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Moondance
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07-30-2000

Friday, November 03, 2006 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    

I tried to get her to wear her witch's costume but she wasn't too thrilled about it!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, November 03, 2006 - 5:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
oh that is sooo cool!!!! she gets prettier by the day! She is looking more and more like my cat Kitty that I had for 12 years

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, November 03, 2006 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
scout is one of the most adorable kittens i have EVER seen moonie!

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Friday, November 03, 2006 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Thank you MsPamy and Landi... I am one proud Momma:-) :-)

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Friday, November 03, 2006 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
She had a witch's hat but didn't like it but she did keep the cape on and ran around the house looking like a super hero!!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, November 03, 2006 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Good golly Scout is growing fast! Congratulations!

My son's new kitten, Mystique, wasn't feeling well the week following her adoption. Her vet appointment confirmed that she was only 5 weeks old when my son got her! The Humane shelter there told my son she was 9 weeks old and she also had two kinds of worms. What the? The doc gave her meds and told my son what would be best for her to eat.

Today my ds says she is much better and is finally eating. Her follow up check up is next week.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 4:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Cinnamon and Moondance, those are two beautiful cats. Cinnamon, your cat reminds me very much of Flipper (named after the dolphin), a cat my aunt had years ago. I think Flipper had just a touch more white, though. He was a beautiful cat.

grace, that is awful about the misinformation you got from the shelter. Maybe they just didn't know or they were told the wrong thing (you know, depending on when/how they got the kittens)? I'm glad to hear that Mystique is doing better, though. I hope she keeps improving.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Cinamon, your cat looks so regal, he is gorgeous

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Tucker is a great name and that is a gorgeous cat (lol.. he looks related to my Critter).

I was gonna suggest Chococat, but then I saw Tucker and that is a great name.

That is great news, Moonie! She has grown so much! And how CUTE is she in that cape?

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, November 06, 2006 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Mystique had to go back to the vet today for a follow up, and he gave her another shot and pill for the worms. She did a lot of meowing on the way home, poor thing.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
Sheba
By Michael A. Obenski, V.M.D.


I first met Sheba in 1956. I was a third-grade student at the Round Meadow Elementary School. She was a seven-week-old kitten in a pet-shop window. She caught my eye immediately. I had always wanted a kitten, or at least that's what I told myself when I saw her there on display.

At first, she didn't even notice me standing there. I tried tapping on the glass, but her concentration remained elsewhere as she gave full attention to the task at hand. A thousand generations of hunting and stalking instinct were brought to bear as she successfully brought down her quarry - her sister's tail.

I tapped again. She stared at me for a moment, and the bond was made. Following a brief discussion through the glass we concluded that we were made for each other. I vowed to return later in the day to take her home with me.

Unfortunately, I soon found that the road to kitten ownership was not without obstacles. Mom and Dad didn't think much of my plans. It seemed that they knew quite a lot about the subject of acquiring pets. "Who ever heard of paying money for a cat? A kitten is something that you can get for free at any barn. Besides, we're dog people."

I wasn't sure what that meant but, even at eight years old, I could see that the only true stumbling stone here was the finances. You see, Sheba came with a stiff price tag, two dollars and fifty cents. "A lot of money for something that you can get for free anywhere."

Getting my own way this time was not going to be easy. However, I felt up to the challenge at hand and, after a day of typical little kid whining and a chunk of "birthday money" that came from Uncle Lou, Sheba was mine.

I was an instant hit with her, and the feeling was mutual. She slept on my bed every night. We had long and meaningful conversations when no one else was around. In fact, it was Sheba who was largely responsible for my deciding somewhat early in life to pursue a career as a veterinarian.

Through junior high, high school, college and veterinary school, she remained a close feline friend. Many important decisions regarding my career as well as my personal life were influenced by conversations, whether real or imagined, with Sheba.

Though she lived with Mom and Dad while I was busy getting married, raising a family and practicing the profession that she influenced me to join, she remained a close friend and seemed to enjoy visits from me, my wife and kids.

Undoubtedly, it was her influence once again that got me thinking about opening a veterinary hospital for cats only. She seemed to love the idea when we "talked" about it, and I knew from past experience that her judgment was flawless, so I set off down a new career path. In June of 1978, my new hospital, The Allentown Clinic for Cats, opened its doors.

