God forbid I tell anyone else how/when/why to post - this *IS* UseNet.  But
I am *SO* sick of the juvenile bullshit always being posted here to the
exclusion of any on-topic posts - and apparently I'm not the only one since
a lot of long-time regulars seem to have given up and ...

A long time ago when Rhett and Scarlett (littermates, now 3 years
old, but adopted at about 9 weeks) were learning how to play, how
to scratch their toys, learning everything, I would praise them for
scratching their posts and cat tree and the turbo scratcher that

Just a note to those of you kind enough to care ...
We scheduling conflict so Boo has to be rescheduled in August.
(She is being tested to make sure that the hyperthyroid-induced arthymia she
developed from having her overactive thyroid undiagnosed and treated for

I was behind a woman who had a bag of "Cat Attract" litter. (this is
litter that's supposed to actually
attract cats. It's used also for training kittens to use the
litterbox.)

I have a cat named Sammy, he is 16 years old.  I have noticed in the
last few days that his fur is ruffled and he is not eating as much as
he used to.  He is thinning out and throwing up his food, and a clear
foamy liquid.  The vets have told me that it's just old age.  I'm

Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients' Deaths
By RAY HENRY
Associated Press Writer
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEATH_CAT?SITE=KTVK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE
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I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!
I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke
up this morning.  As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living

I received the following email from my brother:
begin paste----
Shiro is in the hospital. He has severe anemia, extremely low
hematocrit levels. We've pumped almost $2000 in tests but so far the

Sammy's diarrhea is worse today - I watched her using the litterbox and it's
liquid.  Her butt is sore (just like a human with diarrhea) and her licking
it is making it more sore.  I talked with the vet and she said for today to
use Vaseline on her butt just like you would a baby ...

For those of you who have cats that sometimes have bouts of acute cystitis:
What do you do when you start noticing signs that suggest your cat's
becoming uncomfortable?  Is it off to the vet right then, or do you have
a vet-approved way of dissolving the crystals or whatever ...

Every morning, when she hears me stir and begin to wake, Gracie jumps down
from the screened window where she has been watching the birds and greets
me, talking to me while she scratches her scratch pad, head down, paws
extended, butt high and long tail curling above.

Well, he has been given cat milk since he was a baby and for the last
16 years he has had it every morning.  I did not give him any today.
We also give him aspirin for his bones, per our vet.  I noticed that
when we gave him the aspirin, he would get sick.  I stopped giving him

Well again everyone, Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Everything you have given me is so very useful!  I'm going to stop
giving him the aspirin.  He seems to be a lot better without it.  You
guys ROCK! Thank God for places like this, so we can all lean from

Thank you so much for the advise!  I did call another place and they
told me to try wet food. He is drinking a lot of water and his cat
milk, so he's ok in that department.  He did eat some but not as much
as I had hoped and so far he has kept it down.  He's also sleeping a

Haven't done a ton of back-research on this, but the article is
alarming, and from a non-tabloid source, apparently.
Most of us folks who follow companion animal news have bumped into
stories about seizure-sensing dogs and cats, as well as animals that