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I'm thinking of getting my cat a cat tree except I don't know what to look for. I know this seems like a simple purchase but it can take up a lot of room and if the cat doesn't like it it's an expensive waste of money. My previous cat didn't feel the need to scratch at things or seem to want her own little space, but this one does. She also seems a bit bored. I got her one of those cardboard cat scratch things and she seems to really like it but now there are pieces of cardboard all over the place, so it's not a permanent solution. So I'd be grateful for any advice you could give.

it helps if you know your cat's behavior, whether they're a "bush cat" or a "tree cat" - do they like hiding in small, dark spaces where they feel safe, or do they like to climb and jump on all your shit?

our first cat, a tree was pointless because she was very much a bush cat. she liked to burrow and hide and wouldn't even jump up on a windowsill to look at birds. boxes and cat houses were more her style. but our current butts needed a tree like burning because they are climbers. they both keep trying to get up onto everything and survey the world from above, so a tree gave them a safe place to do so.

if your cat doesn't need a lot of space, you can get one that's only a certain height. Most of them should list what the square footage of floor space is, so you know how much room it'll actually take up, but also consider whether the tree is going to give them a launching point to other furniture.

if she's not a climber but still needs to scratch and play, just get a scratching post, maybe one with a dangly toy on top. and play with her, give her your time as well.

She does have toys and I do play with her, but maybe not enough or maybe it's not challenging enough. All her toys are fairly basic: dangly toy, a ball, laser pointer, etc. I've considered getting one of those puzzles that dispense treats.

I hadn't thought about whether she was a climber or a burrower. Mostly I had been thinking about what and how she liked to scratch and where her favorite spots were. I think she's a climber, at least compared to my previous cat.

This has been really helpful, thank you so much!

I have a fatass cat who fell asleep on top of her cat tree and fell off it. She crashed into the mini blinds the first time, and she was okay both times, but after that, I moved it to another room where she didn't feel the need to sleep on it.

But yeah, does your cat like being high up, or is she/he always looking at countertops, bookshelves, etc, wanting to get up there? It was pretty obvious that my second cat would LOVE a cat tree, and she totally does.

You might start with one of the 'smaller' ones, that 'only' costs $70 or so. THey're usually about 4' high, and have several perches. My mom has one that's 7' high, and I think it was $130, but her cat practically lives up there. One thing to look for is one that has a good solid base, that looks like it's weighted enough and wide enough to support your cat frantically jumping from perch to perch. My mom's cat tree isn't going anywhere; mine tends to wobble when Miss Fatty gets on it. Like, mine has a single post that several perches come out of. My mom's has four posts at the bottom level, then two on the next levels, and finally the top perch is supported by one post. But it's solidly built.

sa, whoops mine has two posts on the bottom, not one, but it's still wobbly. Also, wow, a quick look on amazon tells me cat trees have gone down since I bought one way back there.

I have found and bought one. What is the most delicious way to prepare it?

We just cut it half and place an oven safe bowl below it in the oven with water and steam it in the oven for like 45 minutes. Scoop it out and serve with butter. Maybe I'll experiment more this year.

Does it mostly taste of butter? I don't know what it's natural taste is. :P

Not really, it's fairly bland itself. I don't use much butter.

I'm kinda loving following your Spaghetti Squash Adventures. Please let us know how it turned out.
(For some reason I'm picturing Fassbender speaking into a wrist microphone - "The Spaghetti Squash has been acquired. Repeat. The Spaghetti Squash has been aquired." Spaghetti Squash is capitalized because it's a very important Spaghetti Squash.)

It is the chosen one.

I cut them in half or quarters and bake or microwave, the scoop everything out and serve with heated spagetti sauce in place of pasta.

