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My big Birman boy gets bad matting every late spring/early summer. The first year I didn't catch it and it got so bad I ended up having to get him the lion cut groom. One interesting effect was that while he was shaved, my little submissive scaredy-cat girl decided he was only half of his...

My cats absolutely love the broth. They lick it up first then eat the chicken.

OMG, thank you.  I have had the black spots in a few cans and have been very upset about it because the food is so expensive.

My mom had a cat that was killed in our yard by the neighbor's three maurading German shepherds (mixed, but big dogs). The neighbor didn't believe her because they have cats and nothing like that had ever happened between the dogs and their cats. But my mom witnessed the attack and knew who did...

Especially when I am home during the day on weekends, just when I start to go to the bathroom, the cats appear from out of nowhere and wander around me, rub my legs, and just basically be around. When I leave the bathroom they disappear back to whereever they were (probably napping under the...

Quick update. I took them to the vet this morning. He said they have a fever of 103 and gave them a shot of antibiotic and a steroid. He said we will take their temp tomorrow morning to see what to do next. I still don't think they've eaten anything.

The hair on the back of their necks seems to fall back normally. I ran out an bought some rotisserie chicken which they usually like, but they aren't eating it. They actually ate a few pieces of treats, but none of their food. I looked up hepatic lipidosis and am very worried. It said this...

I'm taking them to the vet tomorrow. We all arrived on Friday night in the new place. The girls were noticably scared and I petted them and contained them in the laundry room. They both pooped Friday night. They haven't eaten since. Either or them. It's Monday night and I am very worried...

I'm in the middle of a move. Because it's local, its been a little bit protracted. Virtually all of my furniture and stuff is moved to the new place except for a few work clothes and the cats (and cat box and food bowels). I've kept a couple of toys for them at the old place, but their cat...

Thanks. We're fortunate with this one in that it will hit in daylight and it may not be that bad. It seems a bit less frightening than when the storm blows through in the night.

Well, here we are in South FL awaiting the next !@#$% hurricane. Last year I had just gotten the girls when we had to board up. It hadn't occured to me that once the storm shutters are in place and we lose power, the place is Pitch Black, like, not a ray of light. Obviously that's fine for me...

They love it. One goes to town on the leg wrapped with sisal rope and the other prefers to run up and down the carpeted leg. They both like to sleep on the carpeted basket which has a good vantage perch over both the house and the street. Mine is not really "decorator friendly" so I move it...

I've also been told that points can darken depending on body heat. Apparently, if the cat regularly sleeps near a cold window or a place where there is a consistent cold draft, that part of the body that is exposed will actually darken.

They were eating Nutro Max Cat. One seemed to like it ok, but the other one didn't. I have also tried the Nutro regular, which they didn't really eat a lot of. The best they ate was when they were eating Iams kitten. But they aren't kittens anymore... I also thought I would try the Natural...

The vet told me to watch for if the area of the stitches/incision appears to bulge up. I checked them out each morning and before bed and if their underbelly looked basically the same, I was comfortable they were fine.