Hi the I caught poor kitty this afternoon. He'd had two cans of cat food in rapid succession and I put the trap by the hole under my porch where I'd been feeding him. He went for the tuna and the trap snapped shut. He was cold and desperate I think. Moved quite slowly the last time I...

Probably poorly stated like the post I made that got me my one spate of hate mail. I'd written about an incident between Rob and our first owner and ended up being accused of cat abuse, neglect, and just about everything else both in the group and in private emails. I was devastated and almost...

Our two cats, Edgar and Agatha, have always been picky eaters. They like fish stuff, especially with gravy and cheddar in it. When they first came, two years ago (they're brother and sister, about 4 now) we tried Fancy Feast and quickly discovered that if it was "classsic" (pate), they looked...

WE GOT SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 It's only about 4 inches here in B-ton, but they are predicting that it will continue to fall (it is still coming down as I type) and accumulation will be anywhere from 16 - 22 inches!!!!!! Snow Men-er...

There was I, curled up on the sofa, with cat curled up on my lap, doing what any self-respecting cycling fan does at this time of year... I'm ogling the Lycra-clad, pert, muscular, perfectly-toned rear ends of the men on carbon and aluminium as they cycle the latest stage of Le Tour de France....

Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd like it to be very nice since we're just getting to know them and they had us over for an extremely lovely dinner a month ago or so. Of course the dilemma is the dining room table. We'll have appetizers in the kitchen and then it...

Baggy was trying to wee last night and couldn't, this morning he still hadn't used his box and was very distressed. I took him straight to the vet where he still is, they're going to give him an anaesthetic and catheterise him. I've got to ring them this afternoon to see how he is and when I...

I didn't want a new cat after Boyfriend, but I got one. He's an exoric Persian.

Purrs coming up! I hope you get it! -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

I need you guys' help. The vet told me to watch the burn closely for any change of color or appearance and if there is I was to take her in right away so they could do surgery. Well, the burn looks different than it did, but it might be that it's getting better. For those who can take...

I was bringing the dogs out for their walk the other morning and it was not quite dawn and raining, not great visibility. However, the dogs alerted me that something was going on. Samantha, the Shi Tzu puppy, was barking in a hostile manner that I have seldom heard from her before and Bear, the...

My neighbor, owned by Fedders (RB) and Schwartzie, called to ask if I could take care of Schwarty (nickname) while she's gone for a week and a half, maybe two. She's moving! Putting her house up for sale and scouting an area closer to her son, DIL and grandkids. The problem is, he's a...

Not the way we were planning it, which was Mom keeping Marlo indefinitely. But we have a big hurricane bearing down on us and, while we don't think it will hit us directly, it's going to be bad. Mom doesn't want to stay at her house alone, and I want to be in mine since I have three cats to keep an...

BUT! this one has a happy ending :) I'd been told for 2 years that I didn't qualify for any sort of government assistance because (1) I don't have children and (2) I have an IRA. This didn't make sense to me because single people have to eat, too. I finally found a woman at the Tennessee Dept....

Hi All, This message from my friends in the Tampa, Florida area does mention their pets, but it's still OT. The gentleman is my best friend of some thirty years and after he and the lady married, she became best friends with DH independently of the two men. It can be scary to watch Lynda and...

....on police officer's lap! This story was on my local news this morning. If I see it in an online newspaper I'll post the URL. In the meantime, the report was that a police officer was sitting in his patrol car when a cat jumped through the window. He shoo'd the cat out, but she jumped back in....

I'm trying to keep Persia active. Keep in mind there is no PetCo or PetSmart store within 50 miles of here. I love her but I'm not driving over 100 miles (to/from) just to buy cat toys. So I'm shopping online. She loves the little toy mousies I get from Walgreen's (that's only 12 miles away...

Last week I wrote about how DH saved a chipmunk from certain death on the side of the road. Yesterday, we were able to save a turtle from death as it crossed a road. We were driving along, less than a mile from our home, when DH starts cursing, swerves and pulls over to the side of the road (I...

Little Delta needs your purrayers please... she went to what was supposed to be her forever home the other day, and John just had to go and pick her up from the vet tonight - somebody who was supposed to love her didn't :( She's going to be living with John now (along with the three foster cats he...

Appreciate all the concern, folks...this is a fairly serious sickness. Got to the vet last night with little trouble, somewhat surprisingly, and received lessons on tube-feeding. Got him home by about 7 pm. He was fairly teetery, but staggered to his favorite coverered litter box, got...