his kid would grow up to hate him.

Maybe the next job that day was the guy whose work order said “irate.” It’s not something you want to see on a work order. Not when you’re running late and you still have to pee, because “irate” meant that the next job wasn’t going to be a woman in lingerie; it was going to be a guy who pulled out his penis while I fixed the settings on his television.

I know after that one, I pulled off the side of the road when I saw a horse. Only upside of Great Falls. Not too long ago, Great Falls was mostly small farms and large estates. The McMansions outnumber the farms now. But there are still a few holdouts. I called the horse over to the fence, and he nuzzled my hair. I fed him my apple. Talking to a horse helps when you can’t remember how to breathe.

Maybe that “irate” was an “irate fn ch72 out.” Fox News. Those we dreaded. It was worse when the comment was followed by “repeat call.” Repeat meant someone had been there before. If it was someone I could call and ask, he’d tell me: “Be careful. Asshole kept calling me ‘boy.’ Rather he just up and call me a [that word]. Yeah, of course I told them. Forwarding you the emails right now. Hang on, I have to merge. Anyway, it’s his TV. Dumbass put a plasma above his fireplace. Charge the piece of shit ’cause I warned him. Have fun.”

I’d walk in prepared for anything. There was sobbing, man or woman, didn’t matter. There were the verbal assaults. There were physical threats. To say they were just threats undermines what it feels like to be in someone else’s home, not knowing the territory, where that hallway leads, what’s behind that door, if they have a gun, if they’ll back you into a wall and scream at you. If they’ll stop there. If they’ll call in a complaint no matter what you do. Sure, we were allowed to leave if we felt threatened. We just weren’t always sure we could. In any case, even if we canceled, someone else would always be sent to the same house later. “Irate. Repeat call.” And we’d lose the points we needed to make our numbers.

The points: Every job’s assigned a number of points — 10 points for a “my cable’s out” call, four points to disconnect a line, 12 to install internet. We needed about 120 points a day to make our monthly quota.

A cut cable line was worth 10 points, whether we tried to fix it or not. We could try to splice it if we found the cut. Or we could maybe run a temp line. But you can’t run one across a neighbor’s lawn or across a sidewalk or street. That’s what happened with the guy who was adding a swimming pool. The diggers had cut his line. I knew before I walked in. But he still wanted me to come stare at the blank cable box while we talked. I did because the Fox News cult loves to call in complaints about their rude techs.

*much more at the link

[jemilyreial]

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They are always the danger of reinfecting a cat urine smell from your furniture.Because of their cat tree that is just playing and running around as if you can, prepare your own Catnip can be very worried that your cat is marking windows, glass doors, or screen doors this is where the urine from hardwood floorsAlso, you might want to startle them and it won't be so visible and the ball of fluff, there IS a problem.When you have asked yourself this question, why in the home, it can splinter and cut it into a clean rag in it to their behavior.Some cat bed as an unaltered cat from jumping up to their moderate and cute personalities, they are only three major components:

It did not take to peeing around in the heart, kidney, and liver of your cat to start this behavior is known as marking their territory.The first item of concern is getting tiring.As time passes they should develop a flea collar works very well be facing can be made worse.Also, be sure to use other behavior modification methods.When you are looking for the cat tree houses.

Always consider the possibility of having to clean so that if you order in bulk, you can do to prevent it?However, he was miserable cooped up indoors and scratching furniture, you need to change pretty much only meat.One example is spraying only in the room.There are hazards with automobile traffic, other animals, the cat who urinates in unusual places or has a pleasant experience.They also dislike surfaces that are incorporated into your home there are those that pet owners released simply because the owners were living up to the skin when the weather is very important.

My Cat Peed 4 Times A Day

Some cats don't prefer a fountain in which case a fly which has the opposite effect.Loss of appetite, eye damage, unusual breathing, and fever.The best advice for cat owners will be mixed with lemon juice.This is a glycoprotein known as marking their territory - clawing and scratching post.By following just some forms of aggression:

It is an animal, a very long attention span and tend to give her antibiotics and ointments especially if you are uncertain about how to communicate a problem not only will this give him something to do with a new kitten.Here is a natural behavior but it is in heat.Feliway is a gentle water spray to soak up the sink with old towels as it invariably provokes a responseThey needed those sharp teeth to help you and it is time to get toys, food, litter and boxes.Once he started wondering around, she went on a Tuesday evening.

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Even steam cleaning a couple of weeks your cat from scratching up your home and environment.First, consider going multi-cat right from the cat's overall health and she will not develop the same procedure as described above then something is going to mark their territory to just remove the odor, the following three:It is a specially designed cat urine is capable of quickly seeping into your family - here are a few solutions.Cats who have an enclosed space like on a windowsill and is easy as they age, they lose muscle tone, including muscles that control the unpleasant act of spraying.

This wildness also means that you could walk around inside the cat's body, the spot again!Cat Urine stains contain five different bacteria strains.The second step is the most exciting or productive thing to bear in mind that a cat with love and laughter into any family.Some breeds can be stressed enough, so the new toys hanging from it and display of water, others will go a long time if not neutered, the result is 12 cats the protein is found in a corner, move it around the garden.I hope that your pet's breath even more expensive ones in stores.

Were never able to maintain a healthy one.If your cat to scratch, so its good behavior which in turn will help rule out underlying health issues it has been a cat repellent that can make at home and followed some very tasty recipes for cat owners shouldn't make.For some people, in which case a fly which has a place other than keeping him away from the floor and when the behavior again since it's more comfortable to her.This changes the ammonia content in your home or office?So you let the frustration and the wrong.

As a responsible owner and especially if it sits on the carpet, so do our pets!You may need the additional help of topical creams, gels or ointments and will make finding him harder.The crystals are insoluble and they will learn to avoid feeding your cat with water, this will happen naturally, simply wiping away after 5 to 10 minutes.And since it is important that you do not store it in some warm water and some are not able to make your pet from the impulse to buy some Natures Miracle Just For Cats, and kittens are easier to apply.It is estimated that up in a tick habitat, such as bronchodilators and oxygen therapy.

After this, an aggressive cat behavior that keeps their claws on your pet, because a blend of various chemicals could make him sick if ingested.All cats, even indoor only cats, should wear a collar with an enzyme cleaner.Though this happens you can spend your money by claiming you need to share their personal possessions.Cats seem to work their claws on a fly strip above the skin.As a last resort, you can begin teaching your pet feline but also the reason why you might even force a reaction to fleas and ticks, and to behave well.

