There's a wonderful little animation on the Internet you may have seen, and
played. It's a black cat with white paws and chest that follows the mouse
pointer with its eyes, and bats at it with its paw. Now we have a new
kitten, Sophie, who loves to sit in front of the screen and do ...

All our kitties are indoor cats, and all are, uh, full-figured. One of them,
about 3 years old,  went to the vets for her shots yesterday and she's hit
16 pounds! Our vet says it's not a dangerous weight because she's a pretty
big cat, but it wouldn't hurt her to lose some poundage. ...

as it should be seen...
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/25/
Cheers, helen s
p.s. Possible BW....

I had ordered some of these items from Drs. Foster & Smith,
http://tinyurl.com/2a6rv, called a Play Paw.  They came yesterday (along
with a bunch of other stuff I had ordered) and got one of them out last
evening and the little turd was afraid of them.  Well, today I put one on

I just picked up this link on the Finnish cat ng.
http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/tuoreet/artikkeli/1076151926858
The link leads to the Helsinki newspaper - Helsingin Sanomat - site,
which unfortunately is all in Finnish, but here's the gist of the

For those of you whyo don't get binary ngs: Frank stalking the Bed Bump.
http://tinyurl.com/3eq2v

I bought some catnip bubbles today that promised hours of frantic fun.  Otis
is completely bored by them, though loves catnip.  Chester's still out
killing mice so he hasn't tried them yet.
Anyone have good success with them?  Any tips?

See
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_867631.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
"Cat passed to inspect sea containers
A cat in New Zealand has been registered as an inspector of sea containers by

I have an adolescent Norwegian Forest Cat (Birgitta Deilig) who has
several odd--and mostly amusing--behaviors. One thing she does that
I've never seen before (and I've had a lot of cats) is that she eats
with her feet.

Looks like our little "temporary assignment" is turning into a permanent
move.  Anyone live in the Washington, DC area that can recommend a good
boarding facility?  I am particularly interested in feline boarding in
Maryland (Rockville, Bethesda, Silver Spring) but also need ...

From Scott Westerfeld's THE RISEN EMPIRE:
"The constellation of eyes glistened, reflecting the sunlight that
penetrated the cultured-diamond doors sliding closed being Senator Nara
Oxham. The ocular glint raised her hackles, marking as it did the eyes

Have a look at
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,,0a6000,00.html
Trees are down, hundreds of people evacuated from their homes and most
of the roads closed.  Stock are stranded, milk dumped and 100 years old

Hi guys!  I have a question...  How much water should a cat drink a day?  I have
a cat health book here that says 1oz per pound o' body weight.  That would put
The Dust at about 13oz.  His bowl holds 12oz and he has never even come close to
consuming even 1/2 of it in 24 hours ever. ...

I've been off-line since the end of January, and still cannot get online
with my computer.  Euwck, I'm going through newsgroup withdrawal.  The
same day that we got rear-ended by a looky-loo watching the aftermath of
a three car accident, I got home and tried to go on-line.  Of ...

It snowed in Austin last night! The garden is (almost) covered in white
and it's gorgeous! I'll put some pictures online later today. The cats
are all indoors staying warm. It's supposed to warm up to the 50's (10's
in celcius) so it won't last. In the meantime, Tom and I are ...