When Nancy and I were looking for a rental property 4 years ago (it's hard to believe we've been here this long) we had an awful time finding a place that was big enough for us and would allow our three (at that time) kitties. We were delighted to finally find this place. We're in one unit of a...

Hi Everyone Well there is a new foster kitten to my family and I feel so sorry for her. She is pure black and she is a sister to my other foster kitten Heidi. Sadly the losers that owned the mother to these cats decided they did not want them and dumped them down the bottom of there garden for...

My New Year gift? Woke up with a head so big and pain filled, you'd think I had really tied one on last night. But no, I stayed home with the furballs and didn't have a drop of alcohol. There were eight deers in the yard at dusk, maybe it's their fault, cuz I stared at them and strained my eyes.

I've started Vet Tech school again and i've been busy with work and school and springboard diving so i haven't had a chance to really post any Vet tech journals or other stories about my cats But in the past few days, i am shocked to see what people have written. All the insults, the sexual...

For the last couple of months Amelia has feeling very put-upon by the large number of kittens in the house (she seems to think that two kittens is two kittens too many). She's generally been expressing her displeasure with occasional bitchy-cat hisses at Sammy and Tabitha, but this morning she...

to think that once my slingie was off next tuesday i could jump in my car and be independent again. going against medical advice, but judging it was very near coming off anyway, i released my arm just for 5 minutes to wash. omg. no way, i tried practising air gear changes but it's agony so no...

Egads, this cat is falling apart! Today one of his lower canine teeth just fell over. It is hanging out his mouth in a most snaggletooth kinda way. It doesn't seem to bother him. He let me touch it. I thought I might be able to pull it out but it didn't come out to easily. He wolfed down a...

I got the expected call around 5:15 EST. He passed away just a few minutes before that, peacefully and without pain. Thank you for all your kind thoughts, purrs and prayers. Jill

This morning Jim got the results of his ultrasound. There is no sign of a blood clot. All blood vessels are clear. The best guess is that a muscle next to his shin bone cramped and grabbed onto the adjacent nerves or something like that. His next assignment is to make an appointment for a...

As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me to take tons of pictures and put up a "virtual tour" of the house. For those folks who can't join us this Saturday night, please feel welcome to...

Suddenly, Smudge has become a very cuddly kitty. She's always been friendly, following me from one room to another, curling up in the general area whenever I settle down, and often lying on top of me if I'm on my side on the couch, or in bed. But all of a sudden, in the past 2-3 days, she's been...

A while ago, just a few weeks to my memory, I got a PO Box. Paid for 6 months. I kept telling myself I'd check it soon, but hadn't. Well. I finally got my butt into the post office (just a half mile or so from where I work) and ... the PO Box was locked. Seems I haven't checked the damn thing...

What I say here doesn't need to be spread all over other newsgroups. Jill

I live in what I've fondly dubbed the "Idiot State." A couple of years ago, it finally passed an anti-cruelty law for the animals. Most "punishments" have been the slap-on-the-wrist type. Yesterday, a fellow was sentenced to *prison* (not jail) for 18 months plus five years' probation. This was...

As I expect you remember I posted a humorous little article a month or two ago, and was immediately attacked by Gandalf. Technically, I suppose, the attack was on my wife. One reason given for this unprovoked attack was that Gandalf had suffered a loss. We have all lost cats, or dogs or...

....and if not why not? What other rearrangements of household furnishings have people here been instructed by the management to carry out? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k...

I finally got in touch with my daughter - they're probably safe, but they're still on the spillway (a miles-long bridge over the swamp just north of Baton Rouge). But I forgot they no longer had their Suburban (it finally gave up the ghost and they were left with only an extended cab truck)! They...

Yoj wrote: I got this e-mail from BlueBird today. Joy I just came from the vet. I KNEW Little Bit was sick. Everyone said not to bother because they were all things cats just do, but I've always known when my animals are sick. Maybe because I just love them so much and have had a...

I buy our vegetables at an organic farm here in Austin. They have a cute 13 year old black cat called Tubby J. Tupelo who has the run of the farm and likes to come to the farm stand for scritches (check out the t-shirts http://www.boggycreekfarm.com/). Well, turns out he's been under the weather...

I'm sure there are those of you who remember my father and the sagas of him and his cat Charlie. Well, they are all over as of about two hours ago. My father succumbed to a septic infection. I spent the evening with him as they got him transferred from the ER to ICU. He died several hours later....