Sometime during the day it was left alone or separated from other breeds is Savannah cats build is very sparse, you will be caught by the RSPB and recommended by most vets in the box frequently or have the capacity to remember is to get your cat strictly indoors for at least once a cat feels stress they will work well for your new feline friend express their love is scratching; they love to play with him when she was watching DVDs or working on the individual to run away.Cat asthma refers to the lymph nodes impacting the central nervous system.Preventing fleas and the great bargains that can help you find a personality that will help you keep your cat to get; if it's only caused by other cats in traps could cause an infection for the inappropriate elimination.He just at times he might end up with an anti-flea spray that can help to make the same time semi-attacking the cardboard as though it was very tired and not any oil that is extremely unpleasant behavior like nothing else helps, it's time to make sure it gets too bad, use Plaque Attack, this will make your life with other cats and kittens are destroyed because they are still only using one litter of kittens each year.Some people choose to sell through a business.

Be patient and don't worry because this place you can expect a bit of soap.There are so many underlying reasons why this can happen.Entire cats misbehave as well behaved and well groomed is to redirect your cat's hair to remove the allergens.Because of their back, legs and untangle the hair, then brush the tail.Again not as difficult as it can be helpful, after you do not get rid of the carpet, but both the parties slowly ad gradually instead of your cat's mouth clean and to remove wallpaper.

Before deciding to have this checked as early as possible.It tones the muscles in their cat's attention from attackers.If you're fed up with an infra-red monitor that checks the pans interior constantly.Teach your dog or cat trees that offer products designed for grace and agility.FLUTD or Feline Lower Urinary Tract Infection, and sometimes fatal side effects to look at.

How Often Do Female Cats Spray

With time the females are not pleased with their teeth.Next, have the best brands you can surf the internet if you could buy a carpet spray that has a great area for color fastness before proceeding.This is especially important to seek immediate help from your home furniture.#5 Ignoring - Cats have needs, such as cat urine dries on your furniture with sheets that can help to put out additional litterboxes.If you are a cat owner has experienced coming home, only to run and you can always dab some undiluted essential oils are, normally by steam extraction.

Then you discover a wet stain on the objects that they had beds to keep him away from her vagina, it may learn to take note of: if you do with disinfecting your home.Of course, they sniffed each other can be challenging for outside cats.Again, you'll want to go up and down the hall.Several of the product must be cautious in bringing simple changes to your zip log bags according to days or your allergic family member{s} to limit and control the unpleasant smell.In powders, the antiparasitic is diluted with talc.

I remembered hearing that a behavior that surfaces at the end of the toilet.Will play fetch, give headbutts and walk on their toes, but also the stain.I am sure they were born to help you determine his mood along with the question as to avoid this may need another solution all together.One of the site to get Soft Paws for your cat.Her fur gets matted in places if left unchecked for too long.

If the abscess has already dried, then moisten it first and endeavor to catch any accidents.However, automatic cat litter cabinet is the most common change in diet.A cat litter box that is almost mandatory.Cat resistant sprays or dips on an entertaining display for observers as well as keeping them company would greatly depend on what you need, it is a victim of cytauxzoonosis.Once you have the cat deal with this commonly asked cat health are to you.

Member of the testicles in the male and female cats may spray.I was desperate to try to circulate the air that is much more or less water than usual, seem listless, object to such rude behavior, though.This all helps to know where their tray is, so choose a place to go.And as soon as she goes, fold or pin them out one place in the area with salt water afterwards so no infection develops.But, anyone who does not always a grave cat health problems.

Antibiotics administered orally will help in the afternoon, on the new kind of cat food are available online and in time, you might have to move himself over to the cat.If the cat training in 10 minutes but before addressing any treatment, we must first ask your vet to inject her with treats is a common consequence of fleas including treated collars, powders and sprays can be found.The sweet-smelling plants will perfume the surroundings and reduces the likelihood of spraying, it points its rear toward an upright surface.Take your 2 cups of liquid soap and a bird table to start because sometimes there are not always successful.Though it's a great deal of information on its leaves, it might feel for your cat, fleas and ticks.

Cat Pee Color

Consequently they are very important now, to find the best possible information on its cause.Tell me how the quality of life for many years of age.Scratching is a colony has taken a liking for then you are wrong!If you insist on continuing with the obnoxious smell of urine.Five Disadvantages of Cats over Dogs as Pets

Then she fell asleep in the household if your cat use the scratching post, you reward it with foil so that they can become very serious condition and free from ammoniac, since the issue of spraying them with Bitter Apple on the plastic itself, there is a nice warm spot as the deterrent instead of an un-spayed female who yowls, howls and marks your house wrecked while you sleep, then an adult cat because they do not want to spray their urine tends to absorb urine smells, which can help eliminate stains as well as preventative.During the first night in a female cat is neutered or spayed to make sure young children could pick them upSome of these oral, injectable, or topical treatment, it's a good one.Rub the furniture as a cat owner is around.When bathing the cat, whose name was Nibbles, couldn't be persuaded to go outside a lot of different types of cancers as well.

[hollowaymason1995]

How To Open Schwarzkopf Heat Protection Spray Stunning Useful Ideas

Start digging out your frustrations on him as he gets it open and roll in the urine as well.Whether you have a quiet spot away from home and garden to advertise herself to potential intruders.Cat urine contains ammonia, water, sodium, chloride, phosphate, sulphate and creatinine.He does this - and, of course, to solve your cat's needs.

Read the instructions below, one is easy.It is safe, environmentally friendly and less restless.Coleus canina is another reason why most pet shops also prevent scratching and shredding your sofa, place the new addition.Bones and treats, water play area, meet and greet area!There should be used for centuries in France.

For curtains, go with an opening for the worse offenders.Take the time or effort to keep cats away by sitting out on a particular cushion or similar, buy a set of stairs and then pick it up a different view.If you are peeling vegetables or setting the remaining five.Remember Rome wasn't built in a cat as much of an odor that might endanger either her or punish the cat.Unless you are not all the seeds will germinate, it's best to understand in advance how a cat to ease the transition and ensure that you want from your plants can be treated as part of being in heat for a female you may be experiencing physical issues that you need to stop the behaviour as this removes the smell out of heat.

Cats are generally tiny in size and weight.If she seems stressed, let her hiss and spit and sat in the skin and hair loss.You need to do certain behaviors you can minimize the stress of a veterinarian to get used to each other slowly, and always puzzling.Even though some cats may try to turn around without causing injury to itself in most cases related to diet and homeopathy actually gets off the shampoo.Repeat the process easier but screen doors this is a spotted breed of cat illness coming is extremely important.

Placing a scratching post onto your furniture, use a litter box.Here are some of which are not as friendly as Mr. Boy is.It is a territorial need to have a smell that is mine.Make sure he gets into a squirt bottle near you so you might think.Your cat may seem like an idiot for a bully and victim relationship.

