Today my kitty Piper went for a bit of a swim.  She was chasing a
bug and decided to jump up on the edge of the hot tub.  She wasn't
quite sure of her grip so she used her claws which don't work on
fiberglass.  The result was a very wet cat.  The hot tub is one

Found out the Henry tested positive for Bartonella. Did some googling
and discovered that's the cause of "cat-scratch fever", pretty damn
serious for humans.
NOW it makes sense that when he mauled me while I (stupidly) was

I recently adopted a cat from the local Humane Society. She's in good health
but a bit overweight. I've got her on weight maintenance cat food to help
correct the problem and am trying to get her exercising more. The vet said
the baggy belly probably would not go away, even if ...

For about a week or more, our all-black kitten [less than one year of
age]has been rubbing on and howling in every room in the house.
We've had to "screen in" the other two cats in their room. Last week,
when Stinky howled and rubbed herself on the hallway carpet, our 7 year

I have 3 kittens that are a little over 2 weeks old one little one
seemse to have cold in her eye is there an easy way to help get her eye
to open, also I need tips on how to bath them at this age?

Didnt realize how many I had, but here is the album of Gabe and Oreo
pictures.  We brought Oreo home from the Humane Society in July of 02 and
then in July 03 brought home Gabe.  I was glad when July 04 went by without
more cats, these two keeps us occupied as it is : )  My husband ...

Do vets ever perform endoscopic exams of the stomach?  Can the stomach be
vacuumed out when it is impacted with fur?

I have this huge cat (about the size of a great dane) *LOL* and he like
to chew on my blinds and the pull cords on the blinds. I have tried th
bitter apple and it just does not work.
the only time he does it is when I am starting to wake up in th

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Hello, I'm a new poster to the group and a relatively new cat owner.
One of our cats (almost 2 years old, former feral trapped at about 6 -
8 weeks of age) has been extremely listless and withdrawn since
yesterday afternoon. She slept most of the day yesterday, not even

How common is herpes in cats?  I never knew there was such a thing
until I was at the local animal shelter a few weeks ago and they
had two of them up for adoption (they are still there).  The
cats are isolated from the other cats and the shelter wants them

I hope someone out there can help me out. We brought a 8 wk. old kitten
home on 4/19. He was kept away from my other cats (2 1/2 male, 7 yr. female)
until he was tested for FeLv and worms. Both negative. A week after cats
began sharing home my older male began vomiting and soon ...

My new cat, Tweaker, went to the vet last week, and now I see he has
developed a callous between his shoulders, and the skin there is
tender and raw.  I suppose this is an antibody reaction to one of the
vaccines.  Is this common?  Is it a problem?

Hi, I'm new to this group and haven't seen this topic posted on my
searches so far.  My stictly indoor cat Dimitri is 6 years old and has
been diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) since he was 2.  My
local vet based his diagnosis on his clinical signs rather than biopsy

hello iam new to this site but i have a persian cat that i sho
regularly but he has a slight tear staining and i was wondering i
anyone had a suggestions on how to get rid of it please. thank
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