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    Best Way to handle Ear Mites

    I saw a few things on google (cooking oil?) & just wondered what the gang here uses/does short of going to the vet, which I really can't do with our 4 "yard" cats just yet, as they are still pretty shy around others...
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    Feral Turns Mean

    Hi all... long time no see... I will try to keep this short... back in May of 2009, we had a female cat "hatch" 4 kittens under our deck which were all fixed & have now been happily splitting time between our garage & house... the local ferral male cat (whom we think bred the mother), who seemed...
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    Coyote Issues

    My son & I were out at sunset last night after working on our new cat house (we went so overboard!) we heard the cries of a good sized pack of coyotes... they seemed to be pretty far off but jsut wondered if there were any simply deterents that can be devised to keep these beasts away...
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    Home Deworming & Fleas

    I just read the threads on here about the above & it doesn't sound too promising... any ideas on how to get this done on the cheap on our garage cats (a Mom & (3) 5 mo old kittens)?
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    Winter Weight Ideas

    Hey all... we now have 5 stray cats (2 adults & 3, 5 mo old kittens... we had 0 cats as of last April... HELP!) & I'm looking for some inexpensive ways to get some extra weight on them as we live in Michigan & winter is fast approaching (supposed to be 32 degrees Sat. night!)... I am feeding dry...
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    Confused Need Advice

    Hey Gang... I just had our stray cat & 3 kittens neutered/spayed & they are doing fair to partly cloudly (2 of them are very listless & will hardly eat... sigh) but that's a different issue... prior to being fixed, we had a stray Tom hangin out & occassionally coming in the garage for a snack (I...
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    Is this Typical?

    Hi Gang... we just had our stray mom cat & 3 kittens spayed & neutered & since then (last Friday) they seem to have lost their appetites... also seem to be pretty listless... just wondering if anyone else has experienced this... I am somewhat worried as I would like to get them fattened up for...
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    Recent Spayed Stray Mom Cat - Swollen Breasts

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We just took our Mom stray cat to the rescue & had her spayed (she was also pregnant) along with her 1st litter (2 girls & a boy) on Friday... Saturday night, Merlin (from her 1st litter) was aggressively nursing...
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    Recent Spayed Stray Mom Cat - Swollen Breasts

    We just took our Mom stray cat to the rescue & had her spayed (she was also pregnant) along with her 1st litter (2 girls & a boy) on Friday... Saturday night, Merlin (from her 1st litter) was aggressively nursing on her... he then proceeded to get sick the next day (old milk?)... & Mom was...
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    Potential Coon Problem

    I'm sure this has been asked before but I'm new to this whole outside cat business... anyway, I was out visiting with our kittens late Saturday night & Pearle had just come in thru the kitty door & I had just brought out a little snack for all 3... so I look over at the kitty door (which is...
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    Best Non-Cold Weather Cat Bed Designs on the Cheap

    Hey Gang... just looking for some ideas to build an open bed for our 3 5 mo old kittens to sleep in until the waether gets cold & for next summer... I had given them a low cardboard box w/a towell under a chair in our garage but they ar now too big... I have noticed that they seem to prefer to...
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    My Dilemma - PH II

    Hi Gang... I'm the guy with the mom cat & 3 kittens who are now living out of our garage... anyway, "mom" has become real scarce as of late & is pregnant again I am sure... also she brings her big black boyfriend around now (I think it may be her brother as he is marked & looks identical to her)...
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    Best Cat Doors

    Hi gang... not sure if this is the right thread to ask this but does anyone know of a good quality cat door to be installed in my side door as we now have a mom & 3 kittens taking residence in our insulated garage... we live in michigan so I want to keep it as warm as possible this winter... any...
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    Changing Patterns

    Hey Gang... ok this falls under the category of inexperience... I'm the one in a previous post who had a female stray show up this past spring & had her kittens under our deck (unique I know!)... over the last week or so the Mom seems to be more & more distant & spending much less time around...
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    Cat House for Stray Mom & 3 Kittens

    Hi Gang... I'm looking for ideas for a suitable bedding area for our new friends that will be living in our 2 car insulated garage... We live in SE Michigan & winter temps can be in the low 20's (day) & as low as 5-10 degrees at night... I plan to install a kittie door in the side door to...
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    Stray Mom & 3 kittens under my deck!

    Well it's been quite a summer for our family... this spring (April/May) a stray mom had 4 kittens under our deck... we started seeing the babies around mid May & at first I told my wife & son that we could not feed them as they would end up staying but as we saw them still hanging around & my...
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