My wife and I just inherited a cat from a friend of hers who unfortunately
fell in love and now intends to marry a man with major feline allergies.
She has ear mites in both ears and I was wondering what are the best meds to
use?  Our cats have never had them.  Will the mites get ...

I know cats are nocturnal. But Salem, our otherwise wonderful, playful,
clownish (I've read up on the breed - it's so true!) 18-month-old "kitten,"
has gotten into a bad habit.
At first, when we rescued him from the shelter last fall, we kept him in a

I have a tri-toirtoise Burmese who has a clean litter box but still loves to
pee in the tub and the bathroom sink.  In our old apartment it was just the
sink.  Why is she doing this?  We checked and she doesn't have worms, she
does have trouble clearing her anal sac, could that be ...

In two cases, 4 months apart, two different vets:
both estimated or said about $400 to examine, blood work, x-rays and to keep
cat until morning.
When cat was picked up, both vest presented bills for $1200.  The 1st one

As we are getting two MC kittens I was wondering about whether it makes
a difference if they are the same sex. We have pretty much decided on
one male of the horde.
If anyone has an interesting story about their Maine Coons and how they

We have a 4 year old long haired tabby that we rescued.  Because he
doesn't have a medical history (that we know of) we haven't had him
long enough for him to have had 2 rabies shots, 90 days apart AND 90
days prior to arriving in Hawaii.  We are moving the end of July and

First the easy question. Can you suggest names for a grey female tabby?  We
have a stray outside which we are planning to bring in and we can't get a
name to stick. We've had Sissie, Killer (she brings tons of mice to the
door) and the generic Kitty.  None seems to fit her. Thanks ...

I have an orange tabby named Marmalade, he is 5 years old and neutered, we
got him from the shelter about 4 years ago.  All of our female and male cats
are neutered/spayed.  Ever since we moved, Marmalade keeps walking around
meowing at all hours of the day and night.  He has now ...

(this is NOT a cheap commercial thing!)
Today Seumas has died and joined our Julia at the other end of the Rainbow
Bridge...
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What do you do when your pussy has an itch? I usually just scratch
mine, but does flea powder really work?

The large Energy company that employs my wife is having a food & supplies
drive for local animal shelters.  Of course I will contribute big time.
I never give to the "Bicycles for Boys" campaigns, or the "Toys for Tots"
drives because those items are given to ethnic children whose ...

I recently rescued a black cat (I call him Voodoo).   He was about 2-3
weeks old when I found him and is now 7 months old.  I have always had
a cat or cats  in my life since I was a small child and have had all
colors, types etc.  This is my first black cat and, although all cats

Having a bunch of spoiled furbabies (as in they get a treat of deli
roast beef a few times a week), this question came to mind. Would the
roast beef right out of the refridgerator bother their stomachs? I
know being predators they like live kill, so I wonder if it would be

A simple curiosity of mine;
Every black cat I have known has been a very vocal cat - though not to
the point of being obscenely so.  Most of the other cats I've come
across generally meow, mew, murr, ect. less frequently.  Has anyone else

Help! I have been treating my cat for fleas (which I didn't discover
she had for quite some time, since she has very dense hair and is an
indoor cat), and the treatment seems to be working, but now it looks
like I have fleas!