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My cat Beau's left eye has been irritated for as long as I can remember. I've pushed all kinds of ointments into it. never seems to help. Only results seemed to be scratches on my hands. I moved and ended up buying cat litter from Walmart instead of the brand I used to get at the supermarket...

Tika was the last to become part of out Cat collection. We got her because Myah was being outcast by the other two cats and was becoming a punching bag for Chaka. We figured by adding a fourth cat to the mix it would even the numbers and things might iron themselves out. This idea didn't work...

Saw this video and thought it might be fun to share.

Up at 12:00 AM finish packing, Grab the cat and head out at 2:30 for a 5 hour drive for some Rural Vet service. Kitty will be ready to go home at 3:00pm. What to do with the time? How about a 1400 foot vertical ascend up Borestone Mountain in Maine to snap a pic and head back down to pic up our...

We're headed up to drop him off for a Friday cleaning. when we get him back I'm letting him rest a couple days at the camp before heading back. I figure he'll be better off alone without the other cats torturing him. This surely is medical tourism for our cats.

I do agree I should refrain form categorizing these facilitys and doctors as thieves. It is harsh. When the lawyers start subpoenaing these doctors for medical malpractice then I'll begin to understand. I guess this is the big drive for us to get out of the city. I found out that I can insure 12...

Beau needs some teeth extracted. I explained this to them when I called. I was put on hold till the Doctor could make some sense of the request and they pushed a button so I could here a recording about the importance of feline dental health. So I think there on top of this. I checked int this...

Medical Tourism, It's real, just google it and you'll get the picture. If I had no insurance you bet I'd head out of the country for a $9000 quadruple bypass. Now I realize that my cat needs some dental work and has to be anesthetized to have his teeth cleaned. I was actually booking the...

Beau got a ride in the box today to see the cat doctor. I brought all his paperwork and we decided his heaviest recorded weight was 10 pounds even. He stood on the scale for her and measured 9 pounds 2 ounces. He's missing 14 ounces. She looked him all over. She massaged the intestine and said...

Thanks for all the great info. I'll use this to ask questions at the Vet. Beau was born 1-16-06 so he's younger than we thought. I found all his paperwork and got an appointment at a "cats only" vet at 2:30 today. A bit of a ride but I think it might be worth it to explore this specialized care...

I'll defiantly report back. It's probably nothing. But I'll feel better knowing that. I just noticed my join date and I would say he's 5 1/2 years old. We free feed both wet and dry. I'll see the vet tuesday. Can they get blood out of him right there or will they have to sedate him?

I just put him in a light cardboard box and weighed him. I got 9 pounds 4 ounces. He's 7 or eight years old. Angela keeps those records so it might take a few weeks to find them. We went the deworming gauntlet four times. Every time we got a new cat they decided they could sell us medicine for...

My cat Beau has always been thin. I've always wondered if there was something wrong but because he eats I just figured he was just thin. If you stroke his back you can feel his spine and if you grasp his waist you can feel his hip bones. You cant see his ribs but you can feel them if you run...

Indeed I did save the fat. Got about 24 oz. I put it in the freezer for now. I think these birds were highly sought after when people were more self sufficient in earlier times. I checked on the net and you can buy goose fat for about 8 or 9 bucks a pound. Looks like Goose Fat Potatoes are on...

I got the bird frozen at the supermarket. You can get them online from goose farms. This was our first goose so I kept it simple. At about ten pounds it fit right in one of those graniteware covered roasters. I roasted it on a rack with just a tad of water at 400f for 1.5 hours then lowered the...