• Cats will drink more if their water is kept in a different area from their food.
• Most cats can drink Lactose free milk without the side effects of regular milk.
• Pets should not eat from anything deep, narrow, plastic or flat on the floor.
• For cats that gulp their food too fast and then vomit, feed small amounts more often or try putting large marbles in the dish with it.  Don’t do this with dogs, they will swallow them.
• Driftwood makes a great outdoor scratcher for cats.
• To help loosen matted hair before brushing, work cornstarch into the mats.
• Rub car wax on litter box walls to stop clay from sticking to them. Especially in corners!
• To limit litter tracking around the box, economically, place those interlocking open weave rubber tiles ( made for concrete floors) around it. One row about 2″ or 3″ away from the box should be sufficient.
• To stop a cat kneading on you, just rub it’s chin
• To avoid scratching off the BPA (toxic white coating) on the inside of cans, and to get all the contents and gravy from a can of food use a mini baby food jar spatula.
• Sit your dish on the front part of an aluminum or paper pie plate to catch any food pushed over the back.
• To help food pushers, and lickers that flatten their wet food on the bottom of the dish simply add water to make it soupy or a pudding consistency.

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