Tess, my 10 year old domestic shorthair, has been diagnosed with
hyperthyroid disease. According to the blood workup, levels are around
12%. Currently, she is taking 1/2 mil of Tapazole twice per day. I am
familiar with the three different treatments and have opted for the

I'd like some shared experience from allergy or asthma sufferers with
pets.
My question to cat owners is: can you test negative to cat allergies,
yet still find yourself in a situation where the cat is causing you

Bill posted a low res picture of Squeaky to
alt.binaries.pictures.animals for me. Look for "Squeaky at his catnip."
Dick

Please wish my cat MAGI luck today in going to the vet!
Last night she started to leave little spots and trailing spots of
urine on the couch and on the bed.
It's the first time she has ever done this.

A few of my friends and I have been working on a petition to hopefully
make routine vaccinations a little safer for our cats and dogs.  My
friends and I have lost cats to Vaccine Related Cancer.  We are not
anti-vaccination, but Pro-Education.  We feel that all pet owners

Decided to add this group to my list of subscribed, as I just found
out yesterday that my 14 yr. old male neuter Maine Coon boy, Geordi,
is diabetic.  He'd been drinking lots of water and peeing a lot for
the past week, so I took him and his step-brother, Data, (who is 13

Maia Kitty was recently diagnosed with Feline Hyperthyroid disease. I
have created a website (www.savemaiakitty.com) to help raise money for
her treatment and to help others become more informed about this
common ailment in cats. If you have any helpful info about this

Amber is a good sized cat and is a bit plump.  Tiger is gigantic
(possible Maine Coon).  He weighed in at 25 pounds at his last vet visit
in June.  The vet said he should lose some weight.  I am feeding one 5.5
ounce can of Wellness for the two cats in the morning and again in the

The question of beauty as a determining factor in cat adoption has recently
been discussed in another thread. Once again, this gave me grounds to ponder
my adoption of Duffy. (Of course, I freely admit that *it doesn't take much*
to provoke me into talking about Duffy and Holly.  ...

My 2 year old cat goes about every 10 mins to his tray to try and wee  he
squats there for a good 5 mins with no success I noticed this a few days
ago.  I am about to take him to the vets.  Any one know or has experienced
this on there cat and what it might be.

I have seen a number of articles and websites recently where the
laser-pen has been extolled as a great way of exercising cats or dogs
(you stay stationary and shine the "light" around the room, and the
animal rushes round in a frenzy of delight after the bright red dot).

An associate of mine recently lost her cat of 19 years.  A close
friend of hers told me that the cat was of the type "brendel".
Similar to a calico, but with a great deal of red. short-haired,
short-statured, and thin; "sleek", as he put it.  I have searched

My cat has always been rather fond of the bathtub.  For as long as I've had
him, he would periodically hop in and run his front paws in place in the
sloping end of the tub.
This amusing display has long since degenerated into him pooping (or peeing)

After reading this ng for a while, especially info about ferals, I have a few
questions.  You see, I was always a dog person before Oscar adopted me, and I
really didn't know the first thing about cats.  So, a few questions.
Oscar was born to a stray (I suppose feral is the right ...

Im the one that has the boyfriend who is feeding 3 teenage feral kittens
& the mother .
We live in northern ca. so im not bothered too much by the cold or the
rain . They also can go into the shop that he works at .