Cat health experts: Does anyone know if soy is good/bad/harmless for cats? This would include edamame, tofu, and maybe soy milk. Not soy sauce, though. And I'm not referring to soy mixed into cat food for bulk. I'm asking this question for a friend, so I don't know all the details. But she...

Today is my cat's birthday. Happy Birthday Isis!

Good morning. Yesterday at his annual checkup I was told he had rather large cataracts in both eyes. He's not blind, and the generalist vet cannot make a detailed diagnosis because the cataracts block her view of the back of his eyes. She said if I wanted she could hook me up with a specialist,...

The Difference between Euthanasia and Killing Millions of cats die in U.S. animal control pounds and shelters every year. The pounds and shelters say these animals are “euthanized.” But they’re not—they are killed. An animal is only euthanized when she is terminally ill or untreatably injured....

On Mar 4, 1:21*pm, James wrote: Sometimes you get tiny stuffed animals. *OK to let the pets play with them? *After all human kits play with them. I think that with any playful animal everything looks like a toy so no matter what you get for them they'll play with...

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our cat came home several days ago with a limp and favoring his right hind leg. at first he couldn't touch it to the floor. after several days, he was able to stand on it but it doesn't seem like he can use it properly, it slides along rather than lifts when he walks and i was wondering if a dog...

from the Associated Press Monday, March 2, 2009 OMAHA, NEBRASKA - A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges - and catcalls from animal lovers. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday...

If you are addressed as Uncle or Aunt, should you address them as Niece or Nephew?

Hi cat lovers! The mirror test is a test popular among behavior researchers which they claim can tell something about self-awareness of an animal. They would put a patch of paint on, say, a chimp's forehead (without him noticing it), then put the chimp in front of a mirror to see if he would wipe...

Hi guys. Me and my partner Rach are convinced that her cat Oscar is pragnant! His doing all the things female cats do when they are pragnant, sounds silly right? But I swaer I even saw him go through mourning sickness lol. Strange cat right? He sleeps all day and eats way to much! He's starting...

I'm on an email list (not related to cat health) and someone posted this message. I said that I would repost it to this newsgroup because a lot of folks here could answer the question. I'll forward answers back. Thanks. -------------------------------------------- I'm wondering if anyone on this...

I was planting for the coming spring, and made the mistake of leaving the catnip seed packet on my bed while I went to grab some potting soil, and came back to find Joxer trying to bite through the seed packet to get to the catnip(they were the flower heads from a friend's plant actually, I...

hahaha just watched this "engineers guide to cats" and at about 5 min into the video is the cat yodeling bit. Very funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4

Hi everyone - I hope you don't mind, but I thought I'd offer up a deal here. I have 20 12.5 oz. cans of Wellness Cat Food that I cannot use. There are 9 cans of chicken and 11 cans of turkey. They are brand new and never opened. I also have 11 cans of Hills Prescription Diet ID food and 1 can...

On December 24, 2008 a fellow animal rescuer friend of mine died of cancer...on her death bed she asked her ex-husband to please call Kris Kelly to save her babies. I got the dreaded call the day after Christmas. I went to the Northridge home the very next day. To my surprise there were 80 ++ cats...

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I know that is a generalization but for the most part it appears to be true.

Hi my name is Si aka Mr Cool. I would like to introduce myself to this group of all you pet lovers. Looking forward to hearing from you guys. Mr Cool

I can't think of any activities I do with them that really burns calories. Feeding, cleaning, and petting doesn't take much effort.