When I went and got prescription food for Rusty this morning, I found the price went up. With tax, it is over $40 Can. This is Hill's prescription canned cat food. A case of it won't even last a month. Wonder how long I can keep up. Rusty is already on a tight food ration. I may have to supplement...

DH ordered a new queen bee and it came in today's mail. They come in a little cage about the size of a small matchbox, with 4 or 5 drones in with her. I opened up the package to give her a little water and just laid the little cage on the bar. I've been outside quite a while, came in and the...

My beautiful Scaredycat died today. She'd seemed much better in herself lately & had responded well to her thyroid meds, but last night lost the use of her back leg. Took her to the vet today and it was grim news - inflamed kidney, dehydration, severe anaemia, cancer, some sort of infection,...

I awoke yesterday to the sounds of my Oreo (a.k.a. "Baby Boy")having a seizure ... I leaped up and laid next to him, talking to him and petting him, trying to calm him down. He settled down after a minute but didn't come out of it ... Called the vet who is three minutes away .... The little boy...

As some of you know, my long haired cat has some sort of allergy that causes her to lick parts of her hind legs and feet which causes sores. The vet thinks its a granuloma problem as she's tested negative for ringworm and doesn't appear to have fleas (she's mainly white haired). She's...

This happened "in my own back yard" so to speak. I saw the original news story a week ago and now it's been picked up by The Associated Press and other national media - this was published by the Chicago Sun-Times today. No offense to Catnipped or anyone else whose family and friends has...

I was on a trip abroad for four weeks. I left a ground floor window open (I live in a very low crime area), plenty of dry food, several pots full of water on the floor. I dont have a litter box. I was a little worried, but I found all my 3 cats in perfect health upon my return. They were not even...

http://www.wavelit.com/?ch=Wildlife&sh=africam# Man, what a busy place!!

I'm very, very upset to have to tell you that my father's much beloved cat Potjie, a.k.a. Jet, died this morning. Yesterday morning he was kicked whilst walking behind a cow (kicked by a cow). My father rushed him to the vet and he was put on a drip. He seemed to be improving and everyone was...

My beloved Scaredycat is going downhill fast. Three weeks ago she was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid. Since then she's lost even more weight. She's now incontinent - diarrhoea and vomiting everywhere - which I don't understand since she's barely eating, and certainly not the food her drugs...

We're currently reading: Rob: The Courageous Princess by Rod Espinoza Pam: Cat Scatch Fever by Tara K. Harper Haunted House Stories edited by Peter Haining Mike: Losing Joe's Place by Gordon Kormon Laura: Prince Caspian in the Chromicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis Amanda: Mistress of...

Along with libel, now. I have documented proof that you promised to pick Conan up, and that you contracted with me to do it, then went back on your word. I have the email where you offered me your cell phone number--and where I asked if I might call you after you picked Conan up,and you encouraged...

As I mentioned in another post - while the news is chortling over New Orleans being spared, nobody is reporting on the destruction of adjacent St. Bernard Parish. The parish is underwater for miles and miles (my MIL's home is one of those affected. Two high schools are now piles of rubble,...

I got 'asthma' the other night out of the blue and I still feel lousy... John's been on the phone this morning trying to get our health insurance ducks in a row so that I can go to a doctor if I don't feel better by Monday, because they screwed up our insurance - we were supposed to qualify for it...

And I'm loving it! It's one of the coldest winters since we've lived here. It goes down to 19C at night and not above 25C during the day. All the muggy humidity is gone and my skin is not sticky. I'm able to wear real clothes around the house instead of short shorts and a sports bra. Last night,...

This is Hazel Az just saying hello and touching base. Sorry I haven't been aviailable, but plan to be around more after the first of the year. Will fill you in on all the gory details then. How is everyone?

It's a beautiful, spring-like day here in Houston, so we opened all the windows today to air out the house.* All the masters, except Bandit, took the opportunity to laze around in open windows and sunbeams. http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy27/ (click on the pictures to see the...

I stayed up until 3.30 a.m. with the lad last night just to keep an eye on him. This was probably unnecessary as he settled down to sleep at about 9.30 and was still fast asleep in the same place when I got up this morning. He seems absolutely fine, eating, drinking and acting normally. When I...

At least that's what my three think of me. On Saturday we were in South Wales, as Nathan was riding an event (round 2 of Rudy Project time trial series). Whilst in the Welsh Valleys we went to see Vernon's daughter and her parter. They have a cat: Charlie. Charlie is an absolutely sweet and...

I just read an article in the local paper (complete with a photo which horrified me)...about the little high school biology class's dissection project, each student dissected a cat. I am completely outraged about this, but I can't separate exactly what I'm outraged about. Who supplies the cats?...