I know it's pretty common for cats to not chew dry food and to throw
it back up, but this is getting ridiculous.  For the past 3 nights in
a row, my cat has started retching really bad.  The other night it
went on for 3 hours.  I half-suspect it's not the not chewing, as I

Anybody familiar with this?
I'm having a hard time finding an unscented litter that has very little
dust. (I want to stick with scoopable, so I am not interested in the Feline
Pine type.)

Hello everyone! I'm new to the group but have been lurking for a couple years
& occasionally posting since last summer, so I decided it's past time to
formally introduce my cats & myself. I'm Mari, probably a little older than
many here, live in Canada & have had cats since 1970.  ...

Any sure fire ways to remove cat urine from wool area rugs? Thanks.

Let me see, In Jan. Zapata came down with Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy!  In Feb. Pancho Villa was set for Teeth Cleaning!  The
pre-exam showed blood in the Urine!  Seems Pancho has stones in the
Kidney and Urinary Bladder!  Now Juliet is due for teeth cleaning!  I

Check this web site daily for all info:
www.howl911.com

I'm fostering 2 kittens with no mother, and the kittens are just around
a half pound each, making them around 2 weeks old.  They take KMR and
home-made kitten "glop" from a syringe very well and have each gained
20/100ths of a pound in the week and a half I've had them.  Now that

on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:06:07 GMT, "buglady" <buglady99@bigfootdog.com>
wrote:

My vet & I have been going a theory that my cat was constipated. For some
reason, until the third medication was tried, she did not do a full rectal
exam. Today, in the preparation for performing an enema, the vet found
something blocking "the way" out of the anus almost completely. ...

http://www.local6.com/family/12600843/detail.html
Calif. Hog Farm Under Quarantine
WASHINGTON -- Imported ingredients used in recalled pet food may have been
intentionally spiked with an industrial chemical to boost their apparent

I've gotten copies of Meep's records to give to the new vet.  Can
someone please translate this to layman's terms (any actual vets in
here)?  All I was told at the time is that she had some small amount of
cardiomyopathy (or I may misremember).

I noticed that Iams & whiskers as well as "Many other other Brand"
names are offering free cat & Dog foods in the UK.
I called them ( IAMS) this afternoon, & they offered to send me out
some introduction vouchers to offer with any cats that we re home &

This is a great site that lists foods that are not on the recall
list.  There are also links to each petfood company listed so I would
recommend that you verify with the company before feeding the food.
http://thepetfoodlist.com/petfoods_pg1.htm

and it came from.........China
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2101493,00.html
Johannesburg - Tests have confirmed that Vets Choice and Royal Canin dog and
cat dry pet-food products contained corn gluten contaminated with melamine,

As can be seen in this picture: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2e4lvts
It ended up well for everybody http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dh8bo1
as the 'prey' made its escape none worse for the wear.