Recent Content by Ridley99

I have never met another southerner from ANYWHERE south who has heard of either one also! I tried to research many times over the years, but have found nothing....it may have been Indian stories since grandma was largely Indian. I went to a dermatogist several years ago over a rather large...

When I was a pre- and early teen I was very close to my grandmother. She was kind, wise, loving and very proud and very poor. She had 6 daughters and 1 son. Her husband (my maternal grandfather) I never knew - he ran off and left my grandmother to raise the kids on nothing. My mother was the...

Years ago, when there were stray dogs around here a female GSD started sleeping in some bushes around my yard. She was friendly (not pregnant) and I fed her and brought her inside. I had no other animals at the time, so I'd decided to check her out and possibly keep her. She wasn't...

They both have lived rough lives. Miss Kitty's time was running out in a shelter, when Paws for Pals saved her and had her vetted. Someone dumped a bunch of kittens off, but no one wanted Kitty -- none of them were quite ready to leave their mother. She stayed at the shelter, and grew up there...

Another odd thing about Maine Coons they can sleep in a drainage ditch and appear perfectly clean. Pumpkin spent his time behind the washing machine and seemed very upset; Miss Kitty stayed in her room (my closet) sleeping peacefully. First time EVER! Guess she figure it wasn't as scary as...

I had to speak to Spooky today about eating Sally's food again. I've got different bowls for them, and they know their bowls. He walked off muttering as usual. Smoky hasn't showed, but he's not dependable in that regard. Spooky will let me pet him, asnd he's quite the detective. He knows...

Gave the cats their Revolution this morning. Miss Kitty objected slightly, but Pumpkin doesn't mind! It makes them sleepy, so they've snoozed most of the day. Miss Kitty is taking the fireworks rather well, hasn't hid under the recliner, but stayed in her room (my closet). Pumpkin, on the...

Miss Kitty's poo color has returned to normal also, instead of blackish. I was worried about her being diabetic or a tumour but all seems well. I have lost all my family in the past ten years and live alone now. I lost my first cat about 6 years ago, and had to put her to sleep. I had...

The vet called this morning and said Miss Kitty's blood work came back with all values looking very good, no abnormal cues. She thinks the dark poo may be due to her chronic constipation problem, as she normally only goes every other day on average. The one good dose of mirtaz I gave her caused...

Pumpkin (the Maine Coon) is more laid back. He wants a dinner companion, so I have to sit and talk to him as he eats. He doesn't like to go into the big covered litter box unless I shine a flashlight inside so he can look first -- generally he wants to go outside and then come back in. But he...

I took Miss Kitty to the vet today and they took some blood for bloodwork. She's been pooping some black poo lately, and she's always been constipated. But she's still playful and seems OK. She had her nails done, and a finger up the butt and a thermometer, asnd for the first time ever she...

I'm feeding also a stray unfixed male, a skinny little runt, that walks around talking to himself! He doesn't meow, just makes strange polysyallabic sounds about a human sentence long, sometimes emphasizing certain of the sounds. He's gaining some weight, I've mixed kitty vitamins with his...

Thank you for a reply. 5 years ago the shelter wouldn't let me adopt because of my age; but Paws for Pals (a rescue) would. I had to sign an agreement with them to return the cat to them if I ever had to re-home her for any reason. Pumpkin (the orange Main Coon stray) would be taken by a...

They feed mirtazapine to nursing home patients orally (not by tablet) in a form that looks like mirtaz only thicker who have lost their appetites. They did to my mom who was an alzheimer patient and would hardly eat all. Putting it in the wrong spot in her ear had no affect at all, just made...

Thank you for your reply! I didn't try to do anymore cleaning to her ear, she doesn't like her ears fooled with and she knows I'm not a vet..as she's often explained to me. Hopefully it doesn't cause a skin irritation in her ear, if it does I'll have to wait to take her to her vet Monday. We...