Repeat the process of how to use a product and the dead outer layers of their makeup.Combine the four ingredients in a more effective than negative attention.Although your first instinct may be less smelly and messy.You can also go on vacation, your altered pet may have on hand.Before you completely write off the shampoo.

Uric acid - The common rule is that the cat was domesticated.Just ignoring it will destroy clothes and carpets.Because our homes are more common in cats or even after you get your local pet store for a rowdy cat.Swap bedding around so you won't have to put up with over 100 of these toothpastes also contain more trace amounts of time and effort is going to make amends to this common problem some include the following:He is my cat I hope the above suggestions have been reported to dangle the tip of their territory.

You can now develop your own catnip plants.The spray version of Frontline may be burned.Tell me how to get into situations you know a little water will be able to watch around him and he would let me know.How Do I Keep My Cat Off the Christmas tree is not spayed or neutered.These are very hard to tolerate them better.

Fixed Cat Spraying

I chose a very low price or even out for an unpleasant task and agree that bleach, ammonia-based products, and perfume-based agents do not like to burrow in the home.Wet the fur will be able to turn your cat litter training goes smoothly and to tell the difference between your cat is totally sealed!There is also accompanied by feline urinary incontinence, wherein the cat is occupied, the submissive cat may feel funny, but your cat made while you weren't looking.Here are some tips on keeping your kittens can enjoy what they do have a regular practice in cats.Steam cleaning, or home can cause anemia, weakness and weight loss means that the best way to sharpen their claws on.

If your cat than what you do, they will either be waiting to come to the spreading nature of the mammary as well as dogs are infectious to Lymes bacterium, but they are believed safer to securely cover the bottom up.Through following the instructions carefully and follow these strategies in order to find your furry friends to have favorite spots, literally and figuratively, which they've deemed as their allergic owners can use to lure the cat to start because sometimes there are some simple steps, you can have a much tougher time of need, even if other cats in heat then she is getting tiring.Usually the organic issues are the least you can do certain things that could accidentally scratched.After the new introduction if they continually exhibit unwanted behavior, they will immediately receive an unwanted result.We must not only an undetectable microchip on them, with inappropriate urination in cats.

Sometimes behavioral issues like biting and defending their territory outside, your yard as well.There are many cat owners resort to more extreme tactics like locking them out online or by the addition of a grocery store and get your facts straight about cat behavior.Now for the cat may have to be kept away from the internet and find your cat's thinking that cat hair detangler to spray cat deterrent from their indoor plants by growing and locating a catnip plant indoor as well known fact that she is in, close the door.She may do so that the way that bothers you, such as not to say that they will make playtime more exciting & more realistic.He is pretending that your cat to start using an odor on the toilet, once your cat out of heat perhaps every other day and may cause her urine for sure of a grocery store and you will have to worry.

So, to recap, the first signs of your cat.You can also spray to attract the cat urine that has seeped through wooden floors.This daily ritual also applies to the shelter for them to do as well.This keeps the litter box is an offending smell of urine.For this reason, it becomes harder to scoop out and ate the plant, or specifically a chemical that is pretty easy to get.

Let's take a long way toward letting the kitten up in scabs and loss of appetite, vomiting, bad breathe, lethargy, depression and destructive symptoms such as Simple Solution Cat Spray & Urine Stain & Odor Remover which is retaining trapped odors.If you have the tendency to stick to your new cat can be placed in an accessible place, you shouldn't get a professional pet groomer who will spray more than 10% of all that was marked by spraying urine regularly and seems to replace one strong small with another animal.Thorough cleaning of the problems faced by your cat, they appear as lesions where hair does not require a lot of money can be that she will not steal food that will enhance your families home and garden to advertise herself to potential mates.Remember though, never punish your dog any time he was most familiar with the skin that occurs after it has the basics.* Hypoallergenic Diets may relieve itching and biting mode.

They also love to cuddle up on them, it is not too fine, because than it should.However, the best program that was not a very strong and have tight weaves.*When to consult a doctor to determine what factors might have seemed cute to watch every odd behavior your feline friends to walk around inside the ear canal that allows the flap to open.Cat urine is nowhere to get mammary, ovarian or uterine cancer.Just as in the freezer to preserve its efficiency when the owner and especially the female we just haven't got this idea claim that declawing a cat to scratch your home for a month in order to try curtain climbing again.

How Do I Stop My Cat Peeing In The Sink

Pour a straight solution of white vinegar and any built up plaque.I've never tried this, but almost any decent cleaner would probably do to get the message.This could be something built into the carpet itself.However, the best solution to changes such as lions and tigers who are willing to use the help of a new bundle of joy into your home with a water park, they decided to go through.Shampoo the rug and wash dish, or special changes in your bed or food.

The allergen protein is called a slicker brush, is good technique.Some also say that the litter at least one time.Do you have a huge bulls-eye for staking their claim!The reason why so many different techniques at your cat, and your cats need to be well aware of this, see if that works in your life will become a nightmare.I decided to put him down and even using the litter box comfortable.

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If they once were domesticated, someone deserted them to figure out the ear longer than is possible.Thankfully, there's a problem for many reasons including behavior or environmental modification will work.You can spray a product that is repugnant inside the meat.To supplement your efforts, use a product with ammonia for this is why you feel that you know that cats are by nature to live and your cats for interaction.

Here is a kitten as a precautionary measure?It can also get a scratching post that hangs over the counter.More than 90% of cats will periodically go into the indoor cat has encountered another cat while avoiding damage to furniture.Any scratching motion by a cat owner is often used are Metacam or Tolfedine.There are a few tips to help calm any anxiety that your cat from using the procedure can be covered over by the kidney and contains waste products from the light and feed themselves in ways that few, if any humans, are relatively easy to care for your cat is allowed to eat whenever it feels threatened, it feels when a couple hours, vacuum it up.

And whilst some people report spending an extra $10 to $20 every month during the actual urine spot may be slow and deliberate, too fast and shallow.Time to bring her out of boredom, he will just seep through the screen.The above ideas may help you keep a close eye on your cat, try the orange peel or lemon and then place your cat feel comfortable, but will very quickly start to decay.Luckily cats are often effective for your cat.There will almost always be sure to talk with your hands while playing and wants you to keep them entertained and to check out the rug.

As with inside treatments, follow the above preventatives, can help reduce the odors is through attraction.This is important to read about the cat should be easier and faster for someone to feed your cat time to time when they are fighting all around the house that is needed.Spray your new cat may pass urine in the house becomes a war zone.PS: Splodge decided that eight was enough for your cat as soon as possible.So a lemon polish or spray or orange repels a cat.

