I have to wonder about this sometimes... The complete article can be found he http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/07/25/feline.sweet.gene.ap/index.html Genetic flaw leaves felines without sweet tooth

they are 10 now and still act like they always did. Should I be changing their food to seniors? They are not overweight or anything, but is there anything special they need in their diets?

I was going to do round 2, but this morning's fire alarm inspired today's SPECIAL tag team match: PBC (Pletsch-Blacquiere Clowder) vs yours truly.... *BELL RINGS. And keeps ringing. It's a fire alarm.* RAGE IN THE CAGE! Can Fil get 4 cats into their carriers? She is home alone and less than...

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It's coming up on the bitties'....well, not adoption day. Sucker-DP-Into-Being-Our-Mother Day is more like it. We never formally adopted them. After finding them in a pile of trash, at 3 weeks old, DP began referring to them as "Dark Face" and "Light Face." Both are primarily brown tabby, but...

With Persia on a diet snork I've felt bad about depriving her of her gooshy food. Hill's makes her prescription x/d in cans, too. I just opened the last can I had and gave her half of it. Technically I should now only give her 1/4 cup of dry this afternoon. In old practice, before her bladder...

Tomorrow the cats and birdies go to the clinic with me where they will be poked, prodded and boarded until next Monday. I brought out the cardboard carrier and the other regular carrier and put them in the living room. Mischief and Imp know something is up and have immediately retreated. ...

This is a secret message written in special cat code so my jailers will not notice and confiscate this. I hope that if I do not make it out of here, my journals can be used for future cats if they are ever in this same situation After a horrible night where we realized that we had been abandoned...

Oh dear, oh dear!! The striped fiend refused to come in last night. So this morning, as soon as I got up & dressed, I went to the front door, opened it, and in he ran. He ran at a great rate of knots past Waffles & Francis who headed out of the front door, into the kitchen, stuck his head in a...

The Yahoo! Weather forecast says "high of 92F, currently 95F" - WTF?!! Where is our promised cold front? Hopitus, did you hijack our cold front! Give it back now!!!! ; Hugs, CatNipped

Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to see friends again and of course great to see Dennis after his usual month long work absence. Our friends enjoyed their time here and definitely did their...

LOL! I know I've always said I felt like a teenager (especially after losing all the weight I have), but this is ridiculous! ; After inputting my data I got: Typical Life Expectancy - 77 Your Life Expectancy - 111 (well, my grandmother *did* live to be 104 and with medical technology advancing...

This is an urgent message to all cats, in hope that maybe we can be rescued. I, Mischief, and my fellow cats, Imp and Mayhem have been CATNAPPED against our will. We were relaxing and going about our normal routine when suddenly we were individually snatched up and stuffed into boxes. I...

I took the interlopers back to their mommy on saturday. Orca(t) began investigating immediately, but Spot was (again) very traumatized by the change. Fortunately, this should be his last home for a good long while. Meanwhile, Princess Rita is thrilled to have her place back to herself again! ...

Interesting short article in The Times today. Seems cats don't have the gene that allows them to taste sweet foods. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1707077,00.html Cheers, helen s

I have read posts about cats on the group that are often 14 lbs up to in the 20's, particularly USA cats. Compared with this, mine are miniscule. Boyfriend is around 7-8 pounds and KFC is 4ish. They both have access to all the gooshy and dry food that they might want and catch and eat der birdies...

Gone two weeks and what happens? A flood of messages. Many about a situation with which I'm not familiar, so I'll refrain from comment. This ain't the same RPCA I left! :( There were far too many threads to reply to them individually so I'll just say 1) "get better" purrs to those in need, 2)...

"Marina" wrote in message ... ... on my computer. After a couple of days of frantic packing, it's starting to look like I will be ready for the movers tomorrow morning at 9. Phew! I ended up giving away some stuff that I might have...

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 shocked...

I've been thinking about what to name little Leo. I don't want to keep the name Leo, because I know one Leo who is a very unpleasant person. I thought of changing it into Leonardo, but I don't want anyone thinking I named him after DiCaprio! Leonardo and Miranda would go pretty well together,...