"I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course". - quoted in Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field, Fisher -- http://www.twainquotes.com/Cats.html It's a cool web page,...

I have a 13 yr old male cat. A blood test on him (1st time the cat had a blood test) tells that an enzyme in his blood is very high due to the pancreas not working properly, possibly pancreatic cancer. The normal level for this enzyme is 300-1100, his level has varied during his 3 blood tests from...

to combat the shedding? I have four indoor only cats - and my 2 males shed like crazy all year round - the more I brush them, the more they shed (or so it seems) - my house is becoming covered with cat hair. I don't have dust bunnies anymore, I have dust elephants fueled by the cat hair - I can't...

Hi, I would like to get a perch for her Highness to look out the back window of our house. She has many options for the front but there is only one window that would be possible for backyard viewing and it's in the small dining area. I have seen some perches for around $20.00 in my Drs Foster and...

To preface, I'm a great believer in vaccinations for both pets and people. However.... My indoor only cat has a reaction to rabies vaccines. When I got her, at about 11 weeks, I took her in for the last of her kitten shots (if I remember correctly). She developed a lump at the injection site. I...

My fur baby Chaplin is getting old. He's a large-boned Ragdoll who turns 14 this September and weighs around 12 lbs. Down from 16lbs last year. This past year has been hard on him. Some of you may remember about the lump in his tail I asked about. It's still there and I did have it aspirated. The...

Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I need to do is put it on the ground between him and the other cats and he calms right down. Anyway, Louis is relaxed enough to play (cautiously) in the...

Hi Mom, Thanks for the idea regarding Auto Trader. I might actually get money doing it this way. If I sell the car at $2200 (this is less the engine) or more, maybe I can get someone willing to buy it for the parts. They also have an online auction as well. It is a nice idea. The ads cost $27 for...

From: Dan Mahoney Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Subject: OT: Purrs, please... Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:23:28 -0700 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 trialware MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;...

Well, after almost 2 years of being diagnosed with CRF and hyper-t, my soon-to-be 18 year old Cory has to get sub-q fluids administered by me. I know you've all said it's no big deal after the first couple of times so I hope you are right. Tomorrow will be my first attempt. Cory has been acting...

Hi there, Our cat is about 7 years old, and was first diagnosed with Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disorder (FLUTD) about 5 years ago. 5 years ago we were told to keep him on a diet of vet food such as Hills 'C/D' or similar. It was spelled out that we should use dry food as this would make him...

I brought Tiger back to the vet today to have her procedures done (ear cleaning, teeth cleaning, removal of tumor). She was not happy to be back at the vet's. While I was in the waiting room I took her out of her carrier. She was shaking, and just curled up in my lap and stayed put. The vet...

My 10 year old cat was diagnosed with a tumor on his spinal cord today between his neck and between his shoulder blade affecting about 5 vertebrae he had a M.R.I. and a spinal tap. the spinal tap revealed the cancer had spread into the spinal cord and spinal fluid. My vet said there wasn't much...

Mike Kenzie wrote: Has anyone had any trouble with multiple cats sharing one of the automated litter boxes? Suffice it to say the things are troublesome. If your cat is large the automatic boxes may not be big enough. Some cats are afraid of the things and refuse to use them. Think of how...

Hi, I'm lucky in the respect that my cat doesn't scratch the carpet. At the moment I've got a "twist pile" carpet but now fancy a "loop pile". I've heard that loop pile isn't a good idea if you've got a cat, but as he doesn't scratch at the moment will start if I get a loop pile as it would give...

Your boys are absolutely gorgeous! How lucky they are to have "found" you! They photograph so well. I love the photo of them on the laundry. I have two brothers (littermates) who will be 6 yrs. old next month. I adopted them about a year ago from one of those pet clinics (their owner was...

hate to be the bearer of bad news. just visited a specialist today. was told in cats that have the habit of scratching furniture it is pretty much impossible to change. the only way to have a cat who wont scratch your funiture is to train as a kitten to scratch on post. once they are adult and...

I took in a stray semi-feral cat over 2 months ago. She lived for 6 weeks in our basement separated from my other 2 male cats. The other 2 cats knew something was going on and could sense the new cat behind the door and occasionally heard her. When it was time to introduce the new cat to the...

For the first time - my cat hissed at me! Twice - about an hour between each other. Thats because she has something stuck on her fur under her front leg and I want it out - just in case its sharp and its hurting her so I fiddled with the just to check it out but when I actually started to feel it...

In news.groups Misty9999 wrote: : That is why I will ONLY support a moderated group. Any unmoderated : group would become just like the other cat groups. I also believe a moderated group is needed under the circumstances but with an extreme bias towards light moderation. ...