I always wanted to try this recipe for spaghetti squash tacos. It sounds like it'd either be weird and gross or weird and awesome.

https://blueberriesandbasil.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/smitten-kitchens-spaghetti-squash-tacos-with-black-beans-and-queso-fresco/

So I moved into a new apartment a couple months ago, a really cheap small one, but mostly its okay. The only real, significant problem I have is the bath. It has a mixit faucet (so it spins 360), and it just won't get hot. Lukewarm, but not hot. And the thing is, I hate lukewarm baths. Baths are like, my number one source of comfort, and I like them hot. I had kidney stones for several months as a teenager and for some reason hot baths were the only thing that completely eased the pain, so even now they are like, the number one thing that makes me feel better emotionally.

And it took me a couple of months to narrow it down to definitely be the mixit valve. (water gets hot in all my sinks, I definitely know how to use it by now, etc etc) and after looking it up, it seems like this is a common problem with this type of valve, that can be fixed by a plumber. In the meantime, I have been boiling water to help heat my baths to a temperature I like (which works great, incidentally)

The thing is though, I'm not sure if I should call maintenance now or wait for it to get worse. Cause, the water isn't cold. It just isn't hot. And I am not sure me being a delicate flower who hates lukewarm baths will be taken seriously by maintenance. And its not like calling later would make it harder to fix: from what I understand its just a part that needs to be replaced no matter how far along it is - but I am worried maintenance would say I don't even have a problem now.

So, tl:dr should I call maintenance to fix my lukewarm baths, or just keep boiling water for my picky ass until I think other people would actually call it a problem?

I'd say call them. Because now it's only lukewarm and it's summer so it's fine, but you don't know when it will completely break down. It might be in the dead of winter and then you'll only have cold water or something. And in winter lots of people have problems with their pipes and hot water and whatever, so you might have to wait. Plus, you don't know how busy you'll be by then, in case they expect you to be around when this gets fixed.

I honestly wouldn't worry about people thinking you're complaining over nothing. I'm sure they've got to deal with people waaaaay fussier than you. Water (and its temperature) is a big deal to pretty much everyone.

Call and tell them come fix it. You don't have to go into details, and they don't get to judge you for not liking a lukewarm bath (which, frankly, sucks, because a bath is supposed to be *hot*).

Don't overthink it - they're there to fix stuff, you don't need a 'compelling' reason, just a broken thing.

Call maintenance, OP. Don't be like me.

I thought I was the only one not getting much hot water in my shower. I attributed it to it being cold outside and the pipes are freezing. Then that everyone else in the building must have used up the hot water (it happened when I lived with my family of four, so with twenty tenants in the building, it made sense to me). So I ended up polar bearing for the better part of a year.

Then we got a new property manager, and come to find out, the previous maintenance people set the water heater's temperature too low and everyone in the building wasn't getting hot water in their showers. And by that I mean, getting maybe five minutes of lukewarm water, then virtually all cold. The current maintenance guys are awesome, though, and the day after, I had my first hot shower. Now it's harder to get cool water than warm, which is fine by me.

Uh... how is not having hot water for your bath and having to boil your own bathwater like you're Laura freaking Ingalls freaking Wilder NOT a worthwhile problem for maintenance??

You don't need to describe why it matters, just say it won't run hot. It's broke, fix it.

I've been sick the past couple a days and haven't been able to go to the store, but I have been craving sweet things terribly. Normally I would bake cause I have the stuff for it... except my last roommate stole my fucking baking pans. And i can't make a microwave mug cake cause I don't have a microwave.

Can you make mug cakes in the oven? Or, anything else you can use in lieu of actual baking pans?

Do you have aluminum foil? Because you could probably fashion a pan (like the cheap disposable ones). It wouldn't be very rigid (though you could use a lot of layers), so you would have to be careful about putting it in and taking it out of the oven.

I've actually baked mini cakes in cleaned out aluminum food cans (well-greased and floured). A ramekin would work for a mug cake kind of thing, too. You might also consider finding recepies for stovetop sweet things, like special pancakes or crepes.

Cast iron frying pans or cast iron or enameled cast iron dutch ovens? I used to put excess muffin batter in my smallest pyrex bowls or sometimes even my stainless steel measuring cups to bake. And any dish that says oven safe should be okay for baking in/on.

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