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Ooh ooh! I know all about ant invasions! :D We bought one of these: http://www.antsoff.com.au/ Its basically a table with tiny moats around the feet so the ants can't climb it. One of my cats loves playing with water so bigger moats (like putting the food bowl in a dish of water) are not...

Honestly I think my opinion is that a little "too early" is better than a little "too late", and leaving it a lot too late is horrible for all involved. So it is a very personal decision and everyone's personal guidelines are different, but I don't think anyone could fault you for opting out of ...

I bought lysine capsules marketed for humans - they can be found in the vitamins section of the pharmacy and are for cold sores, typically about 500mg per capsule (watch out though because there are also the "super-strength" variety which are 1000mg). I then just opened the capsules up and...

*HUG!!!* That is such a crappy situation and a horrible choice to make :( And only you can know when the time is right. I guess this is something we all face eventually, that's what we get for sharing our lives with things that don't live as long as we do... :( I guess my opinion on this kind...

Ooh quick reply, thanks! Yeah you might be right... I guess I didn't consider the food potentially spoiling to be an issue because it was a big bag and the hole was very tiny so its not like the whole bag was exposed to the air - plus I assumed that the tiny hole was evidence of the activity...

Hello cat people! This thread involves food but is more about potential health issues than nutrition so I put it here - apologies if it is in the wrong place. So I had an unopened ~6kg bag of dry food stored in my garage and when it came time to open it, I noticed that something had been there...

Oh I agree with you, Reba, and I did suggest a potential solution - waiting periods for pre-existing illnesses. If I were to take out a policy for my uninsured kitty with a 12 month waiting period for cat flu (which I think is a bit excessive but would still probably agree to it haha) then...

I have two cats and only one is insured. The insured one was from a breeder and had the policy from the beginning so he didn't have any pre-existing illnesses. The second cat was a rescue and obviously she came with a medical history, including cat flu which is of course likely to be the thing...

Honestly, URIs are so common I imagine it is entirely possible that Gonzo already had the virus (even if he never showed symptoms in the time he's lived with you) and when you brought Beaker in he experienced an outbreak just due to the stress of a new housemate (and then caught the 2ndary...

I've heard of calicivirus causing kittens to limp. It is one of the two main viruses that cause "cat flu" (the other being herpes). You say he's just been vaccinated, and it is one of the ones you can vaccinate against, but as I understand it the vaccinations can't completely prevent kittens...

When I gave my cats lysine I just used a human one that came in capsules (so you could break the capsules open and dump the powder onto the food and mix it around) from the supplements  section of my local pharmacy. I probably wouldn't give them a tablet that had anything other than lysine as an...

I agree with the people saying that there would be fleas/eggs/larvae hiding in the house and jumping back onto the cat even after it's been treated with revolution. However, depending on how severe the infestation is, if you keep up with the revolution treatments it will actually cause the fleas...

I've had success hiding medication in vegemite (I'm Australian haha, not sure what other countries it's available in but marmite is pretty much the same thing, if that helps...). I think cause it's really salty and stinky, it's appealing (and cause its so strong it might mask the taste of the...