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    Rescue Cat will not stop IMMEDIATELY attacking ANY other cat

    WE recently found another feral cat,we had to coax him and whisper sweet nothings in his ear just to get him close.enough to get a good visual as to his general condition as well as to convince him we mean him no ill will. Fast forward ...screamin has adopted us,and we had him neutered and...
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    R.I.P. Ricardo

    thank you all for the kind words.we are busy with theother cats around here. kinda think they know he is gone too.he rests in his favorite napping place under the pecan trees.
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    How did you meet your little fuzzbutt(s)

    my first "personal cat" was given to me by my ex.we had decided to be housemates, she was helping me out after a bad farming accident.i have traumatic brain injury and she knew a cat would be good for me, and a good way to help with the remembering everyday tasks such as cleaning litterboxes...
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    Thoughts on putting chicken broth in cats water

    when our "Mo" was diagnosed with megacolon he didnt drink water.our vet recommended forcing fluids by syringe with a bit of unflavored pedialyte diluted in water, and using low sodium chicken broth diluted in water.these kind folk at the cat site literally taught me how to keep mr.mo man alive...
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    Ear infection or wax buildup?

    sorry to hear your cat is ill.we have many ferals here and 3 house cats so we deal with the ear mites quite a lot.im my experience the vet(s) have had many answers to the same question you have.sometimes its infection(bacterial) sometimes its infection(yeast).one thing the vets agree on is mite...
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    R.I.P. Ricardo

    Thank you for the kind words.i love all my fetals and being a country boy know full well what can happen out here in the sticks.ricardo was special from the first day we met.he came straight up to me, meowed, rubbed up on me as if to say here i am.you may feed me now.poor guy was eaten up with...
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    R.I.P. Ricardo

    ricardo was one of my feral buddies that we fell so in love with, it seemed he had been part of my life forever.sadly he was mangled by coyotes, we had to have him put down.that was new years eve, and im still so sad about his death.this cat fought snakes in our yard, and surely loved to tend...
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    city folks "dumping" cats by my home

    well thank you so much.its a very humbling experience for.me.my ex and i became housemates (room mates) after i was in a farming accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury.after all the rehab was done, she and i stumbled across a frightened, starved and very sick cat some bad person had...
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    I'm fed up with my cat?

    as for you taking in a stray/abandoned cat...you are an angel. from my coffee conversation i gathered as well that female cats mark their turf too and may be warning other animals away, or leaving scent for the kittens.again...you are a great person for taking her in.
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    Need opinions on food for young cat with issues

    just trying to be helpful.i know next to nothing about cats.siamese or otherwise.i do know it takes just one flea to make a tapeworm, my ex wife and i are now housemates and dear friends, we are country folk and live in a dumping site for critters.we take care of them, get em healthy and find...
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    I'm fed up with my cat?

    good morning...ive spoken to a professional "animal behavioural specialist" over morning coffee.she believes your mama cat COULD be having a sort of separation anxiety when she has to use the litterbox, as she must leave the kittens too far away for her own comfort.suggestion is to sort of...
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    Need opinions on food for young cat with issues

    please google Chats du Quercy cat rescue and rehoming centre, and look under parasite, worm &flea control. a neighbors cat had severe tapeworm i saw that cat try eating everything in sight.i thought the cat was bonkers.he died from the infestation sadly.bloody poop, starving all the time, the...
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    Cisapride -- increase saliva production

    our "Mo has megacolon and occasionally needs a dose of cisapride to help with bowel motility.i just tasted Mo's cisapride and it isnt the least bit bitter.actually it has a sweetish taste.we bought ours from the vet.maybe the compounding pharmacy mixes differently.idk.Mo's bottle is labeled...
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    What is your Mental Age...

    34.actually 52.wish somebody would tell my body that its 34 as well.
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    help posting pics from android phone (please)

    hello folks.i have an android phone and am wondering if anybody could instruct me as to putting pics of my abandoned/stray/feral cats that we care for? im brand new at the tech stuff.i apologize for my ignorance.i would just love to share with yall the successful enterprise many of you have...
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