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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Tonight as i prepared for bed. I decided to take a long hot soak in the tub. As i was laying in the water with my eyes shut i hear the a thud and there is Max sitting on the edge of the tub. Looking at me like i've lost my mind. then I look over and there is ginger sitting on top of the...

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...