Yoj wrote: I got this e-mail from BlueBird today. Joy I just came from the vet. I KNEW Little Bit was sick. Everyone said not to bother because they were all things cats just do, but I've always known when my animals are sick. Maybe because I just love them so much and have had a...

It's midnight here in Purrth. Happy new 2005 to all kitties and their people!

#WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Stirling just jumped up on the keyboard and inserted the above text in the middle of some code I was working on. I figured it would be more meaningful here.

Today I'm going to re-cover our cat tree. My furry bunch scratched all the carpet off the upright bit long ago, and the carpet on the "branches" is looking pretty revolting these days. I managed to score some free second hand carpet as they recently replaced the carpets in the third house along...

The two new furry boys I'm adopting are arriving tonight. I think we're all prepared; I've figured out how to keep my existing 4 and the 2 new fellows in separate parts of the house until they get used to each other. I've never taken in 2 adults at the same time though - I can't stop thinking about...

The big ginger guy's crammed himself onto my lap, facing the computer screen, with his head forced back so that his chin's on the keyboard's wrist-rest. He's purring his little head off.

Tyler, my latest goofball addition to the furry family has got himself stuck down behind my corner bookcase. All of my cats have explored down there at one time or another. The bookcase has shelves that extend along the two walls of the room, with a section of shelves that sort of cuts across the...

I was looking for a keyboard drawer, but another product listed with the "customers also purchased" section caught my eye at: http://www.eaa.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=812 What the ??? (OK, it's just a mouse pad, but it made me look again!)

Orlie and Tyler are curled up together in front of the heater. Tyler just had a good stretch, bracing his back paw against the base of poor Orlie's tail to get better leverage. Not missing a beat, Orlie had a stretch too, placing his front paw right smack in the middle of Tyler's nose while he did...

There's a mother hen on my back verandah. There are several young ones scratching aroung my backyard. They're not my chickens. I hope they go home soon because I've got four cats lined up with their noses pressed against the back window who all fancy a chicken dinner.

A question (well two really) for anyone who has a scanner - what's the best way to clean the glass plate, and is there anything you can do to prevent it from attracting every bit of loose dust, fluff and cat hair in the house? My brother just got a new scanner and kindly gave me his old one....

My mother has a small victory to celebrate! I don't know how things are elsewhere in the world, but here in Australia most retirement villages still don't allow residents to keep pets. This never made much sense to me, especially since we know these days that having pets around can be so beneficial...

TJ and The Dust wrote: Any ideas? LOL! http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/031009/ids_photos_wl/ra3047302692.jpg& e=9&ncid=1756 TJ and The Flabby Louse Dust

Hi all My ginger moggy Simon could use a few of your purrs at the moment. He’s 20 years old and for the past year has been on medication and having regular vet checks for chronic renal failure. The medication has really helped improve his quality of life up till now, and although he’s been...

Hi all (If you're stuck for answers, RPCA will have some!) I'm having a bit of trouble with my new pair of glasses. I decided to retire my 1980-vintage frames which have rather large squarish lenses, and get a pair of more "modern" frames which have much smaller (geeky looking?) lenses. I've been...

I caught up with Britta and Dennis here in Purrth on Sunday morning. They picked me up from my house and met Arthur cat even before they got to my front door. He was rather shy at first, but then decided he quite liked the attention and spent quite a while demanding attention from all three of us....

Mark Edwards wrote: Last night, I finally got a good chance to photograph one of our local cat food bandits. The camera was at hand, the batteries were charged, and the subject let me get a few shots as long as I didn't approach him. Buster sat back and watched me take snapshots of his...

Sad news here. My brave, beautiful 21 year old ginger moggy Simon lost his battle with chronic renal failure yesterday and went to the bridge. My other 4 cats are visibly upset, and I'm devastated. He'd become very frail and we all knew he would be going soon, but that doesn't make it any...

Well, I've finally got myself a nice DSL connection at home and am learning to read the newsgroup in the proper way, i.e. with a cat curled in my lap and another purring at my shoulder. It's much nicer than grabbing a quick look at my desk at work during my lunch or tea break.

Worth 1000 just had another kitty photoshop contest - see the entries at http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=7104&start=1&end=10&display=photoshop But a warning - the page is pretty big if you're on a dialup connection.