Scapegoats and Feral Cats Working on the wheatbins at Mingenew, in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia, in the early 80s, I witnessed the systematic slaughter of feral cats by high-powered guns. At an age where I'd grown out of the need to prove my passionate interaction with...

On Sunday, a cat named Jesebelle was found mutilated, dismembered and left on her front lawn. Jesebelle's head and front two limbs were removed, said the cat's owner, James Marz of Hyden. Jesebelle had been gutted. Marz, 33, said he doesn't think the act was performed by a cult or an annoyed...

We just realized that our 5 and 6 year old cats necks are bald where the collar sits. It's like the collars molded a strip of their necks hairless. I can see the skin of the cats where the collar lies on both. Is this harmful? Painful? Have you seen this phenomenon? What is the solution?

Zoe is a healthy clean female 3 year-old tri-colour cat who has been fixed. She's shy at first but eventually is very friendly and affectionate. She 'talks' too. Sandy )

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Cats: Not Just For Target Practice Anymore Written by David Lee Deville VANDUSER, MO -- A local animal control officer was stunned this weekend to learn that cats can be used for something besides target practice. Wilbur Ripley, a 24 year old resident of the tiny Scott County town of Vanduser...

I work in a bookstore, and on Friday I noticed that Harriet was checking out the litter box a lot, but wasn't really going. I came to work on Saturday, and saw that she was going from one box to the next and trying to go unsuccessfully. Today (Monday) when I got to work Harriet was hiding. She...

In article , enlightened us with... It's true. It's true. Don't you have anything better to do than act like a spoiled kid who lost an argument with the local egghead? Your bravery at using a fake mail and no...

I think this might get you to the albums of our boys. If not, I am not sure how to do it. LOL And I have to update, too. it's been a while b ut they do look the same, only cuter :) I will try and get some of the more current ones outa my picture file and onto webshots....

Brandy Alexandre wrote: Well, we finally ran out of the Science Diet Savory Cuts Ocean Fish. I bought some of the chicken, but she just ain't thrilled. She's wasted a great deal and begs for food. Just doesn't like eating all of it. I bought a pouch of Nutro Complete Care because the...

Things have not gone well here since that episode where I walked in on Jewel after holding the neighborhood cat, and Jewel having the aggressive episode. That was last Thursday. Since then she has had "episodes" on Tuesday and Thursday again. These were not so bad that I had to lock her up, but...

I have one of these gravity water feeders: http://tinyurl.com/fnv6 It holds 2.8 liters of water. How much Rescue Remedy should I put in the reservoir when I fill it to achieve the recommended concentration? Cory

Hi. My cat Al has had a rough go of it the last 6 months. First, pancreatitis, which necessitated a week's stay in the hospital. Then, hypoglycemia about 3 weeks ago---scared the sh*t out of me! It occurred around midnight, and I was running red lights and stop signs getting Al to the emergency vet...

Hello everyone, My cat is female (her name is enson) and is about 15 years old (we picked her up as a stray). The cat from across the road (also female) comes over every morning and they both snarl, meow and paw angrily at each other through the side fence to my neighbour's house. They dont ever...

I give up. Although I've found this group useful in the past, and enjoy reading people's "cute kittie" stories, I can't take the gross, violent posts any more. I'll miss those of you who truly care about cats, but don't have the stomach to wade through disgusting bloody crap from mentally ill...

My cat (DQB) had been tearing up my furniture (as well as my patience) by clawing everything, particularly when I would have to be being out of town for two or three days at a time. My friends Ken and Kathy told me about the success they had with declawing their equally destructive cat so I...

Hi - I have a Torti who is now a year and a month old. I've noticed some odd behavior from her. She "meows" an awful lot around me. Like if I'm laying in bed. She'll find a spot and sit there and maybe for a few seconds and she gets up and meows some more and finds another spot and does this...

it seems that were about to inherit a dog that we promised to take care f -not that i mind, but the cat we now have does at this point. this will be our 2nd dog, shes a minature dobie. anyhow, we brought her home the other day and the cat freaked. she was quite upset and still sort of is -2...

I treated my foster cat yesterday with Frontline because I saw a flea in the carpet in her room and she was scratching. I thoroughly cleaned and vaccuumed the room. Today, I noticed a nickel-size bald spot on her, near where I applied the Frontline. I'm not sure if the spot is exactly where the...

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