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    Do Eagles Eat Pet Cats?

    Thanks to all for your helpful info! I think we'll restrict Linc to indoor recreation during the prime updraft hours of 10 AM to 4 PM in summer weather. The big birds aren't seen outside of those times hereabouts. He's by far the smartest and most affable cat we've had in half a century, so...
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    Do Eagles Eat Pet Cats?

    I'd be grateful for references to any documented instances of a wild eagle successfully attacking an adult pet cat. We have a ten-pound Lynx-point Siamese with all his claws who loves lounging on our wooden deck. There is plenty of wildlife around, which he enjoys stalking. Occasionally he...
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    Linc

    We adopted this "Lynx-point" Siamese as a kitten. He started off pretty skittish but has grown into an adorable pet!
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    Male Pattern Baldness?

    Linc is especially pampered by my wife, but he is learning to get comfortable with me too. We haven't had him long, so we're hoping his stress will continue to ebb with time. When the ringworm treatment is finished next week, we shall see what we shall see, I guess.
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    Male Pattern Baldness?

    He's certainly had a lot of stress in his short life: first in a home with small children, then in two different shelters, then in our home where he's expected to follow weird rules about where he may scratch carpets and where not, when he may get on the bed and when not... plus the new house...
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    Male Pattern Baldness?

    Thanks for your response. His original ringworm site was in front of one ear; it was bald but also reddened and scaly. He got some relief from a topical anti-fungal while we waited for the more expensive oral medicine recommended by our vet after the culture results were available. That patch...
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    Male Pattern Baldness?

    Our new lynx-point Siamese is early in his fifth week of treatment with itraconazole systemically for ringworm. The original patch is healing well but he seems to be losing fur across the top of his head and behind the ears. The only other recent treatment is topical fipronil + (S)-methoprene...
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    Ringworm Treatment Help

    We recently adopted a beautiful kitty with ringworm on his scalp which we've been treating topically but the results have not been encouraging. Our vet prescribed Itraconazole Soft Chews (chicken flavor) to be given once daily, one week on and one week off for three weeks of medication. My...
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    Cattitudes

    Our new kitty has been through a rough time recently: torn from his home (we don't know much about it but there were KIDS there!), passed from shelter to shelter, finally transported in a cage to a strange place with strange smells and strange people who like to pour ice-cold liquid in his ears...
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    How Can We Soothe Our New Kitty?

    Well, last evening he essayed a brief stay on my wife's lap. This AM, it's like somebody flipped a switch! He's all over both of us with demands for petting (even likes having belly rub) and batting toys around. Biggest worry is tripping over him, as he wants to go everywhere I go and see what...
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    How Can We Soothe Our New Kitty?

    Last week we adopted a 2 year old lynx-point (tabby-point) Siamese neutered Tom that had apparently done OK in a house with kids but then spent several rough weeks in two different shelters. We're used to new cats being a bit shy, but this one has been exceptionally reclusive. He's using the...
  12. J

    RIP Jack

    Jack was rescued around age six and lived with us in the lap of kitty luxury for another six years before cancer quickly carried him off this week. He was the smartest and most affectionate cat we ever met. May he have days of sunshine and nights of mousing!
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    Sick Kitty Help

    The vet and I had an extensive discussion of the possibilities. She wasn't able to pinpoint the cancer without further expensive testing, and she has no hope Jack's condition is curable. My wife and I have owned pets for decades and our families had dogs and cats all the while we were growing...
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    Sick Kitty Help

    So... $360 later, the vet thinks it's terminal, probably neoplasm. Physical exam is unremarkable. Labs below. Any clue?
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    Sick Kitty Help

    Jack is a 17 pound 12 yo Siamese-ish neutered Tom. He's the smartest cat I've ever met, and we'd hate to lose him. He's not himself lately. Do cats get colds? He's normally active and sociable, with a ravenous appetite and definite routines of mealtimes and lap times, etc. Lately he sits...
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