Back in November we adopted the 8-week-old Bella, a rambunctious and funny black shorthair with a few tortoiseshell markings. Our Gracie is now nearly 11, and had been slowing down, sleeping more, etc. I reported on the initial distress the kitten's constant stalking caused Gracie. I have her...

Found a lump on the right rear side of my 5yo cat (Betsy). It is in front of her hip area. She is acting/playing normal... no weight loss. She has an appt with the vet for next Tuesday evening.... how worried should I be? I *am* very.... Linda Linda

Hello! After the huge pet food recall I started looking into Organic Cat Food vs "regular" cat food. I have two cats and usually have foster cats. I volunteer at a no-kill cat animal shelter. It was worse than what I expected with the cat food. Even the top brands were full of crap. It is like...

Hi. I'm trying to catch two lovely neighborhood cats I thought were owned (made a long post about this last weekend). Anyway, my Stray Cat Rescue Kit arrived this past week, and I've never had more trouble assembling anything in my life. The Kit comes with a "Divider" that allows you to feed the...

I'm making my way through her book "Translating Animals" and she has a few interesting things to say about cat behavior. Just curious whether any of you cat mavens have read her stuff, and what your reactions are? Thanks BLink --------------------------

"nicole1976" u22317@uwe wrote in message news:60da8071b1fd9@uwe... my cat loves to bird watch. today she was sitting on the window sil and all of a sudden i hear this bird chirping and then i look over to my cat and i see her mouth opening and closing and i thought she was choking or ...

Mingy is home! He went to the potty and urinated almost immediately. I ended up letting him choose whether he wanted to use his old one or a new one, and he used the old one. He later came back and lay down in the potty two times. I wonder whether his urethra is bothering him after being...

We had to take Marbles to the Emergency Vet around 4:30 am. He was twitching his tail severely, kept flopping over on his side and then getting up right away and twitching his tail again. Sometimes his mouth stayed open, not really panting but just open. He was very vocal but he is anyway so...

I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for...

Anyone else here see the wonderful selections on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno? I think the best one was the dog singing and dancing to rock music.

Hello, Our cat Luxor is two and a half years old, and is normally a very healthy and active (indoor) cat. (He's a Norweigan Forest mix, if that helps at all.) Seven days ago, he had a bout of of very foul-smelling diarrhea, and then for the past week, he has been throwing up a brown liquid. Most...

Thankyou so much to all those people who responded to my post "Best Friend"on the 13/12, your well wishes and kind words were of real comfort on what was undoubtedly the worst day of my life. It's funny, Squirm didn't talk my language, laugh at my jokes or share hardly any of my interests, and yet...

as an adult I've always had cats, this is the first for 2 (litter mates,neutered, indoor) and I'm get a good used couch they have 3 straching posts..one is too small but they still use, the other just goes straight up and is more than tall enough and the 3rd is one the climbing types taller than...

Hi I've found this NG in the hope someone has come across this problem and may be able to help. Before I start I have to explain that the cat in question has had medical treatment, including an hour in an oxygen tent and an overnight stay in the vet clinic. she is now on steriod treament, but the...

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Bear is a 2 yr old black long hair neutered male. He has started staying out at night lately. I saw him Sat morn and he didn't come home till Mon afternoon. He doesn't feel well and last night I saw him straining to poop but no resuts and no sign this morning. I will take him to the vet today...

My 14 1/2 yr old cat was recently diagnosed with early Kidney Disease. In the past, when given his yearly vaccines, he's always been given a portion (I don't know how much) of an aspirin because he reacts very badly otherwise - growling, hissing, etc. for 24-48 hours afterward (this from a normally...

Sure hope he finds the little hero :( Karen "Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message ... Man Rescues Cat; Cat Saves Man From Fire Tue Jan 27, 2003 AP

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Hi everyone, I got a new addition today. He was found outside my work by a fellow employee. He's about 2 years old, male, total tomcat.... he wasn't neutered. I immediately got him neutered and brought him home. I currently have two other males cats both neutered... one 8 years, one 4 years. ...