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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 606200" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Nancy, my mother rapidly discovered that "Finders Cleaners" rules served only to ensure that no family member except herself would even glance at the floor. Or at least she was the only one who admitted finding it. After a few episodes of this, she offered a new family rule. It would sit there until my father got home and then he had to deal with it. If he refused, she would disassemble his computers and hide the components and arts all over the state. </p><p></p><p>Why? Bcause my father kept walking around the vomit and leaving it for her to find. At the time only one of our cats barfed much and he almost always in one specific spot in my parent room (that you had to be a ninja to get around every single time with-o looking at the floor). </p><p></p><p>One thing that can be a big factor in repeated vomiting is the cat's drinking water. Just because he has had zero problems with water from that source in the past does NOT man that he isn't having problems with the water now. It could be the bowl isn't cleaned enough (NOT saying you are a bad housekeeper or cat servant, just that sometimes it is easy to forget it or to check that others are also keeping it clean). It also could be that it isn't rinsed well eough before water is put in it. It also could be that your water source is a bit different. If you get water from the city, aka not a well on your property, you don't know the source of your water. Around here the water can change substantially at times. mostly because of the natural changes in the lake and other water sources. The water is safe to drink, but definitely is different. Cats are super sensitive to these changes an do not always handle them well. </p><p></p><p>We have chosen to keep a set of bowls just for the cat's water and food so that they can be put into the dishwasher each day. We also give him bottled water or water filtered through a Brita type filter pitcher. It has made a HUGE difference for our cats (both my cats and my parents' cats). Some cats do much better if their bowls are elevated a few inches so that their heads are not hanging down as they stand to eat/drink. You can buy fancy dishes and dish stands to do this, or put an upside down box under the dishes. You want a height that allows the cat to have her head at least parallel to the floor as she eats and drinks. A small cat needs less of a lift than a larger or taller cat will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 606200, member: 1233"] Nancy, my mother rapidly discovered that "Finders Cleaners" rules served only to ensure that no family member except herself would even glance at the floor. Or at least she was the only one who admitted finding it. After a few episodes of this, she offered a new family rule. It would sit there until my father got home and then he had to deal with it. If he refused, she would disassemble his computers and hide the components and arts all over the state. Why? Bcause my father kept walking around the vomit and leaving it for her to find. At the time only one of our cats barfed much and he almost always in one specific spot in my parent room (that you had to be a ninja to get around every single time with-o looking at the floor). One thing that can be a big factor in repeated vomiting is the cat's drinking water. Just because he has had zero problems with water from that source in the past does NOT man that he isn't having problems with the water now. It could be the bowl isn't cleaned enough (NOT saying you are a bad housekeeper or cat servant, just that sometimes it is easy to forget it or to check that others are also keeping it clean). It also could be that it isn't rinsed well eough before water is put in it. It also could be that your water source is a bit different. If you get water from the city, aka not a well on your property, you don't know the source of your water. Around here the water can change substantially at times. mostly because of the natural changes in the lake and other water sources. The water is safe to drink, but definitely is different. Cats are super sensitive to these changes an do not always handle them well. We have chosen to keep a set of bowls just for the cat's water and food so that they can be put into the dishwasher each day. We also give him bottled water or water filtered through a Brita type filter pitcher. It has made a HUGE difference for our cats (both my cats and my parents' cats). Some cats do much better if their bowls are elevated a few inches so that their heads are not hanging down as they stand to eat/drink. You can buy fancy dishes and dish stands to do this, or put an upside down box under the dishes. You want a height that allows the cat to have her head at least parallel to the floor as she eats and drinks. A small cat needs less of a lift than a larger or taller cat will. [/QUOTE]
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