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Mylo the Cat does his version of one of his favorite videos, “Sitting on tha Toilet”.

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We created this for our own bunnies many years ago, and it’s still in
great shape. It saved us money on litter and kept our bunnies feet
clean, so now we’ve decided
to share what’s worked for us, with you!

As we all know rabbits like to get into their box not only to do
their “business” but to also hang out and eat hay. They will get in and
out many times throughout one 24 hour period. By doing this, the unused
litter gets mixed with the urine soaked litter, poos and hay pieces,
making it difficult to scoop the bad without wasting alot of the good.

With the screen, it allows the urine to soak through into a nice neat
confined area which is easy to scoop up, and the poos sit on top of the
screen, making them easy to throwout, while preserving the litter
below. Plus, the fact it is so easy to just lift the screen and dump
the poos daily makes it a cleaner place for your bunnies to hang out
in. And if your bunny is a “digger” and loves to make a mess of his
habitat, then this is the perfect solution.

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When people prepare to sell a home, most of them work very hard to make their home is as attractive as possible. This could include just about anything, from re-painting walls to making minor repairs to hiring a home staging consultant. In a buyers market like this, sellers work very hard at making their home sparkle. They would never suspect that all of these improvements could be completely negated by the family dog.

For homeowners with pets, selling a house could take some extra effort. Pets leave behind evidence of their presence, whether it be in the form of scratch marks, hair, odors, or more. This can pose a problem for potential home buyers which may have allergies. There could be safety issues for pets and people alike, as there really is no way to know how an animal will react with strange people in the house. Additionally, some people are so strongly averse to pets they will refuse to consider a home where they have resided recently. Luckily, there are steps a homeowner can take in order to ensure that the family pet doesn’t prolong the sale of a house or worse, negatively impact its price.

The very first solution to be considered is to relocate the pet to another place if possible. This could be a friend or family member willing to take care of the furry little guy or it could involve boarding the animal. Having the them out of the household would be the easiest, most effective way to prevent a pet’s presence from interfering with the sale of a home. The drawback is homes are spending longer on the market these days and boarding a pet for months on end would not only get expensive, it would be cruel.

If boarding the animal outside of the home is not an option, see if its possible arrange for friends or family to take the pets for a few hours during showings. Having them at the house is the last choice and should be avoided at all costs. If this is the case, they should be restrained in a kennel or outside. Not only are barking dogs and underfoot cats distracting, if a potential home buyer is bitten, they will not purchase the home and they might file a lawsuit to boot.

Make sure that the real estate agent knows pets live in the home. This will make it less likely they will stop by without making plans in advance. They’ll want to know the animals are restrained properly before going to the property. A real estate agent doesn’t want to be responsible for an escaped pet or any other animal-related troubles which may arise.

One of the most obvious troubles of trying to sell a home with pets is their shedding. A house full of pet hair and dander can be an immediate turn off to non-pet owners. Vacuum daily, even twice a day if it’s necessary to keep the carpeting clean. Don’t forget that smooth floor surfaces like tile and hardwood can accumulate “dust bunnies” as well. Pay careful attention to corners and in between furniture, where fur can accumulate. Lint rollers are great for furniture and other areas that are difficult to clean.

Odors can be another problem for pet owners trying to sell a home. Once someone’s nose is accustomed to a smell, it “forgets” its there. Some people may not even know their house smells like their pet. Using cleaning products and fabric fresheners can help. Additionally, other scents can be used to cover up any odors that may exist. This could be through candles, baking cookies, potpourri, or more. Do not use air fresheners, as people with allergies can suffer a reaction. If the smell of pets is extremely strong, try using bleach. While it is not a favored smell, it is better than animal odors.

Obviously, where there are pets, there is animal waste. Whether it’s in the litter box or the back yard, it can be a huge turn off to potential home buyers. Make sure that litter boxes are kept impeccably clean while the house is on the market. Stash them in out-of-the-way areas where they won’t be noticed. With dogs, the easiest method is to clean up messes in the yard as they occur.

Beyond the obvious hair and smells, pets can cause other problems within a home that may make it difficult to sell. Pets can cause actual damage to homes in a variety of ways. There is pet soiling which can severely damage the floors of a home. Animal nails can scratch molding, hardwood floors, windowsills, doorways, carpeting, and pretty much anything else they can get their claws into. Some ill-behaved animals have destroyed doors and cabinets with their teeth. If there have been any major damages caused by a pet, they will need to be repaired before the home goes on the market. Any further damage will also need to be prevented.

