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Moving with Grisou (left) and Oberon (right) in spring! We already have air line tickets, including the cats, since we will be moving to another continent. We will take their favorite cat beds, and already shipped their bowls. They get their favorite treat inside their travel carriers already...

4 cats happily roll around in the yard and come back covered with fleas, who go on biting me as well. What do you do against fleas, and how toxic do you think it is to your cat/to you? Nothing I tried so far worked... would love something non-/low toxic if possible.

4 cats: Sassy (pear-shaped, brown tabby). Hates Oberon and Grisou :hmmm::ohwell: Twister (aka detective chief inspector, gray, lightweight) Oberon + Grisou (bonded pair, black + tuxedo, they will share a carrier) Asking for advice from anyone who has ever taken a cat on a long-distance airplane...

Oberon went to have his teeth cleaned, and the bloodwork showed elevated blood sugar and creatinine. He is about 12 years old where such a diagnosis would not be a surprise, but it is! I do not notice any of the associated symptoms. He does not drink more than other cats, he is not lethargic and...

This sweet boy was bottle-raised by a neighbor. He might be about 10 years old now. Some years ago, kitty preferred other neighbors down the street, which the original neighbors resented. They got a dog instead. Apparently now the second caregivers left or do not want him anymore. Original...

Any recommendation what actually works against fleas? Tried so far: Revolution (prescription, had decreased white blood counts after. Don't want to use again) Advantage (did not work) Ants (supposed to eat the eggs and larvae. Might do a great job but don't make much of a dent in the flea...

Today, Rascal went where cats go. He was a warrior for 15 years. He moved twice, and always owned the whole block. His body was full of cancer, so today a nice lady came to Rascal's favorite spot and helped him leave. He was loved so much.

Oberon hasn't needed to see a vet since 6 years ago, when I thought he was a feral and had him fixed. He is not feral anymore but scared of people he doesn't know, the vacuum, loud noises, fast movements, Sassy, the vacuum. Since he has a lot of build up on his teeth he best gets them cleaned...

Last year, tax money was used to shoot feral cats in California Regional Parks. Alley Cat Alleys has a petition out to stop them from killing more cats, but it can only be signed by nearby residents. For anyone else, please contact East Bay Regional Parks by e-mail, mail, phone, or by visiting...

Hello, there is a colony of feral cats behind a Chinese restaurant. They get cat food on weekends by a volunteer, but during the week the restaurant workers give them tofu and nothing else. We would like to communicate that tofu is bad for them (several don't look too good) and that they need...

Grrr! Ringworm on Sassy Josephine's back. She has been stressed lately by her adoptive brother Grisou, on top of sneaking out and eating kitty junk food my neighbor puts out. I already did: wash her with anti-itching kitty shampoo, brush off the dead skin with a toothbrush soaked in diluted...

Rascal has been attacked and bitten (probably by a raccoon) in December. The vet missed most of the bite wounds at first  Now all the surgery has healed nicely, skin has grown back and hair is starting to grow back. His front legs still have some muscle tremor that is getting better with time...

Rascal, fearless warrior, has been fighting again. (He has been neutered for 10 years but I never told him). Last Friday he came home with a bite wound in his back. The vet shaved him, flushed the wound, gave the convenia shot and now he's to have daily antibiotics. Rascal was quite upset. He...

A friend who works with the Feral Cat Foundation in Alameda County has rescued 21 abandoned kittens. They are from 5 weeks to 7 months old, fixed, got their shots, some had had to have surgery but have recovered and are already being naughty. I'm helping her spread the message that they need...

So finally I found the colony where the Rogue came from. There are probably three unfixed ones left, a tiny black tom, a beautiful creamy brown female and unknown red tabby. I've been running around looking for places of where to best put my trap (this involves me walking into hard-hat areas and...

Last night Grisou, the big game hunter, brought a tiny mouse through the cat flap. I happened to be there and tried to rescue the poor thing, but it escaped. There is space between the floor and the appliances where it hides. This morning it was hiding under the cats' own chest freezer, as...

Sassy Josephine just went to the vet for ear infection. She had a fit of screaming and hissing two days ago, without any apparent reason, then calmed down and started hiding. I had thought she had gotten scared by something outside, or had been bothered by Grisou who likes to taunt her. But last...

Oberon has dandruff. He always had it, but I only notice when I have time to snuggle him  His skin is all right, no redness. He is  far from underweight   good-sized which might be why he doesn't make much effort to groom his back, where the dandruff sits. Brushing doesn't help. I'd like to...

They are actually saving their cats! See this link. I am always horrified of natural disasters, can't bear to think about people's pets left homeless to die. Well, not all, people of Louisiana are trying to save whatever cat they find.

Geronimo is a neutered feral who was living in my yard, until the Rogue coaxed him through the cat door in December, so now he got accustomed to sleeping inside. He is at the bottom of the pack order and trying to move up. The Rogue died in April