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Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
((((Ginger)))) I'm so sorry about Spanky.

Holly
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06-19-2005

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
So sorry to hear this news, Ginger. Thoughts and prayers go out to you.

Sisalou
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07-12-2002

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sisalou a private message Print Post    
Ginger, I am so sorry about Spanky.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    


Rosie
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11-12-2003

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
{Ginger and Spanky}


A neighbor put a tiny article about cats in my mailbox this morning.

One of the items listed is: The nose pad of a cat is ridged in a unique pattern just like the fingerprint of a human.

I had no idea. Did any of you?

Is this why cats so often are nose-to-nose? Or even nose-to-nose with humans?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hmm well I wonder if police dogs have to have their nose prints "on record"...

My cats, never nose to nose.. the growling and hissing started at a distance!

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Indy had an x-ray and the vet pointed out this weird, sorta rectangle-like shape in her chest. He thinks it could be a collapsed lung. Has anyone ever had something similar to this with their cats? (Just as an fyi, all of Indy's bloodwork and other results came out fine.) Both she and Linus occasionally wheeze, like they're going to cough up a hair ball but don't.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
I've never heard of that Calamity. Hunh. I am glad to hear the other tests came back fine and I hope your vet is one who will ask his colleagues if they have seen such a thing.


Rosie, here is Loki's unique pattern.



Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Mercy that is a big nose!!!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Tote-cha Half was raising prehistoric jungle beasties.

Calamity, I've never heard of that miasma, but all of my kitties have been pretty healthy and wheeze-free.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 28, 2008 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Years ago one of our cats (a tiny grey long haired kitty) got pneumonitis and don't remember if one lung collapsed, but she had pleurisy and was crackling.. we had to do subcutaneous saline for awhile. We got really good at it and she'd sit on a lap while she got hydrated..

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Liss


Half, that Loki is something else. Great photography!

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I spoke to the Vet yesterday, and we are going to start giving Spanky some steroids, just to keep him comfortable. It will decrease the inflammation and also increase his appetite and thirst (to keep him hydrated), although his appetite is really good, (Thank God). Basically, right now he is in good shape, but we don't know for how long. So, just gonna love him up.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
(((Ginger))) As my vet says, "We do what we have to and we do what we can."
Hope Spanky responds to the steroids.

Sisalou
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sisalou a private message Print Post    
I got my miniature schnauzer groomed yesterday and the kittens are scared to death of her. This is the first time she has had her hair cut since I've had the kitties. I admit she was pretty scruffy looking but they act like they don't know who she is.

Last night they wouldn't even sleep with us and tonight they are just now relaxed enough to play in my bedroom while Sarah sleeps on the bed.

Do you think they truly didn't know who she was or was it because she smelled like perfumed soap? It has been the strangest thing.

Since this is my first time having kittens, feral ones at that I'm not sure if they are just overly cautious of everything or what.

Whatever it is I hope every thing is back to normal soon!

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Sisalou: Like you said, it may be your doggy just smelled different to the kittens. Hope they're all buddies soon.

Good vibes and prayers sent for Spanky

That's an amazing photo of Loki's nose!

Thanks for the info, Seamonkey. I'm going to mention it to the vet.

Sisalou
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07-12-2002

Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sisalou a private message Print Post    
Calamity, they seem to be getting back to normal. I'm curious to see if they sleep with us tonight.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Cat pulls a fast one on firefighters

http://tinyurl.com/32m4q2

MIAMI -- It was the stereotypical firefighters-try-to-rescue-cat story, but with a twist. Firefighters from the South Florida city of Weston spent a sopping hour in pouring rain Tuesday trying to extract a kitten squeezed in the undercarriage of a stranger's Volvo.

The crew tried jacking up the car and taking off a wheel, all for naught. The feline ducked out of reach at each attempt to grab it.

At some point, the cat escaped undetected, prompting the crew to spend another hour peering in bushes and scouring a Walgreens parking lot.

They finally gave up and headed back to the station, answering at least two more calls on their way.

Five hours after the saga began, the elusive cat reappeared: At the station, in their fire truck's rear wheel well.

This time, firefighters used chunks of meatloaf to try luring it out. It was unenticed, so the crew resorted to an ultimately successful three-pronged strategy: One firefighter poked the feline in the backside with a Slim Jim, another used a hose to force it into an open compartment so a third person could pull it out.

The feline was dirty but unharmed.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I posted pics of Baby's beautiful Ms Peaches in her folder if anybody is interested in looking at them.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
HERE'S a cute quiz to play where you guess if the cat in the pic is a he-cat or she-cat!

Enjoy!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
(((Ginger and Spanky))) I hope Spanky is feeling comfortable these days.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
14/16 on the boy-girl quiz!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Got 15 out of 16 correct. It's hard to fool me on being able to tell the sex of a cat by how it looks. The girls always look so girly and the boys so masculine. I missed the last one on the bottom left. Just couldn't decide on that one.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I missed two.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Friday, February 29, 2008 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Happymom, thanks, Spanky is hanging in there for now. He drools and lot and sometimes with blood. But he does not seem to be in any pain yet, he is still eating well, and so - it is a day to day thing.