We recently combined out home with that of my father-in-law. He lost his wife to cancer in August and has a few health issues of his own that are worrisome. His two cats and our two cats are being very good about things, although they're still a bit territorial and the random bit of hissing still...

http://www.thetoque.com/040309/whychinchilla.htm I can see this happening.

My husband swears he's allergic to my two babies. I have my doubts, though, because he also sneezes and has a stuffy nose hours or days after he's been around them. For example, when we were away in Europe, he was still sneezing two weeks after not being around any cats. When he's at work, he's...

I actually had a neighbor use my Usenet a lot because his ISP didn't offer it and he had some groups he wanted to follow. If someone hopped on and used my computer under my password to post to usenet, the signature woudl still be "Candace" cuz it's set up to automatically post that way. I...

Hello, My little cat is seeing the vet for his FVR-CP (distemper etc.) shot this week. I asked the vet assistant if there was a "three-year" version of it, as I now get him the three-year rabies shot. She said, no, not to her knowledge. I have no idea whether an FVR-CP vaccination lasting more...

Hey all, I'm wanting to switch cat litters to that Feline Pine because of Rowan's being so sensitive to the dust from conventional litter these days. The thing is, they all despise the texture of the FP. I did what the bag said and put one inch on the bottom of the pan and 3 inches of...

Ok, so we all know AOL sucks, but in their trailer for the new Garfield movie, they have a link that says "search for cute kittens to adopt". Nothing like promoting spur-of-the moment impulse adoptions...I only hope it links to reputable sources - I didn't look. :p -L.

Last night I noticed a pink spot at one of the incision sites on Boots. There was no bleeding or oozing just pink tissue showing. This morning the tissue protruding from the scrotum. I thought the incision would be healed by this time (a week after surgery). Boots doesn't seem to care but...

Another very happy update! The kitties and the ferret. WOW! Tucker, whom we did worry might not like the baby ferret absolutely adores it! It's pretty hysterical actually. They cuddle and they also wrestle and play (I'll take pics and post on alt.binaries.pics and letcha know when they are there....

My cat for a few days now has been vomiting a few times a day, and of course manages to always get it onto furniture, rugs, etc, even though most of the house is wood floors....argh! On a more serious note, though, the vomit is not "regular" vomiting...he usually produces a little pool of watery...

My wife and I need some advice on what is going on with one of our two cats. For some reason she keeps scratching her neck and face. We cut her nails every two weeks and I used a flea comb on her last night which came up negative to everything but little white hairs. The problem is that she...

We have 3 cats and feed them a combination of Purina Cat Chow and Science Diet Light Hairball formula. We recently noticed that all 3 of the cats look like their gums are infected. The gums at the base of their teeth are very red. We know one needs to haev some sort of surgery but didn't realize...

Hey everyone, This is my first post to this group, and I'm hoping some of you have some ideas to help solve this problem. I have five cats, all females, all spayed. Ages range from 7 to not quite a year. They all eat Innova low calorie dry food, except for the eldest--she's on z/d to manage her...

My cat goes outside everyday. He does smell a bit 'raw' sometimes. I was wondering is there anything that i can put on his fur to make him smell better? I am worried about putting 'talcon powder' on him in case it poisens him when he cleans his skin. should i even try to change the natuaral fur...

My Mainecoon cat has been diagnosed with kidney stones. I was hoping to get some feedback from other cat owners who have expierienced this. What treatment did you seek? Was surgery involved? A change in diet? My vet says he is a time bomb waiting to explode. He said there is really nothing he can...

Hello, My 15 year old cat started losing her appetite suddenly and consequently weight. She stopped jumping on the windowsills and hid most of the day. I took her to the vets and they said her CBC showed that just her liver numbers was a bit elevated. All else OK. She still didn't want to eat...

Well, with major help from a friend at our shelter, we FINALLY caught one of the two ferals. After weeks we did not catch either one of em on our own. He caught a male, who turns out to be neutered. We don't know the sex of the other cat, but it has a sweet girly face *LOL* Anyway, even our friend...

My 8 month old kitten has a yeast infection in his ears. This is the second time he's gotten it. I would like to clean his ears so the drops are more effective. Does any one have suggestions for cleans his ears and preventing the infection? Thank you, Stacey --

I've created a Yahoo group with photos of my cats and kittens. Hope you will enjoy. The group is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/austin-multicat/ Just created an album with 5 newborns and their mom. These photos were taken the day the mom was found as a stray. She led me to the newborns,...

My Main Coon kitty has just been diagnosed with kidney stones as well. I have been told over and over that surgery and litropsy are the only options, if you can find a vet that will perform the surgery/litropsy. I have been researching some holistic methods however If you interested in what I've...