We experienced temps in the 30s F here in North Carolina last week. This was very uncomfortable for us all as the heater is based under the house and none of us were able to go under to make sure the pilot light was on. So we got cold. I got up in the middle of the night to shiver my way to...

one of the things that my spinal surgery took away was my ability to write. I can now do it, but not great yet.

The night before we became Pepper's family,s he was given a bath by the people who rescued her to get rid of most of her fleas. She certainly didn't have very many when we picked her up, but to be certain, we stopped on the way home and picked up some flea drops (for the back of the neck) from...

I have just brought home a blue tick hound that someone dumped a week ago at the rest area. The kids that work there are, retarded for the most part. By the time I got there, the dog was so hyper. I got her to the TED and she is not chipped. He was too busy to mess with her today so wouldn't...

I actually went out yesterday, it was a very warm day, and as we pulled into a disabled parking spot, I caught a glimpse of a small dog locked in a very hot car. Poor thing was so drenched, and panting, and so I called the police on my cellphone...next thing I know, police car, and a tow truck...

Anode and Cathode http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=849534&l=147b6&id=619485718 They have not yet met the cats. But Cathode was very vocal in her comments about the sound of next door's tractor :-)

Dear all, Please could you purr for the lovely black cat (not IBKFergus) who went RB today after being run over by a car. Yowie saw the car who ran over the cat, but did not see the incident. She saw the cat in the gutter after the car left, clearly in a bad way, but was not able to catch it to...

Every year, millions of day-old baby chicks are mailed via the U.S. Postal Service by commercial hatcheries and cockfighting breeders. The chicks are literally packed in boxes and sent through the mail, without food or water, and with no concern for temperature extremes. This inhumane practice...

If I wrote my autobiography, people would think it belonged in the fiction section. Not all these things could *possibly* happen to one person -- except for me. Last Monday, I stepped out into the hall to find a group of the cats surrounding something that looked to me like a weird double...

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Saturday, the mother cat returned her kittens to the barn. My daughter found them and was able to scoop all four up and take them into the house, where they promptly went under the dresser in the kitten room. Buddy, their brother, who had been enjoying the life of a pampered cat was surprised when...

A guy at work has a 16-yr. old cat (at least 16 the vet says). He has 3 teeth and only eats canned food. He only likes Fancy Feast. This co-worker found the cat left in his apartment when he moved in. He took it to the vet and had to get all the shots including rabies, license, etc. and...

Is anyone else enjoying (???!!!) the latest round of ice/sleet/snow we're getting this a.m.? (I think it's headed to you, Pat, if it's not there already) I am just praying that the weather people are wrong, because they're expecting power failures statewide tonight because of ice...

I know that everyone is nearly purred out, but could you spare a few for a couple of my boys? I've been begging the husband for years to get rid of the mini blinds in the small second bedroom. He just blew me off. Well, this morning (at 6:15 am no less), he found out why I didn't want the mini...

On 25 Nov 2004 10:07:52 GMT, (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote: Waffles will not keep an E-collar on either. The only cat I ever had in an elizabethen collar tolerated it pretty well. Tiger was a large cat so the vet put him in a dog collar. His grooming...

They just rang. Nikki hasn't gained consciousness and her temp has stayed over 41 C for several hours now. She keeps cramping, and on the vet's recommendation, I gave them permission to release her. They asked me if I wanted to b ethere with her, but since she hasn't regained consciousness I'm not...

My operation will take place on 11th Oct. I'm really not sure I should have agreed to it. The point of it is to stop pins and needles in my hand. I don't have that, My fingers are numb and the doc says that he numbness may not be helped by this operation which will put me out of caring for...

Stinky is not well-- he is pretty much back to where he was before I started subQ with him. He is sleeping a lot, and not eating or grooming. I am going to try to get him in to see the vet-- meanwhile, we would both so appreciate your purrs. He was sitting in my lap last night, and I just...

Dreary day here in SW OK, cloudy and rain off and on all day. A little while ago, during a brief break in the clouds, the sun came out for a few minutes. Little Bit wanted to check and see if any of the neighborhood cats on been around, so I decided I'd put on the girls collars and let Sammy and LB...

I dropped Selena off this morning to have her teeth cleaned. She was so pitiful this morning. I had to take the food up last night at midnight so when I got up and went into the kitchen she and Hobbes followed me into the kitchen thinking they were going to eat. I swept Selena up and put her in the...