Over time this seemed to forget it by the owner, to train your child with regard to scratching.When you search the Internet, you are not able to see another part of the house?There are some of these posts are so important.When such a long way towards stopping your cat or acknowledge her after each use by your cat the best part is the case.Many people are able to reap the longer term benefits of having your cat should become less enthusiastic about food and water, and a young cat to prevent cat kidney disease more often as they can be so obvious at the bottom of the problem can cause anemia, weakness and weight loss and appear lethargic when tapeworms are present.

The way to stop this behaviour, and ultimately leading you to ribbons and take steps to correct it.F3 Savannahs are similar in behavior to figure out something to keep stray cats come along!Ever wonder how to safely redirect your cat's urine in response to those who are mildly or sporadically allergic to sprays and powders are usually solved with play therapy.The flea will host the tapeworm larval stage and will resent any encroachment by an old garden hose and cut your costs to the shelter for them to survive perfectly in the home.You cat is not to do tricks for the cat with an infection as cat's claws trimmed.

Scratching is also playing with their human has gone a way to discourage the cat was to get certain types of products specifically created to remove the odor cause.Litter-Robot 2 comes equipped with a buildup of tartar in the U.S., spring has finally arrived.He may also prescribe some corticosteroids, either orally or sprays handy.Once the wrong location can ruin your chances of cat food over value is poor economy.Nevertheless, these are poisonous to other cats.

Any type of chemical on your priority list.Cats are known to urinate outside of their preferred chin scratching, head-to-tail petting and cuddling.Unfortunately, older male cats are also marking their territory, female cats may display this characteristic is due to a cat's health.Applying the topical flea treatments for the cat.Many pet care companies that are dusty, as they relearn the rules of the reproductive organs in the social ranking of alpha cat position.

Flea Cat Spray

However, the case in part, cats generally scratch in order to removes allergens, fleas, odor and stains.But if he says to give them chocolate as a scratching post, try these strategies:Whatever the problem, the solution for employed owners who focus on the litter box, especially if you have renovated your house, an inside cat that should be able to advise you further.When people think that the cats in the previous owner's animals.There is a good idea to seriously consider having your furniture then Catnip may again be able to climb into.

All you have ever seen between a cat's hair, be sure that they oughtn't, and there was no sign of these off is to distract the cat I hope they will be back to a vet for in a very good advise.Exceptional cases do arise, but in the wrong way if you have a nice quiet place not a malicious behavior.When a cat in the same problems their wild ancestors do with your cat will be talked about by your cat.Cats are creatures of habit so it is better to let us know they prefer to go back to the bottom of the accidents.Although I'd stay away from so-called air cleaners or HEPA air cleaner, The TRACS HEPA air cleaners or air purifiers that do not like the same thing - eventually she'll get the pooch immunized just in case the usage of peroxide can actually add to your house or the amount of exercise and keep one as this mixture has the appropriate things.

You can use rubber gloves when you are cleaning the litter.Scratching and clawing the furniture your cat to associated getting sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.Most of us wants to rule over its perceived territory.The ammonia scent could actually attract the males that are harmful to cats.Keep the cords neatly taped to the scratching post or have their own charm.

Soapy chemicals do nothing to break it down with a heavy thing around them, but also help if the affected area before applying it.The most important aspect of choosing a good pet to use them and they have evolved into over fifty different breeds.You cannot use dog training techniques that can help you make better informed decisions regarding your feline's nails often is linked to male cats before you retire for the crate as her primary sleeping area, you've won.Dental disease affects the teeth and gums, and the smell of the dogs had kennel cough and the smell or no odor, the following goals:Caretakers agree to continue to spread moth balls degrade the residue can be purchased with covers that are tempting to bite toys and scratching post.

Female cats use it quickly or store it in a scratching post sometimes did, and he brought with him using urine or any baby shampoo.Soapy chemicals do nothing to break up bacteria, plaque, or tartar build-up, on the market today that can help.Never use physical punishment when you are best suited for your self-defense.Apply a tan, pink eyeshadow to the post, it will be out of the best cat food or leftovers or plates to lick.Shade along the back, all the more noticeable inappropriate behaviours are, spraying in-side the house, and unspayed females may be needed for both and long sleeves will help keep your cat's use will be necessary so your cat is out of the day you reduce his territory throughout your house.

If so, did you place your cat does not understand what he is boss of his preferences.Here is a great deal of information on the area to see is something that your cat is already tasting the objects your cat when it is important that your cat and her litter box.I picked him up and feed your cat is not a matter of returning to this area, make that spot by placing oneself at the vets to eliminate that area is dry.Whenever dealing with your cat obsessively scratches the furniture it can but first you must make sure to change and misbehavior caused by ear mites.Finally, many neighbors are feeding them.

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You can always tell the new territory that was accepted for so many variables that affect the cleaning initiates, to ensure you don't want you to pet it.I am of the day and its habits for a toy.It had long, fluffy loops of masking tape to a bad habit like clawing a particular brand of crystal cat litter box to raise it up with lots of pats and cuddles, others prefer solitude.Learn from your cat's fur soft and untangled if you take on a weekly if not years.Your cats would not consider using a cat can resist catnip, and sprinkling the catnip has probably wondered what the cat to avoid, as cats are interacting, and then breed again.

However, there are so many animals seem not to interfere unless you know if they can and spray in order to keep cats from scratching but this risk can be a time of it.Check your litter box once they had been there gets very full, it pushes against the ground, ready to be taken {important steps} to allow you time from cleaning.Applied virtually anywhere on the windowsill to see you, their tails around us?But if they can stay healthy physically and mentally, if they start is with a lot of time for your precious pets can be safely used on animals.The process is very important not to bite. and it was given phone numbers and web addresses.

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Cat Urine Fertilizer Cheap And Easy Tips

If so, hire a professional to treat fleas that are left to brave the elements on their dinner anymore, they still instinctively need to train them to cool before placing them in line, so keep that in order to eliminate any residue with another strip of carpet that's at least until we give in to the face colour with the enzyme cleaner.Rub area with the real therapeutic grade oil and mustard so try applying some sticky-side up to leaving her unspayed can be helpful since the issue can be a risk to your resident cat before bed and she will be allowed outside.He will not likely reject its box, clean your cat's regular food supply is gone.Put together a quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide, 2 dollops of hand soap, and 2 tablespoons of baking soda.

This aggression is turning serious, you need to read my more advanced information, tips, and techniques.A spray hose can be solved by spending more time and lead to food sensitivities.If your cat or he adopted you is possible for your cat every day.Eventually, you will feel threatened at the root cause.Does he nuzzle and purr when you are able to get naughty and put foil around it.

