I have seen this mentioned from time to time but is there any proof?

Our 12-year-old cat developed diabetes suddenly. He's now on Glipizide. How critical is the dosage size? This cat's behavior now is not anywhere near his original kittenish feistiness. -- Charles Packer http://cpacker.org/whatnews mailboxATcpacker.org

My house sits atop 3 foot piers making a crawl space the size of the entire house's floor plan - 1200 sq ft. For a time I allowed him down there (thru a special cat door) so he could have fun playing in the dirt and catching small lizards and gecco's. (He's an indoor cat) He took to preferring...

Anyone care to express an opinion as to how frequently steroid shots can be given without too much risk of complications such as diabetes? My Will is asthmatic. He gets a Depo Medrol shot about every 2-3 months. Unfortunately, they only last him about 5 weeks. The reason that he doesn't get a...

My cat sleeps in the bed with me. He likes to sleep on top of the blanket leaning on my side - this stops me from rolling over on him..But it also stops me from rolling over when I want to. He switches from side to side, there is no pattern to it. Why does he sleep in the bed, does he like the...

I read your story, I like it :) Cute and written with much feeling, lol I could almost see the bite marks on the handles. I'm reading the rest now :) You Sammy seems alot like my Squirrel who is a handful but is already 3. lol look what you have to look forward too.

Hope I'm in the right place to be asking this question. Have just been through a harrowing 24 hours with my cat to the emergency vet in the middle of the night- hit by a car and 3 "clean" fractures to the pelvis. The critical thing was bladder function and she proved that she can "go" after I...

You may recall that I posted a message regarding my 16 year old cat that began limping. He's still limping and I've scheduled an appt. for tomorrow to have xrays taken (which is the only day this week the vet can do it because of Thanksgiving this week). This makes me nervous enough because the...

My male cat "Kitty" is very gentle. The feral female "Kiki" has been here for four years and two months, and is still untouchable and still hisses at me from time to time. As shown on my picture page, they have a Skyway that allows them to hang out above the crowd. They love it. A week ago, I...

This has been an exciting day -- one where we went from an almost-certain death sentence for two little blind kittens to one where a promise has been made that they will not be euthanized. When I was first contacted, the person who called me said that both cats were to be euthanized the...

Dear Megan and Mary, Many Thanks for taking so much of your time and your trouble to help me make my two cats friends for life. I really appreciate all your help. After reading your posts under "O'Malley-Hercules & Xena......." and Mary's email, I have done some thinking. First of all, even before...

I posted some time ago about moving cats from Europe (Germany) to the US and got many helpful replies. It has taken longer than initially expected but finally we will be moving in three weeks. This cat move is costing me a fortune (about 1K USD -- a lot of money for us these days) and everybody...

Hi there- I have a 17 year old cat who has never lived in an apartment with carpet. We are moving to the East Coast and it seems like all the places have carpet. So what can I do to keep him from scratching it up, or worse, peeing on it. I thought about putting down an area rug to protect their...

So... So I've had Marigold for a week and 3 days now. Marigold is getting fustrated being cooped up in my room (and so am I because she is Meowing at the early hours of the morning!). If I let whiskers in my room, she tolerates Marigold as long as Marigold does not get within 3 feet of whiskers...

Skipjack is a blue tabby with the cutest white paws anyone has ever seen (trust me!). He's 2. When I first adopted him at ~5 months old, I clipped his claws regularly. I stopped, because his claws haven't been a problem - he only scratches "approved" surfaces and is an affectionate cat who never...

Its a strange way to start a topic but I guess I'll start from the day I bought Leo. I didn't mean to buy another cat considering that my last one only lived for two years but I just couldn't resist him. He's a ginger tabby and I've had him since November last year. He's five months old now. When I...

Just for giggles, I googled. She fancies herself a "liberal" but loves to post at alt.fan.rush.limbaugh. This silly cow posts for the express purpose of combat. Different strokes, right? :)

Berry: A compelling case for premium pet food By Julie Berry Today's question is for conscientious pet owners. Why buy kibbles at $40 per bag as opposed to $5? Why pay eight times more for food pets like less? I usually feed my cats pricey, "scientific," hard-to-find cat food which they receive...

With the risk of starting a war, I had not heard of declawing until I came on this site, we do not do this, as far as I know, in the UK. Also, we rarely keep our cats inside. It sounds barbaric to me, to pull the claws out of a cat, it would be like having your fingernails pulled out!

Hi all. I have a 11 week old kitten called Darwin. I adopted him 3 week ago. Every morning he tares around the house and "attacks" his scratching post (which is good). All of a sudden this morning I noticed he never used the post but attempted to use the arms of my couch. Any reason why he would...