It isn't below 0F in NYC right now but it is pretty close. The outside cats always disappear when we get a big snow and show up again in three or four days. After the snow from last Friday they didn't show up again until Monday, when three of them came to eat. The fourth one had been spotted a day...

We just found out we're going to have company this weekend - and, looking at my schedule, I knew I wouldn't have time to clean the house to my satisfaction before they get here. So, we bit the bullet, dived into our MBNA credit card again, and called "Maid Brigade" to come out and clean (3 ladies...

Hi All Yes I am very sorry to add to the doom and gloom but Vinnie the elderly black FIV cat I sponsored has followed too many others recently across the Bridge . Apparently he developed a very agressive tumour in his mouth but was comfortable, the day before he died, he enjoyed sunning himself in...

For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. Someone has been peeing behind the sofa. I have my suspicions who it might be, because I caught Cleo middening in the kitchen so it looks like another vet...

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This evening before the fireworks for Guy Fawkes night and Diwali started. They are very loud now and he hasn't returned after a couple of hours. He's seen it all before so will probably be Ok but I'd prefer to have him inside away from it. As we speak he flew inside when I opened the back door...

There's a lovely article in the Toronto Star by a cat lover who writes about how much money she'd spend to preserve her cat's life. I know we've gone the distance financially at the vets for our cats, and been richly rewarded by prolonging their lives. How about you? Here's a link to the...

Well, I am going to shelter regularly and have an application for volunteering - they need somebody to brush kitties and I like brushing kitties! Have been down with a nasty flu myself and did manage to get all my kitty essentials but not yet the kitty. Charlotte the attention whore is my love...

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It's that time of year again, booster vacs, checkups and Program jabs. It's a hot day here in Preston, and both cats were out on the lawn, lazing around unsuspectingly when I wandered out and scooped them up, one at a time, and shut them in the house whilst I got the carriers from the garage. They...

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