In the regular post yesterday, I received a piece of advertising mail which had this warning on the outside of the envelope: "Joyce Wermont, Termite swarms may be headed for the San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose area around 4/24/2006. iIs your home protected?/i" It was not intended as a...

She is two years old today, my little summer solstice cesarean section baby cat! This is the kitten the vet "Wasn't sure would make it" because she was so tiny at birth. Some joke, as she's definitely the dominant cat, around here! When I pick her up she feels rather like a soft and cuddly brick....

You may remember that Pandora hurt herself quite badly in March? Well, a brief update, Pandora visited a Feline orthopeadic specialist today as she started having problems with severe lameness in both hind legs on Wednesday. From his assessment and X-rays, it seems that she has congenital Medial...

It's been a crazy week. This past weekend was ComFest, that fun old-hippie festival I do readings at every year. It's really, really tiring and wearying, but it's where I make the bulk of my business money for the year. Plus it is fun to see people I only see at ComFest. I did pretty well, and...

After hearing Smudge's story, and its wonderful conclusion, I was wondering if people had any opinions about pet tracking collars. I've noted at least two: http://www.scottcountry.co.uk/products_detail.asp?productID=1160 http://www.thecatlocator.com The LoCATer sounds like the better system,...

This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home for a few days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few days, leaving this evening. Our hotel is actually on the route of the Tour de France, apparently :-) Cheers, helen s --

Lori, do you have a link to the Sherpa carrier you said you like so much? I did a search on Sherpa on drsfostersmith.com , but somehow I pictured yours being different from what I find there. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

My Mom had just settled in bed last night, and was starting a little pre-sleep reading, when Stinky came into her room, walked around the bed , fixed her with a meaningful look, and said "MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW." Then he picked himself back up, and went out again. He had just eaten, his water...

Seems to be going quite well for Vino so far. This morning he ate some of an Iams pouch. I've found that microwaving the food does not help him at all, he likes it cold. I guess it's what he's used to, being an only cat, most of his food comes straight from the fridge. We went for a walk on...

It's finally gotten too hot and too humid here in Houston to go biking at *any* time of day (at least biking for exercise). I've had to resort to using my treadmill for my exercise, but I *REALLY* miss going out on my bike. I can't wait for fall (like 10 months from now!!!). ...

Persia loves her crackle sak. But it was covered in cat fur. I tried vacuuming it but it just wasn't cutting it. And Persia is not a long-haired cat. She's what the vet calls a medium short-hair. So I put it in the washer. You'd think I'd transported it to another planet! She wandered around...

My brother is currently serving in Afghanistan. As it's his birthday in a couple of weeks, I've been putting a package together for him of various things like Chocolate Horlicks, which he loves, *Proper* cadburys chocolate with honeycomb and almond, stuff like that. Lily was watching me pack the...

Can I come to Helsinki next year please??? Cathi

Recently, somebody posted here how easy it is to spread feline distemper - that you could bring it in on your clothes, if you had contact with an infected cat, and then give it to your own cats if they're not vaccinated. Could the person who posted that (Kajikit, maybe?) say more about that? Did I...

haven't been here in a while don't worry, I won't say pussy even though P%s%y is in style I see sriddles posting strong Jill (daddy's baby) posting regular, posting long handing everyone a wash cloth to wipe the corners of dey mowvs

"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote. News connectivity back for the moment, although this is the second backup computer -- main computer had a bad disk crash before leaving for St. Louis, and the LINUX/Windows machine was power-dead this morning. Things are slowly recovering, although not the...

Persia was stretched out on her side and I was giving her scritches around her neck, then the top of her head. She was rubbing her face against my hand. Then I rubbed down her nose - she turns her head up, mouth slightly open... she loves this! Then I rubbed her belly. Then I was stroking her...

I'm working at home today. When I take break and look up from the computer, this is what I see (glp): http://tinyurl.com/r9dtx He has very dirty paws. I've tried telling him to wash them already, but he doesn't listen. Typical teenage boy! Mir-mir hanging out on the old cat tree for a change....

The unthinkable has happened: Japan is positioned to remove critical protections for whales at this Friday's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, spelling disaster for the world's whales. Urge President Bush to hold Japan accountable for their actions against whales. Help us make...

One of my nicknames for Little Boy is Kissakitten. And he's certainly taken to it. Whenever I hold him, or when he's at my eye level (like on top the fridge), if I call him Kissakitten, he lunges his face at me, expecting either kisses or nose touches. When holding him, I get the added bonus...