Chetzemoka

I dunno, cats are so individual. One of mine loves this ball-in-circle toy so much, she'll play with it for hours on and off. My other one wants ME to play, no matter what toy it is.

Here's the ball-in-circle toy:

https://www.chewy.com/dp/193219?utm_source=app-share&utm_campaign=193219

I think you have to just try different things and see what they like most. Maybe try a catnip stuffed toy?

I also find that they are just like humans and the things they like most are whatever is new. So I buy them like one new toy a couple times a year. It's almost Christmas; I'll get them a new toy as a gift haha

Sorry, I didn't say that clearly. What I mean is you have to remember to use the damn HSA card when you go to buy Tylenol instead of your normal payment method. This is...where I tend to fail lol

Sign up for a health savings account and USE IT. (United States specific advice.)

It lowers your taxable income. The only caveat is you have to remember to use that money to buy things you were already going to buy anyway. Convenient hack to know what you can and can't use: Doordash now labels HSA-eligible items at CVS. You don't have to actually use Doordash to see which items you can buy with your HSA card.

I use Dawn-style dish soap for everything except shampoo. I go with the conditioner-only strategy for hair cleaning. Shampoo really isn't necessary.

I will second this. YouTube can teach you step by step how to cut your own hair. I've been doing it for years, and currently have a fancy asymmetrical one side buzzed cut that I do myself. The learning curve is going to result in you looking awkward a couple of times, but the amount of time and money saved over the years is tremendous.

A job where I work three 12-hour shifts per week, so at least my sleep deprived misery is limited to less than half my days.

Doxylamine is actually better than diphenhydramine. It has less anticholinergic side effects.

Anticholinergics are really bad for your brain long term. I've started taking an herbal supplement called apigenin, which is derived from chamomile flowers that works surprisingly well. And I say that as a fellow night owl chronic insomniac.

Push and pull technique.

Push: bitter spray or cayenne pepper on plant leaves to discourage biting

https://www.chewy.com/dp/504510?utm_source=app-share&utm_campaign=504510

Pull: cat grass and lots of cat toys. Seriously, buy more toys. Give them something else to focus on.

Sometime in the past ten years, my doctors started being younger than I am, and I'm still conflicted about it.

I'm a nurse in my late 40s, and I still have to open conversations with my elderly patients "Mister Smith" "Mizz Smith" when I first meet them. I can't help myself; it's how I was raised haha