How to Drive in Phoenix 1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name, it is: "FEE-NICKS". 2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 am to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 7:00 pm. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning. 3. The minimum acceptable speed on most freeways is 85...

Dear Group I have to go the the hospital tomorrow, it's a follow up check after my ovarian ca op in May, I am to be followed up for 5 years. I was quite okay until today. Not scared at all about whatever. Now I am. Could I have a few purrs that they won't find anything weird and scary that I've...

She vomited in the litter box on Sunday and hasn't eaten since then. I took her to the vet this morning after chasing her around the house for over half an hour. She got an antibiotic shot and 100cc of saline solution for dehydration. I took her home with a bottle of medicine to give her twice...

Just thought I would pass on something that happened last night. Candles and cats together in a house probably aren't a good idea anyway, but I never had any problem. I was always careful to put them in a heavy votive holder and not to put them on the coffee tables where the cats jump. Anyway, I...

It's probably no major thing, but Brando has been having these little weird coughing fits the past couple of days. Took him to the vet today (last thing we needed in our financial situation, but what are ya gonna do?), and he was running a fever. He's on Baytril for 10 days, and furball meds for...

For several weeks she's been coming in, eating, sleeping, playing. My cats have accepted her into the pack. Her owner put a collar on her so I know she's not a stray. She's a nice cat, about the same age as Hondo. She's getting about the age to go into heat. I've started locking her out of the...

I have read posts about cats on the group that are often 14 lbs up to in the 20's, particularly USA cats. Compared with this, mine are miniscule. Boyfriend is around 7-8 pounds and KFC is 4ish. They both have access to all the gooshy and dry food that they might want and catch and eat der birdies...

Someone pointed me to Xylitol as a sugar substitute, particularly for baking. It apparently has dental benefits and fewer calories than sugar. This person said that she has even made a creme brule that turned out beautifully. I think she said that, in a recipe calling for sugar, she uses half...

Frank has been fighting, has gotten an abscess on his side/shoulder. I took him to T.E.D. this afternoon, just expecting him to clean it, give us antiobiotic and send us on our way. Instead, he wanted to sedate him to debride it more thoroughly and probably put a drain in it. So he stayed. I wish...

Can I please have some purrs for Mosey? We're taking him to TED in about an hour. Poor baby just isn't feeling good and we have alot of stress going on here, and I pray he's okay. His teeth seem to be doing okay, but he's just not feeling good. I'm worried about my cute little guy and we...

I was running errands and decided to stop at the humane society and formalize our adoption of the boys. They were checking in a momma cat with 3 (or 4?) kittens, about 3 weeks old. Somebody dumped them at the pound, where they would've been euthanized, but the folks at the SPCA go there twice a...

Comforting thoughts requested for our friend Susie who lost her beloved stallion http://www.abacusfarms.com/Ulrik.html Click the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page if you would like to send Susie a condolence message. Thanks, Pat

My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Sometimes it's comical - like when she tries to talk on her cell phone and disconnects 5 times during our conversation by accidentally hitting the "off" button (they still don't have land line phone service in Chalmette). But...

See if you can get out of the Crimson Room (or is it the rubber room, lol) I am still trying! http://www.fasco-csc.com/works/crimson/crimson_e.php -- Dogs may shed, but cats shred.

Orion had to be PTS. About a year and a half ago he was diagnosed with vaccination-associated sarcoma cancer. He received chemo, which slowed down the progression but unfortunately it continued to spread. The last year he seemed largely unaffected (except for the appearance of a large lump on his...

The Golf Ball & The Sand Wedge A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work. Her 9-year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides in the bedroom closet. Then the woman's husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the...

..... they found another rotten tooth dammit :(((( and I'm now an additional $420 in debt with at least another $thousand$ or so worth of repairs needed to save three teeth that I'd lose otherwise. I hate losing teeth, would rather be up to my eyeballs in debt than have to get any more yanked...

She started sneezing a few days ago, I didn't think anything of it at first but now there is green gunk coming down one nostril. She hasn't eaten this evening and is hugging the fire. I guess she can't smell her food and feels poorly. She has CRF and cannot afford to not eat. She has never...

Our three cats go in and out as the please, and even though we live in a fairly safe, cat friendly environment, if they don't come home every day, I get worried. They all wear collars with tags, but they loose them often. Last week, Smokey was gone for a couple of days. On the third day I went to...

Denise VanDyke wrote: - Denise (realizing that Brenna has played her first b*st*rd cat trick) Does this mean that Cap'n Pine Cone and his merry crew have arrived in Australia and are sitting at the feet of Smogg, learning the lessons of The B*st*rd Cat?