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I'm sooo relieved, little Lily is doing wonderfully. We took her to the vet and got better antibiotics, Advantage for the fleas, ear drops for the mites, a de-wormer and an anti-diarrheal. He said she still has a lot of congestion in her chest but nothing life-threatening. She also still has...

Thanks so much for your quick and helpful replies! I'd been giving her water through the dropper for a long time and I didn't think it was working; it took several hours but she's much improved. One second I thought she was gone and the next she was actually playing! She's still in need of...

Hi everyone, I just adopted another kitten from the animal shelter yesterday. She had a URI and possible pink eye but we adopted her immediately anyway because they wouldn't hold her and we needed to get her out of there. We've kept her very well separated from the other kitties, washed our...

Thanks for the nice words, everyone! I can't figure out how to do the screens, the window frames are all metal and brick, it's going to be quite a puzzle. I live in NYC, and I'll check into the laws, but I'm not sure what my building will do, as child safety bars won't be enough. I'll find a...

I live on the third floor of a building, and when I first got my kitties I used to have really bad nightmares about them jumping out the window. I am so careful, but I haven't found a way to put permanent screens in - we only open the windows quickly when kitties aren't around, and then put the...

Wow. I will probably never own large cats like your babies, but reading this thread is closer than I ever thought I'd be. Strangely, it also makes me even more amazed by the wild cat-ness in my own domestic kitties, to appreciate just how wonderful it is that our ancesters tamed their...

Oh my, what a beautiful kitten! I'm glad he is settling down a little. I went back to the first pics after reading the thread to look at how cute he was, and maybe I'm crazy, but I could swear his eyes looks gunked up in that first picture. I've never bought a kitten from a breeder before...

. . . who spoke. Really, I would tease the guy who owned her that he was crazy, until I was cat sitting one night and I heard her call his name, Alex. I heard her say a few more things after that, clear as day, though it's been years now and I can't remember exactly what. I know what they say...

I don't know where you live, but I recently started feeding raw and get pre-ground, frozen tubes of meat and bone (rabbit, duck, pheasant) mailed to me from hare-today.com. There's another for west-coasters, wholefoods4pets.com.

I just started my cats on raw, and they're doing well. I found the most helpful information on catnutrition.org, including a lot of personal stories of sick kitties who finally got better eating raw (check out the testimonials page). She also talks about why a cat might not do so well with...

Thanks, Sandie, that makes sense!

My 4 month-old Indy makes these weird head movements that look like he's going to throw up, but he doesn't. The one time he threw up, he made sure to move off the bed where we were cuddling and hid under the desk with plenty of time to spare, so if he felt like he was going to throw up, I don't...

I put my Kitty to sleep in a an animal hospital, and it was fine. They put us in a small room and let me have some time with her to say goodbye beforehand. It was actually quite peaceful. Maybe you can ask that they make sure to have a room for you as soon as you get there? Euthanasia isn't...

Kioko is very picky, and unfortunately the only thing she really loves is Fancy Feast, which she only gets when I run out of the good stuff and the pet stores are closed. With other foods she'll only eat seafood, but she'll eat any flavor of Fancy Feast with gusto.

So sad, big hug from me too, and sweet thoughts to Hardrive.

Kioko doesn't really like to be pet or held for more than a few seconds, though she's very social and follows me wherever I go. I really don't mind, she is a great companion and I respect her for her independance and elegance. But I do have a solution - Indigo! He won't get off my lap, and...

I have the same situation, but the older one is a girl, and she does the same thing to my little boy. They are starting to be able to be together sometimes, just be patient and don't rush them. Also, four months old is old enough to neuter, and I've read that the earlier you do it, the more...

Laser pointer, laser pointer, laser pointer. I swear I understand when Kiki says "get that crazy red dot out, I'm gonna get it for sure this time!". Kiki: nuts (with the shell) and those plasic colored spiral toys. Indy: my hair and fabric wiggled along the floor. I buy toys like crazy, but...

Oh my I know how scary all of this must have been. When my Kiki came home with me, she wouldn't eat or drink anything. She was friendly, but started throwing up foam in the middle of her first night home and I was dressed and hysterical, about to take her to the emergency room when she...

Well, things are a little better, but I still can't let the be together for very long. But yesterday Kioko licked Indy's head! They started fighting immediately, but I thought it was a good sign. It seems like Indy is a little intimidated by Kiki's size, and so he always attacks...