I bought the Cracklers
<http://store.yahoo.com/fatcatinc/crcattoyse.html>. I gave Hodge the rat
(after prying him off the shipping box). :) He loved it, just like he
loves his Fat Cat mat. Whatever they put in their cat nip, he either

Well, he's nursing on his brother's fur and his spayed mother's tummy fur
where her nipls are.
Should I worry, separate them or will he grow out of it?  Will this behavior
cause psychological illness in the poor host cat?  The kitty/leech is not

I have one cat - a 16-year-old - who is at her proper weight; two cats - a
6-year-old and a 7-year-old - who are a bit underweight (healthy, just
petite); and one cat - a 2-year-old - who is about a pound or two
overweight.  They all eat together and there is no way for me to ...

Our 4 year old house cat has been vomiting and refusing food for almost
a week. After a couple of vet visits ruling out obstruction in her
digestive system and blood work ok our cat keeps refusing food and most
of the forced food keeps coming up till there is nothing but a clear

Hi, I'm currently going through quite a tough time with my nearly 9month old
cat, Jean-Luc. He's been to the vet, they've ran some tests, and they're
worried that he has a terminal case of FIP. Well, I'm giving him the
antibiotics Clavamox that the vet prescribed in the hopes that ...

Ah, the joys of managing a CRF cat ;)
Ginger is on 100 cc's of Normosol-R sub-q twice a week.  Approximately 10
minutes after fluids she vomits bile or a small amount of food and bile, 3
or 4 times.

Hello!  I just found this site today and it's so helpful and fun!  Our cat is
Turtle--an adopted Torti who is almost 6 years old.  
I know the subject of cats and colds has been talked about, but---How does a
cat catch a cold or URI when there are no other cats in the house, the cat ...

How does one figure out what a cat is allergic to?
Alan

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My kitty has found new life.  I received a gift from somebody that had
plain old 1/4" ribbon tied around it.  While I was opening the gift, my
cat responded to it as any other string, batting at it.  But, then I
started playing with him with it.  He went absolutely crazy!!

Is that the same as "urinary tract health" blends?  When I first got
Tweaker, the vet said he had crystals in his urine and I was to feed
him special food for urinary tract issues.  I have done so faithfully.
But he prefers the kibbles over canned food, so I now have a big bag

While I'm waiting for Ginger's latest labs, we've switched from Royal Canin
Mature 27 to Royal Canin Renal LP.  Her labs two or three weeks ago showed
elevated creatinine and BUN, so we're looking at CRF.  Before the RC, she
had been eating Innova, which is quite high in protein and ...

Hi Kitty Group,
I just got a call for a pair of kittens that are ready to adopt out in
the PHX AZ area. I was not "wow-ed" by the caller, she said she may
possibly be declawing them in the future if they claw the furniture and

I have a Siamese cat whose name is Dexter.  He is approximately 10
years old.  We welcomed him into our family when he was about 3 or 4.
He was in horrible condition -- his nails were not taken care of, his
hair was horrible, etc.  It took him about 6 months to adjust to us.

Years back I used to be a regular in r.p.c. and its follow-on groups. I had
to leave because the sad stories were too much for me. (And yet here I am.
returning to relay yet another sad story.)
We got word today that Linus (10 yo DSH) has lymphoma. A lump on his gums