It's been quite a while since I've been reading the cat news groups. I'm so pleased to see that you're still posting. I looked for you in alt.cats, and Matthew kindly directed me here. Hope all is well with you and your pooties. We're down to 8 now......sadly, we lost 2 to cancer. All but 1...

I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught this *SO* much sooner! I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I...

I received the following email from my brother: begin paste---- Shiro is in the hospital. He has severe anemia, extremely low hematocrit levels. We've pumped almost $2000 in tests but so far the tests - liver, kidney, viral, radiological views - all show a healthy cat. The vet is puzzled as to...

Sammy's diarrhea is worse today - I watched her using the litterbox and it's liquid. Her butt is sore (just like a human with diarrhea) and her licking it is making it more sore. I talked with the vet and she said for today to use Vaseline on her butt just like you would a baby with diaper rash. ...

For those of you who have cats that sometimes have bouts of acute cystitis: What do you do when you start noticing signs that suggest your cat's becoming uncomfortable? Is it off to the vet right then, or do you have a vet-approved way of dissolving the crystals or whatever before they become...

Every morning, when she hears me stir and begin to wake, Gracie jumps down from the screened window where she has been watching the birds and greets me, talking to me while she scratches her scratch pad, head down, paws extended, butt high and long tail curling above. After some petting she...

Well, he has been given cat milk since he was a baby and for the last 16 years he has had it every morning. I did not give him any today. We also give him aspirin for his bones, per our vet. I noticed that when we gave him the aspirin, he would get sick. I stopped giving him the aspirin and he...

Well again everyone, Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Everything you have given me is so very useful! I'm going to stop giving him the aspirin. He seems to be a lot better without it. You guys ROCK! Thank God for places like this, so we can all lean from everyone.

Thank you so much for the advise! I did call another place and they told me to try wet food. He is drinking a lot of water and his cat milk, so he's ok in that department. He did eat some but not as much as I had hoped and so far he has kept it down. He's also sleeping a lot! I do have a nephew...

Haven't done a ton of back-research on this, but the article is alarming, and from a non-tabloid source, apparently. Most of us folks who follow companion animal news have bumped into stories about seizure-sensing dogs and cats, as well as animals that can "smell" cancer. In that context, this is...

Haven't heard from her since the flooding. Saw bookie post but not sure if she is affected by the floods in the UK

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Torn-up A guy was visiting his friend in the hospital who was "all torn up." "What happened?" he asked. "Well, we were hunting the Mumba snake. It has yellow and black stripes. It likes to sun itself lying across a pathway in the jungle. You catch it by grabbing the tip of its tail with one hand...

My cat, Charley, wears soft claws, and that prevents him from damaging all the furniture in my house except for one sofa with rather soft fabric. To get attention, he "chooses" to scratch this sofa and of course, it works every time! ;-) I go over and shoo him away or try to distract with...

Could go ether way. After 7 months with my evil rescue kitten, I can believe anything. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QJRTNG1&show_article=1&image=large I see a story worthy of Stephen King here.

I'm caring for three orphan kittens about 10 days old. The feeding is going well and they have gained weight steadily. They did develop the sniffles over the weekend and were fussy and stubborn with nursing but that is improving... I can be stubborn too! My question is, one of the boys seems to...

So far I've only found canned evaporated goat's milk. Is fresh any better?

If you have a kitten that is "play" fighting with you, biting or scratching or any acts of aggression (even if it's playful), you've *GOT* to stop that while she's a kitten - an adult cat can savage you and send you to the ER doing the same thing that's cute in a kitten. Break that habit...

MARK BENDER AKA JOHN DOE = SHORT (5"06), SKINNY (160 LBS) 50 YEAR OLD MALICOUS TROLL LIVING AT 509 FROST TX 78201 Texas Arrest Report: Name: MARK BEDNER SSN: 507-82-xxxx Address: 5200 BLANCO RD 407, SAN ANTONIO TX 78216-7074 State of Origin:...

NOT JUST A TROLL, ALSO A SAD, SMALL WOMAN BEATER. Texas Arrest Report: Name: MARK BEDNER SSN: 507-82-xxxx Address: 5200 BLANCO RD 407, SAN ANTONIO TX 78216-7074 State of Origin: Texas County of Origin: Bexar Party...