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Thanks everyone, we just got in from the emergency vet. The prognosis was good, though he was running a slight fever. They gave him some fluids and they assured us that they'll be open tomorrow if he gets worse. He's now home and cowering on my bed, but he's been walking around some as well...

My one and a half year old cat Tonks had a hairball this morning. This is nothing new, as he has fairly long fur. Afterwards he vomited up what he'd eaten of his breakfast (he always forgets that he's eating and wanders off unless you constantly move the bowl along with him.) He was fine for...

Thanks for your suggestions. We just got back and they ruled out infection and (barring something the radiologist would catch that the emergency clinic workers missed) asthma. What seems most likely is that he licked himself into swollen painfulness, so they gave us some pain meds and one of...

Thanks. He's not gotten better yet. Taking him to the vet school now. Wish us luck

Tonks was neutered on Friday morning and was doing great on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. This morning, as far as I can tell, he's in some discomfort. He's been breathing very shallowly and rapidly (but not panting) for about an hour now, and he only ate about half of his breakfast...

Tonks-kitty has been acting sort of weird the past couple of mornings. He's always been insistant at mealtimes, though he usually confines this to waking me up by crying and lately chewing on my hair or licking my nostrils, both of which I hate. Yesterday morning, I woke up with his teeth...

Technically, Pepsi isn't my pet. He's a deer at the Wildlife and Exotic Animal Center, where I've been volunteering at since June of 2005. He's about fifteen years old, and very, very sweet. He'd run into fences so many times that half his face is paralyzed so his tongue hangs out and his...

Do you have a friend who can watch them while you're at class?

From what I understand, they're scent-marking you. I prefer when my boys do that on my arms or hands because it's easier to wash than clothes. Of course, having a special "rat shirt" that I wear when I let them crawl on me helps, too. Also, thye have a litter box close by whenever I let them...

Oddly enough, Tonks is most freaked out by Julia Roberts, or at least Julia Roberts impersonators. My TV was on, and normally he likes it. But this one episode of Family Guy was on in which "Julia Roberts" is doing a commercial, and he flips out and runs under the bed. Movies with explosions...

Hee. I've known some dumb cats, but they're usually a joy to be around. The few that weren't tended to be unsocialized strays, sadly. I'm apparantly the only one who doesn't think that my baby Tonks is brain damaged and slow. I attribute his oddness to the fact that he was also without a...

Heard this a little while ago... so sad. The guy was sorta crazy, but he loved his job. I'm gonna miss him, and I feel terrible for his family.

I hate hearing about this kind of thing. My uncle's cat survived after being tied to a tree and shot with a BB gun when I was a kid, but some other neighborhood cats weren't so lucky. And there was a website that someone linked me to a while back, a high profile cruelty case from Japan several...

Thanks for the warm welcome!

About a month ago, I took in a (then 7 week-old) kitten that a friend of mine had found and couldn't keep. A bit of background, he was found when she and her grandmother were driving in Houston and saw a woman putting him on the side of the road. When they picked him up, he was dazed and...

Hi! A friend of mine recommended me to this site, and after a bit of poking around I figured it would be nice to join up. I've had cats since I was little, and recently my fiance and I adopted a little boy who was involved in a traffic accident. (He's fine, but we're wondering if that...