My cat evidently tracked through a puddle of latex paint outside today. The white pawprints in my room tell the tale. I assume she licked the paint from her paws and ingested some of it. Unfortunately, she's an adopted feral who refuses to be handled, and it takes two people to give her a bath,...

Meghan has set me up with someone who may be interested in adopting Henry! They'll be visiting tomorrow. I need to make sure Henry's been well-brushed... In anticipation of this, I took Henry to the vet today for a general once-over as well as a butt-shave. He seemed perfectly healthy, and the...

It has been a while since I have had a kitten. My kitten is about 5 months old and I notice when she is sleeping that her breathing and heart beat is very rapid. She has been to the vet and all is fine with her - no underlying medical issues. She was spayed about a month ago. So do the breathing...

Tomorrow is Duffy’s 18th birthday (possibly 17th). This is guesswork based on the estimate when I adopted him. I adopted him on Jan. 31, 2003, and he would now be 17 or 18 if the estimates of 3 veterinarians at the time were correct. I arbitrarily chose his adoption date as his...

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:50:47 -0700 (PDT), Lord_Alex wrote: Hello all, I'm new to the group and somewhat new to raising cats (I had cats as a kid 10 years ago). At the end of April I decided my house was too empty, so I went to the local animal shelter and adopted two...

He was only 11 months old. A major organ was involved and little could be done but everything was tried. There was something about him that always seemed not long for this world in spite of the fact that he appeared quite happy and healthy until a few weeks ago. I lost another 13 year old cat at...

I want to couch my posting by saying from the beginning that I am sorry Mr. Roy had the accident the other day. I hate to see any animal suffer, even humans. I saw a film of him training a young lion to swim. They were in the middle of a round pool that was very deep. Just the way to instill...

I just applied a Frontline Plus dose to my cat a few hours ago. It could be my imagination, but it seems now that he's feeling a little funky, kind of like he did after getting his vaccinations - maybe a 24 hr thing. Is this normal - it makes sense, since youre literally applying an insecticide...

Please help I adopted a 4.5-5.5 week old kitten on friday since then she has only used the litter box 5 times 2 times were #2 and 3 times were #1 she sleeps all the time her little eyes are watering and all nasty been cleaning with a warm wet paper towel I made the mistake of giving her cows milk...

I am very sorry to have to report that my favorite cat, "B-K" that I picked up as a yearling in a Burger King parking lot on the day before Thanksgiving in 2004, passed away last night at 11 PM. He died of liver failure from something poisonous that he ingested, probably last Tuesday. Cats keep...

Every cat I've had has reacted to it in some way. Why DO cats like it so much? sarah

We currently have two house cats that have no specific lineage... they are just your ordinary run of the mill mongrel cats. We love them both as if they were our own children (well, almost, hahahaha). Over the course of this winter whenever it snowed I noticed tracks leading to and from a hot tub...

mhmm, jupe is pregn'e i let her out long as she knows who opened the door for the dick (oh bigbad oh) i want to get my hands on the small round tabby that got her knocked up this little cute tabby kept coming around, jupe had turned white hot in heat I EVEN SEEN IT IN A DREAM, my little black cat...

I have a female calico that hates my husband! She loves me. She enjoys cuddling with me and my oldest daughter. However, she is not fond of my youngest and hates my husband. We adopted her and her brother as kittens. They were from a feral mom. The male is fine for the most part. He is...

Brandy Alexandre wrote: My cubicle neighbor found a kitten that is about two or three days old. She's going to try to raise it and if anyone has any advice or encouraging words, I'd like to pass them along. She said she saw the kitten in the grass and decided to watch for a bit in case...

Is anyone of aware of any products that can be attached to a cat so that it can be tracked if it doesn't come home on its own? I'm thinking of various TV shows in which the cops track the bad guy via a GPS chip in the bad guy's cell phone. Is there anything equivalent that I could put on a cat...

I've been reading the benefits of feeding cats real meat (which makes sense, since they're not as omnivorous as dogs). It occured to me that perhaps a nice treat for our cats would be a little chunk of salmon or tuna bought at our local Sushi bar. Are there any considerations I should use in...

Declawing is out of the question here in my house. I know about clipping their claws. That is no problem. I was thinking about covering the air bed with one or even two mattress covers. I guess that stuff will work, but I want to ask you all in case there are methods not mentioned. I want to do...

I've been to rescue centres to find a pet cat. I want an long-haired adult male neuter, in good health and with a friendly outgoing temperment. I've been offered a cat and would like some advice please before I commit to see/adopt him. This is his how he is described: "3 year old male neuter....

Hi, Our 2 year old tabby Jinx hurt himself somehow during the night and I was hoping for some advice, specifically whether we should take him to the vet. I figure pictures speak louder than words so I took a closeup of the wound: http://krystek.net/JinxCut It's on the back of his neck, and is a...