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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:27 am
I called my all-kitty vet and they are going to give me for free an all purpose wormer that I am to give him a tablet and a half spread out over time with a quarter each time wrapped in hamburger, which he loves. Problem solved!
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 12:00 pm
Giant Paw No one has posted any pictures in a while, so I'm gonna post some of my silly Maximus. A week or so ago, I look down at my Max and he has a GIANT left front paw. I checked him out and he seemed to care less that it was all swollen up. I immediately called the vet and after asking me several questions they suggested a wasp or bee sting - which made PERFECT sense, since we always have several nearly dead (or completely dead) yellowjackets inside our sliding glass doors. The kitty's love to go after them. I usually try to interfere and flush the offending bug. Still, they have hours to themselves in this house and I can't watch them all the time. So, Max had a Giant Paw - LOL!!! They said as long as he seemed otherwise fine I could just watch him and if it didn't get better in 24 hours to bring him in. After about 12 hours and swelling started to go down, after 24 it was completely normal again. He never showed any signs of pain or reluctance to use the paw. He was using his scratching posts and batting toys with it like nothing was wrong - it was nearly twice the size of his right paw. The pictures don't do the size justice, but here goes: It looks like a big flipper in this one:
I tried to get a close up, not sure if it will be obvious to others...
And, last but not least, little Cutie 5 minutes ago... She's apparently smarter than Max and has declined to play with the yellowjackets (as far as I know....):

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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 1:15 pm
{{{Calamity}}} Gina, such gorgeous kitties! They amaze me every time you post pics. I'd have been a basket case and just sure the stinger was still in there.. but I am sure if that had been the case Max would have been licking or chewing it.. glad he is just fine!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 2:57 pm
Max is so pretty!! I love the colors!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 2:58 pm
Couldn't post this earlier... Oh poor Max!!! I hope he learned his lesson. And the name Cutie certainly suits your other kitty! Thanks, Seamonkey. Ophiliasgrandma: Hope that feral kitty is feeling better soon. And bless you for looking out for him. An animal rescue group is supposed to take the stray cats and kittens from my dad's. A few of them are still shy around people but the others will crawl all over you! I know I'm going to miss them so much - I'm already so attached to them - but they deserve a real home! And I can't adopt them all, lol.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 4:16 pm
Duh! I'm such a doofus. I just realized that last pic is of Cutie. And what a cutie!! Max looks a lot like Squirt, btw.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 6:41 pm
Feral kitty downed the worm-pill laced meatballs like they were going out of style. He is an asset to the neighborhood and gets along well with the other outside kitties who have homes but that I feed too. Since he's been around the past couple of winters we no longer have rats trying to winter under our sidewalks. He earns his keep as far as I'm concerned. But, there is no doubt he is feral.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 7:51 pm
Dang! That is a GIANT PAW! 
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 7:56 pm
Cutie would be proud of the compliment. She's the cutest and prissiest I've ever known - and I've known a lot of cats! I adore that she has nearly all the cat colors under the cat rainbow all on one cute fur coat. Glad that you guys can see the GIANT PAW - it was really quite funny in a pitiful sorta way (once I knew he was likely ok). Re the stinger - After I got the word that it was probably a sting I checked his paw out really carefully - no stinger. I could pretty much tell were the stinger went in and it was gone - thank goodness! I've only been stung twice in my whole life, neither time did the stinger stay in - so I'm not sure how common that is - but I remember learning how to remove them in first aide class. I guess I'm lucky that bees aren't interested in me - unlike mosquitos...
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 11:03 am
It's been awhile since I've been in this thread (kids home from school for the summer ). That is a big paw! One of my two elderly ladies gets an occasional big paw, but not from yellow jackets. She gets the wet clumping litter trapped in there. Good thing she lets me hold her paws under the faucet. I am gradually weaning them off of the clumping litter. They are almost 19 and things are not getting any better in the grooming dept. Seamonkey, sorry to hear your kitties still aren't working it out the best yet. I guess it must take quite awhile. I saw the pictures you posted a few pages back of my Cashmere!...I mean...your Angelina! Angelina and Cashmere really do look so alike!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 7:27 am
I guess I should put a few of my two 'angels'. First, here's Shadoe - what a rascal:
It's not often she is still and not causing trouble
Gotta love the feel of lying on fresh warm laundry
Ain't life grand?
