I'm thinking of acquiring a cat, and am considering which breeds would be suitable. I'm a spider phobic, so a cat that would eradicate spiders from my house would be a particular favourite. Other qualities that I'd value: 1) affectionate 2) talkative 3) clean 4) no tendency to molt heavily

Hi, I used to post to rec.pets.cats years ago. It appears that it's gone now and that I have not kept up with the changes. I see there are several cat newsgroups now including this one. It's nice to be back. I used to post under a different handle- Claire or John Swazey- and now have a new...

I'm posting this to several groups in hopes that someone will have an answer. I need suggestions for getting the smell or rotted fish out of the trunk of my car and a duffel bag. On the way home from the grocery store, one of the grocery nags tipped over in the trunk. A couple of packages of...

Hello, I'm looking to solicit some advice concerning adopting a cat. Here's the situation I am currently in. -I have never owned a cat before in my entire life. We've always had dogs, and I always thought I wouldn't have the patience to walk something every day, I don't think the other tenants in...

My cat is 14 years old and always been indoor cat he is nutered he is not on any medication. Every once in a while he starts walking around crouching smelling, kind of looks like a bloodhound racking a scent.When he is doing this it is imposble to snap him out of it .Does anyone have any idea why...

I am having problems with neighbourhood cats breaking through my catflap and stealing my cats food and spraying around the house! My cats have been neutered and I have a magnetic catflap. None of the cats I have caught breaking in are wearing magnetic collars - so how are they getting in? One very...

Hi I have a 1 year old female cat who recently started to urinate in the bathtub and in the shower. She is spayed. She also urinated twice in one week in my gym bag and another time on my shorts that werer on the floor. Also, once on the bathroom throw rug that is infront of the sink. This was...

Hello! I am a new cat mom with some worries. I am having a hard time leaving my cat Rudy (1.5 year old Tabby) at home while I am gone even an hour. I think part of it is I am worried he will get into something and get hurt or be lonely and decide to be overly snoopy. This is my first cat ever and...

This morning I found a new cat sleeping on my couch. With the cooler weather I'd left a window open without a screen. She's very thin, so has been on the streets a long time, but is incredibly friendly, so I know someone is missing their kitty. Tempted to keep this sweetie myself, but I'd like to...

Supposedly, clicking a button near the top of this page will somehow help out some animals in need: http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa That's pretty easy! If you think it's bull****, please explain why. If not...go feed the dog, would ya'...

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There is a possibility we will be moving to the states this year and I was wondering what I need to do to get my cats residence (or a visa which will last their lifetime). Do they need to swear allegience somewhere or learn the national anthem? No seriously, apart from getting vaccinations up to...

Hi I recently found your newsgroup. It looks great with the exception of a few trollers (don't they have lives?) I just added two more feral cats to my home. I was fostering & couldn't give them up. No more fostering for me as this makes five cats. I was quite worried that it might not work...

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Hello. My name is Kristina Hall I'm currently owned by a rambunction bengal cat named Wire whom is now 3 years old. :) I'm looking into getting a second cat and am researching prices from various breeders of three very particular breeds. Unfortunately where I live which is the Ottawa, ON Canada...

Hi all, I posted here a while back concerning my boy TB. Well, he lost his battle with Liver/Biliary disease and Kidney failure on the 29th of August. I had to let him go...that morning I knew it was time because he couldn't even stand up to drink. It has been awful, truly the worst time of my...

Pretty amazing. I never trained him to open doors but I did notice that he kept watching me open the room doors then one day I was watching TV in the livingroom and I hear a door creaking open. I thought it was a burglar until I saw a sillouette of a cat running to the kitchen cupboard (where the...

In our local Saginaw News newspaper there was an AP or UPI article about a person in New Mexico, US that found a mouse (Alive) and threw him in a pile of burning leaves. Evidently the BURNING mouse ran in the house and the house caught on fire and burned. PAYBACK BY MOUSE ?? I know it sounds...

Hi, Can any one help me with a problem that I am having at my aunts home. My aunt had many, many cats before she passed away and it took over 3 months to find new homes for them. The question that I have involves cat urine odor in the house. The house requires a lot of work but I cant seem to get...

They are very nice pictures. "AVP" wrote in message ... Sorry if this is not allowed in your forum but I just wanted to introduce the photo - I think I did a good job! Thanks - it is of my cat!