I don't know if you guys remember Little Bit, the blind cat we adopted who had been a stray near my son's apartment. We took her in back in March, hoped to find her real meomie and paw but never did, and she has lived reasonably happily in our front room since then. (My computer desk is in...

"Fenris" wrote in message ... Don't start me on the subject of the RSPCA. They paid a vet to put my cat down while I was in hospital. I have no time for them at all. They are all over the TV here trying to look good by...

Sorry about the poor quality of the clip. I filmed it with my phone, and debated whether I should post it at all. But, here he is, giving Meowmie another heart attack, Caliban laying on the outer edge of the jetty (and Miranda sensibly walking away from it...

I wanted to respond to everyone that posted in my old thread catching up, but I couldn't figure out how to work this X-News thing. I think I'm getting better at it now. But thank you, everyone, for your kind comments. It was nice to hear positive things and nice for me to feel better for...

On the 8th of August, 2005, I was set to go and fetch my new kitten from the fosterer's when she called me and said she was going shopping with her husband and she could drop off 'Leo,' as he was called then, on the way. So I told Frank and Miranda that their new baby brother was arriving and...

Thanks everyone for the purrs and good health thoughts. Sabrina hasn't vomited in several days and she even had a little food yesterday and a little this morning. Not nearly normal, but a definite good sign. She is now on amoxicillin, prednisone liquid, and pepsid injections. It seems to be...

Tried to send this earlier, but I never saw it appear on the server. Sooo...if you read the first one (same subject heading but no caps, ignore this one Ever notice how different cats react to different kinds of petting? I started thinking about it a little while ago as I walked by the cat tree...

As usual, I'm sleepless. Anyone out there in the world awake and up for a chat? On an IRC client use the following server: xeon.edigic.com port 6667 #rec.pets.cats.anecdotes If you use Firefox as a browser and have Chatzilla installed you can

The cats seem quite happy to be back in town. It's been a hot few days, and sometimes even a sun-worshipper like Miranda needs a bit of shadow, so she found herself a parasol in the garden to protect her delicate skin - well, at least her delicate...

Has anyone seen this movie? I just rented the DVD and watched it over the weekend. It was terrific! I have not read the book, but even if you have, I would still recommend this movie, because big part of the experience is all the beautiful animation (it's stop-motion, which is extremely...

Didn't get a chance to mention this but...... Some folks here are a fan of Ebeneezer and Snooch, the cats of Two Lumps. Well...my show, the shadowcast of Repo! The genetic Opera was invited to San Diego a few weeks ago to perform in conjunction with Comic Con. I was bummed becasue we weren't...

Ann wrote: Thank you all for the purrs and the candle. She has left a big hole in our lives. Some my think it is to soon but we have given another cat a forever home with us.The pet store near us was holding an adoption today and we contacted the rescue group and they checked with...

Caliban just saved me from the dragon! Ok, not quite a dragon. More like a dragon fly. Actually, not a dragon fly (I quite like those) but a crane fly. You know, those monsters that look like a mosquito on steroids. I was sitting at the computer when one of these monsters suddenly erupted out...

I swear, I can't open the refrigerator without Persia begging me for a sip of milk. Most of the time when I go near the refrigerator it's to get a glass of cold water. But she never stops hoping for a drizzle of milk. I just got back from the grocery store and yes, I bought some milk. Persia...

I've uploaded the pictures I took this summer on the island. There are lots of pics of M&C, some of Emil and Kasper, and a few of Ronja. There's also a suite of pictures from a little trip we made to the small island across from ours, Ersgrund. My sister rowed us over. Though it's a small...

I bought a new welcome mat to replace the rather ragged one outside the front door. It's made of stiff coconut fibre. I brought it in through the garage and set it on the kitchen floor so I could clip the tags off. Persia immediately started rolling around on it. I suppose the stiff, itchy...

On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:25:19 -0400, "Ann" wrote: Abby left for the bridge at 11:00 am yesterday. The vet did xrays and found cancer. There were things we could try but it would only give her a few weeks more. The cancer wasn't there 2 months ago when we had x rays done...

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Chubby has been camping out at the base of one of the bird feeders for hours a day for the last few weeks. From time to time she would leap up to the feeder in an obvious effort to catch the bird (usually a goldfinch or indigo tanager) that had just flown away in panic (the base of the feeder is...

After her successful shoulder-ride around the hen huts, Lucky would make certain she was available every morning to do it again. She would wait until she saw me and then stand up with her tail up in the greeting position, giving her famous "open-mouth-no meow" and leap on to my shoulder. She...