I'd like to teach my two rather wimpy kittens to hunt, or at least to give them something entertaining and instructive to do. I want them to be more like my girlfriends' cats, that cool cat who killed bunnies and birds. I am considering the idea of buying several small rodents from the pet store...

I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? TIA Stuart Reed

On 2005-01-14, Barb penned: Bought a little alarm through a catalog- I've seen these in a couple of catalogs- and it works! My two older cats never go on the glass top coffee table or the glass top table by the mirrored wall. They are allowed everyplace else. But the baby (2 years old)...

Funny story; my old 55 gal "project" fish tank set up is now in the house empty and close to ready for reseal.... One of my cats has made it his hang out and loves to go in there! It is so funny, his name is "Little Darkie" and he's a very funny guy. When in there he rolls around and will...

I took in a stray semi-feral cat over 2 months ago. She lived for 6 weeks in our basement separated from my other 2 male cats. The other 2 cats knew something was going on and could sense the new cat behind the door and occasionally heard her. When it was time to introduce the new cat to the...

"Bobcat" wrote in message ... "Flippy" wrote in message ... Hi all, Sorry for cross-posting to so many newsgroups. I just wanted to share...

Hi every1, I was just wondering if anyone had any views on which type of litter (clay, wood, catsan, silica) is best to use. AND which kind of litter tray? Has anyone tried the 'self-cleaning ones'? I have one kitten (he is 10 weeks old). Any thoughts will be a great help

I want to raise this to everyone's attention here. Steve Crane pointed this out in a post buried in another thread here, however this warrants a thread of its own to bring the information "up front" so to speak. October 15th issue of JAVMA (Volume 223 Number 8) details a study in which it was...

Hi, I'm lucky in the respect that my cat doesn't scratch the carpet. At the moment I've got a "twist pile" carpet but now fancy a "loop pile". I've heard that loop pile isn't a good idea if you've got a cat, but as he doesn't scratch at the moment will start if I get a loop pile as it would give...

My 10 year old cat was diagnosed with a tumor on his spinal cord today between his neck and between his shoulder blade affecting about 5 vertebrae he had a M.R.I. and a spinal tap. the spinal tap revealed the cancer had spread into the spinal cord and spinal fluid. My vet said there wasn't much...

This cat behaved so unlike any other cat I ever had. For a start, it rarely ever meowed, instead, it cooed like a pigeon. It also had those thick horizontal long hairs in the ears, perhaps you can see them in the first pic. It was also extremely smart. It had a very strange personality, as if it...

In news.groups Misty9999 wrote: : That is why I will ONLY support a moderated group. Any unmoderated : group would become just like the other cat groups. I also believe a moderated group is needed under the circumstances but with an extreme bias towards light moderation. ...

Has anyone got any Fawn Point Siamese Cats in the UK that they can show under GCCF rules ?

Hi, I had my cat Callie to the vet a couple of months ago for a checkup and the doc told me she had to have a tooth extracted but he did bloodwork first and found certain kidney levels were a little elevated so she was put on a special diet of Hill's k/d prescription food. She does not like this...

The human food thread was cracking me up for some reason. What else do your cats do that make you laugh each and every time. There are some things that Luna does that just about kill me...without fail. -when her mouth hangs open cuz she smells something -when we play with a dangly toy and she...

My trick is simple: I dip the pill and my fingers in cooking oil before medicating the cat. This achieves two things: 1. the oily pill goes down the throat fast and does not get stuck on the tongue 2. the cat's muzzle gets oily from my fingers and he starts licking his chops right away, and that...

Hi, My original post about Meetoo was about her arthritis but her blood test came back and the vet said her calcium is high. Her potassium is low. She also has an elevated heart rate. They are keeping her overnight to give her an IV containing potassium and some insulin. I did not speak to the vet...

Both I and my cat need a weighing scale and I was wondering if we could get by with one. For myself, I don't require analysis of water, fat, bone, etc.; accurate and consistent weight readings would do. Good readable display etc. For the kitty, I was thinking it should be accurate to 0.1 lbs....

Your boys are absolutely gorgeous! How lucky they are to have "found" you! They photograph so well. I love the photo of them on the laundry. I have two brothers (littermates) who will be 6 yrs. old next month. I adopted them about a year ago from one of those pet clinics (their owner was...

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