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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
damn I had camera on email setting and still too big, its 187 kb 640x 480....I thought those were small enough here

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
yah my first resize ...but I know I have posted larger looking pics here and the size was ok...so not sure whats up....too bad cuz I have a few good animal/dylan pics but dont want to create all these resize files

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
OMG I love that cat!!

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Watch out for MsHalfCrazyUnit!!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Pamy,

Two things when uploading pictures. They have to be less than 600 pixels wide or they stretch the board and they have to be less than 60k in file size.

So if you downsize your pictures to 600 wide and save at jpg quality 5 (in most programs) it will usually work.

Hope that helps.

ETA: Cute picture!!!

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
Costacat
yes thats why i wont get another cat, cant garentee the new cat would even play with my obeese cat, plus i live in a small apartment.
yes i like want o concertrate on her skin coat conditon first try to improve it.
today twice when i made me a swnawich all three cats came and watched me, yet i look and they had 3 dry foods and two wet foods sitting out,lol
and they arent starving.
when i buy food i buy in bulk i have olastic totes with the air tight lids , have 4 , the 4th is fore the case of can food and the wet food pouches, its gonna be a ordeal but im gonna let the totes empty out and try different cat food, and gona just put out little twice a day.
one thing i didnt say is when i put out the can of wet food, it always dries out and they wont touch it after just a few hours ( i think most are right its the can opener noise are the tote opening, are seing me with food, that triggers them, except the obeese who snacks all day r night.
so again i am gonna let the dry food run out and try different brand. i am gonna get a cone but in a couple of weeks, want to try to get her coat healthier, i know i would want to have dry are itchy body and couldnt scratch it, so the cone is plan b, plan a is to change her diet. thanks again for good helpful advice.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
Thyroid condition can make a cat obese and dry coat/ dry skin.


Traumeel gel (in a tube from the Health food store) also soothed the itch.


Hwuato Oil is naturopathic. Used it on my dog, not sure if it is okay for cats. just throwing it out there as an idea which I've not fully researched LOL

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Moonie, Dopey loves ya back! I have one more pic in my folder.

Thx Jimmer, I tried another pic but I took it at the 8m size and when I resized it you couldnt see it LOL

I cahnged my settings and will try and take pics of all the animals and post soon, we have 8 cute kitties and pups right now

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Taterheadtwo, you don't have to spend a lot of money on a cone. Just cut from the outside of a coated paper plate to the middle and make a hole big enough for your cat's neck, then after putting in on the cat overlap the ends to form a cone shape and staple them together (close to the neck area and on the outside rim area especially). Your cat can wear this homemade one for several days. Keeps the cat from the areas they love to to lick.

We use Sulfodene HC Anti-itch lotion for CATS on Jujukitty, because she has irritated skin/allergies. She will eat all of her hair off if we don't. Get it at the pet supply store, feed supply store, or sometimes the grocery store or WalMart. We also give her soothing baths about once every six weeks to remove any dead skin then reapply the lotion. She also gets once-a-month Frontline Plus even though she's an indoor cat, because she has been known to bolt out the door.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Ahhh Dopey pics! Sweeeet.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
Urgrace
im thining of trying that, just i wish if i pput a cone are e collar on her it shoud be transparent, otherwise she wil freak out..
i didnt say it but when i got her she has always acted strange, she tends to just walk off the bed, and land on her back ( then get up and see if someone saw her, then she willcome over and meow like i did it,lol )she walks inot wals and backs up and does it again, when i first got her took her to the vet, again vet said maybe it was the truama of the deep gash, and having some teeth broken off ( i have always wondered how she lost one side of her teeth, almost looks like it was done buy someone heartless ) when i first got my first cat i talked to a local shelter and they wanted me to adopt a special neds kiten ( some little boy was sticking thinghs up her rectum and it tended to pop out , she was a pretty cat but went crazy for no reason and would attack me are the other cat, just comeflying out of another room and go for the face, and bite hard, i always felt bad but i had t o give her back up, tried 4 days of talking to her, showing i would harm her, but i was adfraid to close my eyes , but if someone was doing things to my but i would probable get mad and be adfraid of everything ) i have been been rubing down the obeese cat 2 times a day with a wash clothes and comb out her fur , she is a shorthair type of cat anyway. but thanks for the words of encouragement,, still gonna get a transparent cone so at least she can see around her, lol if she wakes up and cant see me she start crying and meowing, i have to call out her name and she give bird chirping noises and brings me a toy to go hide,lol.

getting these cat is the best thing i ever have done..

i just wish my city and county took animal populations more seriously, they tend to kill hundreds a month and i am adfraid to see how they do it .i have called the vets before wishing to find anytype of support groups for cats locally, lol they sugest petsmart, and when i go to the store i see poop in the water dishes, filthy cages, wounds , running eyes and noses , just a shame. i even offered to clean them free and i was asked to leave and go elsewhere to buy products, just as well the prices were unbeilevable anyway.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
Urgrace hi the frontlinre plus you aply it to their shoulders and just above? i have used it before, when i thought they might have fleas, again when i search with a magnifying glass found none but some flakes of skin? thanks for the suggestions will try the anti spray, thank you..
lol they let me clip their nails but its world war 3 if i try to give them a bath and scrub, lol
end up using several totes, one toput them in to their shoulder and talk and hold them for a few minutes, hoping to drown any possible flease, then work in the shampoo, then in the tub and i hand held shower head and trinkle of water take alot longer to rinse but if i use more water they tend to climb up my body,lol nothing like a wild eye scarred cat,lol, then its 4 hours of cat stares, then the next day they like me again,lol

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Oh no Taterheadtwo, how sad for your special needs kitty.

