Recent Content by cryogenix

While Hissy's opinion is respected, I disagree with bringing your pet to a vet just because the cat is licking stuff. Bringing your cat to a vet involves putting him/her through a great deal of stress, and potentially exposes him/her to feline ailments, which can be deadly, such as the mutant...

If so, what's it cost and what's it cover? Just curious...

Yup! Cool film!

I will always consult a vet if something is truly strange or my cat is acting unusual in a serious way. Never said NOT to. I also said NOT to let your cat suffer in a corner, but seek treatment only when necessary, as you may subject your cat to greater potential problems from diseases...

Found this tiny critter in my driveway this morning, and ants were swarming around him, so I scooped him up, went to Petco and got a little container, food, etc, and brought him inside to hopefully recover. I think he must've fallen from one of the 60-foot palm trees that line my sidewalk...

In another thread, someone mentioned that cats are really only for people with money. Personally, I don't think owning a cat has anything to do with money, but with its environment and degree of love and affection it receives. My 22-year-old Tabby I put to sleep this past Christmas (which was...

The truly horrible thing is, all he'll get is (maybe) a fine, and will likely continue his cruel ways... We need stiffer penalties for such offenders.

Why some images show and others need downloading... Say I send you an e-mail, and within the e-mail I include an attachment called "cat.jpg." The image is physically embedded/incorporated in the e-mail, so when you read my e-mail, the image is automatically displayed. In this case, once...

Very sorry yo hear about your loss. However...I can't understand why people wait so long to do the humane thing for their pets. It should never be "I ended their suffering." It should always be "I prevented them from suffering." As usual, my post will probably get deleted because my views...

My cat does the same thing every so often, but her stool is never soft; comes out in about 2-inch pieces. Isn't soft bad??? She also does it (sometimes) when/after she pees. I think it's just her way of letting me know so I'll clean the box. I hope, anyway.

I rescued my cat from a girl who was mentally neglecting it (and was about to get married, move away, and just let the cat go outside), and she got it from a shelter where it had been previously physically abused. *sigh* I've had her for about 3.5 years. Took about 3-4 months for her to come...

Get him to the vet ASAP!!!! If he doesn't eat for a couple of days, his LIVER will shut down and he'll die.

Yeah, those stories make me angry and sad. The punishments for animal cruelty are a joke, and most get off with probation or less, even in extreme cases of abuse or neglect. Life is life. Penalty for animal torture, cruelty or inhumane death should be the same as humans doing unto humans in...

Very sorry to hear about Sunniday. My cat of 23 years was diagnosed with kidney failure 6 months before I ended up putting him down this past Christmas. If you love her, swallow your sadness and do the humane thing and euthanize her before she starts to suffer. My vet gave me the option of...

I wish you'd use punctuation in your lenghty paragraphs. Makes it extremely tough to read without it. I'm not criticizing anything you do with your animals (I have no clue where the thing about your dog comes into play) as my reply referred to the "collective you" of the shelters, and the way...