it jumped up on a table and that was a no no according to the new owners. Good grief, what do people expect a cat to be doing? Cats love to explore and jump up to elevated postitions, it is all a part of being a cat. I hate to think what these people would do if they had a baby, return it to the...

Hi. Last week upon returning home I found a 7-8 week old blind, dehydrated, 1lb 2oz kitten. It was below zero out and I was not about to leave her outside. Been to the vet twice and probably the states best pet optomologist (sorry for bad spelling). Apparently her mother must have been ill during...

Hello. I've posted here once or twice before about an old cat I inherited. All I knew about her when I inherited her was that she had been spayed and given initial shots (rabies, distemper, leukemia) when she was saved from the streets by my sister in 1994. One of you was *so* nice and called my...

At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to give this food to our...

So, Meep had a mild cystitis attack recently. She'd continually go to the litterbox, do nothing, but without the distress and urgency of previous attacks where she had crystals and was blocked. Recently, she's lost some weight as well. Blood tests showed slightly elevated glucose, slight liver...

I have been taking oil painting lessons for 3 years. My idea when I started was to have something special to look forward to when I reach retirement and not become a "couch potato." I soon found that I love painting "right now." I just finished my first attempt at painting cats. I looked through...

Cats enjoy clawing on it. Apparently does not hurt the Astroturf, yet. So it gives them good clawing exercise. My indoor cats have been doing it for many months. Just noticed the outside (neutered) cat claw on some Astroturf that's on the porch. They are attracted to it for that purpose.

Thank you everyone for you purrs and prayers for Angus. He passed away in his sleep last night while still at the emergency vet. They haven't been able to determine exactly what he had, but suspect a neurological problem or virus. Angus developed tremors yesterday. They will be doing an autopsy...

I'm trying to reduce my two cats calorie and fat intake. The Vet says they are healthy but could lose a pound or two. Does anyone have any experience with adding cooked rice to canned food? How much rice is enough - what's the correct ratio rice/cat food? Currently I am giving them Science Diet...

How long is it safe to keep dry cat food in a hot car? I need to get more dry cat food at the store, it would be more convenient to pick it up first rather than last. If I pick it up first, it will have to sit in the hot car for at least 2 hrs. I wouldn't think it would be any longer than 3 hrs...

Hi, I'm new here. I'm feeling very worried and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. Over the past month or so my kitty hasn't wanted to go outside for her usual walk around the yard. Even with my coaxing her with treats, she turns right around to go back into the house. Her background:...

I have a cat who is about a year and a half old. Sometimes when she's curled up on my lap, purring away, she trembles. It's the kind of trembling a cat does when scared, like at the vet's. Is this a sign of a problem or is it just her quirk? It only seems to happen when she's really happy and...

http://www.purrfectpost.com/ Does this one look good? It is very tall, sturdy and made of sisal fabric. Thanks. Gail

My kitten, Sally Saucer likes to tip the dogs water bowl over. After coming home several times to a soaked floor I finally caught her. She stands on the edge of the bowl so that it tips then she watches the water run and is transfixed by it's movement. When it stops running she licks some of it up...

Just wondering if there was a real pet vet in here.. or.. are you all just playing doctor? And as far as *this* group goes... I think some of you are pretty cool.. but most of you are arrogant ****s. The name of this froup is called news:alt.pets.cats.health+behav So basically, you want the cat...

Does anyone really know what grass does for cats? I know that a dog will chew on grass to maybe settle a stomach and probably for other reasons, so maybe the same for cats. Our cat seems to want it regularly, begs for it. Won't leave me alone till I go get him some. I have some growing in a...

I cancelled it because I forgot until it posted that it was in a very sad thread. God, I'm so sorry for doing that. :( Cheryl

Update on my cat Ana (see thread Contipation and vomiting). It turns out that constipation is not the real issue here. The vet did another Xray yesterday, which did show some smallish stools, but she said that when she felt her abdomen, the stools did not feel hard, and that the Xray actually...

The woman in the video found this wounded lion that almost died in the jungle. She took him to her home and took care of him until he got better. When the lion rebounded, she called a zoo and made some arrangements for it to be taken away and to provide a new home, where it could continue to...

I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering, but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed...