I just adopted a 4 week old kitten who has been hand raised. Today he chewed off and swalled half of the latex teat while nursing. I am trying not to freak out, but am very concerned. Has anyone here had an experience like this? Could this block his intestines? Is there anything I can do? So...

I had a scare this morning with Levi. I was on a conference call when suddenly I heard Levi screaming and howling (my boss asked WTH was going on). I found him on the cat tree with the stretchy string from a teaser- type toy wrapped tightly around his leg, and also wrapped around the cat tree....

I just stumbled across this website: mycathatesyou.com Hilarious! I really like this one: http://www.mycathatesyou.com/cats/2003/12/7 I've seen exactly 2 pages of this site, so if something on it offends someone, oh well.

I've read a few times on this newsgroup that if you feed a high quality food, your cats' poop won't stink too badly. I call BS on that one. I've been feeding my cats Innova Evo for several months and it doesn't get much better than that. Their poop stinks to HIGH heaven, far more than it ever...

From an email I received (not sure how I got on Hill's mail list to vets, though). I just noticed this email as it went to my unmonitored email account: Dear Valued Partner, April 18, 2007– Update: Hill’s products not affected by rice protein concentrate recall. On April 17 the FDA...

http://www.itchmo.com/read/blue-buffalo-recalls-all-canned-dog-and-cat- food-as-well-as-treats_20070427 "We at the Blue Buffalo Company have just learned that American Nutrition Inc. (ANI), the manufacturer of all our cans and biscuits, has been adding rice protein concentrate to our can formulas...

Rudy is seeing a veterinary opthamologist next week (who is only in town every other Wednesday). I'm anxious to find out what's wrong, and wondering if any of you have ideas. Rudy has always "winked" this eye, from the time he was a small kitten. Yesterday he was clearly in pain, though there...

He's okay now, but I wanted to drop in and let you know that this group probably saved his life... or at least saved him a lot of pain and suffering. He was straining to urinate in the wee hours this morning but I didn't really "get it" until he tried to pee in the sink. Instead of getting upset...

Levi appears to be completely well again. He LOVES the Hill's S/D (so does Rudy), he's peeing normally, and he's back to his evil ways. He gets re-checked in about 2 weeks, so I can't be sure, but if behavior is any indication, my little mischief maker is doing just fine. :-) As an aside, I...

Levi is scheduled to be neutered on Wednesday, but I may post-pone. He's had an outbreak today (sneezing and coughing and watery eyes) and I want to wait until he's as healthy as possible. I realize neutering is not a big deal procedure, but I know that the stress will be hard on his little...

I keep hitting reload on Montana's site and I'm just not seeing the updated puppy page. -- Lynne

Well, Levi finished his second round of antibiotics for a URI the night before last. Last night the sneezing and watery eyes, runny nose started up again, ever so slightly, and this morning it's back in full swing. His eyes are not infected, thankfully (not yet...) He has an appt to see the vet...

I've been really fortunate with my cats, with the exception of one who died at a very young age. Now that I have a kitten who may have FHV, I am interested to know what stresses out your cats so I can try to avoid stressing out my Levi. My older cat, Rudy, is extremely easy going in every way. ...

This kitten cracks me up. I put a litter box in the master bathroom when we brought him home so I could isolate him for a while. There are 2 others in the basement, but I still have this one up here, right next to the toilet. Since I use Feline Pine, it actually smells good (and I scoop...

Levi saw the vet this morning for another booster. The bump is definitely from his last injection--he said that can persist for up to a month. It's smaller now, too. -- Lynne

Do me a favor please and post a reply to this with just your email address specified, and no name. That way I can killfile you for once and for all despite all your name changes. Thanks! -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/

The 2 girls who live across the street brought a gray kitten over just now to see if he was Levi. He looks remarkably like him, even around the same age, but of course Levi is safe inside our house. The kitten looks well fed and healthy, and he may even be neutered. I'm not sure, though. ...

I got a wild hair and decided to replace the chandolier and 3 ceiling light fixtures today. Levi loved all the boxes, styrofoam and wires. Of course he wanted whatever *I* was working on at the time. So just as I got to the tricky part where I had the new chandolier balanced on my shoulder...

I am trying to get some work done, to no avail. Levi kept climbing on my lap, trying to suckle on my lip. He finally got the clue that I wasn't going to let him right now, so he pulled my glasses off my face, curled up on my lap, and went to sleep. The litle **** is so cute I don't want to...

Howdy y'all! Long time no me. I hope the trolls and idiots have been quiet, or that the smack downs have at least been satisfying. Rudy has taken to scratching the leather furniture. I have put tall, sisal scratching posts at every corner (yes, that's a lot with 2 couches, 1 that is alway...