Pet accessories can really clutter up the way a home looks. Pet dishes in the kitchen. Toys scattered about the living room floor. Kennels or cat trees can really mess up a home staging project. Keep these types of pet accompaniments outside of the most important rooms: the kitchen, the living room, the family room, and any rooms with major selling points like fireplaces or a sunroom.

One final method of selling a home where pets live is to market it to other pet owners. Instead of trying to hide all evidence of pets, promote the fact the property as “pet-friendly.” Perhaps a concrete kennel has been built, fencing has been installed, or the home is located far from any busy roads. These could be attractive to potential home buyers that will be moving with their pets. It could even bring about some creative marketing strategies, like advertising the home at local animal shelters, animal lovers’ websites, and discussion groups.

Dogs and cats can make it harder to sell a home, but a little bit of planning can overcome those troubles. With some extra work and careful attention, it could even seem like no pets live there at all. Taking the time to keep the house clean and keep pets and people safe during showings can mean the difference between selling a home for the right price, selling it for a lower price, and even not selling it at all.

Matt Barker

Hotel Loews is a well- known hotel for its great and pet- friendly accommodation; it ensures the safety and promotes quality time of their guests together with their furry and bubbly pets. It is also the best place to relax and explore the vigorous city of Louisiana.

New Orleans in Louisiana is a place to visit for a weekend or vacation trip for the whole family and friends. Lots of tourist spots, recreations and destinations are available to explore for all seasons.

A number of family outings and tourists who wants to bring their pets on their way for a long plan holiday may have dilemma on which hotel or lodging can offer a pet-friendly accommodation and services. In New Orleans there are lots of pet-friendly hotels available and gives out full services for their guests to make their holidays more pleasurable.

It is best for vacationers to know what hotels and motels that allows pets; otherwise there is a possibility to leave their pets alone in their homes. Some travel agencies and online service providers may help and guide the tourists by giving them some information and necessary rules and regulations in choosing and making reservations for pet-friendly hotels.

Some hoteliers who allowed guests with pets have their special terms and conditions; tendency to charge additional amount to compensate the daily maintenance and other pet related problems like treatment against fleas and removal of pet hair, possible destructions, and losses incurred by pets.

One of the best and pet friendly hotels in New Orleans is the Loews Hotel located at the downtown of Louisiana, 3 blocks away from the major tourist destinations like French Quarter, Mississippi River, Harrah’s Casino, Convention Center, and St. Charles Ave Streetcar. It specializes in taking care of your furry friend, guests will recognized this establishment from the moment they check- in, pet owners will receive detailed brochure informing them about the hotel services for their pets.

All pets will receive their own name tags, exceptional pleasure to begin with their vacation, and individual gift items. Pet owners will be given complete catalog and information regarding hotels pet services such as Loews Loves Pet room service menu, area of pet services, walking routes, veterinarians, etc. Groomers and pet shops are also included. Additional items like dog and cat’s beds (in different sizes), catnip, scratch pole, rawhide bones, collars and leashes (in different sizes and colors), litter boxes, pooper and scoopers are all available and will be given out to the pets while at stay.

Loews Hotel limits the number of allowed pets to two per room to guarantee and ensure the protection and comfort of all their guests and pets. Loews Hotel is an extremely pet-friendly hotel and has a well- trained staff in terms of taking care of pets.

Aside from pets special services, Loews Hotel also offered its luxurious and spacious, well- decorated guest rooms made from fine and high- quality hardwoods, complimented with two queen- sized beds, pillow tops and 300 count cotton bed sheets, comforters, mini bars, working desks, two dual line wireless speakerphones, safety boxes and laptop with fast and high- speed Internet connection. Also included in guest room is a private and granite bathrooms with separate rain-shower room, full of stack robes and toiletries, fleshy towels, hair dryer and wet bars.

Other room services include:
• Air Conditioning
• Coffeemaker
• Mini-Bar
• Cable with satellite television
• Safe (available in every room)
• Daily maid service (available upon request)
• Iron and ironing board
• Complementary newspaper
• Rooms for non-smokers
• Voicemail
• DVD/VCR

Other property amenities and services include:
• Hot tub
• Dry cleaning
• Data port
• Meeting room
• Dining
• Business center
• Tennis court
• Wheel chair access
• Pets allowed
• Swimming pool
• Family rooms
• Fitness facility
• Game room
• Golf

Hotel Facilities General Services:
• ATM/ Bank
• Babysitting and child care
• Cribs and rollaway bed
• Concierge services
• Currency exchange
• Laundry and dry cleaning Service
• Multi-lingual staff

