Recent Content by shad

Hi everyone! A brief introduction for those of you who don't know me: I'm an ex-pat living in China and have two little kittens who I took in off the street. The latest health hurdle is Ear Mites. Medicine for animals is basically unheard of here in China, so... I was wondering if anyone knew...

Indeed it is... I've been a bit sick so I was putting this one off Thursday Morning Update Ringworm is the name of the game these days. Both kittens have large flaky patches in various places on their bodies. In order to help slow the spread and make it easier for us to apply the medicine...

Ok, here's the environmental impact breakdown: Cans... -use far more natural resources to produce the packaging -weigh more empty, thereby increasing resource use for delivery -pack less efficiently, thereby increasing resource use for delivery -take up more space in a landfill if disposed of...

One should note that pounches are better for the environment, unless you're recycling those cans - which I doubt. (who does?) Now that's probably not the type of difference you had in mind when you asked, but it IS a difference some people care about!

Bullseye! If you follow that link you get a charming picture of a cat that could be brother or sister to ours. Futher reading at the bottom in the sources section turned up another page with the following descriptions of Turkish Angora's: Elegant, finely-boned creatures, Turkish Angoras are...

Friday Morning Update If by Celcius you mean single digit negative? Then yes... The only story to tell about these two at this point starts with Ring and ends with Worm. They're really struggling with it. Fortunately, they aren't scratching much so they aren't rubbing anything raw, but things...

No update in a week? Hasn't made another post on the site since? I'm getting a strong feeling that this cat has returned home, and likely did so quite quickly.

Wednesday Morning Update 12 hours late, I know, sorry! Slooty and Luna, besides the ever-present ringworm, are doing great! They aren't climbing the Christmas tree, but they're having an absolute blast batting at the ornaments all day long. I bought sturdy plastic balls and tin bells so when...

And to be the same, this lady couldn't afford (or didn't want to pay) the medical costs of this kitten. If the kitten came home healthy and became sick 6 months later, there's no reason to think she'd be any more willing. My point is simple: I hate it when people complain about being unable...

And yet somehow the adopter would not? Terrible cases of ringworm don't appear overnight, Caveat Emptor, the buyer is equally responsible, if not more so. And, given the list of possible feline ailments, ring worm ranks pretty darn low on my level of seriousness - it's not fatal, it's easily...

Please do not consider adopting another animal, especially a cat or a dog, until you and your boyfriend are ready to properly care for it - and that includes paying for ANYTHING it may need. Cats are members of your family, they are not curiousities, they are not returnable gifts. I would hope...

Sunday Night Update The artificial Christmas tree was setup Friday at lunchtime and trimmed Saturday night. Thus far the cats have stayed out of the tree, to my amazement... but they've definitely declared war on the ornaments! Daddy was expecting this though... in fact, he went so far as to...

I am in total agreement ChausieFan.

Friday Night Update The fluff-balls are doing fine. I did a little bit of Christmas present wrapping tonight. Working 7 days a week as I do, I don't have much free time, and need to take advantage of it when I get it. So yes, I was wrapping presents on Nov 30th. Anyhow, Luna was very...

With all due respect to those of you who have posted guesses and second-hand tales, or described things other than owls, I have to comment. If you cat was indeed 13lbs it is extremely unlikely that a 3lb Great Horned Owl could have made off with it without you noticing, or made off with it at...