Hello all, Some of you know me -- came here a few months ago and got tons of very good advice. Now crunch time may be coming. FINALLY we may be getting some cats. Two, to be exact. We were supposed to go to the shelter and make a decision last week. Then a business trip came up (one I really...

It's spread over the Atlantic. The applicance revolt has arrived in Cardiff. The ignition switch on my car has thrown in the towel, and god alone knows how much it will cost to replace. I can't start my car. I am so very ****ed off. Helen M --

Has anyone here had experience with a hypnotist? I'm trying to talk DH into going to one in order to help him quit smoking without gaining weight. I'd like to be able to relate some success stories to him to help him make the decision to spend the bucks it takes ($1,600 for 14 session - once a...

I got the expected call around 5:15 EST. He passed away just a few minutes before that, peacefully and without pain. Thank you for all your kind thoughts, purrs and prayers. Jill

She's been doing well, appetite wise, since she was home from hospital, but her streaming green nose stuff has never cleared up properly, although not quite so frequent. However, I don't think she likes having it any more than I liked it last night when she sat on my chest purring while I was...

I've always suspected, but finally, last week, I got the diagnosis. I'm supposed to exercise an hour a day (say WHAT????? Not with THIS ankle, dude!) and double my Neurontin at night for two weeks, then triple it if I am not doing better (which I am not, at the almost one-week mark). I don't...

In the scheme of things the trouble I am going through does not rate very high considering what some other people (some who post here) are going through but I started passing a little blood and the doctor sent me some augmentin and all I can think of is I would kill to be able to pig out on...

My lover died of hiv related illness recently. He had a little yorkie named Rooney. On his death bed he made me promise to take care of him after his death. I said of course! After he died, I took Rooney out into the country and dropped him off on the side of the road because I hated that little...

On the weekends I volunteer for the shelter that provided me with three of my babies: Brandy, China-Doll, and Philip. I love the boss and the new volunteer, but it seems of late I'm not given the opportunity to volunteer anything except unpaid babysitting. My position is rather a meet-and-greet,...

I wasn't satisfied with what my vet was telling me about Bandit's blindness (that it was just a result of old age) - I researched it and found that, in cats, age alone is almost never the cause of blindness. So I took her to another vet. The first vet was right about her blood pressure being...

It's just me and the two cats, and they have shown a marked reluctance to hold each other down while I trim claws. So how does one person manage a claw clip on a reluctant cat? I have in the past tried to wrap one in a towel (prewarmed for his comfort) but I can only manage maybe two claws that...

The haul was *incredible* Masses and masses, tens of *metres* of all sorts of different bubble wrap, and it was all *mine*. It nearly broke my heart to have to throw nearly all of it away (I can't use up half the volume of my shared office with bubblewrap) but I did take *great* delight in stashing...

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Does *anyone* here have an experience with females in heat. You all remember Biskit. I was waiting till she got built-up and less emaciated before I took her in to be spayed. A couple of days ago I noticed she was *real* friendly. Then she started yowling and just doesn't stop. It must be that she...

Persia has been suffering from urinary problems lately, so I got some new UR (urinary tract) food for her. I opened the bag of this new stuff tonight and she went NUTS. Gimme, gimme, I want it, now! Sheesh, you'd have thought I was offering her a can of salmon! Crunch, crunch, chomp......

http://www.helsinki.fi/~tsaalto/pics/funny/cats/toiletcat.jpg Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.

Eli, The Great Black Hunter brought in a gift last night, the biggest mouse I have ever seen. Or is it a small rat? I just don't know! What do you think? http://fidnet.com/~pdavis/images/critter.jpg The whole pride could have feasted on this one, but they left it intact.... Why???

Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and...

Remember I posted about a robin that flies into the utility room and helps itself to the dry catfood from Waffles's bowl? Have a look at http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wafflycat/detail?.dir=/c59d&.dnm=697a.jpg The bird shows very little fear of me. If I'm in the utility room loading up the...

Here's an update on the fire situation. The Old fire has burned way across the mountains, is out of control, and has destroyed homes. I just finished evacuating my mom over to my brother's place - the fire was at that time about 1/2 mile from her house. My son evacuated his mom to her mom's place,...