Hi all: I took Sam (my 4 yo) to the allergist on Friday. His sensitivity to cats has turned to full allergy. He's developing asthma. My pediatrician, who is asthmatic and a pet owner and one of the directors of the asthma clinic, had said initially that giving up Otis and Chester might not make...

I had to take Sugar to the vet yesterday. More GI trouble. It happened suddenly. Fine one minute, ate lunch and usually she goes poo then. Well, suddenly she was hiding and when I found her she was half sitting under the bed and meowing at me frantically. So, called the vet for a drop off (I...

I buy 38 lb buckets of ScoopAway unscented litter. Today I opened a new bucket, and the litter seems to be a darker grey than I remember. Not a big deal, and Oscar has already, er, stamped the new litter with her approval, but I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this? -- monique, who spoils...

I finally got some pictures up. I love my new camera, but am slow learning to use it http://tinyurl.com/zydpg Jo

I've seen no new messages in RPCA for 24 hours. Other NGs are updating fine. Help! I need my daily fix of RPCA or I'll go mad! Purrs to those who need them Yowie

I wrote this shortly after Willie fell victim to, I believe, a coyote. I'm still in denial, I can't look at the yard, much less the driveway, w/o imagining Willie flying around ("Never walk if you can run Willie"). All cat, and as much character as anyone, fallen victim to his own predilection...

Boyfriend usually appears within a few minutes of me getting home from work, no matter where he is he hears me arrive. Then he gets his supper and he is usually hungry for it. It is now nearly 8 pm and he isn't here. I haven't seen him since this morning. Where can he be? It's a b*st*rd cat...

Several times I've posted here at RPCA about the adventures of Mooch, our little tuxie resident stray who shows up regularly on our veranda for meals (see the most recent thread, "Mooch gets friendly". Someone nicknamed "Treeline has asked several questions about him, and then today "Lesley" in the...

Thanks to TED, Miss Lily Whiskers came home this evening. A bit sore and a bit bald on her bum, but OK. TED took X-rays this morning and had a good look. Lily did indeed have an airgun pellet lodged in her back, but fortunately it wasn't very deep and he managed to remove it fairly easily. He's...

Dear all, Please could you purr for the lovely black cat (not IBKFergus) who went RB today after being run over by a car. Yowie saw the car who ran over the cat, but did not see the incident. She saw the cat in the gutter after the car left, clearly in a bad way, but was not able to catch it to...

You will not believe Enid's vet bill that came today. The vet did warn me that the bill would escalate to 200 pounds if I went for the endoscopy so I said to hold off for a couple of days to see how the antibiotics worked and if they didn't I'd think again. The invoice is for 233 pounds 30 pence...

Harri went to her local vet for a checkup today. The vet was very pleased, said he though her chest sounded fine through it was very hard to tell through all her purrs. Her energy level is still way up, she's still very snuggly, and she seems to be doing very well. Dan

Thank you Easynews for accepting my apology and reinstating my posting privileges. Netcoppery is the recourse of people who lack the intellectual resources to meet a challenge with words and ideas. They get frustrated, and they run to momma. So where the hell is Conan? Has he been adopted out...

Well this is it. She's going to the shelter in the morning. I swear, she has been so nice today. I didn't feel well and she cuddled up on my chest while I laid down all afternoon. I got her stuff all together ready to load in the car, and she went over and sat on the turbo scratcher, looked so...

From the National Weather Service: RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 175 MPH...280...

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...

tp is tearing my ass up i need something softer

As most of you know, my husband, Rob, was retired from the army with brain cancer. The army has declared Rob as being 100% disabled, but the Veterans Administration, who are the people who ultimately pay Rob's bills, decided that Rob was only 30% disabled and send him $500 a month because he...

Puurs to you that your writing block disappears! I wish you all the best! "Singh" wrote in message ... I've been busting my onions with writing projects for quite a while. It is my dream above dreams to be a full time writer, to be able...

I'm sure everyone in the world with an e-mail addy gets spam. Even addresses I am *very* careful about get the odd spam, and this Yowie address gets at least 20 a day - more before I put the spam trap in. Spam is just a fact of cyberlife, like junk mail and telemarketers. There may be rules and...