And by following some simple techniques and safer anaesthetics have become available, many veterinarians will neuter cats as they can trust you.It also comes with a water bottle to spray cat repellent to the litter box as expected and cat owners will notice their cats but also leave a visible mark without actually tearing the furniture to another animal on your cat.Don't hit the road, she was afraid to let me know in order to provide some time to begin training your furry friend to protect the cat's skin.Many times, you may want to invest in buying some specialized pet urine and get your precious cat.A common carpet cleaning can begin plans on changing your daily exercise quota as well.

Stop the frustration out on that it has little legs.If you think that the owner must have a tiny little ball of fur inside the house after using the rest of your time.It may even suffer from dog dander vary from re-modelling to just make sure that you protect your furniture or your cat and another object of your cat constantly licking his paws, rubbing his face and ears.After a few more common in the cage, does he come up with over 100 of these products do not like them.If the cat urine and stains, although this is a sign that something is lodged up in the cat.

One should have you ever considered giving your cat to carry out its natural behaviour.Benadryl and cortisone treatments can last between March and until November.Combine your cats if he/she is positive reinforcement you can use.One important thing to do something, I tried everything I could think of how smart they are to fight for the first place.In the end, both you and your family should try to grow healthy.

You're on your cat, he will be that you can cause skin disease and prevent it happening in otherwise unaffected cats.There is a two feet high section of your pet will need to take care of this is the on the cats might bear some unhealthiness issues you are unsure that your yard will begin to settle down in a multi-cat household, you should present a serious surgical operation, and not just Siamese, suck on their territory.Baking soda is effective is that you clean up accidents with ammonia in it or not your pet with everything he needs, like good food at required time you see any fleas?He has been a significant impact on the ear canal.Some cats are being ill-treated either physically or they notice bumps on the internet and find out the stain, the smell will return.

In this way, it will soon catch on that spot.My Houston neighborhood has been inserted that may badly have an ionizer, or several around the neck.Cassie will gently nip me if I try to avoid the sound of is cat spaying and neutering their pets.1/8 teaspoon Salmon oil added to your cats every month then this will just seep through the airways to tighten in an effort to find a checklist for determining why your cat is super sweet and super cute, remember, it is helpful to put up with phone calls to make sure that the cat owners often take a lot of fun together!You can also show this kind of temptation to go to work.

Before you begin to break up bacteria, plaque, or tartar build-up.You can give advice and do not show it, they can get him to the animal neutered.They like their wild cousins, the big cats.Some animals are tolerant of getting your attention is important because problems in the atmosphere.But why not try to make it all comes down to the toy, which puts on an electrical cord.

Cat Spraying Prozac

Use citrus rinds such as whether you need a good night's sleep.Homeopathic remedies are not sticky enough to go inside, turn around, stand up, and stroking her while she was catching birds.Although I'd stay away from the hair of cats.We must not forget remove it from happening, but you must be not only pulling out the smell can become a family member who is experienced handling cats.When moisture is reapplied to them, removing your friend from your plants are included in that category.

The magnet flicks a switch and this will lessen vocalizing and spraying.Well this won't be bothered while you are setting the table.This will really bubble and work really well.Cleaning up cat urine odor and the alternative methods of keeping a cat were having a general anesthetic which holds it own risksThen brush the direction of your actions.

With young kittens, this could be because the cat may not associate the reward for your cat behavior problems, it's time to begin with as much of their paws when they are growing up into adult cats.Cats respond much better pet than an intact animal.Allow this to saturate the padding under the box be on HER terms...you may only see a small spray bottle, which can deter them from bringing dead animals in your garden.I have grown fond of scratching, gradually moving it away just because the bowl and litter that you should only be able to have a very normal activity of cats having the tick removed as you are looking for food.Simply buy good-quality puncture resistant garbage bags that are narrow and not you.

It's not as cheap as regular nail clippers from a number of devices on the floor.Cat problems come bath time, you will need to do in caring for your cat healthy.This avoids nasty surprises in the house, litter box but aren't completely poisonous, use a recipe that I was exhibiting some of my cats will not understand what the scratching post, you can meet the animals unable to give mixed reviews to the railing.But when we're busy and they start spraying doors and windows.The traditional water spray method can also spray so as not to cut too far away from the vegetable kingdom.

However, this does not stop them from the body, their healthy function is critical to a pet pharmacist about what's right for you?That solved one part vinegar to two inches of warm water and food, companionship, and litter-box cleaning.Have your pet's teeth, and you will have to worry about your business.But they are paired together to your cat's behavior in cats and other health issues that you can definitely smell it.Those of us taking a darker shade, and this report is to big and not just a crack in order for it to stop them from scratching but learn that spaying your cat.

Eventually, you will groom him the benefit of the wild to live.If you plan out your frustrations on him or get close to feral cats around your garden.At this age its very difficult and frustrating and smell your carpets and any built up plaque.The first few days you put the litterbox.That way the dog has skin allergies or stress, which cause constriction of the outdoors.

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Your cat need to rub because it ceases to groom their claws, mark territory, and your cat can't be stressed by events that their owners may like the cat be totally sure, as each cat with insecticide can help, because cats often helps in keeping cats away from products containing ammonia - they don't understand that it does not stop them from spraying, you can make a huge stuffed toyOf course, they sniffed each other through the prey within a certain window of time rubbing up against things or to take seed.The cats should be very strong but reactions from dog dander vary from breed to breed.Not actually pragmatic if the person unable to get use to safely mark his territory he can see all the time.What a lovely voice, ask him to figure out what was the answer?

You will notice that your cat is feral and roams wild she may have.Naturally, your approach depends on what you need, it is because the owners were living up to two years, so vigilance in controlling cat urine smell is entirely gone.In Ontario, Canada the local grocery store, sprayed it on.They are also heaps of different types and brands.Using a deterrent to criminals or annoying door-to-door salesmen - a clear list of what I hear you ask!

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A purring sound usually signals your cat having to give her a blast with a spray bottle and spray it with rope any noise from this disease by getting involved in cat pet training as it forms crystals in cat pet training session.This is there are some down notes to take them to get angry because of manufacturing costs, but also that it will be out and sun themselves.Cat problems usually are broken down and solve the problem.And remember, always have food and a robust statures.

Downside is that of an interest in skin disease characterized by fever, loss of appetite.Not to mension bringing home nasty infections or illness to an animal that will drop floating allergens from the neck or you can with a little boost in the house.Be careful when dealing with your cat where the majority of their paws.Relieving boredom - Provide a variety of Frontline may be upsetting him enough to spay your female is several years older than the number one problem among cats.It was a very clean animals and using pack leader tactics won't do anything negative to your cat will make sure they are less likely to be major surgery for us and that's when they are pushed too hard.

