There's a cricket chirping somewhere in my bedroom - I wonder how long
it will take kitty to hunt it down and silence it.
She was listening intently, but now she seems to be ignoring it.

So if you read my other post from today, you know I just got back from 3
weeks in Italy.  While I was gone, a friend of mine did the necessary cat
sitting.  Butterscotch knows this friend and she's cat sat when I've been
gone for a weekend on several occasions. She stayed most ...

I am trying to trap a stray & most likely feral cat and it just doesn't seem
to take the bait.   Is there any thing out there that a cat - any cat - find
simply irresistible?

Connecticut Humane Society?
Picking up the mail today, I found a pink-hued solicitation letter for the
Connecticut Humane Society's Spring Fund Drive, reminding me to send a
donation, assuring me that the animals they take in "are cared for in a

Why is it that cats can not have milk.  all my life i thought cats can have
milk til i brought one the other day and the old owner says not to give the
cat milk.  i was thinking to my self why is that i thought cats like milk i
dunno if i should give my cat milk or just give it ...

Can anyone help explain my healthy cat's sudden fad?  I have some old
charcoal in my garden, untidily left from a bbq from weeks back, but he's
suddenly developed this obsession with licking it.  Any idea why this could
be, and could it cause him any harm?  Obviously, I will now ...

Can your cats open doors too?
Well, our kittens certainly can! I put the three 11 week old rascals to bed
10 minutes ago (means I put them into a room upstairs with beds and a litter
box) - guess which trio is just after coming downstairs again and purring a

In the last couple months my cat's belly has turned nearly hairless.  She is
about 6 years old.  I have seen this in other cats.  Is it normal?  What
causes it?  Thanks.

Hello all i have just brought a kitten that is 12 weeks old and it is my
first cat to own. I have a question to ask and see if anyone can help me in
anyway.... Well my question is that how many time(s) in a month do i have to
change my litter box... i have Doudt that i have to ...

We have five cats, 2 females and 3 males, ages 13, 7, and three age 9 months.    
They all get along well, play together, and have made a nice family.
Now my SO would like get a small dog, perhaps a Cairn Terrier, Boston
Terrier, small Pug or something similar.

We currently have 5 cats and a bunny happily living together. We adopted a 1
1/2 year old male Saturday who has had limited contact with humans. I've
worked with him and he now seems to tolerate and partially enjoy petting.
He (Freddie) is staying in a small room while getting ...

Please help.  My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a tumor
in the jaw bone.  She is unable to open her mouth to wide to eat.  I have
been advised to give her anything she wants because she has only (?) weeks
left.  She lost 5lbs. very quickly.  She's going to be 11 ...

Have 3 cats - 2 which probably need to go to the vet. (One needs to be
fixed). Now, this wasn't a
problem a year ago - where a $100+ vet visit could fit in the budget. But I
am on Disability. And

New poster here, so bare with me. Several months ago (wow, time flies)
I adopted two adult cats, an energetic, chatty, you-are-my-pet-human
and this is MY place, 2 year old female torti, and a quiet,
mild-mannered, can-I-superglue-myself-to-your-lap 6 year old male

I have two cats one a ginger male the other a tortoise shell, both are long
hairs and have been desexed. Recently a female friend moved into the house,
she has a six month old tabby cat that has also been desexed.
Now the problem is that the ginger cat has pissed on my friends bed ...