*Routines*

My previous post titled Poops talks about how one of my cats gets upset easily.  One thing that I have found that helps to keep not only her, but our other two cats, relatively calm is a schedule.  All three of our cats are a little high strung and tend to get upset.  All three of them react in different ways though.  Pouncer will leave turds around the house.  Pyrrha will get very jumpy and be on edge all the time.  And Isis will start to get very nervous and hide.  To avoid putting too much unnecessary stress on our cats we make sure to keep them on a schedule.  We make sure to feed them at the same time, or within a half hour, every time they are fed.  They get fed periodically throughout the day to avoid over eating and stale food.  We also make sure to play with them at the same time everyday.  Each of us plays with them at different times, so they still get played with several times throughout the day, just by different people.  They also have their routines with each of us everyday.  They help each of us get up and ready and know who gets up at what time and what our routine is.  Our house has no children or any other pets besides our three cats so it is usually pretty calm over here.  Even with that just said, our cats still get upset easily, even when their schedule is interrupted, and we try to do all we can to make sure that they are as happy as we are.