Skipjack is a blue tabby with the cutest white paws anyone has ever seen (trust me!). He's 2. When I first adopted him at ~5 months old, I clipped his claws regularly. I stopped, because his claws haven't been a problem - he only scratches "approved" surfaces and is an affectionate cat who never...

Its a strange way to start a topic but I guess I'll start from the day I bought Leo. I didn't mean to buy another cat considering that my last one only lived for two years but I just couldn't resist him. He's a ginger tabby and I've had him since November last year. He's five months old now. When I...

Hi all. I have a 11 week old kitten called Darwin. I adopted him 3 week ago. Every morning he tares around the house and "attacks" his scratching post (which is good). All of a sudden this morning I noticed he never used the post but attempted to use the arms of my couch. Any reason why he would...

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Hello, I would be grateful if people could give me some advice. 1. I am shortly to adopt a couple of kittens and would like to allow them and me the luxury of a Littermaid ("self-cleaning" tray operated by an electric eye). However, maybe the Littermaid is too deep for a kitten to get in and...

Berry: A compelling case for premium pet food By Julie Berry Today's question is for conscientious pet owners. Why buy kibbles at $40 per bag as opposed to $5? Why pay eight times more for food pets like less? I usually feed my cats pricey, "scientific," hard-to-find cat food which they receive...

Hi, I'm hoping someone here might be able to give me some insight. OUr 8 1/2 year old cat had a bladder blockage four days ago, which came after a bout of diahrrea that lasted 3 days. He's had diahreea before and we didn't think too much of it, he gets stressed easily, he's also over weight and an...

First of all, thanks to all who regularly post here! Especially to the person who responded to the question about kitty constipation - I got rid of the clay litter and my 19-year-old Kiki is doing much better! Now then, I have her on thyroid medication (overactive) and she is doing well after 3...

Ozzy is still doing good with the chickens. When they all run at him at once he gets a little nervous. Now I have to break in 2 other cats and a dog.. what a lot of work this is. Sorry I havent been around, My computer was took over by spyware and adware and really got messed up. Take care, Judy

My 16 year old cat began limping 2 days ago. He was fine in the morning and when I came home from work, he was limping on his front leg. I'm not sure how he may have hurt himself, if that's the case, but it may be that he fell or tripped on the basement stairs because when I came home from work...

Have a kitten that is 5 months and she pants when she plays too hard. So I read up and got concerned about HCM. Took her into the dr's and did a chest xray - nothing out of place. Just did the ECG and they don't see anything wrong with her heart. But they mentioned that it could, maybe, possible...

Two of four Camrose teens accused of microwaving a cat to death begged their ring leader to stop the torture but he refused - cooking the cat to a crisp before scrawling "You HAD a nice cat" on a wall of the house, one of the four youths claimed to Sun Media yesterday. "(One of us) found the cat...

http://www.journalstar.com/local.php?story_id=69553 They pulled their heads out and DID it. I really wasn't sure if they would because these small town people are rather afraid (as you can tell as most wouldn't say how they voted or are reluctant to say what they think) to go against "the popular...

From: Laura R. I neither particularly like nor desire children, which means that I am very fortunate not to have them. There is absolutely nothing about your life that will ever inspire envy in me, you bitter, sagging frump. People w/o children usually respond to other people in the manner...

I just read another poster mention giving her cat a drumstick bone to chew on. I used to give that to my cats, but a vet told me it wasn't good for them - he said slivers could become impaled in the mouth, throat, or even puncture the stomach or intestines. None of my cats had never had a problem...

Being a two cat family for the past 17 years, we has to put our oldest cat down ( after a long and giving life). Too fill the empty space, we adopted a 3 year old from the local SPCA. This really stressed out our 12 year old female, to the point that she wouldn't come out or eat. After one week we...

its not new, but it's worse I have used feliway gotten new toys and rotate them, play with her several times a day,,,making sure to do longer session in evening she's always feed before we go bed, has both dry and canned food & fresh water Sam is given lots of loving

Friends of mine have a young male cat, around a year old, who managed to do something to his tail in their apartment last week. They said he was acting fine but one of them noticed his tail looked odd. They brought him to the vet the next morning and it turned out he hurt his tail really bad. I...

I posted this message at another cat newsgroup and got two helpful replies. I am posting it here (much larger) to see what else I can learn. I'm moving from my apt to another place across town in a week and will be taking my two cats, Dan-Dan (male, at least 12yrs old) and Whitey (female, around...

How do cats typically react to harnesses. Never thought about it, but have seen posts about here. Do they try to run away, walk in circles, run from side to side..I can't imagine them walking in a straight line like a dog..Just wondering now that the weather is getting warmer, I might want to add a...