Hi, I have a twelve and a half year old cat who seems to be losing weight despite the fact that she has a big appetite, plays a lot, and generally seems healthy. She's been somewhat overweight (not obese) since she had her second litter of kittens in 1994 but as of late she feels like she's...

My trick is simple: I dip the pill and my fingers in cooking oil before medicating the cat. This achieves two things: 1. the oily pill goes down the throat fast and does not get stuck on the tongue 2. the cat's muzzle gets oily from my fingers and he starts licking his chops right away, and that...

This is mainly for kittens. But my male cat enjoys chasing his tail, so it might work well for him too. Currently, he needs the exercise. I found a way to give my three kittens all the indoor exercise they can handle. Basically, it's just extending their tail 6 or 8 inches with a 1/4 inch thick...

A Human shelter burned down last night in Florida, USA. It is a Tragic story, & I hoped that by posting it, that some of us might be moved enough to help them in some small way if you can...? I found it horrifying & such a terrible shame too... ( VIEWER...

Just for giggles, I googled. She fancies herself a "liberal" but loves to post at alt.fan.rush.limbaugh. This silly cow posts for the express purpose of combat. Different strokes, right? :)

To Gail, Rhonda, Joe Canuck, Phil P. My deepest gratitude for your advices on Paris, my cat,post surgery. I wanted to get the most information about how to take care of him. I should say that the Vet has been very concerned about the cat and myself. He provided me with so much advise as you all...

My house sits atop 3 foot piers making a crawl space the size of the entire house's floor plan - 1200 sq ft. For a time I allowed him down there (thru a special cat door) so he could have fun playing in the dirt and catching small lizards and gecco's. (He's an indoor cat) He took to preferring...

So... So I've had Marigold for a week and 3 days now. Marigold is getting fustrated being cooped up in my room (and so am I because she is Meowing at the early hours of the morning!). If I let whiskers in my room, she tolerates Marigold as long as Marigold does not get within 3 feet of whiskers...

My 14-week old kitten Fracas has still not completely overcome the illness that causes him to sneeze rapidly about 4-30 consecutive times, mostly in the morning just before I give him a refrigerated liquid suspension of amoxicillin. Fracas appears to respond positively to amoxicillin, although the...

when my kitty no longer likes her food, canned food, she "buries" it with motions around the bowl that she makes in the litter box. i've seen cats do that before, but it's cute every time. -L

I have seen this mentioned from time to time but is there any proof?

Dear Megan and Mary, Many Thanks for taking so much of your time and your trouble to help me make my two cats friends for life. I really appreciate all your help. After reading your posts under "O'Malley-Hercules & Xena......." and Mary's email, I have done some thinking. First of all, even before...

Anyone care to express an opinion as to how frequently steroid shots can be given without too much risk of complications such as diabetes? My Will is asthmatic. He gets a Depo Medrol shot about every 2-3 months. Unfortunately, they only last him about 5 weeks. The reason that he doesn't get a...

Hope I'm in the right place to be asking this question. Have just been through a harrowing 24 hours with my cat to the emergency vet in the middle of the night- hit by a car and 3 "clean" fractures to the pelvis. The critical thing was bladder function and she proved that she can "go" after I...

I am appalled. This jerk is no friend to cats and obviously has no ethics as evidenced by his blatant promotion of lies and distortions. Megan From: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/25/ED279186.DTL Individual Rights

Hi there- I have a 17 year old cat who has never lived in an apartment with carpet. We are moving to the East Coast and it seems like all the places have carpet. So what can I do to keep him from scratching it up, or worse, peeing on it. I thought about putting down an area rug to protect their...

This has been an exciting day -- one where we went from an almost-certain death sentence for two little blind kittens to one where a promise has been made that they will not be euthanized. When I was first contacted, the person who called me said that both cats were to be euthanized the...

You may recall that I posted a message regarding my 16 year old cat that began limping. He's still limping and I've scheduled an appt. for tomorrow to have xrays taken (which is the only day this week the vet can do it because of Thanksgiving this week). This makes me nervous enough because the...

I posted some time ago about moving cats from Europe (Germany) to the US and got many helpful replies. It has taken longer than initially expected but finally we will be moving in three weeks. This cat move is costing me a fortune (about 1K USD -- a lot of money for us these days) and everybody...

Skipjack is a blue tabby with the cutest white paws anyone has ever seen (trust me!). He's 2. When I first adopted him at ~5 months old, I clipped his claws regularly. I stopped, because his claws haven't been a problem - he only scratches "approved" surfaces and is an affectionate cat who never...