Great for prewashing dishes and pots and pans.  I've discovered that my
cat can and do lick clean my dishes.  Saves on pre=scraping before
loading the dishwasher.  It's a bit slow but free.
She also licks my toes and feet.  Do I still need to wash them with

A friend of mine went to Beijing, China for several weeks, a year ago.
She said that in a large market place, there was a street seller
selling kittens for $1 which were genetically modified so that they
never grew to be much larger than kitten size. Apparently at the

We've been looking after an old male (desexed) ginger/blonde tabby for about
6 years. He's usually as punctual as clockwork, and that was what we found
so upsetting, the fact he suddenly stopped coming for food and a sleeps
inside our house (its summer in Oz) for 2 days.

I wonder if anyone has had any experiences with using Bach Flower
Essences on their cat and/or has gone to a practioner.  My cat gets
unduely frightened.  He is a stray that adopted me last September.  He
lives indoors with me now and has no interest in going outside.  At one

Thanks so much everyone for the info. I did post on
rec.pets.cats.health+behav and haven't had any responses (from Phil or
anyone else there) in the past few days, so I guess I'll ask here.
Sorry if it is OT.

Pumpkin is an outdoor cat (we MUST have a dog door for our big Lab and
it took Pumpkin two days to learn how to jump thru the "dog" door,
climb the fence (which the Lab can't) and roam the neighborhood.  No
neighbors feed him but his diet (dry IAMs kibble plus cat meat in small

Thanks so much everyone for the info. I did post on
rec.pets.cats.health+behav and haven't had any responses (from Phil or
anyone else there) in the past few days, so I guess I'll ask here.
Sorry if it is OT.

I am a seventh grade student and my science fair project is about
electricity prices and how they compare from state to state. I've done a lot
of research but now I need some DATA FROM REAL PEOPLE.  I'm looking for
information from any electricity bill for the June through ...

I  used to post to rec.pets.cats years ago. It appears that it's gone now
and that I have not kept up with the changes. I see there are several  cat
newsgroups now including this one.
It's nice to be back. I used to post under a different handle- Claire or

quite a bit.  I took a look at her and it seems that there is some dark
brown substance all around
her rectum.  I'm planning on taking her to the vet but is there anything I
could do in meantime?

My cat often rolls on her back on the sidewalk.  She often does that
when I get out of the car.  I assume she's just glad to see me.  Is she
expecting a treat or something?

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I have four feral kittens in my backyard they are scared of humans i
feed them everyday but then i come out with food they run way when i
leave they come and eat. I really want to help them to become okay with
me and humans. Can someone please help me!.

Using Arm 'n Hammer, Multi-Cat clumping litter.
Have three cats.  One of the cats, when she pees,
causes the litter to become a gooey mess, which
breaks up upon being scooped and worse yet, sticks

My wife and I are planning a very big move (Honolulu to Washington, DC)
for Spring 2007. We have two male cats that we will be taking with us.
Both are healthy, and are a bit over two years old.
I am desperate for any advice regarding transporting our cats. Ideally