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I have 2 American Wirehair cats, who are full siblings but from 2 different litters. Sheba is 2 1/2 and I've had her almost 2 years. Her brother, Ziggy, is 1 1/2 and I've had him almost a year. I would consider them both bonded to me, but Sheba doesn't show it as openly as she is a bit aloof...

I figured we needed a new thread started since a few of us are beginning the raw feeding journey. I got my mixes yesterday from www.futurepet.com and made my first batch this morning. I bought 2 pounds chicken tenders and 2 pounds of ground beef. I ground up the chicken tenders easily with my...

My wirehair cats have really begun taking mousing seriously. It's spring in Texas and everything is blooming and growing and moving. I'm rural and do organic gardening so have a big composter. The mice like to nest in there in the winter and now the young ones are moving out on their own and...

My neighbor called me last night--frantic. Her dh had gone to pick her up at the airport and when they returned 5 hours later, the back door was hanging open. All of their registered cats (she's a breeder) as well as their two little dogs were missing. Pebbles is a Tibetan spaniel and...

Hi, I have a 12 month old American Wirehaired male cat, neutered at 5 mos. I've known him since birth (the breeder is my neighbor) and he always had a very thick, wiry coat. However, since getting him we've noticed a gradual loss of hair--first around his genitals and now includes both sides...

Recently my mom's new pickup got saturated inside with skunk spray (the skunk sprayed underneath the truck and it spread via the exhaust system.) She had it professionally cleaned, with modest improvements. My dh decided to try a product he'd read about and OMG...did it ever work! He not only...

My 11 month old male, neutered kit is losing his hair. Primarily on lower abdomen, rump, underside of base of tail and around his "privates." It's been so slow and gradual, I hardly noticed. I had him in the vet's for an eye issue on Tuesday and mentioned it and the vet mentioned this...

Yesterday, dh and I decided it was time to get our backyard in order and do our annual "spring cleaning." He tilled up my garden plot while I pulled weeds, dead-headed the flower beds, trimmed shrubs, etc. The cats were in on ALL the action and were so curious. There was always one underfoot...

I have a 3.5 year old "former feral" named Felix. He's always had a great appetite and has been somewhat stocky, even when I trapped him as a 6 month old and had him neutered. However, things are getting bad---very bad. In the fall of 2006, he weighted a respectable 11 pounds. That was the...

Hi, My 19 month old female kitty, Sheba, has been acting strangely since yesterday. She ate breakfast normally yesterday morning but in the afternoon came in and took to the dogs' bed and didn't get up for dinner and was still there at bedtime. I checked her and she didn't appear warm, in...

Hi, I have a Litter Robot and am on a quest to find a natural litter so I can simply compost the waste and use it on my shrubs. Feline pine scoop is nice, but it collects horribly in my wirehaired cat's fur--imagine sawdust in an afro--so I need something a bit heavier. I bought WBCL last...

Here's Felix enjoying his morning ritual--"watching tv" in the sun.

Hi, I posted last weekend about coming home from vacation last Saturday to find this in my dd's bathtub: Ever since that time, I've been playing pee detective to determine which of my 3 kitties is ill. I narrowed it down to Felix, as he is the oldest, a male, and tends to get "worked up"...

Hi, I just returned this evening from a 6 day vacation. All of my pets stayed at home and were visited by the pet sitter at least twice a day. He reported no issues with any of my cats during the week (the pet sitter is the breeder of my wirehairs, so he knows cats.) I, however, found an...

Nosy Sheba could hardly wait for me to get it filled and plugged in, much less clear the debris. I think she likes it! She didn't wake me up screaming for water from the sink at 4 am either this morning! Two seconds after turning on the power:

Hi, I have had my Ziggy kitten for about 5 weeks and he is now 7 mos old. This kitten has a huge appetite--like none I've ever seen. Currently he eats about 1 cup daily of Chicken Soup dry, divided in 2 feedings. He weighs about 8.3 pounds and clearly he's not finished growing yet. Ziggy...

I've had Ziggy, my wire haired kitten, for 4 weeks. He's still fighting off the last of the sinus/eye infection but is overall looking so good. He's a doll--has stolen my heart completely. Ziggy--grass stained chin and all:

Hi, I've had my new kitten (6 mos old), Ziggy, for almost 3 weeks. A little history on him: He is an American Wirehaired kitten who was born by c-section. When he was born, his amniotic sack was filled with pus (mom had lots of complications and a similar thing happened with her first litter...

Hi, I posted a photo of my new wirehaired kitten yesterday and said his name was "Claude." Well, that name just didn't fit him so after watching him zigzag all over the house while playing with toys, we've renamed him "Ziggy." It seems to suit him and he's already responding to it (of course...

Hi, I've been planning to bring this little boy home for a while, but since my eldest cat was PTS on Monday, and my youngest cat was grieving, I decided that the time was right. His name is Ziggy, and he's a 5 month old American Wirehair kitten, and is a full brother to Sheba, whom I've had...