I hope someone can provide me with some answers or advice:
I have 2 cats, mother and son.  The son was the only cat in the litter
so we have kept him and they have lived together, mother and son ever
since.  The mother is now ~5 years old, and the son is 2.5 years old.

A little history, Klondike, a female black and white long hair adopted
us about 8 months ago.  The first visit went well, shots de-worming,
and treatment for ear mites.  Fast forward about 6 months and it's
time for her to be spayed.  She's not too thrilled about the whole

Big 13 yrs young Oscar the full breed Maine Coon cat has ear mites (the
black goey stuff) in one ear.  ....Anything over the counter you might
recommend?

Well, time for yearly shots/health status update.  Meep is so good at
the vet!  As long as she has an armpit to hide in, she's fine.  Today,
she even took her head out of my armpit and rested it on my arm, and
laid there the whole time I spoke with the vet.

The pain caused by migraines with aura is indeed gnawing but there may
be an even more critical condition ahead.
Studies show that people suffering from migraines with aura are at
higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than those who do not get

Hard to believe this is the kitten who swallowed the latex teat 4 weeks shy
of 1 year ago:
http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/Hendrix/photo#
5095662430494837618

At the local Borg (the megastore), you might find large gray plastic
grass doormats for about $10 USD each. So far, I have seven of them.
After about two months of use, really enjoying them for our two litter
box areas. They keep the litter off of your cat's feet and they are

I recently found two stray kittens. My parents won't let me keep them
as pets, but they bought them food and are letting us keep them in the
backyard. We've had them for about 4 days. I check their litter- they
have diarreah(sp). It's yellowish and runny. I fed them ham, before my

In the mid-Atlantic region of the US, it is sweltering hot, as it is
in many other areas of the US now. The kitties are lucky being indoor
cats as the temp doesn't fluctuate more than about 10 degrees either
way during the summer, thanks to the AC.  At night without the heat

Even when the contents are the same (i.e. H20) my cat would far rather
drink out of my glass than her bowl. I don't encourage the practice,
but it's hard to combat when, for example, when she is sipping from
your nightstand glass of water and you are sleeping. Do you suppose

... to nip!
First the orgy:
http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Cat_Tree/Da_TREE.mpg (large, very
amateur video - Cecile B. DeMille I'm not!)

Does anyone have a dog who got glaucoma when he/she was really young?
My mother-in-law has a dog who was recently diagnosed with it and he's
only 2 at the most. He has lost sight in one eye and most of it in the
other eye. Also, has anyone had a younger dog who went completely

I found a stray kitten near my house. I couldn't leave it outside.(A
half hour after I took the kitten in a guy across the street who likes
to bring his Pitbull outside to roam without a lease early in the
morning came out).

This weekend we noticed our white/black *indoor* cat had a patch of
his hair missing from his head just over the right eyelid. It appeared
as a nail scratch from our other more agressive cat as they play fight
sometimes. I applied some peroxide on a q-tip to the area. The next

I understand that cats communicate mostly nonverbally, and understand
much of Meep's body language, after years of living with her.  I just
noticed a new one, and not sure what it means.
It's a stare, quick head shake, then look away.