In 1969, John Rendall & Ace Berg saw a lion cub for sale in Harrods. Cramped & lonely in a small cage, they decided to bring it home. A local vicar allowed them to exercise the cub, now named Christian, in the church grounds but he very quickly became too big for their flat. The only thing they...

I spent another largely sleepless night worrying about Ding, as well as a large number of real-world things like house repair before refinancing, doing contracts, getting more contracts, etc. After getting to sleep at about 3AM, being cuddled tightly by Mr. Clark, I woke up again at around 6, and...

in article , Sam Nash at wrote on 8/12/03 10:06 PM: For Dianne (our future daughter-in-law -- Yay!) and her Mom. Mom went into the hospital for an internal problem and they found out Mom has a compression fracture of her spine! They've put...

Dear all A new nephew was born at 1755 tonight. Alexander Mark, 7lb 9 oz. All well. Proud Auntie Tina otherwise known as Tweed

So I thought I should get out more so I went along to it. We play scrabble and dominoes and can do jigsaws if we want to, some are doing a 1000 piece which will take them weeks as we only have two hours. They are all nice. I was demolished at dominoes last week by a 90 yo. I am by far the...

The heading says it all. Dr Haney was right to caution me against getting my hopes up too high. This morning I went in to check on his progress. Dr Haney said that when he came in last night at 10 for Rocky's second treatment Rocky seemed fine. Sometime between 10 last night and this morning Rocky...

I should be working on a translation of a screenplay this weekend, but Frank insisted I act as his secretary again, so here is the next instalment of his memoirs. He is on a roll. We'll see if I can meet the deadline for my job. ;o) My *paying* job. nudge nudge,...

I have found out what has happened to Kitty Farmcat. Someone found her nearby and rang the RSPCA for advice as she was so old and frail. They told whoever it was to take her to a vet. Which they did, and she was put to sleep. I've haven't told June yet, I'll tell her when she comes in the...

(AP Newswire Story #29837461 7/31/07) wrote in message; Recent research has shown that the average lifespan of domesticated animals are up to 6 years less than those of their feral counterparts. The findings of this research highlight the hypocrisy and...

http://community.webshots.com/album/96231890DCfOgQ I've just been enabled for 1 MB Broadband (Yippee!) and my first job has been to upload the breeder's and my photos of Claudius to Webshots for your viewing pleasure :-). Hot stuff this DSL, I just downloaded a file at a genuine 237KB/Sec (5.8MB...

Frank is scheduled for his dental surgery on the 27th. I have to take him in to the vet school hospital before 8 in the morning and I get to pick him up after 4 in the afternoon. I know I'll be a nervous wreck all day. Actually, I'm a nervous wreck already. Frank will be 17 next month, and it's...

Everyone's seen those surveys that go around email asking you to answer 20 random questions. But this might be the first one intended for felines. (Hoomins are allowed to help those cats who prefer to have someone else do their typing.) 1. Let's start with an easy one--your full name, including...

When I was a kid I was harrassed, and beaten up by both Irish and black bullies who picked on me for being Jewish. I grew to hate the irish and the blacks but what was funny about it was although I was lonely and alienated because of the treatment I was getting every day in school, it was always...

Angelmaine Pericles, red tabby Maine Coon, whose ancestors are US champions, has asked me to wish all his cuzzins in the ol' country the very best for their annual holiday. May there be many extra helpings of treats to mark the occasion. Filensio Snowball, blue bi-colour Ragdoll, who also springs...

A very good picture of adventures with a kitten. We keep getting in trouble. Elder cat Jake never gets into much of anything. He considers most cat food and all human food beneath his exquisite palate. So we have become complacent. Enter Rosie. For a very well bred tiny Siamese kitten,...

Nanki-Poo is gone. I still can't believe it. He came into my life on November 10, 2004. I took him to the vet this afternoon. His sores were healing, and I was hoping I could soon let him go outdoors. I noticed he was breathing hard when I took him out of the carrier at the vet's. So did the...

After almost two years of fighting hyper thyroidism and rapid heart beat, Fireball finally gave up. He got a UTI, I got antibiotics and that cleared up quickly, however, Fireball just gave up. He completely quit eating. I force fed him on Thurs., I tried everything. Fri. was my birthday, and I went...

Dear all A little update on Kitty FC who had a "nasty happening" almost a week ago. She is almost completely well again. Eating like at least two cats and swearing at Boyfriend. She can go up and down the stairs, outside for toilet duties, sunbathe in the (rare here, sun) and meatloaf happily...

I've been unemployed since April (my job was outsourced to Manila). I have no encouraging prospects. It's like I'm sending my resumes and applications into a black hole, as I'm getting zero response. This evening I got my lease renewal notice. It said my lease expires on October 31. I have to give...

Quite clearly, cat food seems to be derived not from what cats would eat but from what humans eat: beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc. However, I also notice a conspicuous absence of one very popular and common human staple from cat foods: pork. Why is that? Can cats not eat pork? Is it harmful to...