Our two cats, Edgar and Agatha, have always been picky eaters. They like fish stuff, especially with gravy and cheddar in it. When they first came, two years ago (they're brother and sister, about 4 now) we tried Fancy Feast and quickly discovered that if it was "classsic" (pate), they looked...

Someone pointed me to Xylitol as a sugar substitute, particularly for baking. It apparently has dental benefits and fewer calories than sugar. This person said that she has even made a creme brule that turned out beautifully. I think she said that, in a recipe calling for sugar, she uses half...

Baggy was trying to wee last night and couldn't, this morning he still hadn't used his box and was very distressed. I took him straight to the vet where he still is, they're going to give him an anaesthetic and catheterise him. I've got to ring them this afternoon to see how he is and when I...

....that they *didn't* thank at the Oscars? g Congratulations Kiwis! My nomination for Best Line was the lady accepting the award for Foreign Language Film, who expressed her gratitude that "Lord of the Rings" wasn't eligible in that category.

There was I, curled up on the sofa, with cat curled up on my lap, doing what any self-respecting cycling fan does at this time of year... I'm ogling the Lycra-clad, pert, muscular, perfectly-toned rear ends of the men on carbon and aluminium as they cycle the latest stage of Le Tour de France....

Hi the I caught poor kitty this afternoon. He'd had two cans of cat food in rapid succession and I put the trap by the hole under my porch where I'd been feeding him. He went for the tuna and the trap snapped shut. He was cold and desperate I think. Moved quite slowly the last time I...

I love how cats imitate the positions of those (other felines, humans, dogs, whomever) around them: http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2009/01/cat-and-baby.html -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

My neighbor, owned by Fedders (RB) and Schwartzie, called to ask if I could take care of Schwarty (nickname) while she's gone for a week and a half, maybe two. She's moving! Putting her house up for sale and scouting an area closer to her son, DIL and grandkids. The problem is, he's a...

It was as I feared. Her kidneys were too far gone. So I made the painful decision; Persia went to the bridge this afternoon. The vet gave me a little heart shaped stone "memory box" with some of her fur in it. She will be cremated and her ashes returned to me. Heartfelt thanks to all of you...

Appreciate all the concern, folks...this is a fairly serious sickness. Got to the vet last night with little trouble, somewhat surprisingly, and received lessons on tube-feeding. Got him home by about 7 pm. He was fairly teetery, but staggered to his favorite coverered litter box, got...

A website that's both fun and informative http://mytypesofcats.com/can-cats-swim/ Dr. Auric D. Hellman

Just do it. It has been two solid weeks now, and you know that is wrong.

WE GOT SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 It's only about 4 inches here in B-ton, but they are predicting that it will continue to fall (it is still coming down as I type) and accumulation will be anywhere from 16 - 22 inches!!!!!! Snow Men-er...

Probably poorly stated like the post I made that got me my one spate of hate mail. I'd written about an incident between Rob and our first owner and ended up being accused of cat abuse, neglect, and just about everything else both in the group and in private emails. I was devastated and almost...

Last week I wrote about how DH saved a chipmunk from certain death on the side of the road. Yesterday, we were able to save a turtle from death as it crossed a road. We were driving along, less than a mile from our home, when DH starts cursing, swerves and pulls over to the side of the road (I...

Howdy! We've had Tyler (or is that the other way 'round) our cat Tyler for about 1.3 years now. He was 6 months old(ish) when we got him from an adoption agency that rescues cats from kill shelters (or wherever!). He's white, with brown/black markings on his head, parts of his ears, one on his...

My sweet boy declined sharply over the weekend. His breathing is labored, he is too weak to walk, and I woke up in the middle of last night with him peeing in my bed. He wanted to walk around anyway, and he staggered around with me following him around. I don't want him to have any more...

Hi All, This message from my friends in the Tampa, Florida area does mention their pets, but it's still OT. The gentleman is my best friend of some thirty years and after he and the lady married, she became best friends with DH independently of the two men. It can be scary to watch Lynda and...

When our kitties decide to "become bad" and "get" us, we know that they usually turn sideways and hunch up, or as my friend calls it, becoming a "witch kitty". Then they will likely run and paw at us, then dash off into the other room, daring us to follow, at our peril. Well, my big 19-pound...

Since I've reached the stage in life where I've been reading the obits to see if I'm on the list yet, in reading them this morning I found one a bit unusual. A beloved lady had passed on and, of course, there was a list of survivors - - husband, son, step-sisters and -brother, beloved friends - ...