My cat goes outside everyday. He does smell a bit 'raw' sometimes. I was wondering is there anything that i can put on his fur to make him smell better? I am worried about putting 'talcon powder' on him in case it poisens him when he cleans his skin. should i even try to change the natuaral fur...

Approximately 2 months ago, my cat, Luther, a sweet gray tabby, went to the vet and was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. He was placed on prednisone and Imuran for this. I, foolishly, trusted the vet and did not research the drugs being administered. The IBD seemed to improve but about 2...

Hello Everyone, I am sending group mail family and friends to let everyone know that my mother passed away last night, and I am including this NG plus rpca among my friends. I had been with her until about half an hour before she died. She was very weak and could barely speak, but I called my...

I have diverted four other people from going to see a vet to getting meds on their own, through sources I have recommended. Tucson vets, I'm going to do everything I can to take money away from you profiteers. And I have ALOT of free time.

As some of you know, my 19 yo has been having accidents lately. I had purchased a quart spray bottle of Anti Icky Poo (AIP)(a bacterial based cleaner) about a month back. I'm ready to post my review. This stuff ROCKS! I was previously using Capture (dry powder cleaner) to do all urine spots,...

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...

Hi again group. I've read through all your replies, and I'd like to say thanks for the advice that you all gave. We have decided to keep Beacheeee ( for that is her name) indoors. Well, until spring's really sprung at the very least (April/May time). We'll decide what to do after that when the...

Hi group. Just got a kitten (Our first cat) She's 7 weeks old. I don't know what to do regarding whether to keep her indoors all the time or let her out. I think with winter coming and the cat being so young, I will keep her indoors till the spring when things start warming up and decide what...

I have been following some of the messages concerning Monica with a combination of sadness and anger. Monica has a long history on the newsgroup, and many of you should be well aware that a cat's best interest is always foremost on her mind. You can tell a lot about a person by that person's...

In the Land of Make-Believe There's a bed of angel hair upon which rests the maiden who beckons us there We dream in pools of sadness and look beyond the wall expecting to see the answer but there is none at all

Our 10 month old female cat, Mollie hasn't been eating as much as she usually does these past few days, and today, she has hardly touched her food. I have been trying to tempt her with canned tuna, and a few prawns. She ate a prawn and a little bit of tuna, but nothing much. Because she hasn't...

Well, Henry's been gone for weeks, and Louis has started spraying again. No other changes in the household, except I was out of town this weekend. My wife caught him spraying our closet door upstairs (where no one's peed before), and the closet downstairs (where he used to pee). I've gone through...

99% of the time Mico is fine. But rarely (once every 5 months or so), Mico will leave me a present in an awkward place. This morning I came in the bathroom to find one piece of poop on the bathroom mat, with the others ON TOP of the newly filled litter in his box. He didn't even bother to dig...

Meep (14 years old now) did something alarming today - she pooped in her travel box. In all the long years I've had her, she's never *deliberately* pooped outside her box, though she has done so accidentally a couple of times (while coughing up hairballs, from the evidence). She's also peed a...

I've been owned by cats all my life and have never had this problem before now. The problem started when we rescued Hunter and he was kept in the upper three bedrooms, bathroom and hall (we installed a door at the end of the hall to keep him in and the other cats out). He was an intact tom for...

Hello, all.... It's been a couple years since I've done more than occasionally read here (I'm an old, old, OLD timer from when there was just rec.pets.cats, though I recognize so few names now). I am posting in a last-ditch cry for help. After years of being the "cat therapist" all my friends...

One or more of my cats is peeing on stuff now and again. I've tried all sorts of things, but I'm here to ask for help. How can I get them to stop? They're all healthy, I know it's not medical in nature. Please, any suggestions/ideas are welcome, EXCEPT getting rid of them. Thank You. Cori

I posted a comment to the recent "urine removal" thread, but wanted to make an independant post, for googlers, on the topic. We purchased a product called "Anti-Ickypoo" which, in addition to removing urine odors, advertises itself as capable of removing the smell of dead bodies. Good god. After...

Our 5 year old Bengal has resumed his affection for peeing on our front door. We'd almost broken him of the habit, but in the last few weeks he's back at it. The vet gave him an "all-clear" for urinary or bladder issues. When he started this behavior, it was classic marking: back legs...

If two cats from the same family mate, will it result in defects much like it would in the case of two humans? Thanks