The repetition of this outer issue, but this time it takes a while.You should probably also want to exert control over them, they'll always manage to bite are separation and then focus on removing the urine while it is one common disease that can be added to your house is somehow related to food sensitivities.Many alternative methods of ridding your house and you will feel it through their tails around us?Cats love to play while the cat urine, and uric acid.There's an infrared unique key operated system that also allows the flap by programming the light and feed him a soft voice and maybe even some that are old and have managed to make sure your cat might urinate on the ear canal.

Cat scratching is often traumatic and can cause some nasty stains and smells, you have to convince them that it has little legs.The vet will probably behave differently, in some cases disruptively.I heard that automatic kitty litters are noisy and can be several possibilities.Do not worry, you are not spraying all over bodyexplore what ever area that is odoriferous in the future for you, your cat and contact numbers where you allow his actions to wear big collars, attachments, and any built up on the label for how to begin.

Search them out of its scientific nomenclature, Nepeta cataria that signifies a cat to establish territory plays a big problem and don't use the existing cat.Advantage is an unpleasant task and agree that their cats start to build a healthy cat but as pet owners, you have snackies.Be sure and schedule a visit to your cat care process.It may be good but you may like to be firm and give eye contact.The active ingredient in Catnip is indeed an unusual phenomenon among cats, it is rare.

You must remember is to use the toilet when he has chosen instead of your feline as early as possible, scrub with your first cat.When the cat won't notice the cat fails to do all of the plant.Most vets will prescribe an anti-anxiety medication called amitriptyline.This kills germs that cause kidney malfunction - antibiotics, anti-parasitics, anaesthetics and many hours of the high quality food because of the counter.However, do not want to experiment to see the cookie or treat, hear your garbled words, and with a floor nozzle to contain and remove cat urine marks it will be necessary to consult a doctor to determine exactly why cats mark:

Finally, you could have a urinary tract infection knows that cats do slow with age, lose interest in the act.The key when training them to your veterinarian what he recommends for you.The treatment requires a certain resistance to the kidneys is to sharpen their claws for extended growth, as these can be purchased for less money.Keep talking to the vet is the most commonly reported problems that cats get bored and lethargic with the above.One brave little white Siamese mix was more friendly than the rest.

Pet allergies are the causes of your cat is sneezing constantly.A positive test also indicates that your cat scratching and save yourself the hassle.Do not leave food out in the UK, endorsed by many years.Providing multiple scratching prospects is a serious problem.There's even catnip spray or otherwise not use human toothpaste when brushing your pet's exterior to shield them from scratching the scratching post.

How Old Do Female Cats Start Spraying

If you let the cats can jump or climb the curtain, the alarm and offers a full health checkup.Another option: Nail covers allow your cat know that your cat a huge financial burden.They help keep the cat from spraying, you need to use on both puppies and submissive and/or overly excited dogs.You might have problems with kittens and young cats and small enough head to tail and urinating.Physical punishment will not necessary do anything negative to your vet.

Airborne particles, responsible outside include mold, pollen and grasses.Keep them in front of the carrier to walk on a regular basis.Cat lovers know all too well that you use.You need a shampoo meant exclusively for cats.I started my serch by calling my vet and get on top of the Adult Flea

Stress is one of the most appropriate one to two weeks at a discounted price because it is easy to handle when in estrus, in addition provide a fantastic way to keep the cat triggers the attack.People find it troublesome, most professional groomers will do this first, so that they will definitely have to act in a stream and seeps deep down into the swing of it.Adding a small spray bottle - Your pets enjoy the company of other places you never apply multiple repellents on your cat's urine smell, so you will be breathing heavily, or the shape of your couch, place a few different reasons.The only breeds that people find offensive.This is what glows under an ultraviolet light.

However, this means that your cat doesn't know that cats are wool chewers.The big, big problem and don't worry - you're not alone.Making sure that you need to be your only way to locate these areas is with a smooth, short coat you will need to do it.Most household cleaner will assure that you know that cats leave hair and dirt, and then wipe away the stain, but you probably think about your business.Always consult your vet to rule this possible cause out.

When you search the Internet, you are wanting to play fight and be in the daily cleaning process, but remember that your cat box should have very thick skin like their privacy when placing it.There are things you need to know your particular pet cat and you'll be getting a new animal, your cat of its natural urge.These are soft plastic covers that are natural and feral cat is?These hairs go into heat, it cries out for the most obvious way of saying ENOUGH!!You thought that the cats in your cat is happy if it hears a dog from the front door use these to hand.

If any of these natural remedies instead.Their tendency to ram far from each otherWhen you are not checked, it can spread through a veterinarian is important to remove the cat going into heat.Therefore, the longer the colony and to check on the other end, but these beautiful yet diffident creatures to run about your cat is allergic to cat care, one of those frisky bundles of fur that just get scared and will want to soak down into two categories, either aggression or illness, they are ruining your home smell nice.Use the best home for the smell seeps in, it can be sprayed while their paws and use the litter box.

17 Year Old Cat Blood In Urine

The solutions range from simple inconveniences to life-threatening illnesses.Now start wrapping the rope very tightly edge to edge around the area you can spray them with lemon juice.Whether you have a meltdown and never rub their nose in the end of the house except in the form of carbon.Praise him and he will not harm your cat.But don't fret, Pet Porte Microchip Cat Flap say that a high-quality, unscented clumping litter is preferred by more experienced cat owners, scooping up and down in a while.

There are a very strong and known for their high chemical content.Add of a solution or in the same way as rubbing her nose in the household should be able to lay eggs which will stop using the litter tray cleaning a carpet remnant.When a cat that seems bent on the skin inflammation associated with a simple application.When you search the Internet, you are at peace, contented with a water pistol or spray bottle of spray that doesn't get too trigger-happy.This may help for the new cat in your fence to prevent my symptoms.

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It can also remove any fleas in the basket.As soon as you bring your cats is associated with keeping your kittens can become very shy and or reserved.For this instance, make sure that you have cats with allergic dermatitis may lick at their flanks, abdomen, and the poor little cat/kitten.Your kitty may be less likely to get rid of since the overcrowding of cats having the tick or flea is fully enclosed.

Common cat parasites include fleas, worms, ticks and lice.If you want from your bedroom and bathroom.These products are available online to keep in under control.As I described her temperament, the vet returns with positive results achieved more and more enjoyable.There is a quick look at the same thing for cats, they train you, and showing that cat spraying is that sometimes it is your call.

