Hi everyone. Been off usenet for a while, and nice to find an active group in the pets.cats category. Today was a tough day. A month ago I agreed to adopt a coworkers feral kitten, one of the last of a litter that had taken over first her garage and later her home. It is a gray, short haired...

I was on the phone arguing with Chase Bank this morning. That's the credit card I was using to pay all of Persia's vet bills. I have never used it for anything else. I got a letter in the mail yesterday saying they'd lowered my credit limit based on my "usage". Um, excuse me, it's based on...

Nanki Poo was put to sleep today, just after his seventeenth birthday. Kidney failure. He seemed happy enough to the end. In theory, his pictures should be here, but I have a feeling the site is not working. :(( http://blakjak.org/qu_npoo.htm -- David Stevenson Storypage:...

Hi Everyone, as promised an update on Smudgie ... She continues to sleep a lot. She used to like sleeping on the sofa, or Donna's bed, but at the moment her favourite spot is on the lounge floor by the patio door. She will sleep there for hours! She is also still curling up on my lap and...

*!VERY!* strong opinion/rant warning I was blown away by last year's Fox's TV hit show, "Glee". I even watched reruns all summer (and I'm not usually a rerun watcher - preferring something I like a lot less just because it's new). It's on right now and I am totally, completely, utterly...

I have always been sort of creeped out by spiders. About 11 years ago, I worked at a water park. One day there was a huge spider at one of the slide splashdowns. It was about 4 or 5 inches across. I killed it. A few days later my tuxedo cat IKE disappeared. Karma? I never kill spiders any...

Here in Southern California, we're really having weather this afternoon - pouring rain and gusting wind! Every so often it sounds as though a freight train is going by. We get a lot of wind here. In fact, we're told the name of our valley is from the Chumash for "Windy Valley". However, we...

Yowie wrote: For what its worth, Joyce, I can't possibly imagine you doing anything other than the very best you can possibly do for your cats. I'm so so sorry you have to make the decision, its heartbreaking even when you know thats its 110% the right decision to make. Except now,...

Have any of you gotten new sod and a sort time later found that your cat was sick? What were the symptoms? That's what happened here. When he got over that illness, we went to FL (where he got lost for 10 days). When we returned and let him outside on a leash, after a few days he got sick...

Summer is here! Therefore, it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity . When a man volunteers to do the BBQ, the following chain of events are put into motion: Routine. (1) The woman buys the food.

When Tiger purrs there is no sound. If he is on my lap and I am stroking his throat (which he loves) I can feel the throb. Also, when he purrs he breathes at double his normal rate so I can see it. Other than that there is no indication. Strange! ---MIKE--- In the White...

3 1/2 years ago I had a brief spell of having to behave like an adult (Shuddering at the memory) when I had make financial decisions about my share of mum's estate. Anyway I was given loads of important documents and told to put them in a safe place. Yesterday I got a letter one of my bonds is...

I managed to get some sleep last night. But the poor CNA who sat with her had a time of it. The CNA (Shay) who was here during the day told the new nighttime CNA (Joyce) oh, it's easy. You just have to reposition her from time to time, make sure she's comfortable. Change her diaper and wash...

I voted I am just waiting for this day to be done. Either Hell, Heaven or Both begins at the end of the vote

Allegra640 wrote: Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt, a diet of strictly dry food is the way to go. Whats a girl to do? Change vets?? --

"Sheenah" wrote snip Peter and I will never know what, if anything Dee Dee tells the rest of the gang she did during her two days away from home. If she tells them anything, we expect she will make sure that they know that I imprisoned her and that her intelligence...

The kitties developed a liking for eggs when they tipped them from the top of the frig a couple of times. This necessitated my shifting them to the back of the servery against the wall, supposedly out of reach. This morning they were dining on scrambled eggs. A six pack of eggs in a transparent...

I had to take the furbag back to TED today. His eye just isn't healing up. After 1 week of goop in the eye 3 times a day it is much better but he is still squinty and the membranes are red. So now TED gave me a script for eye drops. Had to fill them at my pharmacy. These need to be given FOUR...

Could I have purrs for Tiffy, please? Poor little thing was straining to go to the litterbox this morning. She was going every two minutes and only doing a few drops each time. She's been off her food the past few days but wasn't straining at the litterbox until today. I did however notice a...

I have a visitor… Whilst out cycling tonight, the Unfit Family was pootling along the quiet lanes of Norfolk when "Meeeeow!!" It ran out from the side of the road. A black and white cat. We are in the middle of relative nowhere. This is an adult cat which is very friendly. There are no...