Where'd you go?

We added a kitten to our home, already have an older cat who is
strictly indoors.  The new one refuses to stay indoors - runs by you in
a flash to get outside.  My problem with this is he does not come back
for days on end.  He has been doing this now for several months and

My sister works for a person who captures stray cats outside his work
place, takes them to get spayed or neutered then releases them back.
This 1 year old he decided to keep and my sister fell in love with it.
He gave it to her. She took it home to try to domesticate it. That was

Last week, Meep was diagnosed with a heart murmur.  Also, because she's
had abnormal blood tests before, and tends to have cystitis, and she's
going to spend two months in cattery/quarantine as we move overseas, I
took her in today for a full bloodwork, urine test, and ultrasound ...

First, I got the news that at 24 lbs. he is morbidly obese.
The leg splaying is probably because of the UTI but that's been
resolved.
Still awaiting test results to see if there's any kidney or liver

My cat, Scottie, is in his 10th day of fever of unknown origin despite
antibiotics, first polyflex, then doxycycline added, now baytril and
doxycycline, polyflex discontinued.  He has been hospitalized for a
week today, on IV fluids and tube feedings.  His temp goes up and down.

My cat has a nasty habit of jumping onto my desk in the middle of the
night and shredding papers. I of course do what I can to keep important
stuff off the desk, but she always manages to find something to shred
or lick. I wake up, yell at her and she jumps off the desk, but within

Cleaning Kami's litter box this morning a recent clump looked like it
had some blood in it.  (She doesn't bury.)  She's not symptomatic, but
I'm wondering if I'll have a screaming kitty when I get home.  I feel
so bad because I had to leave for work.  Now that I'm at work it

CNN has a video report today that says there have been dozens of cases of
life-threatening obstruction in *dogs* (including some deaths) that have
been traced to partially-digested Greenies.  The manufacturer denies that
there is any danger, and there was no reference to cats in ...

With only one cat, who is a picky eater too, I often find myself
storing 1/2 a can of cat food in the refrigerator for 1-2 days, has
even strethced to 3 days. I use the original can, closed with tight
fitting lids I got from petsmart/petco.

All,
I've been posting recently under the thread "Hyperthyroid cat".
Katie's (age 14)  been going through more problems and I need some
advice.  She's been extremely finicky and has lost about three pounds.

My girlfriends cats suddenly (today) began displaying weakness
and lack of coordination (wobbly walk) in the rear legs. Her
eyes were divergent, and the pupils were very narrow.
These symptoms are intermitent--it happened twice today.

Does anyone else die laughing when they see this spot???
"She's my Josie/she's my CAAAAAAAAATTT!"  o/~  o/~

At what age would you call a cat a senior cat? We have a 10 year old
that I'd love to continue to think of as a kitten. I was thinking
though, it might be time for senior blood tests.
Rhonda

Does anyone know of or has anyone used a dry food dispenser that
drops one or two morsels at preset intervals?
It's no big deal, just wondering if anyone is familiar with that.
Thank you.