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Update on Harry -- His knee surgery went well and he recovered from that, with a lot of crate rest, etc. Unfortunately, he has developed an additional problem in the same knee. He has apparently torn his ACL and/or PCL now. The vet surgeon told me that there is a good chance in cats to avoid...

Harry had surgery on his knee this morning. It was apparently a some combination of a congenital problem and trauma. Congenitally, he's got the luxating patella and then there was some trauma that happened on top of that because once they shaved the fur off they could see lots of bruising on the...

I'm guessing yes, since it came on so suddenly. The vet mentioned perhaps falling out of a tree or something. Thanks, I'll do that. She did mention keeping him inside (which I was certainly going to do anyway, since he can't even walk on that leg). The appointment with the specialist is only the...

My cat Harry came in from outside this weekend and had injured his left rear leg somehow. I didn't see or feel any problems with it, but he didn't want to put any weight on it (he mostly hopped with his right rear leg, or put the left one down briefly if necessary). I took him to the vet today...

Ah, that makes sense. Heh, that must have looked funny. (although not to the moles, I suppose)

That's true. I guess all those feral/stray cats out there have to survive somehow in the winter, don't they?

I have an indoor/outdoor cat and it is winter now. Harry still likes to go out (although not nearly as much as in spring/summer/fall). So today we've got 4 new inches of snow over older snow/ice. Anyway, when he was out today, he apparently went hunting and brought back a mole! I didn't realize...

Well, it depends. My sister adopted this cat (Ripper) who was supposed to be for her husband, since she already had a cat, but Ripper liked my sister better, so she was really her cat. But then my sister had to be in the hospital for six months. While she was away, Ripper moved her allegiance...

I had a cat Rascal for 18 years and just lost him earlier this year. His purr was very soft and very hard to hear. Most of the time, the only way I could tell he was purring was by the vibration. Now I have two new cats Harry and Misty and they both purr louder. I can actually hear it now. It...

I've currently got a 3-legged cat, Misty, but honestly it doesn't slow her down much. About the only thing it affects is that she can't jump as high (with only the one back leg to push off with), although she still tries, often catching the top with her front paws and then scrambling up the rest...

I've got a neighbor whose indoor-only cat got out yesterday because a screen came out of a window. We live in townhouses in a complex. I'm not sure which floor the window was on (we have basements on the ground floor, then a main floor where the front door is that goes out onto a deck, then an...

I come in through the garage (into the basement), and by the time I come upstairs, Harry and Misty have already heard me come in (heard the car, heard the garage door open and close, heard the inside door open and close), and are waiting for me at the front door to let them out! I don't know...

I took some snaps of Harry and Misty the other day and I wanted to share. Recap: I adopted Harry and Misty from another family in February. They've been together since Harry was a kitten (Misty is a year older). They get along fine, but they don't cuddle with each other. They share the bed, but...

I was watching my two cats wrestle this morning. And now I know why my big boy Harry has been wary of my little 3-legged girl Misty lately. I was a little worried when I got them five months ago that the larger male might hurt the smaller, disabled female when they went at it, but I guess I...

FYI, the vet said that both cats were very healthy. They probably lost the weight like lots of indoor/outdoor cats do in spring and early summer. And don't be surprised if they gain the weight back in the Fall. It could also be that I'm feeding them better food than their previous owners. So...