We learned some time ago that Ranger likes blankets. He likes to nap on them, but he also like to carry them around the house with him. We've got a bunch of small throws, around 4 feet by 5 feet, in several areas of the house (a couple on the futons, on on the back of each chair, etc). We got tired...

When we moved into the house in Newton, I really didn't want to have to haul a heavy, large box spring up a narrow flight of stairs so we've got our mattress directly on the bedroom floor. When we first moved in we recognized that kitties with disturbed routines sometimes act-out by peeing in...

Yesterday, over to Sainsbury's to get, among other things, more cat food (and with instructions from the owners not to even think of saving money by buying anything other than Felix 'As Good as it Looks'). Walking the cat food aisle I notice among the cat toys a "Babble Ball", advertised as an...

I was thinking along the same lines as Bridget yesterday, about how sad we have been on rpca the last few days, and I thought we need to get some nice anecdotes in to cheer up everyone. I know that reading the stories helped me get my mind off it when my Nikki and Frank passed in 2005. So here...

A 10-week-old kitten used up one of its nine lives when it survived a 20-minute ordeal in a washing machine. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7048897.stm -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

One of my imaginary friends on another newsgroup caught her cat in what looks to be a decidedly comfortable pose, although the sleeping spot looks mighty uncomfortable: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/1620733055/ Hugs and Purrs, Mark --

Last night the first cold front of the season blew through, dropping our temperature by 30 F (16.6C) in less than 24 hours. This morning the cats were zooming all over the house, bouncing off the walls and refusing to go out to their enclosure. :) Tonight I'm hoping to have more than the usual 3...

http://www.spiegel.de:80/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,512794,00.html I am just crossing my fingers really hard that Stephen Colbert reads about this. "Lobsters on the Lam!"

Dear group, I received this video by e-mail but I thought, I should share it with you all. Please be sure to have your sound turned on while watching:-) http://www.gwsystems.com/inge/diverses/kurios/e_gutenmorgen.shtml Purrs to you from Inge and the catgang --

Turns out Smudge had an abcessed wound on her chest. It has mostly drained since I first discovered it, at which time it was the size of an extremely large grape, or very small chicken egg. By the time I brought her to the vet today, it had gotten very small, but the fur at that spot was all matted...

As I mentioned in a prior post, I need to go on the receive only list this year. However, I have a diabolical master plan cooking up. Since I live in Canada, it costs me 93 cents for every letter I mail to the States. That adds up on a list as big as RPCA, when I'm paying almost double the in-US...

I just want to say thank you all for helping me especaily my mom. it is really rough for me seeing that this is my first time and i dont know if i might be anywhere near filling her tanadashoes. I that i can to is continue to try to be some where in the group's social standing and know where I...

Today is International "Talk Like A Pirate Day" So I'll be takin' dat bottle 'o rum offun ye now matey........mine be empty. No git to walkin' dat plank ye scurvy dog.....it ain't dat long really. An remember....Em's what dies be da lucky ones! Laughs!

Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I throw out almost a whole can of Fancy Feast. I even bought the expensive stuff that she really likes! Everything else is fine. Her ears and eyes are clear,...

Tuesday last John and I had all day to do whatever we wanted while up in Davenport, IL. We usually stop in at PetCo or PetSmart to look at all the litter critters and oooh and ahhh over them, even though taking any home (600 miles away) is impossible. Well, we stopped in at the Humane...

Having 6 furry owners, we of course have a lot of cat toys spread all around the house. Of special interest are the feather wands. We've got a plastic wand with an orange marabou feather on the end that Sammy has claimed as his own. We also have a couple of boa feathers attached to plastic wands, a...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g15ybAXAUbE -- MatSav

Archer is totally fascinated with the fish in our 50 gallon aquarium (we put the new cat tree next to it, in front of the window, so they can watch kitty TV all day while Ben and I are at work). He'll sit on the floor in front of it and jump up at the front glass trying to catch one of those...

Everywhere! I'm not going to survive this! I've had to break down this huge kennel *FIVE* times today to clean it. The latest cleaning was because the pain medication gave Archer diarrhea and he missed his box (not his fault, with that huge splint on his leg it's hard for him to even get in...

Do your cats change where they sleep as the weather changes? With the cold weather now here my 3 cats have changes where they sleep. They spend most of the day in or under our bed. In the evening Cinnamon and Abby sleep on the couch. Samwise will sleep in his soft side bed in there living...