Sheba was twenty-two years old on opening day when Mom and Dad brought her to see me and the beautiful new hospital that she had inspired. They hadn't warned me in advance that there was a second reason for the visit.

Sheba looked horrible. Apparently she had become quite ill that week. I did a thorough exam and was forced to a bitter conclusion. You see, I had been in practice long enough to know when a situation was hopeless.

It seemed fitting that in the new hospital, Sheba was the first cat whose suffering we could ease. We had the last of our long conversations as she fell gently asleep in my arms.

Reprinted by permission of Michael A. Obenski, V.M.D. (c) 1999 from Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marty Becker, D.V.M. and Carol Kline. In order to protect the rights of the copyright holder, no portion of this publication may be reproduced without prior written consent. All rights reserved.


Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
Landi, I LOVE that book. I can only read so much at a time cuz I end up bawling my eyes out!

Thanks again for all the great cat names. I've started to call him Tucker...I think he likes it too :-)

And he is so handsome and regal (I agree!)...problem is..I think he knows it and is using it to his advantage

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
OH MY ... that sure is a bawl-inducing story!!! *sniff*

Love the pictures!! Moonie.. I clicked on the "Kitten Wars" link and I can't believe what a little puff of fur she was!!!!!!! She's gorgous. Cin - Love Tucker and his name!! :-)

OK, Huk insists I tell you this, mainly because she has to listen to me yell at Misha to get off the book shelf about 2-3 ft. above my bed whenever we chat. You see my cat is trying to KILL ME by throwing books at me! It's twue!! It's twue!!!!

I've been sick a lot so Misha has had to take her naughty times into my room. The night after I had been in the ED I was talking w/my son on the phone. I heard Misha jump up on the shelf but I wasn't prepared for the flying object which connected with my forehead. It HAD to be a 10 lb. book at least! The pain was so intense, I had to hang up with my son and take care of it. Now imagine my surprise when I saw it was about a 1/4" thick PAPER BACK which she managed to have hit me right with the spine. I had big goose egg on my head. It's funny now, but it hurt like a sonovagun at the time! Now it's her, "Mommy get off the phone and pay attention to me!," bit kids and animals are so good at! Huk and I have visions of her sitting up there with hand-like paws & "arms" and pitching those books at me very strategically! I see her with special gloves on, too! LOL It's always good for a laugh when we talk. Of course, most things are good for a laugh when talking w/Huk..but still! LOL

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Friday, November 10, 2006 - 12:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Why there's a water shortage. http://www.glumbert.com/media/cattoilet.html

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, November 10, 2006 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i love to watch the water go round and round and round!

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
Well Tucker has worms....ewwwwww little rice-like worms coming out his butt.. ick!

I went to vets and got some pills but there's not a chance in heck we can put them down his throat, hes still just getting use to us & he'd shred us. Is there any tried and true methods any of you have used for worm pills.

I've never had a cat before....with dogs it was easy.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
they usually give liquid, can ya call them and ask for that??? Bill does all our meds, there is a way to hold mouth but I could never do it

maybe crush pills and put in tuna juice???

((Tucker)))

Casper is feeling so much better aafter his deworm..poor thing, dont know how long he had them....only way I knew is cuz he shit on my princess rug!!! guess he knew that would get my attn! LOL

Dopey and the rest of our kitty gang are all doing so much better..Pumpkin still has swollen nose so he is going back monday..but he doenst seem in any pain so that is good

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Sorry to hear about Tucker's problem but if you can give him his pills they should clear it up.

Did you take him to the Vet? You might want to ask for a demonstration on how to give him pills assuming the Vet can get close enough to him to do it!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Cinnamon, the little 'rice' grains one sees around the anus is usually the dried out segments from a tapeworm. When that was the problem with my cat, one injection from the vet and it was all over with.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Monday, November 13, 2006 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
I have been neglectful in picture posting, so I'm going to attempt to make it up.


Sunday fishing:








Monday napping:









I have to work on getting updated pictures of the girls.


Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, November 13, 2006 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
oooh I just want to curl up next to them and love them. I can hear them purring!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, November 13, 2006 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
They are just so lush n plush and gorgeous!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, November 13, 2006 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Oh my goodness they look cute and cuddly!

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Monday, November 13, 2006 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Great pics!!

Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Very cute, Half.