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Hi all,  I have been really busy and preoccupied - and consequently, largely absent from TCS. However, I just wanted to drop in today and share with you that our lives changed a year ago when we adopted our first ever pet, our boy Calvin! We believe that we made us a "family" and then we got...

We found Calvin retch and have projectile vomiting on Thursday - it was food that he threw up. His poop was ok and I added some fortiflora in his food that evening, thinking it may be indigestion. I also gave all of the boys some vaseline, in case of hairball. Friday was eventless. This morning...

Last weekend Casper ran up to me out of the blue as I got out of my house and started rubbing against my legs and meowing. I picked him up and he just would not stop purring. In our neighborhood he was running from house to house begging for attention. Casper is about a year old, neutered and...

Do you let your cats interact with the fosters after proper introductions? Here's my story: Last weekend a cat ran up to me in my yard and also into our hearts. I got in touch with the foster based rescue we got Calvin from and they asked me to foster. With my rental restrictions I cannot for...

Here is the story (I apologize for its length): I was getting out of my house yesterday when a cat came running towards me and started rubbing on my leg and meowing and was following me around. I did not know better and so offered him a can of cat food, which be ate in a way which made me think...

When I took Hobbes to his doctor last week Monday, I did tell him that I have heard Calvin cough a couple times the past month and seen him panting from running hard (I chalked that on him carrying extra vet - which I was told today was not the case - he is not overweight really). The doc said...

Calvin and Hobbes have recently started biting the back of each other's neck (the nape) and practically mounting the other. Both of them do this. I understand that this is sexual aggression and I am trying to do whatever I can to minimize tension at home. I have 2 feliway diffusers running and...

Really - how much does this boy have to suffer???? Friday night I went to go to the bathroom and saw Hobbes walking towards me and I saw that he was blinking one eye and thought it was because he just woke up and was adjusting to the light or something. Then yesterday, Saturday, I saw that his...

This little guy so needs a break! So for the last few weeks Hobbes was having a little bit of a mushy poop and sometimes he needed his butt wiped and I saw little streaks of blood. I did check his poop these times and there was a couple streaks. I called the vet's office and we went ahead and...

I was fixing dinner and since I was making fish, I decided to boil a little fish to add to the boys' wet food and had the bowl of their fish to put in the microwave in my hands. Hobbes started clawing at my leg in an attempt to climb my legs to get to the fish and his claw dug in and I took a...

I have posted here before and thought that I had Calvin and Hobbes' feeding under control. But does not seem to any more. I am at my wit's end as they are turning their nose up on all wet food. I have tried all premium/ ultra premium brands available at 4 stores in my vicinity...

The birthday boy, Calvin, ended up getting some fiber in his eyes. I saw him squinting while playing and then I went to him and saw a few strands of fiber inside his eyes. He was playing with a catnip toy and I tried to catch him but he bolted. With a minute of so, I held him and DH and I...

It's Calvin's 1st birthday (the official date that vets put on file) and exactly 8 months ago we got him. Difficult to imagine that they have not been with us forever. The day he came to our place: 1st vet visit: [/IMG] Calvin now:

Some of you may remember my heart broke when I left Calvin and Hobbes (and of course their daddy) for 6 weeks in May. I missed the boys so much and was so happy to be back home. Well, I just found out my grad school funding for the coming academic year and the only option I have is to teach -...

I have a quick question. How common is it for cats to pant after running around? Calvin and Hobbes are 1 yr olda and since I've been back from my 6 week trip, I occasionally see Calvin pant with his mouth open. The thing is, he does not know his limits at times; today he was panting and then...

Today is Hobbes's 1st Birthday - the official one. (This is what the vet suggested and the rescue had it on file.) They get boiled chicken today, their favorite, and each get a catnip cigar, to celebrate. Oh and tons of lovin' Though we got Hobbes later, he is actually a couple of weeks older...

As some of you may remember, little Hobbes, who we adopted in February, has a host of issues (URI, herpes, a heart murmur - though the cardiologist could not find anything, Thank God, and asthma). For a while he had the asthma attacks almost daily and then his vet gave him a shot of...

Calvin today. He looks a little mean here but he's just such a cuddle bug Hobbes is grown so much and become so much more confident: Brothers tired after a morning of chasing and capturing a mouse then to have it taken away by meowmy:

From last evening both Calvin and Hobbes were spending all their time in the basement. Our basement has a finished portion which does not have doors and we have set it up as a media room and go there to watch TV. The unfinished portion which houses our washer/ dryer and has our boxes etc for...

I just came back from a 6 week trip and am seeing that Calvin and Hobbes are eating much less these days. They are very fussy about their choice of food and before I left I am struggling to find the canned food that they enjoyed and give them enough variety since they seem to get bored easily...