How much do you protect your CH cat?

[blue]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is CH?

[Laura's Babies]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is CH?

Reads about it here...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebel...sia_(non-human)

See how it effects Amy in the link under my siggy.

[emily_the_spoiled]

I have tried a couple of different types of litter for my CH baby and she seems to prefer the Feline Pine clumping litter (which is basically a pile of saw dust that clumps). Because she is still a kitten she basically "throws" herself into the litter box, so I can use a regular litter box, but with no lid. Needless to say that the litter gets scattered around but at least with the Feline Pine it is easy to clean up

[lvpets2002]

I have a new observation question.. Well watching my 4 CH Babies = I often wonder if they know each other has the same movment problems.. Due to sometimes they will just sit & watch each other when they are moving.. Of course they also sit & watch the normal ones too..

[Lizzie]

Laura sent me the plans to Amy's litter space years ago and I set up something similar, and then other designs with one inch fronts and high sides, but Miss Z. won't go in them. I've tried isolating her, I've tried caging her, I've tried all kinds of litters including shavings, paper (both flat and shredded), clay, but all to no avail. She has to be on a very firm surface with no movement whatsoever, so she will only go on newspaper if it is totally anchored by litter boxes and then she only goes partly on the paper. She never poops on paper, only on the linoleum floors of the bathrooms or her special restroom corner in the living room. Carpet was her favorite because it was both fully anchored and soft. She always falls over as she pees or poops and then flies off in a staggering, crashing into walls way.

I don't have another CH cat so I can't say if one watches another, but I do know that my other disabled cat will pick on Miss Z. if he can. Surya doesn't do as much kangaroo jumping as he used to, but when he gets going he scares any cat let alone one that panics and then can't coordinate herself into flight. He certainly watches her to see when she is most vulnerable, but then he does it to older sick cats also.

Miss Z. is slender, and of small size, and I try to make sure she stays that way because you are supposed to keep movement disabled cats light-weight if possible. She has always preferred wet food to dry because she can storm her way through it, whereas dry food, no matter the size or shape of the pieces, takes her a lot more time to pick up and eat.

[emily_the_spoiled]

I only have 1 CH kitty, but I have 4 blind and 2 deaf guys. They have all taken awhile to get used to her, particularly the blind ones. As long as dshe doesn't run into them everyone is okay and no one picks on each other

[catmandu]

I think that I take some of the same precautions for My Older Cats as well,
making sure that they have easier access to thier beds and adding ramos to the backyard enclosure!!!

Anything to help them ease into thier Golden Years!!!