"O J" wrote in message ... Hi All, Good news for those who are admirers of big cats. I just saw this on my Yahoo interface to the Associated Press. Good for the big kitties! Regards and Purrs,

It's been a month since my spinal surgery and, unfortunately, the pain has not gone away - which pretty much means there was irreversible nerve damage done (and I won't get into all those doctors I went to for 2 years who said nothing could be done, which prolonged the time the nerve was...

I'm hot, sweaty, irritated with my family and a little weary. So rather than go out and wash my car, and since I needed to fill up on gas for my trip anyway, I drove it down to the gas station. Got a deluxe drive-thru car-wash along with a fill-up. No biggie. There's a homeless guy who...

I have had this problem all my life but it is *always* worse during the holidays. Crazy people want to talk to me. Strangers. In public. Sorry to be so OT, but this is bugging me. I need to figure out what it is about me that causes them to single *me* out. Today it happened twice. Once exiting Wal...

Speckles seemed out of sorts the last few days. Yesterday she ate nothing the entire day. She vomited several times. I decided to take her to the vet this afternoon (they're open for a few hours on Sunday). But by evening she was barfing almost non-stop, only bile and liquids, and refusing all...

You guys are probably sick of me but you are the only people I have to talk about this too. I gave him a LOT of food (well, way more than I had) last night and he did not throw up this a.m. which is good. He never did anything but urinate last night, so this morning I decided to take him for an...

I have Snail Addys from the following persons. I am using the email "name" so that personal names will not be out there floating about usenet. Sorry for those I did that to when I posted the last list update. There are some who are traditional members of the list (receive only) that I'm not...

Purrs are being sent for the recovery of this very sweet lady. Hugs, CatNipped "Karen" wrote in message ... My mom has requested a prayer thought to be spared for her cousin Jane in Conroe TX who has an Abdominal Aorta...

and she is growing fast! She doesn't want to be weaned yet, though :-) New photos uploaded he http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/diatomdeb/album?.dir=/458a Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com

What a week this is turning out to be, have just had a phone call from an elderly friend of mine telling me that her 18 year old grandson was hit and killed by a car - this young lad had a very bright future in front of him, he had began his studies to become a Doctor. Lois -- Burmese are like...

I actually went out yesterday, it was a very warm day, and as we pulled into a disabled parking spot, I caught a glimpse of a small dog locked in a very hot car. Poor thing was so drenched, and panting, and so I called the police on my cellphone...next thing I know, police car, and a tow truck...

Frank has been fighting, has gotten an abscess on his side/shoulder. I took him to T.E.D. this afternoon, just expecting him to clean it, give us antiobiotic and send us on our way. Instead, he wanted to sedate him to debride it more thoroughly and probably put a drain in it. So he stayed. I wish...

Things Harvey Doesn't Understand 1) That blocking my way to the food, by standing three microns away from my feet is illogical. I have to be able to move in order to get to the food. 2) That we close the door to the enclosed decks, even if he runs out there. Because there's things like one...

Today is my 9th anniversary with my Meowmie. I also turn 10 this month. Meowmie said it is a BIG milestone. Many times she wondered whether I can make it to my 10th purrsday as I had a history of FUS. But here I am, still kicking. I didn't get any present from Meowmie. She said she already spent...

This morning I stumbled upon some kittens that could use some purrs. I was delivering a load of fiberglass insulation to a company in Livermore, California (just east of Oakland and San Francisco). It was going to take a while to get my trailer unloaded, so I was walking around outside the...

I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her urine. Another UTI. So I scooped her up and took her in immediately. Friday night when I was at my hotel in downtown Minneapolis the vet...

Hi all: I haven't been able to get to the ng in the past couple of weeks. My thoughts are with all the sick kitties and people out there. I'm looking forward to the fall when the kids start school. Jane will be in grade one, full days, and Sam will be going every morning. While I love my kids...

OK here's the situation: I have a very big yard here, and in some spots the grass grew very quickly. I've been cutting it down bit by bit with a scythe. It's about 80% done now, and the last of it is right in the center of the backyard. But I'm not fast enough to please a couple of the neighbors,...

The back screen door I leave cracked for the cats to enter is now officially closed for the duration of the summer. I got up this morning and found a huge salamander in my shoe. Threw a towel over him and tossed it outside, shoe and all. He'd apparently been traveling all over the house, becuase...

You know you've been reading RPCA too long when..... You can't remember the precise recipe for a yummy salad you used to make, so you go to Google and do a search of RPCA and you find it back in a troll-b-que thread back in 2000.... And then spend the next 2 hours walking down memory lane,...