My house sits atop 3 foot piers making a crawl space the size of the entire house's floor plan - 1200 sq ft. For a time I allowed him down there (thru a special cat door) so he could have fun playing in the dirt and catching small lizards and gecco's. (He's an indoor cat) He took to preferring...

You may recall that I posted a message regarding my 16 year old cat that began limping. He's still limping and I've scheduled an appt. for tomorrow to have xrays taken (which is the only day this week the vet can do it because of Thanksgiving this week). This makes me nervous enough because the...

Our 12-year-old cat developed diabetes suddenly. He's now on Glipizide. How critical is the dosage size? This cat's behavior now is not anywhere near his original kittenish feistiness. -- Charles Packer http://cpacker.org/whatnews mailboxATcpacker.org

Hope I'm in the right place to be asking this question. Have just been through a harrowing 24 hours with my cat to the emergency vet in the middle of the night- hit by a car and 3 "clean" fractures to the pelvis. The critical thing was bladder function and she proved that she can "go" after I...

I would not say I am worried, but just wondering how long this might go on and how I might coax new cat Destiny out of hiding: Picked my new 1 1/2 year cat up yeterday from the cat room at the Humane Society where she seemed fond enough of my petting. Took her for a vet exam and shots on the way...

Hi: About two months ago I got a "free-to-a-good-home" four-year-old tabby cat. Ever since it arrived, it sits on a shelf in the basement and except for nocternal eating rarely comes out. It has been getting friendlier, craves attention, but does give me a fairly vicious bite occassionally when...

I posted some time ago about moving cats from Europe (Germany) to the US and got many helpful replies. It has taken longer than initially expected but finally we will be moving in three weeks. This cat move is costing me a fortune (about 1K USD -- a lot of money for us these days) and everybody...

There has been and still is a lot of controversy over declawing. Some vets say it is okay, others contend that there are many problems associated with declawing. After reading about this subject, I can say that it is not something that I wish to put my cats through. I came across a good resource...

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...

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 there- I have a 17 year old cat who has never lived in an apartment with carpet. We are moving to the East Coast and it seems like all the places have carpet. So what can I do to keep him from scratching it up, or worse, peeing on it. I thought about putting down an area rug to protect their...

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...

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...

Dear Megan and Mary, Many Thanks for taking so much of your time and your trouble to help me make my two cats friends for life. I really appreciate all your help. After reading your posts under "O'Malley-Hercules & Xena......." and Mary's email, I have done some thinking. First of all, even before...

With the risk of starting a war, I had not heard of declawing until I came on this site, we do not do this, as far as I know, in the UK. Also, we rarely keep our cats inside. It sounds barbaric to me, to pull the claws out of a cat, it would be like having your fingernails pulled out!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...