I have just posted a video clip (cougar_toy.mpg) to alt.binaries.pictures.animals, with the subject line 'cougar playing with beach ball - "cougar_toy.mpg". It is cute, but, at 20.6 MB, probably not a practical download unless you have a broadband Internet connection. I went to the Nashville Zoo...

Pam the organizer giggle here. Those of you who are writing stories for the Sept. 1 challenge, don't forget. There's still time to get them written and ready to post. Remember, your story can be of any kind, but has to be told from a feline's view point. Also, if we're going to have that...

Hobo has had some trouble walking the past few weeks. His back legs seemed to be weakening a bit but it was not particularly alarming. We assumed it was due to the dregs of the maulings he endured last summer and his lengthy recovery from bites on his back leg. Also, since his escapade down the...

This afternoon I called the vet to be so friendly and come to my house to give peace to my loved Felix, the ginger cat. He got about 11 years old from which he lived about 7 with me and my other cats. He moved in from the neighbourhood. Felix was 6 month ago diagnosed with FIV - the feline immune...

Thank you all, here is the latest. When I phoned again to see how Kitty was, I was told she could come home!! because she had eaten a good meal, her temperature had returned to normal and they thought she would be happier in her own surroundings. I have to phone a report in tomorrow and the...

http://www.local6.com/news/10785337/detail.html?treets=orlpn&tid=2653055048813&tml=orlpn_8pm&tmi=orlpn_8pm_1_07000701182007&ts=H DENVER -- A 12-year-old orange tabby named Pumpkin is doing well after spending three weeks in the cargo hold of a United Airlines passenger jet. The cat flew to...

I know it's foolish to put private, embarrassing issues on a world-wide medium. But I don't have any friends here in Houston (in spite of being here for 20 years). It might not come across in my posts, but I am *extremely* shy and find it almost impossible to find any RL friends. Anyway, if...

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow or the day after (I'm working three insane shifts: 12 pm to 8 pm, 11 pm to 6:30 am, and 7:15 to 1 pm - close to 24 hours straight of awake working.) I can't find any info on the net: I don't even know what to search for. Anyone here have an idea? --Constant...

The cats wanted to wish you all a peaceful and warm holiday season! http://tinyurl.com/2nn4c For some reason, Frank didn't want me to post this one: http://tinyurl.com/yv5k7 ducking and running out of reach of a certain one-eyed black ladycat's claws

Frontline has quit working for us. No effect at all. No, it's not out of date. Maybe the fleas became immune. Is it possible to get Revolution with no prescription? If so, where? I can't afford both the meds AND a vet visit for all nine cats... and no vet will prescribe Revolution for large...

Pine Cone has been lounging outside the door to Mandy's room. I suspect the little stinker has been scouting the bitties for positions on the "Mouser." (I have. PC esq.) He's also been putting the rest of the cats through their paces in preparation for this year's cruise. When one walks into...

Has anyone here had experience with a hypnotist? I'm trying to talk DH into going to one in order to help him quit smoking without gaining weight. I'd like to be able to relate some success stories to him to help him make the decision to spend the bucks it takes ($1,600 for 14 session - once a...

Here in southern California we've had to deal with a rash of brush fires over the last year. The latest one erupted last night, southwest of the city of Cabazon. Now, less than 24 hours later, it has grown to more than 10000 acres. We have very high sustained winds whipping and driving the...

Does everybody who has indoor-only cats still get them all their shots? I just got a card saying that Koala will be due for an FVRC-P shot next month. Neither of my cats even shows an interest in going outside, and nobody ever brings animals here. Koala has finally gotten to the point where he...

OK, in Sammy's defense she doesn't ever see me take a bath. I have a huge shower stall in my bathroom downstairs but no bathtub. Whenever I take a shower Sammy waits patiently on the rug under the toilet until I'm finished acting insanely and come out to dry off and pay attention to her...

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** AARRGGGHHHH! I couldn't make an appointment with the new vet because of the hours I and my DH work (I can't take any more time off work or I'll be in big trouble, same with DH), so we had to take her back to the vet who did the spay...

So the company that Dennis works for is refusing to renew our Thai visas. They say that Dennis works in Burma now and it's not their problem that we live in Thailand. Technically it's true but do they have to be such jerks about it? Anyway, my visa expires on Sunday, so yesterday I drove to the...

Cheeky was born one of four kittens to a wild cat on a industrial estate where my partner Ken works, they lived in the long grass and under a disused old shed, they were very skittish and frightened of people but hunger bought them out of hiding. Ken would take food to work for them and also...

Took Bonnie in for her follow-up vet visit today and the vet tells me I should get my cats off dry food entirely and switch to canned or a raw food diet. Turns out the vets have been wrong for the last 30 years or more and now recommend a canned only diet. What? When did this movement start?

Had to share this portrait like pic I managed to snap of Laku sitting by the window: http://tinyurl.com/6swzo I have a big version of that pic as my computer wallpaper. His eyes are green this time, but sometimes they're yellow and sometimes close to a coppery hue. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland