Hi Due to a pending car trip, I'm trying to acclimate Bubba the 25Lb Maine Coon to a harness and leash so that he can have an occasional break from the carrier without me having to chase him around the rest stop. I got a harness from the Pet Labyrinth that is designed for a small-medium dog...

I meant to post this here last night too, but forgot. I was goofing off last night putting all of the cat toys on the treadmill and watching the cats' reaction to it and then Shamrock got on the treadmill and walked. It's a bit dark so I hope you can see at least parts of...

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Are you out of your ****ing minds? Posting to Usenet, "how can I tell if a lump on my cat is cancer or not without a vet visit or biopsy?" And some of you who are not quite this stupid and malicious expect those of us who actually like cats better than the bottle NOT to get upset? ****heads.

Recently, our family had a reunion outside my home state. It was a 5 day event and we were all so excited to attend. The only thing was that I had no one to take care of my cat, Hobbes. I was really worried about this because all our family was attending which meant there was no one to stay with...

My two house-mates (Pete and Fred) gained too much when I tried using one of those feeders they seem to be nibbling all day long so I decided to purchase a seven-day auto feeder a few months ago, set to open twice a day at 6am and 5pm with heaping 1/3 of a cup serving at each serving, they've lost...

Usenet's very liberal policy/rules..it was never an issue in the past, everyone enjoyed this freedom because people were basically *intelligent about how they responded and treated others..they actually tried to *avoid nasty flame-wars and if it got serious, they sent private messages to deal with...

Alino is our 18 year old (as of June 23) Blue Point Siamese, and just the most sweet and dear little guy that anyone could hope to have. He has always been a BIG eater, very fond of his food, but never messy with it. For some reason, he has now started to dig his right front paw into his dry food...

and a clean bill of health. I'm to give her a monthly breast exam, the vet did it with her standing up. She agreed that in her experience 80% or better of mammary tumors are malignant--she thinks because so many people feel them but let them go, thinking they will go away. So folks, feel up...

My cat has been making sneezing sounds for a few days. At first it was infrequent (a few times a day), and it sounded a bit like she was clearing her throat, so I thought she had hairballs. I added Petromalt to her food to help with that, although she doesn't have a history of hairballs. Since...

anyone know what im facing here, i was hoping to contemplate all aspects of the choice i made today and im hoping for the best. my 6 yr old male cat has an obstruction in his small intestine. the jejunum region is what im told. Last week i though pancreatitus due to his obstipation and violent...

My 10 year old cat is diabetic but won’t drink. He is panting alot now, and if you touch him he gets mad. The last time he did that (mad at touching him) was just before we found out he had diabetes. He keeps crying and trying to get into my room to go under my bed. It is 10:52 pm here... what...

I've seen this axiom repeated in many spots: "You should always have one more litterbox than the number of cats you own". Curious if there's a scientific rationale behind this, or if it's just a common practice that everyone accepts. Thanks BLink --------------------------

Pancreatitus this is a collection of chicken scratch i no longer need, the past 2 weeks i thought and my vet thought my 6 year old male had an acute case...turned out to be not so. But the past few days i learned alot. But i do caution as i found this info from the internet and just a jumble of...

My aunt, who is a nurse and a cat-fancier, was over at my place the other day and saw the cans of tuna cat food I had. She told me that tuna was actually bad for cats--male cats in particular. Is this true? I would have thought that even if it was, it would apply only to canned, "pure" tuna; I...

Yes, I know this is a cat group but I know some of you have pet mice and/or rats too so I'll throw my question out anywhere. Ignore if you want. I'm a little disappointed in my vet today for what she charged me for examining my 2 mice and prescribing Ivermectin, but no matter. Can't let these...

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I don't know whose worst- the owners or the clinic. http://maxshouse.com/Rosa_Feature.htm

Looks like he's going to cry: http://maxshouse.com/Feral/junkyard_mommaco-sadsack.jpg Here's the rest of the brood: http://maxshouse.com/momma+kits.htm

To try to make a long story short... in may I adopted a 2 month old kitten while having a 10 month old cat in the house. I got the ten month old a few months before this. The 10 month old was a feril cat and my fiance and I somewhat tamed her to like us. When I brought the 2 month old kitten home...