In case you hadn't heard, the horse Barbaro, who was favored to win today's Preakness Stakes, broke his leg in two places during the race earlier. These injuries are extremely serious for these horses, and often end up in the horse being sent prematurely to the RB. Please get your purrs up and...

I'm finding myself calling Burt "Buster", for some reason. :) I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on integrating these two. They didn't seem to be fighting, but when they meet, what usually happens is that Dot will hiss and growl, Buster will try to get a little closer and lie down, and...

For those in areas who have this weird clock change, don't forget to "Spring Forward". Daylight Savings Time kicks in at 2AM tomorrow morning. I also heard on the news, next year they plan to increase it by 4 weeks. So, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be will render useless anything...

I just can't hold on to hope any longer. It seems my home town, Chalmette (in St. Bernard Parish) has been totally neglected in favor of New Orleans (and the minimal help *they* have been given). It makes me want to put my fist through the television when Jesse Jackson and other black activists...

What an ordeal! I picked up the food in the morning, and blocked the door in the middle of the afternoon when I knew both cats were in. It wasn't too hard to catch Nanki-Poo when it was time, but he struggled a lot when I was putting him in the carrier, and he kept struggling once he was inside....

Sorry, but here we go again. Tomorrow at 12:30 I have an appointment set up by the Social Security Disability folks for a medical exam. They called last week and told me to expect the paperwork in the mail. I got the paperwork and was mildly surprised to find the exam is not for my IBS...

I have seen references in the past to a toy I FINALLY located! The battery operated ball with attached fur squirrel/raccoon/whatever. I'm having a little difficulty with the on/off switch - either it won't stay on or (once in action) doesn't want to switch off again - but Melisande LOVES it! And...

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. My mother-in-law, her 3 dogs and 1 cat - my daughter, her husband, their 3 girls and their 2 dogs - all came to my house here in Houston from New Orleans to escape Ivan. Add in myself, my husband, and our 4 cats and we have a FULL HOUSE! And my DH was silly enough...

As Kyla pointed out, its been a long time since we did a census here in RPCA. So, here's the census questions (all are, naturally, entirely voluntary and you don't have to answer all of them). They're in three sections: current cats, cats that are no longer with us, and about us. (Please note...

Aggie is gone but there is so much of her still here. Aggie Marble was dumped in my arms when she was a kitten because she was "a good pet." The people who had her didn't know she was a feral cat. She ran under our bed and stayed there for nine and a half years coming out at night for food and...

Miss Penelope Marie Shirk died early this morning from her Leukemia. She was about four years old and should have lived to be more than twenty. For those who are unfamiliar with Penny's story. We found her shivering and starving on the wood pile stacked on our front patio in September 2001. A...

I took the Walsung kittens to the vet today for a checkup and to make arrangements for having them neutered. I had tried to set that up earlier, but this vet doesn't want to neuter before six months. The oops? Siegmund is a female. The AARRGGHH? Sieglinde is 6-7 weeks pregnant The bummer? They...

I know this is a gruesome question, but I'm trying to talk a person in another group out of breeding his cat. Does anyone here remember that picture of the back of an SPCA where there were hundreds of dead cats in garbage cans? Do you know where I can get it. Again, sorry for the gruesome...

DH and I have separated, DH moved out today. The kitties and myself will be moving to western Finland, where I'll be working at the company my dad started, but my brother heads nowadays. Their customers are in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Finland so they need someone, besides my...

....so I went to a Vietnamese restaurant after work and got a bean drink!! It was just as yummy as I remember it. It was made of coconut milk, red beans, and these translucent green squiggly things that might have been some kind of noodle, or was what some folks on the web have called "jelly" or...

In article , "Bill Reich" wrote: Well, cats are already pretty effective predators. Baxter has them all die off because they're "too dependent on humanity". Given how readily cats go feral, I'm skeptical. (And note...

Hi! My name's Kerrie and I'm Meowmie to three beautiful kitties - Romeo, age 3, black DLH w/ little white spot on his chest; Deputy, age almost 13 mos, orange tabby DLH; and Socks, age 8?, grey & white DSH who we just adopted from a friend who moved to Spain. I've been reading all of your stories...

"CATherine" wrote in message ... As i sit at my desk, I think back over the last few days. I am reminded of the opening lines in a book..."It was the best of times..." I laugh almost hysterically! Like...

"Annie Wxill" wrote: Guys, those purrs are so powerful. Thank you. I just got a phone message. Christine set the trap baited with smoked salmon last night. This morning the salmon was gone and the trap was empty. She set it on a more sensitive setting this morning...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100823/tod-woman-caught-on-cctv-dumping-kitten-870a197.html I was disgusted by this. Poor little thing was there for 16 hours before someone heard it and rescued it! Sharon