Recent Content by fanbeltcat

Ugh, tetra packs have got to be among the least recyclable packaging I've ever seen. Right down there with pvc plastic. Normal cans are fine with me. Cat hell: Endless rooms and an intermittant, perpetually far-away sound of a can opener.

I don't think I'll need to trap him. He's not really feral, just a bit shy. I've left a carrier (door removed) outside the last few days, and when he comes around I go out and put treats inside the carrier. He'll go in as I'm sitting beside it. Hopefully the door won't scare him when I put...

Our old cat Lightning used to poop beside the litterbox too - not all the time, but most of the time. It started when he was 10 years old and moved from a suburban indoor-outdoor home to a more urban, mostly indoor home. We never figured out why. It wasn't related to litterbox cleanliness...

A cat's hind claws are not going to gouge furniture like a dog's would, but they could possibly scratch the surface or make indentations. I depends on how fragile your leather is. A cat will probably not do more harm than car keys or jewelry will. (That said, I've known at least thre cats who...

The most likely culprit is the plasticizer used in the sealant used in pop-top cans: bisphenol-a. It's an endocrine disruptor, so the glands of the hormonal systems are logical victims. Since Shadow was diagnosed with mild hyperthyroidism, I have been feeding everyone from non-pop-top cans and...

Is Gabby spayed? Two of my rescues have gone into heat this past month (their appointments are in one & two weeks, finally!). They each did some funny stuff with their legs for several days - butt in the air, kneading with her hind feet, crouching with her tail hanging to the side, creeping...

Assuming that Ash is significantly narrower than Butters, then this might work: Take a large cardboard box, cut an Ash-sized entry hole in it (use a measuring tape, don't try to eyeball it), plus a couple of small window holes. It helps to put a board on top of the box so that Butters can't...

There's a tomcat in my neighborhood. There's a free male neuter clinic at PACCA this Sunday. If they do eartipping, should I ask for it? There's no colony here - the prospective female membership being inside my house! - and he's not afraid of people, but I am not bringing him inside. (Well...

Thank you, furryferals, for the reassurance. And thank you, Seppolina, for the suggestion. It doesn't look like I could have donations go to the vet (which is a for-profit business). I will need to look into teaming up with a non-profit rescue to ask for donations. Someone might be...

The splint came off this morning, and no more bandages were put on. She's down to bare fur! She's also supposed to stay in the cage for two weeks. *sigh* If I'd really understood how much time she would need to spend in a cage during recovery, I would have opted for amputation instead of...

The camera is gone with my housemate on a 2 week trip, so I'm sorry I can't offer new pictures until next week. She's doing great. She's allowed out of the cage again. She keeps trying to shake off the splint, but she's zooming around now like normal (sounds like pad-pad-pad-CLUNK...

Oh, excitement! Fanny went in today, just for a bandage rewrap, I thought, but instead they took x-rays again and her leg is healing so well that they're going to take the pins out and give her a splint! This is almost 2 weeks earlier than the early estimate. Of course, this means that she'll...

Shadow (the senior cat of our household) has a nickel-sized bald patch on her inner thigh. There are several raised bumps, larger than grains of rice. Some just look like bumps under the skin, but others are bright red (perhaps she licked them raw?). Does this sound familiar to anyone?? Or...

This is a plea for donations. But first, you get Fanny's whole story! On the morning of October 30th, one of my housemate yelled up to me to wake up. I stumbled downstairs and, not seeing him there, continued to the basement. He was digging in his toolbox for wrenches. I followed him out to...

If Willie has even the slightest inclination to explore vehicles, then I would suspect that he went for a ride in the UPS truck. This is the main customer support line for UPS: 800-742-5877. Do you still have the box that the package came in? It might be useful to have the tracking number...