I want to thank Yowie for her nice comments about N.Z - for my part I am addicted to Aus. as well as N.Z. The two countries share a lot together - Russell Crowe, rofl. I have a bit of news myself and I think it is a spin off from LOTR. Peter Jackson,(Producer of LOTR) plus the N.Z. Government...

"Singh" wrote in message ... ...and i don't even let my cats out. this morning the others decided it was integration time, and all went well. Odessa went exploring, and we haven't seen her since she ran into the basement. I'm...

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:28:09 +0200, "lewe" wrote: hope you get a lot of nice treat to enjoy in your new "house" (bet there will be b-day pics?) don't forget to share with Frank! Thea & Bono are out in the rain collecting voles to send to your island so you will...

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"jen.d" wrote: I'm wondering if anyone can help. Muggles has turned mean. Very mean. He's attacking Kid and I don't know why and I've tried to handle it for nearly 2 months and it continues. She does nothing, she just sits there, lays there, or runs away when he goes all weird and then...

Are you planning to evacuate for Hurricane Irma? Your mother and Marlo with her along with Baby and all the cats? There are people from Florida already moving, booking motels and hotels (pet friendly) and travelling well ahead of the hurricane. It hasn't even hit the States yet. Got any...

I am so absolutely appalled that someone who has injured themselves, perhaps very severely dare not call an ambulance to go to hospital, not only because of the cost of the ambulance, but the cost of the emergency treatment because he is out of work and has hit hard times. This would never...

His friend Larry is taking him for a colonoscopy at 9:30 in the morning. He was not allowed to eat for 24 hours. John suffers from and has been hospitalized twice for diverticulitus and we hope he doesn't have to have surgery to cut out part of his intestine. I need some purrs for his scope to...

I missed a couple days and am trying to catch up (nearly impossible with this group) but we've been purring for those in need. So now I need to request purrs for my sister, Teri, and one of her cats, Sam. Sam is having a head x-ray and surgery to remove a lump on/in his neck tomorrow (Tuesday...

Saw this in Dear Abby today: http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20050507 DEAR ABBY: I am heartsick as I write this. I have just lost the closest thing in this world to me outside my immediate family. I just buried my sweetie-pie Sandy, an Amazon parrot I have had for 26 years. That's...

Dear friends, Last Friday, our beloved Siamese girl Thalia was 17. If you look at pics 6 and 7 at http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=75033662. you might think that she is much younger :^)) The day before her birthday, Thalia spent the day with her vet...

My DW gives me so much entertainment it ought to be illegal. Some of you may recall I got her a horse for her birthday, almost exactly the color of the Budweiser Beer horses, but smaller. Patty gets a big kick out of riding him, because he is a professionally trained Tennessee Walker and has a...

In a cleaning frenzy this stormy afternoon, we blasted not our usual housecleaning "house" or "techno" music, but I reached deep into my hard drive and played old purloined (yes! a tune pirate!) Napster goodies at top volume.....all 3 of the short furry dictators fled under the beds upon Robert...

Kate posted this on Catslaves. We are sending many purrs for Meg to recover soon and completely. Kate_Dunn wrote: I have been unable to post to r.p.c.a. through google today, so please could someone pass on my request to the group. I will try to login via my ISPs news server...

I stole this from one of my other groups. I thought it might be fun... http://www.blogthings.com/hownormalareyouquiz/ The bigger question is - How normal are your cats? I think Peewee is about 90% normal for a Siamese - but he isn't a Siamese. ;) And Mimi is 90% normal for the Tortie that...

Cats just love to sit in boxes. Feline behaviorists aren't sure why, but they know it's true. The next time you get something by mail order, put the box on the floor for a few days and let your cat leap in and out. You'll be amazed at how much she'll enjoy a simple cardboard box. Even ordinary...

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just yet. She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain water - she has a choice. It has made a real difference to her, so thank you to those who suggested it. She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey...

Second-best commercial ever! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7vXP3tHzhA Joyce -- The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer. -- Paula Poundstone

Here in the UK we have five channels of TV coming through our aerials, two of which are funded by licence fees not advertising. Naturally they compete a lot. Cable and satellite provide lot more of course, and Sky our main satellite provider looks on Sky One as its best channel. Tonight for ten...

I was testing out a camcorder yesterday on Betty and the pet mice. I captured the video of Betty into an MPG file, because it shows a couple of her behaviors that puzzle me sometimes. She always makes that murping sound, and she sometimes pulls herself along the lip of that little cat tree. If I...