Jack and Jessica are 9 month old tuxedos. Jack is a loveable slug.
He's happy to play for an hour, sleep for 8, get some love, and grab a
bite to eat. Jessica is different. She's very intelligent and is
constantly looking for something to occupy her time long after she has

Trying to keep this really brief....
Got Max to the vet today. He has a relatively minor diagnosis of red
and white blood cells in his urine. The vet ruled out this could have
anything to do with the blood that was on the floor this past weekend.

My cats LOVE the laser pointer and while looking for something
else online, I came across this.
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/83955-cat-laser-beam-toy.html
My cats will chase the red dot until my thumb falls off so I might

I have an 8 year old cat who recently got treated for a urinary tract
infection. He was at the vet for a week and ever since I brought him
home, he has all of a sudden stopped burying his pee/poo and tracks it
EVERYWHERE!!!!

Poor Meep.  We have friends over this week, and she's all upset about
it.  I'm a bit worried about her, as she's been spending pretty much all
the last three days under our bed.  First 24 hours or so, she wouldn't
even go out to eat, drink or use the litterbox.  I had to leave ...

Yesterday I got a new kitten. He is adjusting to our house in
increments. I slept in the same room with him last night so he wouldn't
panic (new house, he's a feral cat learning to be an indoor kitty,
plyus we had a big thunderstorm last night). I woke up to find him

Well, here we are again, worrying about Max.
It is after 12:00 pm and the vets office is closed now. I am going to
give them a call anyway...
But, does anyone know what this could be?

Anbody have any suggestions for successfully introducing my cats to a large
(operative word being large!) dog?  In a weak moment I offered to take care
of a friend's dog while she is selling her house and moving.  It may be a
fairly long time (ie several months).  I have had dogs ...

Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

I've been trying to see if catnip is bad for cats.  In googling I
don't see much on it here.  We've given it to our cats (ages 2, 7,
12), and they all love it, don't seem to be any health issues.
Are there any health issues, or things to know?  My theory is cats &

today when I heard my cat whine or cry I researched if cats cry , since I was
bored and not really sure plus it interests me. and it came up with this
article http://cats.about.com/od/faqsbehavior/f/tears.htm
which reads as

I guess this is a typical American-based cat magazine, because
naturists (nudists) are common in Europe. In Scandinavian countries,
are they not more liberal about clothes-free environments, but males
and females of ALL ages have saunas together. This Steve Dale guy

Here is a study that proves cats are good for your health.
http://www.minnpost.com/from_our_partners/2008/03/20/1211/umn_news_a_feline_lifeline

Truly a despicable and disgusting act against cats!
http://www.pressargus.com/articles/2008/03/19/news/news04.txt

Nikon D40 - my first "real" camera...
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