Speckles' lab results came back today. She does, indeed, have hyperthyroidism. She'll be starting a regimen of pills (she who goes into tornado-mode at the first sight of one) for a month, then retested. No cure, of course, but should help with the stomach and heart-murmur problems. Thanks for...

Thanks everyone for the well wishes for Jake the stray cat. He went to his new Paw today. It felt like giving a child away even though I've adopted out fosters before. I guess he has a special place in my heart since he doesn't seem to have had a home before and he was so friendly and so sad out...

I am unclear as to how best to present my financial information to the President of the DIC (Dataw Island Club) Board, Dave Muehl. Like many people these days, I do my banking online. I pay my bills online. I don't receive paper statements. Anyway, Dave said I should email him the...

I have a followup job interview this morning. Please send prayers, purs, good thoughts, etc that I get this position. I've been out of work since February when my temp job ended, and I've been trying like crazy to land a permanent job. I NEED to be working. Thanks! And to all my fellow job...

My mom was diagnosed with yet another cancerous tumor 2-3 weeks ago. Her oncologist last week and scheduled her for surgery this last Monday. Her surgery was uneventful. She experienced quite a bit of pain the first night, but on Tuesday she was feeling a lot better. She was able to go home...

He had an endoscopy and they found esophageal cancer. I'm very scared, though both of my parents are acting like it's no big deal. I think for my dad he at least finally has a diagnosis, but while I braced for this one, it's hard to hear cancer is what it is. I'm going to go with what they...

He wasn't my cat but I was around him so much I feel he was a member of my extended family. (Schwartzie is, too, of course.) He was a little pipsqueak of a cat with a big raspy meow! He was a black cat with green eyes. Not emerald green like my Persia. Very light green, like an old...

We invited friends over for an oil fondue dinner. Such fun! They brought a spinach salad with strawberries, walnuts, and an herbed Greek cheese. To cook in the oil we had buffalo and beef cubes (from, as they call it around here, Whole Paycheck (Whole Foods), but man was it good), plus breaded...

Ben and I have lived here in Spring for about 8 years now. We travel the road to Target quite a bit (even though we shop at the cheaper Wal-Mart) - but we've never before noticed the Chinese restaurant directly opposite Target. Just out of the blue, Monday, Ben asked if I wanted to "settle"...

I had always thought that cats didn't care for sugary items. We have about 150-200 hummingbirds that we feed every season. My wife was mixing the boiled sugar/water concentrate and Rambo started drinking the concentrate. He also likes popcorn, peanuts, cashews, wheat crackers, turkey bacon, home...

For the past couple of days, all four of our kitties, Mosey, Pookie, Sqweex and Pipps, haven't been wanting to eat their 'gooshy fudz' aka canned/tinned. I have no clue what's up with that...they get Friskies canned Tender Morsels Beef in the morning and chicken at bedtime, with Friskies Indoor...

I just had a mug of clam chowder, with a dash of Tabasco in it. When I was finished, Little Boy was eager to see if I had any left. So I put the mug down on the floor for him. He tells me this is just wrong, on so many levels, and he will just have to go see what Senyah has. Hugs and...

Naughty and Kiki have both been ill during the last week - some kind of infection that Kiki picked up at TED's while having her tooth out, maybe. Anyway, they've been off their food, and both pretty miserable. I've been their veterinary nurse - force-feeding them high-protein catfood through a...

My old cat has started to have kidney problems. Any food particularly appetizing to cats with this? Regards, Bob

This is quite impressive, very humbling. http://rense.com/general72/size.htm Victor

This morning Dave visited the farmer's market. I had asked for a few tomatos (we didn't get very many this year for some weird reason; last year we swam in them), he came back with about a million green beans. Humongous beans, thick and half as long as my forearm. No sooner did he set the bag...

Sam has turned into the family food inspector. We've been feeding the kitties on the kitchen table since Toby and Mac had to be put on diets. Their meager portions have both ravenous all day, and we couldn't keep them out of the cat's food unless we put it out of reach. Hence the food dish on the...

Tonight we had roast chicken and cornbread dressing with celery, which I always accompany with a big scoop of cranberry sauce. The smell of the chicken had Sheba at my feet and Robin on the window ledge trying to reach my shoulder; and both were trying to convince me they were starving. So I got...

I add Cosequin to the canned food twice daily. After several months, Amber seems to be walking better. I also give Tiger six pieces of Friskies Dental Diet at bedtime (Amber doesn't usually want any). At the last vet visit they said his teeth looked good. These things seem to work! ...

How about a strange-things-my-cat(s)-will-eat thread? We haven't had one of those for while. I'll start with Mir, since her list is shorter: - cheese - yoghurt - sweetcorn, preferably off the cob - orange juice (yes, she's one of the few cats in the world who don't mind citrus fruit) She does...