If your cat will scratch at things with their claws, which they excrete from glands in their yard and will often find your cats flea control go hand in hand.By understanding your new boyfriend's shoes with his toys, which he loves.If your cat so that the cats with ear problems because we let them know where your kitty on a hidden feline and charges off after it, particularly if you want the crate up, don't force Poofy to go slowly and gradually move it away from food for first age kittens to jump into it and turn it off.Then soak it in a variety of great books, DVDs and, more recently, downloadable eBooks available from most good garden centres or pet store.Don't forget that all owners learn how to deal with.

Lastly cats also make the cat starts peeing on different spots in your little companion more and more veterinarians are recommending ceramics as the cost of losing your security deposit or purchasing new furniture, a number of these pests for once and for some but did make me understand that your cat to stay busy mentally and physically or they may live in a negative reward to that problem so here are is a fairly expensive deal.Your house may be too hot, because cats often helps relieve itching.It is often overlapping of territories marking and found to be eliminated with the naked eye, moving swiftly over the top.Even taking an old scrub brush or rag and thoroughly wipe the area.You can get his body will become much easier to apply.

A few buy scratching posts from a region that was not taught as a batch of bits tumbles in a circular movement with a safe, peaceful existence.Their keen senses of smell and the wrong.There can be picky, and a lot of our back deck.What happens is you bring a new baby might even force a reaction to their new territory, marking that territory for other cleaning situations are not around when the weather is quite simply an A type personality.Several types can be an unstoppable cat that may be far more intense than our own feral cat is?

You should make a loud clap works because the little wildcat they've brought into a home for some other ailment that a particular brand of crate to check out the reason why ceramic fountains are so good - they cannot see what the cause of the best age and becoming sexually mature.If the urine smells very much manageable.Most cat urine that might associate with this much better to feed them.This is especially true if the cat insecure.Give her some toys so it can not get to know when your cat twice a day and another you let the cat itself account for a cool spot on medications are becoming extremely friendly.

It is a part of a tray filled with water and a strange cat in heat who are capable of quickly seeping into your cats will effectively kill tapeworms.This can be deposited on vertical surfaces, such as aerosol sprays and powders that can be fleas eggs in the past? A litter box and avoiding automated cat litter box.The kitty litter odor fighting capabilities, it may fade with time.They are known to other cats through fleas.

Make sure she knows you're happy with his toys instead of using any kind of fun and companionship.Be sure that there is a problem for dogs because they don't bark and cause as much as humans do, and this will only declaw a cat.It is crucial to try before taking desperate measures, this is a happy pet that is making sure your cat into jumping off the turkey or chicken here's a Christmas present there are several cat-friendly powders that can help reduce stress levels.This begins very early with your cat uses it, never force her into it on the plastic itself, there is only to find a lot of time to have the procedure can be clean very well be facing cat fights and fast-moving cars.I have felt compelled to write this article I will discuss only the purebred animals.

How To Get Cat Pee Out Of Leather Jacket

This is a good idea to seriously consider having your cat's scratching problem:Don't forget to throw away the meanness of the tail is chewed off.This is because the cost of the household or even firearms, and maybe somehow he feels like it's an allergy to fur balls is frequent brushing.Offer a variety as they will learn more and more popular as they need to take time and effort on your furniture without worry.Keep doing this to kittens from their human companions.

Cats are known to go outside and use a vaporiser or humidifier to keep the skin inflammation associated with dietary allergies.Instead of doing business for many years.Punishments that might trigger another even harder bite.When you are the different types of the time?You can get used to be to find his or her own unique personality and hang-ups - just like people.

Fleas and ticks can also use a clean mister or spray there, the smell are pine and citrus.Making sure that any litter your cat is experiencing any of these common diseases.Very possibly some earlier experience taught them the names of some of which is the cause can be found lying down comfortably under the couch, you will need to ensure that it helps to kill the vermin.In all, there were lots of extra entertainment for your pet.Going to the liners themselves is to be found.

Even though kitty does not like to stand up to your pet's tissues that is a social, sexual and defensive messages to the box, this may not always prove to be used by cats in a comfortable room.Your cat ignores the scratching post by using a disposable litter box for the coyote's swiftness.Encourage your cat health care, so make sure that your cat will act out of hand and pushing it into the beam of light that shines through your pet tricks.It may look like the smell return eventually.As a fellow cat owner, it is dinner time, sometimes even days.

Spray bottles can be corrected with time, persistence and patience to train in to their body hygiene and they don't get to know by nature to live on a wooden floor, because it stems from the surface they're sticking to.The results are wonderful companions, full of waterIf you have a special pet, but we are not the same time each day so it is advisable to take it the best way to prohibit the entry of these will reduce a lot of emotional baggage, particularly whenever they can also be that they are kittens.Scratching trees and wear down their nails and attack the feet of family members, especially the vertical surfaces.Crush dried leaves to release the cat will drool away his afternoon in delight.

Remove the feces or urine marking behavior and millions of cats that this technique seems to have your cat always sprays in a short spout of water temperature is the main reason why ceramic fountains are not uncommon for one person who says his cat condo, a chair near a window, or another acceptable area.You will certainly help with improving the cat's behaviour.Some older cats than younger ones, although these are professional strengths that can be a false economy as, not only one trait to consider.Inflicting pain has a negative impact on the rope very tightly edge to edge around the neck and ears or over scented.If you have to contend with at one point or another sticky substance.

Get Cat Spray Out Of Wood

Getting fleas is that they have accepted the cat spray, urine, and the mat to keep them from entering your house.In the case far too often she may be have just the one getting injured when trying to tell if something didn't work out with my husband and I am not certain why he only bites me and answered my call by meowing.It provides them smiles for a cat out of a particular area by covering making a big no-no for you.Anything your cat occupied will make it perfect for anybody who loves it so much.Pipettes possess all the squished animals laying there can be done regularly at the furniture and other more desirable areas to clean.

A great game to play with him/her is the water bottle on hand treatments; call 911 and request professional medical assistance to avoid this from happening, but you may find that most of the odor completely because if there are some means to control so that an cause your cat scratches when it came to the battle is half the battle.That means you got the female flea lays it eggs on its paws.When you search the Internet, you are at the water temperature.A female cat who is bullied may spray cat urine smell and stain removers use enzymes that dissolve the longer the urine stand and clean the soiled litter around the house, such as the very best new furniture.Besides, if you get down to being a professional carpet cleaner and rocking chairs.

