Hi, I've been lurking for a bit. I live in South Florida, recently you may have heard about our visit by Wilma. In order to help a local shelter during the hurricane, I took in 3 very young (1 week old) kittens. This was easy as they were crated and slept most of the time and my two cats (both 8...

Any ideas on a cover for toilet paper that can be taken off quickly and replaced wuickly - to keep cats from playing with tp? thanks ken

Does anyone know of a good cheap source of diatomaceous earth to use on cat fleas? Ken

I just posted 3 photos to alt.binaries.pictures.animals under the thread "Duffy Decorates the Christmas Tree." Duffy may be blind, but you can see from these photos that he doesn't know the meaning of the word "can't." (Of course, many of you already knew that. I think Duffy has a fan club of...

How long is Frontline Plus supposed to last for fleas? I know the package and website say one month but that doesn't necessarily mean that's true (it could last longer). I actually read somewhere that for fleas it's supposed to last two months but I just wanted to hear what others thought. I really...

i have two male siamese cats, they are both approaching 4 years old. one of them is fine, no problems. the other has digestive problems, i have been to a vet and changed his diet. feeding him high fiber foods, pumpkin, wheat bran, oatmeal, along with broiled chicken and the other food i feed him....

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I'm considering getting a litter robot to replace my litter maid. I have two questions.... My cat likes to poop/pee in the same location in my littermaid, so consequently all the waste gets raked into the corner of the receptacle, and it ends up overflowing in less than a couple days. Would this...

I am brainstorming how to assist my stray during the holidays season when we would gone for about 10 days. A friend is willing to come every 1-2 days and put out dry food just outside the door. However, I can't figure out what to do about water if the temperatures are below freezing?

Niether of my two cats is a lap cat, although I wanted them to be. The first one seemed like a shoulder kitty at the shelter when I adopted him at seven months...however he was shown from a cage and I was required to hold him so he couldn't touch the floor. The second one, adopted a year later did...

Hey Mike Taylor, if you're out there in Cincinnati and are still offering the cat supplies, could you get in touch? If not, I'll know soon enough. Thanks. :)

I recently took into foster care a half-Siamese female, declawed on the front. She has a real Jekyll/Hyde personality. One minute she is all cuddles and purring, then out of the blue she bites hard enough to draw blood. Two minutes later she's back to cuddling and purring. I've had fosters that...

I know this is a topic that keeps popping up over and over again but it just goes to you that even during the holidays people still think about declawing their cats. Tonight at Thanksgiving dinner I was shocked to learn that a couple of guests (they are a married couple) who I had known for...

Hello, Thanks for reading. I'm writing from Latin America. Some strayed house cats are coming to my patio at nights and I want to get rid of them, yet I do not want to harm them. I have searched the internet and found some interesting products, but none of them is available in my country. I'd...

My cat Caesar seems to have a weird attraction for glass or reflective surfaces. Often I will hear the glass door outside rattling, and it's the cat squeeking his paw up and down it. He doesn't want out or in usually and acts clueless if I open the door. Often he will jump up on the sink when I...

Hi there, Our boy is about ten years old now. He's been the most loving faithful cat around, but he's cost me a small fortune in vet bills as he has FLUDT the crystal blockages as described in earlier posts. He's clear for now, the last block was about 2 years ago and we've kept him on a diet of...

Hi, I picked up Elwood yesterday from the vet. They said he urinated on his own, but was still straining so they prescibed him Valium to help with the pain. He is eating & drinking but still having a hard time in the box. He goes in and makes a grunting sound, and very small amounts of urine come...

Hi, I have an issue here with one of my cats, NewCat, stepping on the babies when they are in my lap. We've always joked that NewCat does not respect personal space. She's the type who will walk right across you like you're part of the furniture. While I was pregnant, I tried unsuccessfully to...

It has been brought to my attention that I have been considered spamming.I want to apologize to the members of this group if they feel that I have spammed with the Pet Alive product post. I am fairly new to this and am still learning the "ins and outs" of group posting. Yesterday was a very busy...

He is my first cat. He has acute renal failure. I left him at the vet with $1000, first they're going to do a blood test to see if it's worth trying to save him. He's 6 years old. The day before yesterday, before he crashed or even appeared sick, I decided that I loved him the most of all the...