Winter is here and Otis has never been built for it in the first place -
less so now that he's approaching 10 years old.
When I open the door, he shakes all four paws at the same time, rotates in
midair and retreats back to his fleece cat bed.

hello everyone...just had to write an update on the kittens, as they are so
cute! so, we have Violette, Moe, Curly and Larry. Violette is the spitting
image of her mother, very sweet and snuggly, and likes to socialize with
hoomins. Moe is very adventurous, likes looking around and ...

My DH has decided for some arcane reason to stop taking all his medicine and
not to see his doctor anymore.  I'd blame male idiocy only its the kind of
thing my mother would have done too.
None of this should be immediately life threatening and grownups (if you can

It seems like a bunch of you have added to your families in the very
recent past, and I've been further adopted recently myself by Jungle
Jack.  He's a light-coloured Siamese mix (gold- or flame-point, it's
been suggested) with some faint tabby striping on his face/legs/tail,

Hugo Katt is home after 6 days in the animal hospital.
After lots and lots of tests the result is: he suffers from hyperthyroidism.
He will be treated with pills. We have not started that yet because TED said
he had heard of a new Danish medicine, and he will research this and find

I need to ask all of you that are active in working at your local
shelters, does the shelter have a lawyer?  We have gotten a couple of
calls recently from Humane Society people in neighboring counties,
saying they'd heard that my DH is someone who *WILL* aggressively

Folks,
At Christmas time we'll be having a RPCA/Catslaves meet-up. About 8
people have contacted me so far to say they're interested in hooking up.
Last time we did it, it was a lot of fun. So...if you're in the DC area

The little booger has found a plastic milk-top ring, and really wants
to make sure I see it.  He keeps leaping up on the computer desk with
it, and I have started tossing it away.  Boing, back he comes.  Oh no,
I think I am entering a terrible vicious cycle. ;)

When a church member is scheduled for chemotherapy, surgery, or such we
start a prayer chain, more-or-less synchronizing in real time with the
procedure.
Can we sort of organize a collective purr chain for Betty on Thursday?

I've been working horrendous hours on some financial stuff for my daugher's
school and have had a parade of other people in the house helping me with
it.
Otis has jumped up and settled in on every single visitor's lap.  He purrs

My cat Betsy was just diagnosed with FIV, and the local vet clinic has
pretty much given up on her.  They claim this disease is untreatable,
but I'm looking for options anyway.
Has anyone in this group ever treated a cat with FIV?  I'm not ready

I don't know what it is with me this year, but at least there was a
reason this time.
Cat puke.  Yup, unnoticed cat puke.  I'm walking through the kitchen
after cutting the top of my freezer pop (they help my throat), and

It's been three months since Betty was diagnosed with cancer, and I
was told that she had 6 - 8 months to live, if treated, so I assume
that she currently has 3 - 5 more months, or until February to May.
Today I took Betty in for her chemotherapy again.  But when the

Lowly Cardboard Box Gets Toy Hall Of Fame Spot
POSTED: 11:46 am EST November 12, 2005
UPDATED: 11:47 am EST November 12, 2005
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Forget the fancy toy: The box it comes in can be much

The following story, including a picture with a gorgeous black cat was on
the front page of our local paper today.
Its about a local animal shelter employee who went to LA to help with animal
rescue.  I'm sure the Rotweiller in the picture isn't Lori's but it is one