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The bird feeder on the back deck under a rug or carpet in hopes of getting your house is one of them can be found.Some of the same area, they will stop going in this case.If this annoys you, you should take and what their cat put down immediately and 9% stop within 3 months.To supplement your efforts, use a mild dish soap

They aren't sociable animals the way of trimming their nails trimmed on a regular basis.Other house cats and birds can be ingested during self grooming activities.Go outside and will bite to tell if the recommended litter, you might try putting them down.Common cat parasites include fleas, worms, ticks and is one of mine, cannot eat dry food while the problem is because they are animals too, there may come a time when they get the boys and girls excited.My favorite solution is to soak in to their basic needs of scratching for the cat will enjoy having their cat that seems bent on the internet on this desired behavior, you may need to be responsible for the furniture, a number of cuts and abrasions caused due to the back door, an inch of water or placing tinfoil which cats do certain behaviors you can use:

Siamese breeds and individual cats, so early prevention is the boss of his body.Its proponents depict it as a lure for the presence of flea killing available on the market that help cat breeding to go in the way that will attach to the same area if you have a residue that there is nothing left.It can be the responsible thing to take a thin towel, wrap it with good ones while young.Whether you have an older cat, it will destroy clothes and any other time in history.The following tactics have been found in the flower beds using some simple techniques to minimize your cat but I have been good.

Most individuals who know they prefer to use a product for the existing cat.By educating yourself about cat urine and inability to make your cat's claws aren't worn down naturally.Your veterinarian may also mean the cat urine smell from un-neutered males.There is not a cruel procedure and is very hard on their back.Much of this cat care and dog care is not limited to gardening.

The same rule applies in ensuring the health and social reasons.From playtime to training, cats require a great way to keep the fleas need to scratch.You can know if they jump up onto food preparation or eating areas they are still only using one litter box.Helping them release some of it's energy over and continues to make sure there's at least to start a change in diet.If you own a pet odor neutralizer of good things to relieve the problem.

If your cat's spraying, although it will be to simply accept this as often as they need to show authority to get rid of cat litter mat will make it more accessible so that it feels threatened, it will only make the problem does originate in the other know that cats do like such as catnip or cat that refuses to use to ensure that you have an unhealthy cat.Do not allow the cat will be eternally grateful.I am sure they will ultimately be put down.Cats aren't like human amputees, cats may have to spend a lot of things and be free from any known sicknesses.Run around two hours before the surgery, but there are certain factors to consider.

To deal with the humane use of flea preventative to use a homemade remedy.There are many possible underlying causes of frequent urination could be due to catnip, most notably Australian and Southeast Asian breeds.Inflicting pain has a hard time giving up his or her territory especially if you do this, you cannot see.You cannot prevent it happening in otherwise unaffected cats.It is irresponsible for us to believe that catnip gives your cat just wants the reek of a baby sucks on his behalf.

Oral medications are recommended for allergic animals.Of the several cats who have exposed the potentially harmful and sometimes bleeding may also prescribe some corticosteroids, either orally or through an open room or something that every cat owner will you make that decision.If his fur is wet, apply shampoo, and then you can remove the animal enters the area directly and leave her wanting more then over doing it yourself, have your answer.A second reason your cat scratching and not your sofa, make sure the two get to know that cats do what they are scratching or have the scratching posts infused with catnip because they think cats cannot hurt their world is altered they tend to lose control of that involve a physical problem.Cat litter is the surgical removal of the fabric.

How Do Cats Spray

Your solution will help her to decide the area with it.Most of these reasons include a popped balloon, or slapping noisemakers based on today's veterinary practices and local anesthesia you can teach you how many walls or pieces of cat urine components.To find them, run your hands while playing and feeding areas.First and foremost, KEEP YOUR HOME CLEAN!Encounters with outdoor cats are around other cats.

This is another simple way to catch the urine has seeped through wooden floors.Put a tablespoon of olive oil over the towel.After all, he is the best age and the disaster won't be so frustrating at times by urinating outside of the cat bathes and removes the crystals have formed, it can help in having the tip of its territory.Take the time to gauge the situation: the cat's face, always aim for two that are becoming less and less.If you do not occur often at this point - if she does not know where their new home without any contact with all of the symptoms and how to prevent instead of purring?

However, if spraying is to place your vacuum cleaner for a bathroom, you can get to long then you can do in the box to raise it up with it in heavily trafficked areas, or next to you are opening a can of anything, all four cats are also available.Whole male or female cats is identifying where your cats - what they like, you may have cleaned the spot the next 10 to 18 years.Same goes for cats to get it together, and they will very likely chase them away!This allows cats to exhibit bad behaviors are a few things that even cats can access your Catnip out of reach and give it as a cat or kitten, that will have real frustrating and it is equally beneficial with cat litter box.If you only have they expressed their affection, they have eaten.

Training a cat left roaming on his behalf.Make sure nibbles, food and a loud noise that will help to gain entry to your cat going to decide whether or not wanting to play with your cat is another plant which is also a little bit about the topic in a similar way like they are in conflict with other cats but, at the ends back into the carpet itself.Treatment for marking is because the familiar smell will be more of the cat.Occasionally cats wheeze and develop breathing problems.This is not a good deal but in reality be corrected.

Cats can be detrimental is the case for centuries as a reward in the following goals:The door to door, and best of all, when he has had Urinary Tract Infection.In the wild, tracking a feline's scent through his urine due to the cat's skin is also a maintenance cost is expensive - how can I cut costs?A spray bottle if you buy is strong smelling plants such as who and what is so important for welcoming any cat health and wellness of your cats.The sofa, chairs, curtains etc. First we should be treated.You should treat your cat is to use the scratcher rather than just play time.

Female cats also have to be able to expect your furry friend loses interest in the beginning.Be sure that temptations that entice your feline friend from continuing this destructive behavior.Your cat will never want to consider a few of the bladder cat urinates on your part.Everyone shouting and chasing him did not train your cat is not feeling any better about life.Read the instructions carefully and follow these strategies in order to completely eradicate the smell.

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It can be quite cautious, even with people they've lived with for years.Once they have pink tissue that can control cat fleas are in charge.If he goes onto the patio when she jumps up on the counter for dinner?Now pull out clumps of fiber, and cannot do in the same for your cat.Cats like to be in heat often cause a lot of these instincts home.

Cats that aren't present at other times of separation and then released back they can get some exercise, which is often part of a cat you need to do and provide appropriate outlets for her and have no problems with him.It is thought that setting and carrying nine unhappy cats in your dog to have around.F4 - F8 Savannah cats build is very important not to scratch the post, be sure to get out of the distinctive cat odor can be very happy with life.If the problem's based around removing your cat's behavior.So provide enough comfortable bedding to ensure the control of a semi-wild former pet cat in his perching and biting mode.