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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:41 pm
((((Ginger)))) I'm so sorry about Spanky. 
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 3:50 pm
So sorry to hear this news, Ginger. Thoughts and prayers go out to you.
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:43 pm
Ginger, I am so sorry about Spanky.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 9:24 pm

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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 6:53 pm
{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?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:31 pm
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!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:03 pm
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.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 4:27 pm
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.

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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:29 pm
Mercy that is a big nose!!!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:37 pm
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.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 6:14 pm
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..
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 6:04 pm
Liss Half, that Loki is something else. Great photography!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 5:28 am
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.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 2:17 pm
(((Ginger))) As my vet says, "We do what we have to and we do what we can." Hope Spanky responds to the steroids. 
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 8:54 pm
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!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:26 pm
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.
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 8:28 pm
Calamity, they seem to be getting back to normal. I'm curious to see if they sleep with us tonight.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 9:40 pm
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.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:52 pm
I posted pics of Baby's beautiful Ms Peaches in her folder if anybody is interested in looking at them.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 8:44 pm
HERE'S a cute quiz to play where you guess if the cat in the pic is a he-cat or she-cat! Enjoy!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:47 pm
(((Ginger and Spanky))) I hope Spanky is feeling comfortable these days.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 7:25 am
14/16 on the boy-girl quiz!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 1:29 pm
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.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 2:39 pm
I missed two.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Friday, February 29, 2008 - 1:23 pm
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.
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