Security
• Electronic Key/ Lock
• Parking Area Well Lit
• Smoke Alarm in Rooms
• Sprinkler in Rooms
• Uniformed Security
• Valet Parking Service
• Surveillance Cameras On- Site

David H. Urmann

Introducing a new cat or kitten can be very stressful for both you and your new pet. To reduce the tension, make sure to have your home prepared for the new addition to your family. A litter box and food/water dish should be available as soon as your new kitten or cat arrives. And the first thing you should do is show your new pet where they are located. Also you will want to close all doors and windows throughout your home. This will allow your new kitty to gradually learn one room at a time. Allowing your new cat to slowly adapt to their new environment will keep the feline from becoming overwhelmed. It will also help make the transition less stressful.

If you have other animals in your home you need to have the vet check the new cat out before it is allowed into your home. This will let you know your new pet is healthy. It will also give you peace of mind to know the healthy pets you already own won’t be at risk for infection, disease or parasite infestation.

Multiple pet households must take time to introduce a new kitten to other animals very gradually. Whether you already own a cat or a dog you can start off this process simply by giving each animal an item that contains the new cat’s scent. Then do the same thing for your new pet. Watch how each animal reacts to the scent. Does it seem aggressive or frightened? Watching these reactions will give you an idea of what you might expect when the animals first meet.

After the scent exchange has been completed the second step should be a short introduction. It is important to note that the first several introductions should allow the animals to spend only supervised time with each other. If one of the animals seems particularly aggressive or fearful you may want to put one of them in a carrier to start off. As the animals get more familiar with each other you can gradually diminish its use.

At first there may be some level of aggression, such as growling and hissing, but with time this will diminish. Just remember the animals should only be left unsupervised when you are finally comfortable with the way the animals interact. Leaving the animals unsupervised before they are ready can result in severe injuries and unnecessary vet bills.

During this transition period it is important to spend equal amounts of time playing with each animal. Lavishing to much attention on the new cat or kitten can leave your other animals feeling neglected. This in turn can result in outbursts of jealous rage against your new pet. If you have a multiple cat household you might also consider having two litter boxes to start with. This will help avoid any confusion and often eliminates litter box problems before they even have a chance to start.

Both cats and kittens need time to adjust to a new environment. Having your home prepared to receive a new kitty will go a long way to ensure the animal grows accustomed quickly to its new surroundings. Remember to slowly introduce the cat to one room at a time and that getting your current pets to like the new cat may take some time. Some cats and most kittens are oblivious at first to other animals and tend to think everyone and everything just wants to play. But your 15-year-old dog may look at this a bit differently. If given time the animals will establish their own hierarchy. In most instances every animal, given time, will adjust. Even if your pets don’t exactly live in harmony, they will at least be able to live in the same house.

K.C. Evans

It is not a good idea when it comes to marketing in chat rooms or any instant messaging systems to use those platforms for spamming. First it will get you booted off, but secondly it will hurt your image as a professional marketer more than you can imagine.

There are a few ways to do it right; it is all about communicating with your target market whatever it might be. See it as a way of establishing a relationship with your prospects and future team members. If you have been in chat rooms before, I assume that you were, you may have noticed that most chat rooms are in categories of interest, and you may have seen other marketers send their messages or market their products. No matter what your product or opportunity you represent, you must find your target market or audience. If you can’t find your market than another option would be to create a category for your audience.

It would NOT be in your interest to create a chat with the sole purpose of selling your opportunity or product. You need to think about attracting people to you, who might be interested in what you have to offer. If you sell, let say your product is the next best Cat Litter, you want to find cat lovers or create a chat for Cat lovers. It will be of no use to talk to dog lovers, which is obvious, since dogs don’t use litter boxes. Include a chat room on your website or blog.

Maybe even go further and use the chat room to host a seminar about anything you want, now a day they are called webinars. Also a chat room is a good platform to invite your current team members or customers to answer any questions or help them to solve any problems they have. Keep the relationship going never disconnect with your members, customers or future members, think about a weekly training session where everyone is invited and make sure you inform everyone about the training.

Finally for advanced marketers, invite an expert to answer questions once a week for 1 hour. Host other people’s chat room and establish yourself as an Expert. But never get the idea of charging anything for it; personally I think it would not be a good idea to be that arrogant to ask for money for hosting. Use that to gain publicity and brand yourself as an Expert.

After all it is all about branding you and to establish yourself as an Expert in your field. It never pays to push a sale or to promote a product. People don’t like to be sold, but they like to chat and communicate with someone who knows more than they do. Be a smart Internet marketer, show some value and never turn into a Sales person.

