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I just have to share the latest episode of Sheba, my little killing machine. But first some history. Sheba was adopted from the local PAWS in 2004 after they rescued her from a colony of 50+ starving cats that had formed in the country and were living in basically a garbage dump after an...

One of my cats, Purdy, has been put on a special diet food, K/D for his kidney problem. The vet said it was more important that he DID eat than WHAT he ate, so I'd like an idea if he is eating an adequate amount. I've never tried to feed canned food only and in recent years have fed only dried...

I don't know if I'm looking for advice, just wanting sympathy, or just need to get the situation down in writing to help me think more clearly. Right now I'm feeling very stressed, as I have a decision to make by tomorrow afternoon. Purdy has had elevated liver enzymes and has been on Denosyl...

Yesterday I made a big mistake. I'm currently caring for a friend's German Shepherd while his owner is out of state. The dog and my cats have irreconcilable differences, so I normally do not allow the dog out without being on leash if the cats are out. Yesterday I forgot that Purdy was out...

I should be angry, but at this point I am laughing about this. Last October I rented a room to a man who had done a lot of work for me, so I knew him quite well. However, it wasn't long before we were in a relationship. He had broken up with his ex-girlfriend a month or two before, but since...

Red Cat didn't come home last night. My neighbor just called and asked if all my cats were all right. I told him NO! He said there was a big cat fight just outside their garage in the middle of the night, and there is a big pool of blood and some orange fur in it on the concrete. I looked...

According to the news headline, "Crazy cat in Conn. ambushes the Avon lady." http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1778621 A quote from the article: Animal Control Officer Rachel Solveira placed a restraining order on him. It was the first time such an action was taken against a cat in Fairfield.

Have you done a thorough cleaning of your computer keyboard lately? I took the caps off all the keys of my keyboard today to clean, and my oh my, what a mess! One would think that there was a new cat being formed in there with all the cat hair. So how clean is your keyboard?

Yippee! Woohoo! I just got a call from the vet with the results of Purdy's blood work yesterday. His liver enzymes are coming down nicely, and are now only slightly elevated. That's particularly good news, as Purdy also vomits several times a month (and occasionally several times a week) and...

I've been promising some of the quilt lovers on thecatsite for a couple of years that one of these days I'd put together a mini-quilt show as a thread. Well, I'm obviously never going to get as many ready for the web at one time as I thought, but since I just got a reasonably decent photo of...

I've been reading about, considering, and cogitating over the possibility to having a trust for my cats for the past two or three years. (Yes, a pet trust is legal in my state, but it isn't in all.) Well, I've just come from the first meeting with the attorney, and I've decided I'm going to do...

Not a question here. But I thought some of you would get as big a kick out of Red Cat's behavior today as I did. RC's favorite place to be petted is in bed at night. And he is the most petting-crazy cat I've ever seen. On those few occasions I continued to pet him as long as he wanted, it...

When important family issues came up a while back, I just pulled some of my sweatshirts and pants out of the dryer, and instead of taking the time to put them away properly, threw them on a rail at the top of the stairs and left them there until I got back to them about a week later. This is...

Okay, fellow cat-lovers, what do you suppose he is saying?

I picked up a copy of Purdy's last blood test results when I stopped by the vet's office. Purdy had been on Denosyl for two months because of elevated liver enzymes before this test was taken. I believe the ALT was about 123 previously, so that is coming down, but there are a number of other...

Some cats like to travel. Some more than others. Check this out! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173796,00.html

For the past half hour I've watched Red Cat laying in wait for a mole. It was only about six or eight feet out from my sewing room window, so I had a good view. This is the first time I've seen any of my cats after one, though judging from the marks around the mole tunnels, I'm sure it has...

Awk! My bad, bad memory! Sheba was given amoxi drops (amoxicillin) several days ago. I'm supposed to be giving it to her twice a day. It is supposed to be refrigerated. I just noticed that I left it out all day today, about twelve hours. Is it still safe to use? Will it have lost its...

When the one-year-old skinny Sheba entered our lives a year ago, she quickly took over as dominant (or so I thought) over the 14 and 15 pound macho males in the household. That is, she took the preferred spot in my bed beside me just to the left - the best spot for the easiest petting. If Red...

I took Purdy to the vet yesterday because regurgitating his food has become more frequent. He has done it ever since he moved in four or five years ago, but it is now every day or two instead every week or two. The vet wants me to give him a very large dose of Laxatone (a five inch strip of...