My cat was fine till I brought her to the vet last October for a checkup.
She's a housecat who had not been out in about 5 years...
Now she is sick and they suspect FIP. Is it possible that she contracted it
from that one vet visit in October?

Thank you all, so very,very much, for your advise. I'm fairly new to this
internet newsgroup experience and this particular one was first-rate,but not
so for so many other sites I've visited.I can't believe what a sheltered life
I've lead.I have forced myself to visit as many ...

This little baby is basically giving away on Amazon and is the best
little tool you'll ever buy for around the house, deals with all that
fur real fast!!
Black & Decker CHV1400 14.4-Volt Cyclonic DustBuster

Phil, anybody -- even Steve Crane.
I sent out a request to OMH asking for a proximate analysis on their
canned foods. I just got the following back. This sounds like total BS:
Hi :

(Thank all of you for the responses to my older cat problems.)
The other three are younger and regularly go outside.  I'm the obliging
doorman for them more often than not.
Problem is I've accidentally reinforced a distressing behavior.  When they

We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two
 tabbies which have been with us for 7 years.
Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8
months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each.

Furface is pushing 15 yo and was diagnosed with CRF in Aug '03.  He
was doing ok with just subcutaneous fluids, but started to lose
weight.  In Aug '04 they added Pepcid AC, Sucralf, something for high
blood pressure ( I don't remember the name) and Bupren, as needed for

I want to thank the posters who wrote about this amazing cat toy.  I
got one and my cats love it to *pieces*.  For $4 you just can't beat
it!  I've purchased just about every kind of cat toy out there over the
years and most of them get ignored after a minute.  I've never had a

....and my heart is gone with him.  I did take him to U of Penna.   The
bottom line was that he was critically ill - his prognosis
no matter what was poor.  For them to keep him in the ER tonite and IF he
lived the night, which they thought he may not, to transfer him to their ICU ...

I'm a little confused.I'v been reading the threads about why you should not
scratch a cat on his tailbone but my cat,Thom,not only seems to
enjoy it he constantly seeks me out when ever I'm sitting in my reading
chair and pushes his butt against my leg and slaps his tail very ...

Sometimes things don't quite go as planned...
You may remember I posted here a few weeks ago looking for advice about
some adolescent feral cats we've been feeding.  We decided we'd bring
them into the house after they get neutered, at least until they

my 7-month kitten uses his litter box, but he does not know to scratch the
litters to cover things up....and there's no way he would let me to get his
front paw nails trimmed, any suggestions? appreciate it!!
Sean

This adult persian (not mine) does not like men and reportedly does not like
a male baby. Anyone have any tips to modify her behavior? The cat is an 8
year old female. Thanks.
Gail

I got a new kitten off a friend he is about 2& 1/2  monthes old. He has no
tail and is some kind of mixed breed I have no idea. All I know is his dad
had no tail also. He has a hard time going to the bathroom, he goes in the
litter box squats and trys to go, then he scrapes but he ...

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