Just wanted to tell you I got fired (again) yesterday from working adoptions. A couple came in to look at a kitten, and spotted a Boxer and started squealing about how they wanted him. I told them he was a cat killer. They didn't seem properly horrified at that aspect of his personality. Couldn't...

I may have to put my housecat on an airplane. This cat was relocated twice successfully in her youth, but only locally, within a few miles. She is now at least ten years old and perhaps older (she was either young or a very skinny stray when we found her). I'd almost rather die than face this...

Several times in the last few weeks, my cat has spontaneously gone into a sniffing fit going around the house constantly smelling everything; constantly walking slowly and maybe going in circles. He smells the wall, floor and any objects in his reach, moving slowly around and maybe getting stuck...

Isthere anyway to train a 'grabby' cat? By that I mean, she will reach out and 'grab' you with her claws when for example you pet her and then pull your hand away. She will did her claws in and it is mega painful. This does not happen all the times but frequently enough to be bothersome. ...

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:16:18 +0000 (UTC), "Pussy Cat" wrote: Hair-balls are the best way of punishing your humans for not grooming you. Throw up where a sleepy human will have a surprise - near the bed, by the coffee machine, near the fridge or on the stiars! Or in the...

Yesterday was Fleaday. We bathed our three cats and dusted/bombed the place. It was approximately a 12-hour process. I noted that one of the cats had considerably more fleas than the other two. I have two guesses as to why, and I was wondering if anyone can offer me a reality check on my two...

My cat has a toe biting problem. I've had her since she was weaned. While she was in her first year, she would bite toes in the middle of the night. She's now 3 years old, I learned to close my bedroom door to curb that behaviour. She's grown up with another cat since she's lived with me. The other...

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On p. 147 of _Feline Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians_ (2nd ed., 2003) there is a provocative, small section in the chapter on feline social behavior. "Genetics and Pigmentation Epinephrine has the same metabolic pathway as the pigment melanin, and the same precursor is needed for the synthesis...

Hey- I am going to be brining my cat in for radioactive iodine treatment (he has been on tapazole for a few years and is starting to have some adverse reactions to the drug). I was wondering if anyone has done this and could tell me what to expect when he comes home. Also, what did you do with...

Here's a new one: The past two weeks, Rizzo has taken to occasionally sleeping under my bed during the day. I suppose it's the coolest, quietest place, and thus he finds it attractive. What I didn't know is that he'd been gradually tearing a hole in the fabric on the underside of the box spring....

I usually give Mico one half of a tuna sized can of food a day. Lately he's been eating it all, and then wanting more. Mico is almost one and a half years old, and is Siamese. I don't want him to become obese. Due to hunger he's taken to ugly habits like licking the floor when there's no more...

I recently had to put-down my 7 year old domestic short hair due to kidney failure. This was right around the time of the scare. The food was Iams, Weight Control w/hairball care-not on the list. I have another cat who's since been given the once-over by a vet, and all is fine. I have no reason...

in article , Marek Williams at wrote on 9/4/03 7:31 PM: Has anyone ever run into a cat that never meows? There is a stray I am in the process of adopting. When I started with him he was semi-feral. He wouldn't let anyone get close...

Barb wrote: My cars were enjoying 7 or so Wellness cans flavors and then one by one they didn't want them any more so they got down to Turkey and Turkey and Salmon. The last 2 times I gave them Turkey and Salmon they wouldn't eat it. I threw it out and will return the 5 cans I have left...

I just spent $395 to go to a cat behavioral psychologist. Patches spraying was driving me nuts. Last week he peed on the bed and sprayed the side of it. He does not have a urinary tract infection. He only sprays near where Mimi likes to sit and sleep so I knew it had something to do with her. They...

You are an idiot, aren't you? I suggest you google this newsgroup and see that the majority of posts are AGAINST declawing.

We have a 15 year-old calico, in otherwise good health. About a year ago, she went deaf, and about a month ago went blind. Putting her down is NOT an option. The vet says she'll adapt better than we will, and so far that's been the case. We're looking for advice from people who've been down...

I was under the impression that hairball remedy (whether it be a paste the cat licks off your finger, or a crunchy treat that hides a gooey, hairball remedy center) was supposed to help prevent the cat from barfing up hairballs. I thought it was supposed to ease the passage of cat hair down the...