It's all in the subject title. To give you a feel for things, my cat will beg (cry, poke at me, search the trash for food) as soon as I get home. I give him a 3oz can of gravy-lovers food, and a bowl of hard food, and he licks up all the gravy in the first and takes a nibble from the second, then...

I bought a powerful LED headlamp. Took it for a ride after dark two nights ago. It was warm out but having the thing strapped to my forhead at eye level, it is so powerful I could see what looked like moderate to heavy snowfall that was probably actually teeny tiny specks of pollen. It was not...

Hi all! Yes, I have converted. I still love my great dane, but the newest love of my life (Hailey the supposed maine coon) has me stressed. In all 21 of my years, I've never owned a feline, so perhaps having rescued a 4 week old kitten that insists that I'm her mommie from which she can...

"Laura R." wrote in message ... Okay, suppose you were thinking about adding to your household and came across the following two kitty pairs. Which would you choose, if their current...

Hi, One of my cats has a hematoma (very swollen ear). I really want to take him to the vet to have it profesionally cared for, but we're on such a tight budget that there's no way we could afford the procedure. What would you recommend doing? I just found out today that the wrinkly ear thing is...

For those of you who made such an emotional investment in replying to my recent post regarding the semi - feral tom that visited my home last week, here is an update and explanation for that post. Those of you who have followed my recent posts about my own animals would have a difficult...

At one time in my life (while I was still a student, which is a *good many* years ago), I thought I wanted to get a purebred cat. I thought I would buy one once I was established and could afford to buy a "good quality" kitten. Well, I changed my mind once I began to read about the huge number of...

Hello all, I went in to the vet's yesterday to get Tucker weighed. (He's had a weight problem that I've been trying to control for over two years. He's now 6.) He was previously on Hills r/d but the vet switched him to m/d last December. He's gained a ton of weight! They did a full blood panel on...

My male cat age 7 had his tummy shaved last August when he had a urinary tract problem. The vet had to put him under to get crystals out of his bladder. The procedure was successful but the fur has not grown back. He only has like a peach fuzz on his tummy. He's an indoor cat so it's not...

We have brought in several kittens from some local strays/ferrals that we have been getting trapped and fixed and release back to my area for a year or so. Recently the young cats 9 months to 15 months are having very liquid yellow diarrhea that is very smelly. These cats have been fixed and they...

After talking with my friend at the animal hospital for the thousandth time today, they started mentioning some other things that I should have done before officially calling Gabby "good to go." 1. Get her spayed - of course, this is already planned. 2. "ridder of critters" they said. ...

Hello fellow animal lovers! I am writing as the coordinator for The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary, Inc. a small scale non-profit 501c3 NO KILL small animal shelter. Our shelter was previously located on a farm property, but recently went up for sale leaving us scrambling to find a place for our 150...

Anyone who has been following my food saga for at least a year in here may be interested to hear about this... I have had my cat on primarily California Natural with about 25% Science Diet Nature's Best and a small amount of Innova and even lesser amount of Iams (very small amount) mixed in with...

I have a 2 y/o female cat that was spayed when she was 10 months old (she was a stray). Recently, I noticed that her back two nipples are bigger than the rest. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she was pregnant, but she can't be. She is slightly pudgy and has had weight problems since she was...

Does anyone have information on this? -- Eschew Obfuscation.

I thought the Pill Pockets would be great, but my cat won't eat them. Can anyone suggest some other food that would be okay to hide a pill in? Are there any cat treats, for instance, that are soft enough to push a pill into? (Hiding the pill in his regular wet food doesn't do the trick -- he...

hi everybody subject line asks it all id like to reuse ivsets to save $$$ unless people in general think that it compromises relative sterility too much many thanx jeffrey kramer p.s. if responders could send a copy to my email address i'd

170 mL London Drugs Tuna 2 Eggs 5 mL Wasabi Powder 5 mL Paprika 700 W microwave oven Mix well. Microwave on high for three minutes. Mix again. Microwave on high for another minute. Serve hot. -------

Wow, I just got an idea. I have 3-4 strays who do eat regularly outside my door, they have come to depend on it. They won't let me pet them, but they hide out in the bushes waiting for the food everynight. If there was one single thing I could do for them to improve thier health, I wonder what...

Last week Monday I took my cat to the Vet because his stomach was bloated (before I had thought it was weight gain). It was a 10:00am appointment, and we got there 9:55am. There was no one in the waiting room, and it seemed there was no patients there except us. 11:20am the Vet finally came in, he...