My vet wants Sammy (15 month old female DLH moggie - but I'd swear Maine Coon) to lose 1 pound - but wants all my other cats to stay the same weight. This has been a trial for me, but we are making progress. Since 7/18/2005 Sammy has lost .25 pounds. *BUT* Bandit and Jessie have also lost weight...

I was wandering around in here with bare feet and just stepped on something lumpy. It looked like one of Mingy's toy mice. Upon closer inverstigation, it was a dead mouse!!!! Yuck. The good news is timid Mingy did it. And it was somewhere where it would not just decompose unseen. And the cats...

what do you know about swollen anal glands. apparently a vet sticks his finger up a cat's ass to squeeze them and that relieves discomfort for a while. can they be surgically removed to not have to do that? does the cat need them? any other information would be greatly appreciated. -- The...

This is TOO FUNNY!!! Cats are meant for the internet age... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE NEW YORK TIMES July 30, 2005 Internet's Best Friend (Let Me Count the Ways) By SARAH BOXER On the Web you'll find the Infinite Cat Project but no...

So, the woman I'm buying a house from can't keep her 2 cats. Their names are Gut & Gul.... The Danish version of Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum.... Or so she tells me. Both female, 6 yrs old, fixed, all shots up to date. They are longhaired Tuxedo Tabbies. They are SOOOO freindly & social it...

From New Scientist, 30/7/05 " Deer maybe behind the widespread decline of songbirds in North America and Europe. Jean-Louis Martin, from the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology in Montpelier, working with the Canadian Wildlife Service surveyed songbird, deer, vegetation and insect...

Okay, this is a tough one. The situation is: we've decided to let my son's girlfriend spend her senior year in high school here. This in itself has a rich and interesting background, but since this is a cat newsgroup, I'll get on to the cat part. She has a six-year old, spayed female moggie in...

Hi Just found this group and its so very interesting and informative! First off we had one cat for 8 years *Schmoopie*, well brilliant me decided we needed a kitten to amuse and irritate him, so I talked the hubby into it. They get along ok, but now there are new problems arising. Last month...

My kitten loves to bite me. She doesn't do it to hurt me. It seems like she does it because she thinks I am a cat? What to do?

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Here's a question for anyone who knows anything about ferals-- Will the offspring of a feral cat *always* be wild WRT human contact? That is to ask, if a stray kitten can be handled by humans, can you always assume that it's been socialized by humans before? Or are there feral kittens who allow...

I purchased a product called Energel (similar to Nutri-Cal) last year but it doesn't have an expiration date or a phone number to call to find out. Does anyone have any ideas how long this kind of stuff last before it goes bad? I would assume that it would be about the same as Nutri-Cal but I don't...

Hi everyone and Phil, I finally got a urine sample over to the doc and she just called me. Things are pretty much in the normal range. He had a tiny amount of blood in his urine, so he's going to do a week of antibiotics. (He's never had a UTI) But his specific gravity is a tiny bit off, but...

Mary's gone forever. Have your fun NOT ANOTHER ****ING WORD ABOUT IT You wanted her gone? Done. She said! She is done.

Sometimes Tiger likes to get up on the log going across my log home. http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View?u=3D1777604&a=3D13746150&p=3D72399705= &Sequence=3D0&res=3Dhigh ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44=B0 15' N - Elevation 1580')

Hello everyone, Some may remember me from last year, just about this time. I was actually around quite a bit. Since then I've been able to read periodically but never post. (Not sure I can this time LOL) When I last posted it was about taking a kitty full time RVing (since my health required we...

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I've caught Loki, my 5 year old neutered male, mounting Toffee (spayed female) twice today. He seriously looks like he wants to get it on with her! Poor Toffee seemed confused. Loki was neutered at 12 weeks. I've never seen him display this type of behavior. Toffee is a very quiet, unobtrusive...

I'm just feeling like I need some cyber hugs here for Tycho. He is 19 and has been on Tapazole for hyperthyroidism for about 1.5 years. I took him for his checkup last night, and the poor guy has lost 3 lbs since October. He was last checked (blood) in October of 04. His kidney function was ok...

....and the move will have to be by air travel. Does anyone have experience with Delta airlines Pet Air Cargo or private pet moving services? We have to move the 3rd week of August. Blech.