Thomas Lierzer

Any cat owner will tell you, cats are wonderful pets to have around. However, that same owner can also tell you that one of the downsides is needing to deal with their pet’s toilet business.

But that should not be a drawn out problem if you take the time and proper care in training your cat to use the litter box.

Before any training should commence, make sure you have the right litter box. Choose one that is made of durable plastic for easy washing. It should also be deep enough to contain just a little less than 2 inches of litter.

Do not think that by putting more litter in the box will mean fewer times you would have to change it. Your cat will very likely refuse a soiled box even if there’s a lot of litter in it.

Cat litter comes in different varieties of grades and scents. However, the benefits of scented litter only applies to the pet owners. In fact, cats dislike scented litter because it seems unnatural to them. They will very likely reject eliminating in the box and go somewhere else.

The kind of litter grade your pet will prefer varies with each one, but it is observed that cats are particularly fond of smaller grades. Perhaps this is because smaller grains make the litter softer.

Next, place litter boxes in areas where your cat usually soils. You are building on the cat’s association of places and activities. Eventually, you may move the litter box around when your pet has gotten used to eliminating in the box.

Now that you have a good litter box set up, it’s time to teach your pet to use it.

Cats usually do their business after a meal or a nap. So take note of these times. Before feeding take 10-15 minutes to play with your pet.

Allow about 15 minutes for the meal and clear up leftovers after that period. When the meal is finished, play with your cat for another 10-15 minutes, this time somewhere near the litter box. 

Lead your cat to the box. Move the litter around with your hand to intrigue the cat with the texture of the litter, inviting it to step into it.

Encourage your pet once it steps inside, speaking to it in gentle tones. Make the cat feel that the box is a nice and comfortable place. Whether your cat soils in the box or not, be consistent with that tone. Eventually, your pet will like the litter box and do its business there.

Finally, be consistent and patient. Results may not come right away, but the training will pay off in time.

Jay Schindler

I’m now using wood shaving type litter in my litter boxes. I’ve encountered an unexpected problem - when the cats step out of the boxes with the wood shaving litter, the litter boxes tilt and spill much of the contents out onto the floor because the sawdust is so light compared to the clay pellet style litter. Is there any way to prevent the boxes from tipping up?


Dear debodun,

Try using some Velcro strips that you can purchase most anywhere and put one side on the floor and the other on the bottom of the cat box. You don’t need to put big long strips but maybe an inch or so on each corner. This way it will stay snug and you can still lift the box up with a little more tug. I hope this is of some help to you.

Cats are neat animals. They are also intelligent enough to be trained. Given those characteristics, it will be very easy for owners to teach their pets. Here are some tips to guide owners in training their cats to use litter boxes.

1. Cleanliness is a must for cats.

Sometimes, even if the cat is already trained in using litter boxes, the owner usually finds his pet urinating or defecating just a few inches away from the litter box. The cat wants to use the litter box, and this can be proven by the proximity of the waste to the litter box. However, because the litter box is dirty, the cat opted not to use it.

The point here is that cats prefer to expel body wastes on clean areas. So make it a point to regularly check if the litter box is always clean and ready for your cat’s use. The cleanliness of the area where the litter box is situated must also be checked frequently.

2. Cats do need privacy.      

Do not expect your cat to defecate or urinate in busy areas because they also have the need for privacy. That is why most cats prefer to do their thing behind furniture, or in corners of rooms.

To solve the problem, place litter boxes in areas where cats would be less likely to be disturbed.

3. Cats must be comfortable in using their litter boxes.      

Comfort is an issue in training cats to use litter boxes. If cats don’t find using litter boxes convenient on their part, why will they use it?

Check if your cat is comfortable using open or closed litter boxes.

4. Take it easy.      

Most cat owners who train their pets for litter box use lack patience. Thus, after a short period of time, they give up, or they use force in training their cats. Both actions are wrong.

One must learn that patience is an important trait needed in training cats.

5. Cats seek rewards for a job well done.

If your cat uses the litter box, but did not feel that you appreciated its efforts, there is no reason for your cat to repeat using it again.

Make the task of using the litter box enjoyable and fulfilling for your pet by giving rewards. After a while, your cat will be accustomed to the habit.

6. More cats = more litter boxes.

Place more litter boxes to accommodate all your pets. Place them based on your cats’ preference.

Generally, training cats to use litter boxes is an easy thing for an owner who knows his cat well.

Jay Schindler