Yesterday my pint-size Calico was being harassed by my usually timid and fun male cat. The hard-core feral was near him. He jumped on the front end of the Calico and the feral immediately jumped on her backend. Of course I stopped it. The feral is worthless as a pet, so that stuff won't be...

I've heard it said once that pork is one of the things you don't feed to your cats. Now, other than that it's not kosher (and then a concern if kitty is Jewish), I'm curious, what is the reason for this? -- Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my...

Our 11 year old cat has arthritis in her knees and a bit in her spine. She has been doing very well on Cosequin and can still jump up on the bed and even runs a little sometimes but I can tell her knees bother her because she walks with her hind feet a little forward, hunching her spine. Even our...

I took my cat for an ultrasound this morning and unfortunately, it didn't come back with good results that I was SO optimistically looking forward to receiving. Apparently, he has lumps and/or masses spreading throughout his abdomen. On the mezzentary (sp?)? The doctor said he either has FIP...

My new kitten, Francis, has had a heart murmur since he dropped into my life at age 4 weeks, two months ago. Today he had his 12 week check-up and shots, and we discussed neutering. The vet said that since he has a heart murmur, he should have an ultrasound before anaesthesia to make sure he can...

My cat is about 5 lb and medium hair. She loves to spend all her time in the back porch, which is covered and protected from rain and snow, partially protected form winds, but it is not heated. It is still September, I can read 87 degrees. The cat is busy ignoring me and looking at the trees and...

"Ablang" wrote in message ... Some people say that pets are just stupid, some people say they are smart, that maybe they really can understand a few English phrases. Are they (cats & dogs) able to remember? ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27532210@N04/ The kittens drew their mother up onto the Skyway (the kittens love it). Before, she did not go up there. I didn't encourage it, because the feral has been totally cramped (she's really weird/paranoid) by our newcomers and needs space. The male kitten...

One of the Marys here pointed out today that I did not respond to some requests to elaborate on the following (which I posted in response to John McMaster on May 13): --- John McMaster: ... the advice to visit a vet NOW is always good. Elle: By itself, no, it can be fatal. ---

Back in October 2003 we adopted a torishel cat, Female, 3 years old. From Oct until Jan 2005 she hid in our recroom in the cubby hole underneath our mainfloor bathroom. (basically where the ceiling and wall meet) By a fluke we managed to get her out of there. She came upstairs to eat and we...

I'm getting some conflicting info from googling this whole "introducing a new cat" thing. There is a viewpoint out there that a new male, in particular, will need to rassle with the current residents in order to establish the new hierarchy. Henry mostly watches the other cats, but he will...

I have (3) thirty three day old kitties. See http://www.scrtoys.com/ I've scooped them up twice and taken them outside to change their surroundings and play in the grass. This freaks Mama. She mows continuously even after I return them to their room. She'll go back outside where they were...

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...

For the past couple weeks my 4 year old male cat has spent most of his time pacing up and down the hallway, going from one room to another, while meowing most of the time. The only time he stops the noise is when eating or sleeping. The noise makes it very difficult to sleep, and I doubt I sleep...

I have a cat that just doesn't stop meowing. He mostly does it because he wants to go outside. We'd like him to be an indoor cat since all our other cats were indoor cats and we believe they live a healthier life indoors. I even tried to let him outside today in our fenced in yard and while I...

Margarita Salt wrote: Please spare me the usual flames. At least try to feel something for the cat if not the cat-mom. A week ago, cat came down with am imfection that cannot be identified at bladder, tract, or kidney because no one can get urine from her. She was put on Baytril after...

Cats enjoy clawing on it. Apparently does not hurt the Astroturf, yet. So it gives them good clawing exercise. My indoor cats have been doing it for many months. Just noticed the outside (neutered) cat claw on some Astroturf that's on the porch. They are attracted to it for that purpose.

Soooooooo, do any of you wonder about the beef byproducts that might be in cat food? I was initially thinking that not feeding cans of beef would do the trick, but where else might this mystery meat lurk? -- Jean B.

http://www.abcpetfoods.com/ I'm looking for opinions from those with first hand experience feeding their cat a raw diet. This is a local vendor that I am considering trying. I would like to avoid making a raw diet myself, if possible, thus the attraction to this vendor. Does anyone have an opinion...

WE had to take our cat to the vet a couple of weeks ago and as I was inside writing a check my husband took Mickey out to the car, set him on the seat and Mickey got terrified and peed in a very large area. Needless to say, the car smells horrible now. We poured vinegar/water solution into the...