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Plain old vaseline is all I use, too. It (or similar substances) are the active ingredient in the hairball remedies and its cost is just a fraction of their cost. One of my cats (Rocket) loves the stuff; the other two will tolerate it being stuck on the back of their tongue.

This is a suggestion for something to install AFTER you get everything cleaned up. It's a program called "Spyware Blaster" and it works differently than the rest of them. It's not memory resident, so it doesn't hog your system resources. It gets kind of technical to describe how it works; I'm...

Isn't there a checkbox on there that says something like "don't show this message in the future" -- if there is, check that and you'll never see it again.

It just sounds to me like a cat looking for attention. And he's getting it. It's not about being petted, it's about being noticed. Cats hate being ignored, and they're very observant. I have something to try: when he starts yowling, go into another room, close the door, and stay there until...

Well, there's been so much press I'd say that either the author's intent has already been fulfilled, or else he just waits until everybody thinks the danger is past.

Knowing now that it was the fluids that got him on the mend, if this happens again, the first thing I'll do is try to force him to take some water, by oral syringe if necessary. I think I'm going to get a pet thermometer, too. I could tell he had a fever by the glassy look in his eyes, but...

Fair enough. Now that's settled, have you posted pictures? Balinese are lovely cats.

Thanks for the info, though we've come up with a working theory: I saw Rocket licking at the garage floor and it sprang into my mind: road salt? For those who don't have the privilege and opportunity to live through a northern winter, street departments try to melt ice and snow on the roads...

That's an absolutely FIRST CLASS suggestion!! Honest, I didn't know I could do that. I think I'll look up the number as soon as I get off here. The tests came back negative. The vet's theory is maybe he got dehydrated because he was vomitting. I don't think so; he's not a puker, he drinks...

No point in doing that. Sorry about needing NetZero. They sure loaded a lot of junk. I don't know if Juno is any better.

Hmmmmmm. That does sound like what Rocket went through. I'm still waiting for the results of the blood draw done on Monday. But it wasn't the special blood test pancreatitis. I think the vet wanted it done mainly to see if his liver function had been affected. That would tell us if he ate...

That's the one. If that's what he has, I'm going to have to print that out, punch holes, and put it in a binder.... then I'll stay up very late and study, study, study. Thanks much for the kind offer......

This is what I found suspicious on just scanning through: C:\\WINDOWS\\RTHDCPL.EXE - non-OS executables don't run from the Windows folder C:\\Documents and Settings\\Cathy\\Application Data\\Microsoft\ PsooXa.exe O4 - HKCU\\..\\Run: [] C:\\Documents and Settings\\Cathy\\Application...

I suspect mine happened when I wasn't paying attention or was sleepy or something and accidently clicked on the wrong button. I ususually go into task manager and terminate when I see something suspicious, because malicious javascript CAN be set to run when the close-window is clicked.

I don't know, Violet. It's called the "Marshfield ANP-1" and then they also do a CBC in the office.