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Has anyone else got a message like this? This is the same Vet that made appointments without consulting me, for days I could not come. They treated all of these cats at the beginning, when they first showed up in my yard, and were not vaccinated. They have all been vaccinated but are overdue...

My Vet has taken to leaving voice messages on my phone to announce the appointment THEY have made is such and such a day at a certain time. Not just a reminder that So and So is due for a yearly or a shot but a reminder that they have already made an appointment for this. I don't like this...

Some of you may remember my distress about inside only cat Lexie disappearing in the house and showing up behind the piano a few days later. This was worse because Chinny Chin Chin is an outside only cat. She's been in but is terrified in the house. Chinny was here Oct. 30, cuddled up on the...

Haven't seen Lexie all day. Took the girlies their breakfast, Lexie got out. I heard a little mew, haven't seen her since. She usually comes right back to eat. But this morning only one girly supper dish was empty. Something wrong with the food and only Lexie ate it? But Hendrietta, Tuffy...

I have multiple cats. I find the clumping kitty litter works better for some than for others. Have tried different litters. It particularly does not work well for the mother cat and her two female offspring, youngest now 9 years old. They have four boxes. Another unrelated female, one year...

Up at 2:00 am to bathroom. No TP, hmmm, and not on the floor where little Hendrietta kitty sometimes knocks it down to either. Oh well, get another roll out. 3:30 am wakened by wrestling on the bed, little Hendrietta and the dog having a wee play. Hmmm, what's that white down there? Oh...

Chinny Chin Chin is terrified in the house, especially with the new dog here. She stays outside, the garage is heated in winter. Her friend Joey, who gets bladder infections from stress if he has to stay in the house, is out with Chinny during the day. Joe is now on SO food but he is...

As I exited the bedroom Andy bounced from his bed by the window, over our bed, down to the floor, over to the water bowl and sat looking me right in the eye. Andy usually takes cover when the dog and I are bustling to go out so this behaviour caught my eye. All three upstairs water bowls were...

Joey has recovered well from his second bladder infection. Vet has recommended SO food of course. Joey doesn't really like this food so I am feeding his friend Andy (also male but no bladder problems) the same food because the minute I leave them alone in their room they switch bowls. Andy...

Joey is back from the Vet after his second bladder infection. First hours home he ate, drank and used the litter box - YAY. But has eaten little since that Wednesday night and as you all know, not eating can cause horrible, bad things to happen with cats. I suspected the sedative effect of...

Not a problem, just a curiosity I thought folks might enjoy hearing about. I guess this is because Tuffy was feral for so long, and nearly starving, that he eats things I've never seen a cat eat. This I discovered when throwing or putting out treats for the dog, Tuff ate them. Dates, he...

When little Hendrietta got her first ever Vet check and vaccinations at age 5 months I told the Vet the dog found her in the bush and I suspected she was from a feral mother. We should worm her, he said, coming from outside and an outside mother means she likely has worms and maybe other...

Thought folks might enjoy this. Tuffy was a feral/stray/dumpee. According to the Vet who did his TNR he is 10 years old. According to the Vet who treated a bad bite wound a year later Tuff is 18 years old. Tuffy weighs 17 pounds. Tuffy is mean as heck to the other cats and the dog but just...

Little baby Hendrietta kitten (the kitten my dog found in the bush when she was only 3 weeks old) was spayed yesterday. This is the suit she came home in. The Vet likes these better than collars to keep cats from licking at their incision. Hendrie is to wear this for a week and to keep quiet...

Little Hendrietta, the supposed feral my dog found when she was only 3 weeks old, is now 5 and a half months. She is so lively, getting into and up on places no other kitten dared go. This morning she jumped up onto the stove while I had the kettle on to boil. I think one of her little hind...

I am careful to supervise cat toys. If the dog swallowed one he could choke. I put the little foamy ball, the little catnip bow ties, the little bits of crumpled paper (these aren't so bad, at least they dissolve a bit) up on a table or counter when little Hendrietta kitty has had a play. She...

Little Hendrietta, the kitten my dog found, is going into heat. I'm guessing by the change in her vocalizations, little chirruping sounds where normally she is a quiet little thing. And this morning I notice the little back end is being lifted and presented and the wee vulva is a bit...

My dog nearly stepped on this wee kitten, found on a bush trail, not close to a road. It's a mystery how it got there - dumped? Born to a feral? I looked and listened, I hope there were not any more. I bundled it up in my high vis safety vest and we cut our walk short and headed back to the...

No, really, Joe loves this. So here's how it goes. Joe likes to lie on his bed on top of a dresser that's in front of window. At night, with the lights on inside, he can see my reflection behind him as he lies facing the window. So I pretend pet him, dropping my hand to his head and running...

What a problem. I will try to make it short. Tuffy has been around for 7 years, the last 3 years right in our yard full time since his abandonned building home down the road was torn down. I did TNR on him last summer. Since then he has gotten more and more comfortable with us, especially...