About three weeks ago I made a vet appointment for Tiger for today (June
20).  It was for a rabies shot and to have some bad mats shaved off of
his back.  He has to be sedated for this (he is NOT cooperative).
Yesterday, I got a call from the vets office saying that they thought

Warning: this might be too disturbing as I describe her last days.
My cat Middy passed away Saturday, she was about 16. She was a beautiful
and very affectionate cat, all white fur with green eyes and a bit
overweight most of her life.

I was wondering if those smoked pig ears treats for dogs can be given to
cats.  Isaac really wants to chew on stuff.  Just before, as I was typing,
he leaned over the edge of the desk and began to gnaw on the arrow keys on
the keyboard.  I just moved the pen/pencil cup out of ...

Pinky was a stripey orange cat that showed up on my back porch one
snowy winter afternoon in December of 1990.  He was a young cat - maybe
10-11 months old - strong boned and quite large - and quite hungry.  He
was gorgeous - true cream-orange with deeper orange stripes, a little

There's a tortie back in the house!
Sweeter came home last Friday and is in good spirits. She can't stop
giving me head butts and talking to me. She does not have a fever, yeah!
She's also been taking her pills in Pill Pockets, which has been great.

Recently I was transfered by work for a month and a half up north.
Luckily, I was able to move in with family, and so my little Marziale
and I packed up and headed up. However, since coming her her appetite
seems to have dwindled significantly. She has already been to the vet

Stray male tabby kitten started showing up.  Saw him a few times with a
 adult intact male, who was wearing a collar.  Found out the owners of
the adult cat had no idea who the kitten belonged to.
Don't know how he is surviving outside (it was 118F yesterday) but I put

when i was a child
my parents partied one night
they passed out and let that single play on the turntable
AAAALL NIGHT LONG...

I have my cats food bowl next to the refrigerator
Sometimes when she is eating she will gently scratch at the refrigerator
with one paw.
What does this mean ?

Most of the time my cat 6 months old female uses her litter box.
But sometimes i catch her useing a bedroom carpet.
I also once saw her use the bathroom sink.
Its always pee never a bowel movement.

Hi - I heard of a GPS thing you can put on your cat's collar so you can
track him if he doesn't come home or gets lost. ANyone know where i can
get one?
THanks, Simba's Mom

I posted this in response to some of your TERRIBLY foul and abusive
posts directed at a lady asking for advice about her sickly cat.  It
can apply to ANYONE who is quick to rip people to shreds for coming to
these boards for advice:

Buster is about two years old, He seems healthy. But the pass couple of weeks
he started losing weight. and don't eat as much as he used to. what can I do
to help him. Please help my Kitty.

hi i have a cat about 8 n 1/2 months old, we do allow her out but only
on our deck on a leash which she loves also she is not just left there
mostly its when we are out or in and out, now she has gotten out the
door on us but we always get her back in , she has been around some

I've been fostering a mother cat and her babies.  The babies have since
been placed and now the mother has developed allergic sypmtoms.  She's
itchy, has some hair loss and is generally uncomfortable.  I haven't
changed the food or anything since the babies have gone.  I'm