The average life of an indoor cat is 17 years. The average life of a cat that lives outdoors is 2 years. - from the Cats section of www.odd-info.com

My neutered DSH male indoor/outdoor cat seems a bit ill. He's just 13, we live in a very rural area, and he has never encountered another cat, nevertheless, he is up on all shots, rabies, leuk, etc. In the past several months, he seemed to have lost weight and was having trouble jumping. Took...

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: (sorry about the cross posting, but they are all relevant groups) I thought you might be interested in this HSUS campaign to increase protections for dogs and cats at mass breeding facilities. You may have heard about puppy mills -- large scale breeding...

One can only imagine what the kid said: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/182528

Hi. I was just wondering if there are any safe fruits or veggies that I could feed to my cat. Everytime I eat she begs for food, and of course I don't give her any, but I still feel bad and I was wondering if there's anything that I could give her as a treat once in a while so she doesn't fell like...

Damn! Where'a good troll when you need one. Somebody oughta post this ip over in alt.troll, tellem, I dare you to finger this number. lol So which address in Dallas Texas is this ip? Just curios. We should post if we can find it on the net, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

http://www.skunklaw.com I am trying to rally support for laws in Illinois to be changed. My brother got us a pet skunk for a wedding gift. What a strange thing, huh? After contacting my vet to get all of the appropriate shots I learned that skunks are illegal in Illinois. As it turns out,...

Lilly the birman is feeling somewhat better, but unfortunately she came home with a dose of the flu. Even though every single one of our cats is inoculated against cat flu, they seem to be dropping like flies:o( Lilly is on antibiotics, & I have an appointment to take Belle, the mother of our 4...

Dr. Lewis just called, and I am beside myself. NOW I can definitely cry and throw fits, but happy ones. We caught it so early there is no sign of cancer. It IS a mammary tumor after all, but it is benign. She said they do change and it might have changed over time, so we just have to watch...

She is a 13 week old tabby and it seems no matter what I do she won't stop attacking everybody. Sometimes I'll pet her, and she'll get all crazy and start biting hard and wrapping her arms around my hand and doing that little bunny kick with her back feet. I try not to pull away, because that makes...

Back in May I trapped and had neutered, shots, etc several strays. One of them I kept (Bonnie) several of them are still eating here (attracting possums now, too dammit). A black and white longish haired boy has changed in the last couple of days. He used to be very skitterish and ran when I put...

Hi Phil, I'm a regular on RPCA and Matthew suggested I come over here and ask you for an opinion. My cat is 12 years old and has recently developed what looks like arthritis to me. (Stiff when she first gets up, limps on the stairs, but not on flat surfaces.) Recently I took her to the vet (for...

Warning: This is a longish tale, and not a particularly happy one. So, know that if you read on, but it has been bothering me and I feel the need to get it off my chest. A really cool cat showed up in my backyard a couple weeks ago. She's very beautiful, quite friendly, and soon "adopted" me,...

Sam used to be an outdoor cat but for the past 2 yrs she's been an indoor cat due to housing regulations we live on a 2nd floor apartment and she likes to sit out on the balconey with much effort & patience I have managed to get her outside using a leash, but I don't think she like's it....all...

Were you talking to me cybercat in the other post?

Dear magic cat group I know you can answer all things I have observed that male cats do not put out a smell after they are neutered I had a normal male cat, he would put his scent on me Especially when he was happy to see me. A very distinct smell

We adopted Edmund 3 weeks ago. On Friday, I took him in for his check-up and he was diagnosed as FIV+. We already have 2 cats living in the house who are FIV-. The vet kindly offered to help me find him another home. Did NOT suggest that FIV+/FIV- could live together. Here are the facts: - He will...

I adopted a Balinese/Siamese male neutered 2 weeks ago. He was with a rescue league since January 2004 and kept around other cats. He is well socialized and was given up by an owner. When I brought him home, I kept him in a room with house guests (cat lovers) for the first two days. Then he...

I've created a Yahoo group with photos of my cats and kittens. Hope you will enjoy. The group is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/austin-multicat/ Just created an album with 5 newborns and their mom. These photos were taken the day the mom was found as a stray. She led me to the newborns,...

Hello. A few days ago, I posted about my 3 year old cat who had been quite lethargic for a week or two. The vet found that he had a fever and a high white-cell count. Since all other blood and fecal tests turned out OK, the vet thought he most likely was fighting an abscess. The vet gave him a...