Yeah, the last time I was in Petsmart they wouldn't leave me alone. I wanted to just walk around and look but some sales woman kept coming up to me and asking me if I wanted to buy 'that'. She was keeping an eye on me for security purposes I'm sure, but after the third time in a matter of a couple minutes, I was getting irritated. It is like they don't want anyone to 'shop' in there. I couldn't care less if she stood right next to me as long as she kept her mouth shut.

The Frontline is supposed to be applied in a place where your pet cannot get to it, preferably on the back of the head at the neck above the shoulders. The Sulfodene is a lotion. The cat will lick it off, that's why a cone or makeshift cone is necessary.

LOL thinking about the shampooing of your kitty. I just keep a good grip on Juju's neck skin when she is getting her bath, or else I'd have bleeding race tracks all the way up and over my shoulder and down my back. Holding her that way doesn't hurt her and it makes the bath a lot easier, but I have to be very focused all the same.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I don't think you are supposed to bathe cats that often. I think it does bad things to their skin, including removing the natural oils. Cats do a good job of keeping themselves clean (mostly). Flea baths are also probably not a good idea, on a regular basis, for cats. I would highly recommend Advantage or Frontline instead of regular baths or flea collars.

Costa received one bath only (using baby shampoo, when I first got him from the shelter). Kassie received one bath only (the woman who "owned" her for the two days before I "saved" the poor baby gave her a flea bath -- a three week old kitten!). Indoor cats should really never need a bath.

In fact, too frequent baths (especially with flea products) could dry out the cats skin.

Seriously, I would never bathe an indoor only cat unless it did something (like climbed up the chimney flue).

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I'm with you CAC. Ophelia is 13 years old and the only baths she's ever had are the ones she gives herself. I bury my nose in her fur. There is absolutely no odor and her fur is beautifully glossy. She is a Siamese.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yup. Costa's fur is shiny and beautiful, and the vet always comments on that. It means he's getting a good diet, plenty of water, and is doing a good job grooming himself.

And I did google bathing cats. Generally, it isn't recommended unless there's a specific need (skunk, flea dip, preparation for a show).

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
ok no baths,lol,i am just gonna get the front line and a cone and the ant itch and spray and try that, i think instead of having 3 dry foods, gonna put out just enough for a snack , one each three times a day and then maybe a bite ful are two of wet, including me going on a diet, gonna be alot of wailing and tempers where i live for awhile,lol, sigh i know i wil have to shut my door when i sleep and listwen to them wail to get in, my oldest the queen bee, when she gets mad are a attitude she gets the cats to chase her and wosh right up my body leap off the groin onto the face and springboard to anything thats gonna make a noise, but the bright side cleaning the liter boxes, wont be a half a bucket of poop each day. ( I KNOW i have been feeding them way more than their bodies use )lol the obeese one is right here on the monitor wailing 20 minutes so far for more food,lol.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, May 28, 2007 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
They'll pout for a bit. But really, it won't take them long to "get it". My two know what "food" means (as in, when they want me to put down their bowls). They also know what "dinner" means. That's their tablespoon of wet food each night (mostly just so Costa will take his meds). Kassie will try to snag Costa's food, but I keep an eye on them and when they walk away from their bowls, I pick 'em up. They'll usually tell me when they want a snack, but usually they eat most first thing in the morning, a bit around lunchtime, a bit before dinner, and then a snack before bedtime. Watch and be sure they don't eat more than what is recommended for their weight (should be 1/2 to 1 cup per cat, depending on size).

Unless cats have special dietary needs (overweight, older, health issues), there's no reason they can't all eat the same food. So maybe buy the diet food for the one, and the regular food for the others. If you groom them regularly with a brush or comb, you shouldn't even need to give them special hairball formulas, especially if they are shorthairs.

Whatever you do, do NOT feed them when they start to wail. Otherwise, they'll have trained YOU. And you want to train THEM.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Well I bathe my cat because she has a skin allergy, because she has to have medicine applied, and because while wearing a collar she cannot bathe herself. It also soothes her skin. We're not talking about a normal situation.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Gracie, you're, well, different! :-) (And yeah, you're not talking about a normal situation. Big difference doing things for the reasons you are and for "just 'cause" reasons. Or excessive flea baths. Or whatever.)

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Costacat, there was no mention of any flea bath in any of my posts.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Maybe a strange question, but here goes...

Have any of you ever given your cat a Q-tip to play with?? Seriously, I must have $100 worth of cat toys in my house, and a straight-up Q-tip is the only thing that gets BOTH of 'em all riled up. It gets caught in their claws, and they shake it off, it flies up in the air, they jump after it, chase it...

Are my girls a bit wonky?

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
what is they choke on it?? my obeese cat will swallow things, i have to watch her , but i do roll up small bits of paper and she bites on them like we would on gum, but she will never swallow it, but if she finds a string , thread she will swallow it.
its funny how i have spent small fortune on so called cat toys, and mine get more fun when i pull a orange cord around the room, taking turns leaping and pouncing on it , i have tied the laser lights, feathers, cat nip, cat jungle gyms. but its usuakky something simple they like the best

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Wow. That is very true. It is the simple stuff that they always seem to like the best.