My friend called me last night and asked me to take her dog for a night or 2. Their house had been broken into while they were at work and there was a lot of glass to clean up. In addition to the dog, Polly, they have 2 cats. One cat stayed in the house, but Baby must've gotten scared and ran...

Maine extends domestic abuse protection to pets Measure aims to help pet owners leave abusive relationships Tuesday, April 11, 2006; Posted: 9:36 a.m. EDT (13:36 GMT) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Spurred by growing evidence of a link between domestic violence and animal abuse, Maine has enacted...

He wants something and has been trying to tell me about it for days. I don't know what to do for him. He walks up to me and looks at me and cries insistently. I know it's something "big" because he's using his voice instead of breathing silent miaows. Do we by any chance have a resident rpcs cat...

I don't see any news links about it, but at the end of the news I was just watching on TV, they said they had word that Molly was rescued. *whew* -- Cheryl

I knew if I waited long enough Jessie would get back into her new favorite squirrel watching spot so I could get some pictures of her from the outside. I was patient, I snuck real quickly to get the shot, and I was rewarded when she showed me what she thought of my efforts (third picture down, the...

Lois has just told me that our server - Xtra is discontinuing Usenet as from the 3rd May. Has anyone got ideas about a new server for Usenet that we can go to - what do you use, and how satisfactory do you find your server. Xtra says that the number of people using the service has dropped...

I am happy to report that thru our vet, we found someone who was looking for a cat and came by and they loved each other... spent some time petting and holding and playing and nibbling , so it looks like she will have a good home. she plans to name her CC for constant companion. she is disabled ,...

One of my cats, Äkäpussi, behaves like she's become one of the lambs... She spends more time with them than with us or even the other cats. http://www.palvelumaatti.fi/uusimmat.html

There was a delay because this week is the bi-annual city cleanup, but the mayor did finally call me and said he'll be over on Monday with his "entire crew" to check this house and see what could be the reason for the excessively high meter readings. I'll post again when the results are in.

Does anyone has PC pet insurance in Canada? I think this is fairly new. I appreciate hearing any opinion on this insurace. Info can be found at http://www.pcinsurance.ca/ROCEN/PI.asp?referid=leftnav With the rising cost of vet bills for an aging cat, I am considering getting insurance for Rusty....

OK, now we have a clip of Miranda, too. I caught her rolling outside in the enclosure, but then she noticed me with the camera and stopped, then she tried to look bored for the camera, then she started playing with a leaf, then she remembers that I'm filming her and tries to look dignified again....

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/80104/this_is_my_food

Scouty and Silver are fed Science Diet Lite kibble to try and keep their ever-growing tummies under control. I sprinkle on a little bit of kit-n-kaboodle in each bowl to make it a little more interesting (mainly because we fed the neighbours cat for a few weeks and they said 'keep the rest of the...

And what a mature guy he is: or thinks he is, but he couldn't resist an attack of the Zoomis last night and "chase" with claudius the hoolikitteen is still a regular feature. Snowball's fitted in to his promotion slot of grumpy middle owner, so sadly vacated by Pericles, extremely well. Every so...

Hey Caroline, how is the baby cooking? When is your due date, and how is little Catherine taking the addition of her younger sibling? Pam S. who is interested in her cyber nieces and nephews -- http://www.mousertails.blogspot.com Mouser Tails: The voyages of the Mouser I'm not bad...I'm just...

Sounds like a hurricane outside, too frightened to sleep and cats are terrified. Our tornado watch is extended to 4 AM local time. Urgently seeking purrs from anyone who might be awake at this hour!

I've just been standing in the kitchen, sipping from a mug of steaming hot caffeine and as I did so I was watching the birds in the garden. As well as many small birds on the various feeding stations, I noticed a couple of female blackbirds picking up bits of moss & loose grass in the...

I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and they are about 2-1/2 years old now. One sister (the more submissive one) observes and mimics older cats in the household to a remarkable degree (remarkable to me, anyway). I've caught her carefully observing the older cat, and...

What types of music do your cats like? I just purchased Cusco's Apurimac III album, and started playing it. The first song is called Ghost Dance, and when it came on my cats got all puffy and alarmed (it has heavy drum beats), and ran upstairs. They soon came down with ears swiveling, and figured...

Eli and Abelard are doing more than their share of puking for the last day or so. I'm not quite ready to take anyone to the vet yet but if this keeps up for much longer.... It's been mostly water they've hurled so far but Eli lost one load of moist kibble yesterday. Hoping it's not...