Sometimes the bartender overserves us at our favorite restaurant down the street. Such was the case a couple of weeks ago. I didn't realize how hard the wine & after dinner drink hit until after I got home & put my contact lenses safely in their case. I crumpled to the bathroom floor in a...

Rant mode on/ Why do so many people find it necessary, not just on, but for days before and after, the 4th of July, to set off incredibly loud fireworks in crowded neighborhoods? Don't they consider the risk of setting someone else's home on fire, injuring animals, children or themselves, giving...

The other two, with minimum complaint, accept flea collars. Ding shook his off within minutes last season. Tonight, all I did was unroll the thing, as he was enjoying the lap scratching (and I was not enjoying grooming out the fleabits)...BOOM....struggle. He just wanted to get away, and clearly...

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Harvey just whines for food all day long. Every time you go to the kitchen, he's there begging. How do I make him stop? -- "Argh, the laws of science be a harsh mistress." - Pirate Bender "If you want to say something relevant to this particular discussion, or something vaguely logical, you might...

Of our three cats, Fluffy and Smokey seem to have "normal" kitty tails. They can wrap them around themselves, or walk with them sticking straight up or straight out to the rear. But the other one, Kitty, can lay his tail flat along his back with the end up on his head and walk around like that. The...

I posted a message yesterday about one of my cats possibly having mange, and infecting me with it. No one has said a peep. I appreciate that maybe some of you don't have an answer, but I was looking for similar stories, some ideas and suggestions. Has anyone here had a cat with mange (scabies)?...

Well, the good news is that Brother was not catnapped. The bad news is that he escaped and is still missing. This is what we were told by our professor this morning. Apparently last Thursday after the evening kennel duty shift had left, the fire alarm went off. It was a false alarm, but...

I was looking for a couple of birthday cards for friends yesterday, and ran across something I just *had* to buy for a friend, as it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It's called the "Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure". I am not making this up. ;-) It's an action figure of an older...

Tomorrow morning I will put the cats in their Sherpa bag (sounds easy, doesn't it?) and then we are off to the island. Luckily, there is room for me in my brother's car, so I won't have to regale a busload of people with Frank's rendering of the hit song, "Oh, Look What My Cruel Hoomin Did to...

"Tigger" wrote in message .. .. Is Vino a Rumpy? I was looking at his pictures and I noticed that he seems to have a bit more of a tail than our local Manx. Our local Manx had no tail at...

We had visitors to-day and someone remarked thoughtfully that there was a cat on the roof. Our lounge looks out onto big beams that criss cross a U-shaped area. Bonnie was busy balancing on the beams like a tight-rope walker and yowling. I laughed merrily. "She's always doing that," I said. ...

Well I am just sorry but I don't like not being owned! I need a furry master to put me in my place. I need rules. I need to know my proper station. I cannot just go through life free!!!! So... it has been decided that we will be getting 2 kittens. We had been seriously considering getting a...

Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made world news. http://www.odt.co.nz/ and click on read more. I believe Shrek was shivering last night and they were worried about him. He is nine years old and could be in shock from the loss of his wool - we will have to...

I know this is SO off topic but I watched the Kentucky Derby and oh man Smarty Jones is a legend now. I don't know if anyone else follows the game but this was indeed memorable by any standard. Can Smarty be an honorary cat? Karen

I ache, but the cats are happy I spent much of the day in the garden. I've mowed the lawn. After I was finished doing that, I stood back and surveyed my work and discovered I'd mowed a mouse... YUK. Then I attacked the undergrowth on the banks of the stream which had changed from undergrowth to...

I took Nikki to see TED today, because she has been wheezing pretty loudly, i.e. her asthma is acting up. TED gave us a course of cortisone tablets. She also checked Nikki's liver and kidney function and blood glucose, and was amazed at the results. She said that everything was perfect, much...

....not that I mind though :) http://www.meriko.net/evilblog/curled%20up.JPG Does anyone get worried when their cat doesn't turn up for the night? This little tart of a cat spends all day at our offices and I don't think he goes home at night either. In fact, when people have been pulling all...

I'm not sure the details, I'm getting them third hand from my mother who got them from my sister who lives on the post but Ft. Irwin near Barstow California (Army post) was on lock down today. The security had been booted up to highest level and my sister is having to prove that she's married to a...

This group is wonderful for coming up with advice - often quite varied. I could use some brainstorming now to solve two related problems. At the moment, Nanki-Poo is somewhere outside, presumably hiding. After disappearing for close to 24 hours, he tried to get in the house, only to be yowled...