My 10 year old 10 pound tuxedo (Bella, neutered male) was just diagnosed with diabetes. The vet says his BG is 400, my wife and I measured it ( first timers... what excitement) at 437 with a one touch ultra mini glucometer this evening. The cat does not like it, but it was not that difficult...

Yesterday was Fleaday. We bathed our three cats and dusted/bombed the place. It was approximately a 12-hour process. I noted that one of the cats had considerably more fleas than the other two. I have two guesses as to why, and I was wondering if anyone can offer me a reality check on my two...

Well, it seems the Peewuss is majorly on the mend. He passed yet ANOTHER huge furball - this time barforola-ed it all over the room this morning, but I'm pretty sure that this giant furball was the main cause of his problem. This cat has been on hairballl remedy food for the last five years or so...

I may have to put my housecat on an airplane. This cat was relocated twice successfully in her youth, but only locally, within a few miles. She is now at least ten years old and perhaps older (she was either young or a very skinny stray when we found her). I'd almost rather die than face this...

On p. 147 of _Feline Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians_ (2nd ed., 2003) there is a provocative, small section in the chapter on feline social behavior. "Genetics and Pigmentation Epinephrine has the same metabolic pathway as the pigment melanin, and the same precursor is needed for the synthesis...

I recently had to put-down my 7 year old domestic short hair due to kidney failure. This was right around the time of the scare. The food was Iams, Weight Control w/hairball care-not on the list. I have another cat who's since been given the once-over by a vet, and all is fine. I have no reason...

I have a 10 year old supposedly spayed cat that I adopted from a shelter 6 months ago. I say "supposedly" spayed because she is definitely showing signs of being in heat. The shelter has only the prior owner's word that she was spayed, but I find it hard to believe some one would have a 10...

my little man cat has a limp I had a 'good' look around his pads/ foot/claws/ leg /shoulder, He started limping Friday night and I thought it would get better. I took him to vet first thing today. Vet did what I did, he looked at the pads moved his leg around a bit, flexed the joints, , Mozzy...

Hi , Kim has a swollen bottom lip, she looks like Lesley Ash.(UK actress) It isn't painful and there are no wound marks. This happened before late last year , the vet thought it might be because she was scratching it . This time a different vet thought it could be an allergic reaction to frontline...

My 16 year old cat suddenly has scabs under his chin, doesn't seem to hurt his eating but looks terrible. Any idea on what could be causing this would be appreciated.

Mage, a medium sized orange tabby, is very jealous. He doesn't like it when anyone pets Zero, a more lithe black cat. He'll deliberately get up and go over to where anyone is petting Zero as well as come from anywhere in the house if he hears someone petting Zero. This means Zero doesn't get a lot...

Thanks to all those who replied to my message about how the cat will cope when I am away Greatly appreciated :)

Okay, so Gracie has ESG (allergy syndrome) and asthma. She had been getting Depo Medrol shots as rarely as twice a year, and was doing well, no lesions on the backs of her legs, no "rodent ulcer," little itchiness. But recently she has needed shots every three months or so. We want to keep them...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_925133.html Wills accused of shooting cat Prince William has been investigated by police after a woman claimed he shot her pet cat. Jeshiera Art filed a complaint saying Wills, 21, fired a gun outside her home near Balmoral - and her cat has not been seen...

in article , Marek Williams at wrote on 9/4/03 7:31 PM: Has anyone ever run into a cat that never meows? There is a stray I am in the process of adopting. When I started with him he was semi-feral. He wouldn't let anyone get close...

I know this is a dangerous admission on Usenet, :-) but I'd like advice. I've been ten years without a cat, and I'm thinking of adopting a one-year-old neutered male from the shelter. I worry, though, that it may not be a good idea because I'm gone every weekday for work for 9.5 hours...

About two months ago my Reggie's eye got infected. Turned out another cat scratched him -- Simon, our youngest, who has been acting up a lot, even before we got a new cat. The vet gave us some cream to put in Reggie's eye and it helped but never fully cleared it up. He still favors the eye and it...

My 4 year old female domestic short hair (indoor, spayed) has a recently developed habit of urinating in front of me. This comes after many hours spent crying and meowing from the next room. I go to see what she wants, and she leads me to her food and water, but they are full and freshly filled. I...

Watching the evolving relationship between Jack and Rizzo is proving endlessly fascinating. They've now decided each other's trips to the litterbox are a really good way to start a wrestling match and chase. If both are awake, and one goes in the litterbox (in my second bathroom), the other runs...

Kitten Survives Multi-State Trip To Georgia Clinging To Big Rig Camden County Humane Society Trying To Find Home For 'Lucky' August 8, 2003 Camden County animal workers have renamed a 3- to 4-month-old kitten that apparently survived hundreds of miles clinging to a tractor trailer "Lucky," and...