For the last 10 years or so, I have had more clients than kittens. But this year I decided to bow out because of several reasons which most of you know... A good guide to the kitty market is a news paper called the Ad Trader. In there you can see the current kitty market situation, what is...

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/menu05_07.html

This is not a problem per se, but just something I thought I'd share to perhaps get some insight. Up until November of last year I had two cats. My 19 year old, Murphy, passed away right before Thanksgiving. He lived with me from kittenhood, so we literally shared 19 years together. (Longer than...

http://www.itchmo.com/more-recalled-menu-foods-pet-food-found-in-wal-mart-2463 Yesterday we posted about Sheri McComber, an Alabama cat owner, who bought recalled Special Kitty cat food from a Wal-Mart store. She claims that four of her cats are sick from eating the recalled cat food. This was...

A report from a volunteer from petfinder.com: I just returned from Gonzales 10 seconds ago and am posting this message before I do anything else. If you are still wondering whether or not you should go to volunteer at the shelter, GO! They are desperate for help! You will be allowed to...

Hi, I know this is a cat newsgroup, but i noticed a lot of you have dogs too. We have a 1 year old female staffy and a 9 month old female terrier. We had the staffy first, and she has always been my husband's dog. She loves all of us, but my husband's her 'master'. She decided this, not us....

Whenever I pet my cat, he commences to lick his front leg or his side just behind the shoulder. When I stop, he stops; and when I start again, so does he. What's behind this curious behavior? -- Dennis

My 7-ish year old female dsh cat has cystitis (her first case of illness while with me). She is currently on Baytril for 10 days, and the vet said she may have to have another course, depending on how she responds to this round. Questions: How does a female cat contract cystitis? Would a change...

hi everyone. i'm planning on getting a cat and i've never had one before. i just wanted to get some opinions on declawing. i've heard both sides from my friends, but wanted to get some more ideas. also, just wanted to let everyone know that i am excited to get involved in this group and am happy to...

My husband and I are getting a little aby kitten, and then we are thinking we might want a puppy. The puppy would mostly be my husbands dog. We are looking for a dog that has a mellow disposition, medium sized to large, and won't bark too much when my husband is gone for the day. He works for 5...

There is an article on cnn as well: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/23/pet.food.recall.ap/index.html Do you guys think that some sicko could have done this on purpose?? -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com

Last week a friend who lives in Ann Arbor mentioned a thunderstorm in an e-mail to me. She said there was a loud crack and it sounded as though a gun had gone off. Turns out, a house a street up from her caught fire (it was hit by lightening). The owners were on vacation and although they...

Full story: http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-melamine-surveilance-order-warns-against-major-health-risks_20070509 FDA Warns Staff On Major Melamine Health Risks May 9th, 2007 Itchmo has learned that the FDA has issued a surveillance order for Chinese vegetable proteins including corn gluten and...

I made the monthly trek to Petsmart today. Among my purchases for the month was a new turbo scratcher. They lost the ball out of the old one and I can't find it anywhere, and it needed cardboard refills anyway. So I go to buy a whole new one. All they had was this "new" kind. It's just like the...

Hi all. It looks like Icarus' UTI is back. I saw the vet today to see if I can get a stronger antibiotic and was given a prescription for a different one that hopefull will do the trick. He'll have to go back to the vet in a couple of weeks and be given another urine test. Let's hope this new...

Near where I live they've just found a house where a middle-aged woman was hoarding cats. They found 134 dead cats in the house; 25 live cats are being cared for at the Cat Clinic, the vet facility where I adopted my guys and take them for care. There's a picture of a couple of the cats rescued...

For those following our saga... Peewee is doing poorly. He was at the vet all day Fri PM and yesterday. Yesterday he ate some, and seemed perkier by 5PM last night. Of course, since these things happen at the worst possible time, DH and I were OOT on a much needed vacation. I got a call in the...

Perhaps a few folks will recall that I had an oPossum in my backyard a few months back. The backyard is fenced in so that my cats can't get out, but it isn't angled to stop critters from getting in. I do live in New York City so there aren't too many critters around. Anyway, today while I'm...

Yesterday, early morning, I glanced out of the window and saw an oPossum cross the lawn in the backyard. Then it tried to climb the fence to get out but the fence curves in at the top to stop my cats from getting out. It stopped the oPossum as well. So I went out and opened the weak area of the...

Hi guys. Sorry if I am posting too much but I love to hear what you all have to say. It has been a month since Trouble's blockage and on Friday he went in for a full physical. His x-ray showed an absolutely perfect bladder with no stones and when they passed the catheter for a urinalysis, there...