Rhett, like most cats, has many different sounds. I guess I notice his more than my others because he's just so very vocal. His "hungry" sound starts with an "R". *Rrrow* How can a cat do an "R"? When I do it, it requires the lips to curl up. Do cats have lips? LOL I can understand when they...

Does anyone know a cheap trick to take the strong odor out of old clumping cat litter that falls through the litter scoop? All my boxes have this odor. I used to just dump them out and wash the box then refill with clean litter but can no longer afford to do that. I've tried baking soda... Even...

My beautiful blue-eye'd baby is gone. Ultrasound showed a mass pressing on her liver and causing all the problem. Gall bladder was abnormal as well. Inoperable due to location. Probably secondary tumor...can't type through my tears.... -- Eric, Kim and the Chigger Ranch Crew

I've been a little worried about Frank, as my Mum has reported that he has been moping under the bed since I left the island last Sunday. However, the weather has been bad with rain and high winds. Today, my Mum rang me, sounding very happy, and reported that Frank had come up to her in...

This was sighted in alt.recovery.clutter. "Stainless Steel Streetrat" is replying to "Kkat" about cats mooching human food. In article , "KKat" writes: snipped The other two just stare and try Jedi mind tricks to get you to...

So, I'm at Petco, just picking up a cartful of cat food, when a guy stops suddenly and says "you look like a cat person!" That obvious, huh? And he proceeds to question me about whether a Siamese cat would be a well-behaved cat, or is it true that they are high-strung? And what *would* be a...

I didn't want a new cat after Boyfriend, but I got one. He's an exoric Persian.

At 10:30 AM this morning my mother took her final breath. The hospice nurse is here and Shay the caregiver is still here. They're waiting for the doctor to come and officially pronounce her. But my mother died at 10:30AM this morning. In her own comfortable bed, at home. Wearing a pretty...

Has anyone been in touch with Grace to know how she's doing. I'm still very worried about her and would like to know that she's OK (or as OK as she can be right now). Hugs, CatNipped

"SUQKRT" wrote Eventhough I've never seen it, I think Titanic is Spicey's favorite movie. She's taken to standing on my chairs (electric wheelchir) armrest with her nose poniting up. As if she's imitating Leo DCaprio's King of the World moment. Just for the heck of it...

I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have the thermostat set on 70F. There is no way I'm going to get an AC maintenance guy out here before Tuesday without mortgaging my soul to pay for it! ...

I hadn't realised that my posts for support through my (perhaps) terminal illness had been seen as whimpering by some. Any others feel like that? I would like to know. If so, maybe this is not such a safe place to share worries, as well as cat anecdotes, as I thought. Tweed Sad

Okay, when I lived in Bangkok was was used to seeing baht bills that was blue or red. Never in the U.S. of A have I seen money that was anything other than green. They don't call it greenback's fer nuthin! (laughing) So I went to get the nose pads on my glasses replaced today and it cost me $5. ...

My cats made their very own motivational posters...

She had been going downhill for seveeral days. I took her to the emergency vet yesterday and they did xrays and blood work but founf nothing.. She was having trouble breathing. At bedtime she hid under my bed.. this morning i found her dead and stiff upstairs. I will have her...

This link was in the ASPCA newsletter and is a nice read for a change. :) http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=awatch_watchers&JServSe ssionIdr010=r042wpwxfz.app2a Part of the story: "In spring 2001, conditions were crowded at Montgomery animal shelters. Several area shopkeepers were...

Got this from my Scottish NG: Sam The Skull Ah'm a cat, ah'm a cat, ah'm a Glesca cat, an ma name is Sam The Skull. Ah've got claws on ma paws like a crocodile's jaws an a heid like a fermer's bull. Ah'm no the kind of cat that sat on the mat Or even by the fireside rug, Ah'm the kind of cat that...

Every morning between 4 and 5 AM I take my Lab, Boone, out to do his business and then inside for breakfast. For about the last week we've been escorted by a sweet little tuxedo cat. He looks so much like my Oliver that for a minute I was worried that O. had gotten out and was following...

Yesterday, I had to have my tax person, Barbara, do my taxes, as I do every year. It's never fun, and it was worse this year because I had to tell her it would be ahwile before I could pay her. Luckily, she's an old friend and understanding, so it will be okay, and she *will* get paid. So I...

I can't recall if I asked about this already. I don't know what the woman who sprays Mom's house uses but it can't be good for pets. She was here in April, spraying everywhere (even in closets!). Every few days I find bug corpses. Seems like they die within hours of coming inside. Whatever...