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    Kitten with possible hip defect? Please help me figure this out

    We have a litter of three we are caring for, and while the 2 boys are running wild, their sister seems to be having a small problem. Some background: They were born on 12/30/06 and it was a normal, uneventful birth. She was the last-born of the three. Mom was well fed and cared for during...
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    Ear Hematoma questions

    Sasha's developed a hematoma on one of his ears. Our vet offered to drain it for almost $200, but said it was a 50/50 chance that it would just fill right back up again. She also told us they "usually" drain on their own. Has anyone else had experience with these? Please let me know. If there...
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    Hey, remember me?

    Hello all! We just moved (finally!), we bought a house in Longmont, CO the end of August. Once again, we have Broadband :whee!: so I can actually spend some time online! Had two kitty crises this summer: Dodger got bitten really badly on one hind leg and the tendon was severed. He abscessed...
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    Renting to Own: Anyone have any experiences or info?

    We are looking into the possibility of a rent-to-own when the money from my old house comes in next month. Tybalt is very leery, dare I say paranoid? about this idea, saying it sounds too good to be true. Anyone out there have any experiences, good or bad, with this sort of thing? Our only...
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    Jules died this morning

    Tybalt called me to come home from work at 5:15, that Jules was breathing very heavily and yowling. I made record time and got there in 20 minutes, he was waiting and we turned right around to head to the emergency vet. We made it about halfway down the mountain when Jules started convulsing in...
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    Need Good Vibes and Crossed Fingers!

    We may have found a new place! We went to look at it yesterday and fell in love. The owner just wants to verify my employment and get a reference from our current landlord, and we're in! (I called the current landlord and left him a message to call me. If he wants us out, it's in his best...
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    Arthur, my little man, is gone

    My heart is broken and will never be whole again. First, Ulysses got out last week and hasn't come back. Then we had to euthanize Coal yesterday, due to FIP. Arthur had what we thought was a cold, and was on antibiotics for 5 days, but was not getting better. We took him to the vet this AM for...
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    Goodbye for now, Coal

    I was leaving work yesterday morning when my cel phone rang; Tybalt was calling to tell me not to food shop, but to come straight home, as Coal was having trouble breathing and had been vomiting and crying for the last hour. Coal was diagnosed with FIP about 5 or 6 weeks ago, and has been in...
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    Ulysses is missing. I am going to strangle Tybalt.

    We have had an ongoing argument since we moved up to the mountains about letting cats outside. His view: we live in the middle of nowhere, more than a mile and a half from a road, and the cats should be able to go outside and roam. My argument: There are coyote, fox, cougar, bobcat, hawks...
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    Sticky Red Blood Cells?

    Jules has been sick for the past 2 days; our vet was closed Sun and Mon, so we took him in this AM to be seen. Bloodwork and xrays were fine; no probs with kidneys or liver. He has not eaten in 2 days, although we were forcing Pedialyte into him. He vomited up some foamy stuff for a bit and then...
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    What's worse than moving?

    Having your moving plans fall through at the last minute, that's what!!! I could scream, but I doubt that would make it any better. We were supposed to move this weekend. We're almost all packed up; everything but the computer, bed and cats are good to go. For the last 2 weeks, I've been...
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    FIP and fluid accumulation- to drain or not?

    My Cole, who's 14, has been diagnosed with FIP. He has an abdomen full of fluid. He is eating, drinking and acting normal, and does not appear to have any pain or breathing problems. We discussed his situation with the vet and she agrees he is not in distress. So he is in isolation in my...
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    Angels' kittens!

    They are 3 weeks old!
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    We're Moving...again

    Yay! We found a place! We'll be moving to Longmont on 4/1/06. We can start moving our stuff over into the garage in a week, so we won't need to rent a U-Haul. So, we'll put off buying a house for a year, let the $$ earn some interest, and figure out at our leisure where we want to buy. The new...
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    OMG OMG OMG This can't be real!!!

    After a horrible run of luck that has lasted for about six years, I may have finally found the silver lining in the black clouds!!! As those of you who know me are aware, I lost my house last fall to foreclosure. Well, I got a check in the mail yesterday for "excess funds" from the sale...
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    Update on my landlord situation

    Our landlord had laid off us for a while about moving, and then last week decided to tell us we had 3 weeks to move out. We have a lease, and are current on our rent. His father had decided he didn't like the number of cats we have, even though they knew all about it before we ever moved in. I...
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    Angels' kittens!

    They were only hours old when we took this pic!
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    Angel is having kittens right now!

    Angel (one of our rescues) got pregnant accidentally and we couldn't find a vet here that would spay here while pregnant, so we are having kittens. Her mucous plug passed this AM and she is pushing out kitten #1 now. Any advice would be appreciated!
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    Can anyone help this person?

    This person contacted Tybalt on another forum he frequents, where he's known as the resident cat guy. There is something wrong with his cat (appears neurological, IMO) and the vet wants to do hundreds of dollars' worth of tests. Does anyone know any resources in the San Diego area that can help...
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    Grrr...Continuing landlord trouble

    You may remember my last thread about this, my landlord has decided he doesn't want us living in the house with our cats, despite us having a lease saying it is ok. We have agreed to look for a place, but I did tell him, it will take a while. I told him there was no way humanly possible it would...
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