So what's with this cam thing? Now here's Booboo - total opposite
It is HER blanket and don't touch it!
She drinks tub or toilet water ONLY, she sits and waits for a fresh flush so she can drink.
No, go away. You do NOT need to clean my chair now.
Booboo on TV by her picture - why is she so sad looking?...
Cuz Shadoe took her spot on top of the bookcase! GRRR
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 8:05 am
Very cute, Shadoe. I like the second pic of Shadoe where she looks like she is luminous. Look at that shine.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 9:02 am
Thx Juju2bigdog, Shadoe really does have a super shiny coat on her. It must be her diet - she will eat ANYTHING you eat and some other things too.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 01, 2005 - 5:59 pm
Very cute!! I have a small version of that poster..
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, August 01, 2005 - 6:23 pm
sea, it's been a while since we've heard about critter and angelina. what is going on with these two bundles of fluff?
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 01, 2005 - 7:25 pm
Well after getting squirted a couple of times and then me replenishing all the pheremones (feliway) we are back to hisses without chases but Angelina is almost always upstairs and Critter downstairs during the day. At night when I go to bed, Angelina goes to "her" room and gets catnip (unless she even thinks about biting) and Critter is free and sleeps with me. At the moment, last I saw, A was up in the window upstairs and Critter just left the wastebasket where she'd been curled. She spends much time in my entry hall on a 4-5' cabinet where she can monitor the stairs to see if Angelina is sneaking down. Sigh. They are both so cute and sweet, too.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, August 01, 2005 - 7:59 pm
sounds like my girls, sea.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Monday, August 01, 2005 - 8:11 pm
Those are beautiful cats!!!!! My grammy has an adorable kitty, i'll have to find my photos of Oliver.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 1:36 pm
Beautiful cats!! We have to get our little Andy fixed on Monday. He's a year old. (Our little rescue kitty)
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 9:40 am
Our kitties are getting along wonderfully. Kitten's name is Zippy. [Well he probably thinks his name is ZippyNO he's so onery!] Started out being for Tony Stewart's crew chief Greg "Zippy" Zipadelli, but the name fits him because he is so fast and zips here and there and everywhere. Eddie has even returned to himself, but he's so laid back that usually the kitten Zippy gets his own way. There's a few times Eddie won't defer and then Eddie just slams his paw on the floor and Zippy runs away. Finally got Zippy to the vet today [I know we've had him for 5 weeks, but were really busy - normally not an excuse but we didn't plan on getting a kitten at the time and we probably saved his life]. We found out that Zippy is only about 10 weeks old, so he wasn't quite 5 weeks old when we got him, 3 weeks old when my husband's secretary found him in her yard. Vet is a cutie pie. He looked at Eddie and kept saying this is wrong this is wrong, and then would shake his head as he called him Eddie. Found out the vet's name is Eddie and he has never ever come across an animal named Eddie. Both cats healthy. Only problems we're having is Eddie is on Iams Less Active and Zippy is on Iams Kitten and Zippy wants to eat the Less Active. Eddie's 14lbs and Zippy's 4.1lbs. Any ideas on how to get Zippy to eat his own food? I'd say he eats about 50% kitten and 50% less active food. Vet gave me no ideas on what to do, just said Eddie didn't need the calories of the kitten food and Zippy needed more nutrients than less active would give him. Eddie refuses to eat the Kitten food so that part is not a problem.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 9:57 am

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 10:35 am
Looks like Eddie is in cat heaven. I think he love his new itty bitty buddy.
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 8:18 am
I love my kitties, but.... Cutie - who loves to play with little bits of paper scrunched up - just took a pink piece of paper and dropped it in the toilet. Now the inside of the bowl is stained pink!!!! Toilet bowl cleaner better get this out!!!!
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 8:19 am
Serate - I love your kitties! I always wanted an orange tiger! And you older kitty looks a lot like my Max.
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 8:37 pm
Toilet bowl cleaner works great on pink paper stains - thank goodness.
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