I picked up a small bag this afternoon of the new IAMS Multi-cat
formula.  The ads I've seen say it's going to do the same things my
current combination of weight-control and hairball formula foods do.
Before I start phasing this stuff in, I thought I'd ask what folks

my little man cat has a limp
I had a 'good' look around his pads/ foot/claws/ leg /shoulder, He started
limping Friday night and I thought it would get better.  I took him to vet
first thing today. Vet did what I did, he looked at the pads moved his leg

Up early on a Sunday for good reason? Noooooo. Not me. My boy Spot has been
unusually mischievious the past few days and saw fit to awaken me at 6am
purring, slobbering in, and biting my ear. He had been in earlier, burrowed
under the blankets, and laid down face to face with me ...

Any advice is appreciated.
My partner and I adopted two Katrina refugee cats about 3 months ago.
They both entered the house at the same time. We don't have any other
animals. Our beloved elderly cat died last April.

My 7 year old neutered longhair male tabby Sasha has suddenly lost his
appetite. He has been an indoor cat all his life. Sasha is normally a
ravenous eater and eats dry kibble throughout the day and 1/2 a can of
Fancy Feast in the morning and at night. Recently he won't eat any

I know I've been quiet a lot lately, but I'm hoping somebody here can
point me to some good sources of information.
I have a co-worker who needs some serious educating.
He's 21, and both he and his mother work at the same store where I

My wife's cats, Sugar and Spice, seem to have gotten into the Christmas
spitit.  About a week after we had put up our Christmas tree we noticed
that one of my wife's chough drops has appeared under the tree.  It's
wrapped in protective covering from the factory, so we had a good ...

a doberman dog was shot by a reckless cop in New Denver a month ago. it
was outside in a back yard and the cop was jogging in the alley and he
shot the dog in mid daylight with two bullets. the dog had not bitten
him. it is so friendly that the whole town and two thousand people who

While brushing my cat, I detected a small bumpy spot on her rear leg. It
doesn't seem to be painful and is about the size of a pea. There is no
discoloration. Should I be concerned?
-M

My cat is from a shelter and has been caged for 2 yrs. I don't know if that
has anything to do with this, but I've noticed that she has feces stuck to
her rear end hair, dryed and caked on. It's gross, and I don't know what to
do about it. Has anyone else had this problem. I've ...

Looking on line at Sears site, and see  Conair digital bath type scale that
measures in .1 lbs. It's only $65.00. Is this accurate enough for a cat's
weight watching? I have seen others that weigh in .2 lbs.

Tiger has a toy box (see photo).  There are three "basket" type toys -
the two in the box are like new.  The one outisde the box (lower right)
is beat up, and squashed from being stepped on.  Guess which one Tiger
chooses to bring to me to play fetch?  Thats right - the beat up one.

so I see we are on the honor system here.
interesting

This is a serious question, just a rather odd one-
First a recap-
Several months ago I started fostering a blind kitten.  He came to me
as a stray with a very bad infection of feline herpes that had infected

My six kittens born on August 7 will be spayed/neutered the week of
February 7.
Six months is the time I have had kittens neutered in the past, and six
months