Spicey is diabetic, according to her lab results. Her other values were ok. It looks like she'll need twice daily insulin injections for the rest of her life, a delicate sounding procedure which will be impossible for me until I get to the point where I can at least pet her. I feel more...

I just took my son in to a pulmonary specialist today. As part of the treatment/procedure plan, he gave him a list of recommendations. At the bottom it said, "Bye bye Kitty." Hrrmph. I don't think so. But here's the weird part. Lounging around the office was the most gigantic, fat rottwiler I have...

Purrs for those in the path of Hurricane Charley. This afternoon The Weather Channel forecasters were saying it could get up to Category 3. The Tampa/St Petersburg area is right in the middle of the forecast track. Tampa/St Pete is really low lying - flooding from a storm surge is a major worry...

His bloodwork came back and it's not good. One liver enzime is elevated and his electrolites are abnormal too. :( TED wants to do an ultrasound to see if there's anything else (she didn't use the C word, but I'm afraid that's what she thought) of concern. We'll get an appointment for tomorrow and...

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Just read this on a local news web site http://www.kirotv.com/houseandhome/2580604/detail.html. Thought I'd pass the article along in case anyone buys this food. Pass it on to others who might benefit... Pet Food Sold In Washington Recalled POSTED: 2:39 p.m. PDT October 24, 2003

Angus is a sweet black kitten that I fostered for quite a while. He made it through URIs, eye infections, and ringworm. He was healthy and ready for a home until last night when he couldn't get up. His back legs aren't working. We think it could be a saddle thrombus by the symptoms. He went to...

Sheba has been in our lives for 17 years. She came to me as a 3 month old kitten. As I carried her home, I studied her tortishell coloring and her name came to me. But she has also been called Pretty Little Girl, and for the last year, Pretty Little Old Lady. In her youth she was a very good...

Just got a call from a farmer outside of town. He's sighted a cat that sounds like Sam. His description sounds very hopeful - he even got Sam's nose and paw coloring right. I went by to look but sign of kitty; the farmer will call me as soon as he sees Sammy again. It's a ways out of town, so...

I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. Due to shifting priorities at NASA, my project's budget for this year was decimated. I was rolled off of the s/w team because apparently, I'd been scheduled to roll off this summer...

A cyber friend of mine purchased a darling Nativity set for himself and for gifts. It can be seen at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2294656089 I especially like the "tree"! So clever! Gennie

I think the Dust "may" be constipated. I am not sure what qualifies as constipation in cats. He basically hasn't pooped in 3 days. He is not going to the box and straining, he isn't complaining, he is eating and drinking very much so normally and he is peeing about twice a day. We had a house...

I can blame my mother for this - she started spoiling Egbert So he would always have clean water, she put some in the sink every time she went into the bathroom. After I moved out - he started drinking out of the faucet or tub. It took him almost 2 years to "train" Niobe to do this - It took...

Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. She was quite a sight with them bristling out in all directions from her little face; in fact in her later days, they gave her a somewhat deranged appearance. ...

Last night when I got home I found my 21-year-old ginger guy Simon fast asleep on his pillow, snoring, with a ball of wool between his front paws. Alas, my camera batteries were flat :( Helen Wheels

Has anyone here heard of anyone having problems with Splenda (Sucralose)? I've been using it and I like the taste, but then decided to do a web search on "Splenda Dangers" and got more info than I'd bargained for. Of course there's all kind of panic-making misinformation to be had on the web,...

video at http://www.wthr.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=4095628&at1=News&h1=Cat%20shot%20with%20arrow&flvUri=&thirdpartymrssurl=&rnd=99576701 or http://tinyurl.com/kvdhtd print story from yesterday

I was in Big W at lunch doing a spot of shopping. Suddenly a woman ran out of the toy aisle screaming "what do I do what do I do?". She went back into the aisle, and came back out holding her daughter, perhaps 3 at the most, who had blood gushing down her face and was crying loudly. A crowd of...

As many of you know (and some have similar problems), my cat and I have been battling her "licky granuloma" on her right hind leg for several years now. I've gone from several depo medrol shot at the beginning to treating her with 2.5 - 5 mg/day of Prednisolone with Tresaderm or Gentaved...

Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. Physically she's a typical mid-atlantic barn cat. You see cats on the side of the road from Pennsylvania to Virgina...