Article: Cats are emotional creatures. Cats can feel lonely, bored, frightened, or stressed. They show stress in a variety of ways, from vocalizing to forgetting their toilet habits. By taking the time to observe your cat you, will hopefully begin to see patterns to their behaviors and be able to more fully understand your cat companion. Not surprisingly, most cat owners know how important the litterbox is to keeping all family members, including the cat, happy. When a cat stops using the litterbox to urinate, it can become a major issue and may put the cat out of his or her home. There are many reasons why a cat may fail to use the litter box. It may be as simple as the cat not liking its litter, either the texture or smell. Most cats prefer an unscented litter. An elderly cat may not be able to get into the box due to arthritis. The box may be overly dirty and need to be scooped and cleaned (with soap and water) more frequently. A sudden noise, a dog, or some other noise or animal may have scared the cat while using the litter box. In a multiple cat household, a dominant cat may be keeping a submissive cat from using the box. In these cases, it is always wise to have one more litter box than number of cats. If you have two cats, you'll need three boxes. The litter boxes should be in different spots to keep the dominant cat from guarding the boxes. Urinating in odd spots, like the owner's bed, chair, or on plastic bags, may indicate your cat has a urinary tract infection or other serious diseases. This can also occur when the owner has been away for several days indicating distress at your absence. If your cat does suddenly start urinating outside the box, it is best to consult with your veterinarian to rule out any medical causes for this behavior. Cats actually scratch because they find it enjoyable and in order to manicure their claws. Because scratching is so important to cats, you can't really get them to stop doing it. The best way to get a cat to stop scratching your favorite chair or sofa is to redirect their attention. Give your cat a scratching post and entice it to use the post by scenting it with catnip and toys. If your cat doesn't like the scratching post, it might not be the right texture. Try attaching a different texture fabric and see if your cat likes to scratch that better.
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Understand that cats show unhappiness or displeasure is a wide variety of ways. Make sure the cat's litter box is not causing your cat to urinate elsewhere. Look for other reasons for urination misbehavior. Understand why a cat scratches objects in your house.
Article: Taking these larger items to your local dry cleaners for a full cleaning or treatment can prevent future infestations. Inform them of your concerns. Many cleaners will have processes and relatively safe chemicals to discourage bugs from nesting in the fabric. For more severe cases of insect infestation, call a professional cleaning service to come to your home and eliminate the bugs. Don't take this step unless you're confident that you have bugs living in your bed, however, as it can be quite expensive. You can invest in a mattress encasement that is designed to fend off bed bugs. This encasement wraps around the entirety of your mattress and contains infestations. Any bugs trapped within the encasement will die off. You may not have to worry about this preventative measure unless you're suffering from a bad case of bites. Bugs often hide within wooden frames, so changing to a metal frame may eliminate them from your bedroom. Wooden frames also sit closer to the floor, giving bugs easy access to traveling from the floor into your bed. You also want to avoid a bed with a headboard, if you can. Headboards are breeding grounds for insects, and they'll be able to easily slip through the porous wood and into your sheets. If you need a headboard to sleep, try using a metal one instead. If you can stop bugs from entering your home, you'll prevent them from biting you at night. You also will avoid paying exorbitant prices for new furniture or professional cleaning. Close cracks and crevices near bare plumbing or wiring. Smaller bugs can travel easily through these narrow paths. Get quality silicone or acrylic latex caulk to fill smaller holes around doors or windows. If your hole is any larger, you may need a sturdier filling, such as sheetrock or mortar. Because the insects biting you are likely very small, mesh screens on your doors and windows probably won't do much. Keep these openings closed when you can. Improving your general sanitation can help your bug problem. Don't leave dishes sitting out overnight and always clean up any spilled food crumbs. If you're having trouble permanently eradicating your bug problem, you may want to call a specialist. Professional pest control companies generally use a mixture of steam treatment and insecticide. Starting with a steam treatment works best; your insecticides will kill any bugs that the steam misses. Make sure that your professional is using an insecticide with d-phenothrin as its active ingredient. D-phenothrin's major use is in the killing of small nuisance insects, such as bed bugs and ticks. It's more than likely that these sorts of creatures are the problem. If you don't want to pay for an exterminator, you can try doing a steam treatment yourself. You'll have to purchase your own cleaner. Make sure that it produces a low vapor, high-temperature steam. Stand as close to the bugs as you can. Move at a rate close to one inch per 10 seconds. Anything quicker than this might become nonlethal for your pests.
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Have your blankets and comforters professionally cleaned. Switch out your bed frame. Seal your home well. Seek help with a professional exterminator.
Article: " You can find it under tools. It may also be labeled as "Email Account Settings." This fix is specifically for times when you get the 0x800ccc78 error trying to send an email. You can also click "Change Email Account" in some versions. Basically, you'll need to manually reconfigure some of your outgoing mail settings. You need rework servers for the email address connected to Outlook. " If you've only got one email account hooked up to outlook, just click on this one. This will bring you to a detailed menu allowing you to adjust the ports. Make sure that the box "My Outgoing Server Requires Authentication" (the box you checked in the previous method) is still checked. If the right box is still checked, move on to the Advanced section. However, be careful with this page. It has a lot of crucial information installed. The only thing you'll be editing is the port number.
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Return to "Account Settings. Click "Next for View" to get to to the next email account. Double-click on the email account in question, then click "More Settings. Click on the "Advanced" tab.