I've been taught a valuable lesson today...... This morning I thought I would have an extra 15 mins in bed reading but Smudge had other ideas, she walked over to my book and head butted it until I put it down to give her a scritch, then she laid down on it. This evening as I was watching TV and...

I have finally figured out WHY Lorelei likes to hide in the basement or my bedroom: Lorelei is afraid of me. It explains everything: why she shies away if I move too quickly near her. Why she jumps if I make noise near her. Why she hides from me :( I think the son of the woman who gave me the...

This morning Christine took some food to the barn for the mother cat. She saw the cat exit the barn as she entered. Then she heard a little hiss and looked in the dark place between a couple of bales of hay. Sure enough, she saw a pair of tiny glowing eyes. She put on her gloves and reached in and...

I'm glad I didn't take the vet's advice about sending her to RB just yet. She continues to drink her rehydration fluid in preference to plain water - she has a choice. It has made a real difference to her, so thank you to those who suggested it. She is eating as well as a CRF kitty can. Turkey...

I'm not talking about Two Lumps the comic strip, although I've bookmarked that site and I really like it. :) Today in one of the cages in the treatment room there's a bunch of blankets, a water dish and a litter tray. No cat can be seen, but there are two lumps under the blanket. According to...

Well, this is another one I've never seen, and it sure wasn't funny at the time, but now that all is well, it was, well, a wild one! I'm getting ready to feed the critters their second meal of the day. Now, most of the time, they gather around me, and there is quite a bit of half-hearted...

If the generous kitties of rpca could spare a few more purrs, I would like to ask for some for a newcomer - my DH has apparently had his cat magnet on again. Late last night, DH told me that a stray cat had turned up at the office, skinny and yelling and holding up one paw. As TED was closed and...

Last night, I must have been in the bargaining phase of mourning, because I made a plea to whoever might be listening, if anyone was listening... I asked that Betty's life be spared. In return, I offer my own life. A life for a life is fair, isn't it? It's not that I don't love my life. I want...

Leo - one of the four little ones who were put in a cardboard box in front of my house mid december 2007 might have a pneumonia. Since yesterday I see him breathing heavily and can`t do anything about it as he doesn`t allow me near to him. He, from the start, was the one who doesn`t come nearer as...

.... a dose of self-pitying negativity! Anyone seen Kyla?

OK, I'm finished Bandit's page and Demi's page, so that's it for now except for one thing - my "Friends" page is empty! Please send me links to your web pages or photo albums!!! Please, please please, pretty please???!! http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ -- Hugs,

My poor, poor baby is gone. She was so wonderful and loving. She was so beautiful, even in the end. And I feel so haunted by the horror of watching her die. She was such a good little kitty, and never did anything wrong! She didn't deserve any of this! I can't believe she's gone. I've been...

Almost half of all cats receive Christmas gifts. ( Come on admit it you know it is true ) Pouncing is powered by a cat's thighs. These muscles are so powerful that if you had a cat's thigh muscles, your thighs would be as big as your waist and you could jump from the ground to the top of a...

My 6 month old named Donny had a confrontation with a racoon. He was outside and I was inside sleeping when he made the most unbelievable screaming noise. I was quite surprised he could make such a sound and I went right out to see what's up and saw the racoon running away. By the time I got my...

DH and I have for many years stayed at home on New Year's Eve and had a small party with just us and the cats. We did the same this year. I started getting the party ready by setting up a small folding table that I have and placing a nice lace tablecloth over it. I went into the kitchen to...

...was unarguably the ugliest thing I have ever in my life pulled out of an oven. We began with The Brine. Louie put together a witches' brew of chicken broth, apple cider, honey, maple syrup, salt and ginger ale with spices, and after letting the SOB soak overnight we found he was not only...

This morning when I came back from watering the horse herd in a nearby pasture, Abelard was standing in the little wading pool I have in the yard. Just standing there, looking down into the water. He looked up at me as I approached, as if to say, "Look, mom! I'm in the pool!" I was so...

Second-best commercial ever! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7vXP3tHzhA Joyce -- The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer. -- Paula Poundstone

I am supposed to get clavamox pills into Tiger twice a day. Hiding in his food isn't working and I don't think he would eat "pill pockets". I wonder if I could smash the pill, mix it with butter (or vasoline) and smear the mixture on his fur. The alternative is a number of 20 mile trips to the...

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...