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Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Happymom that story brought a smile to my face as well

Update on Spanky. My poor little boy is drooling terribly. Once in a while with blood. He then licks himself and the drool dries on his fur (and some blood on his leg is dried). He is very skittish now and is afraid if I pick him up I will take him to the doctor and give him meds. So, he will lay on me, but runs if I try to clean him. His mouth looks swollen by the jaw. He does not seem to be in any pain. He is eating well. I just finished the dose of steroids, so we will see what happens. This is like torture. Watching and waiting.

Lovemycat
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03-02-2008

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lovemycat a private message Print Post    
Ginger, My thoughts and prayers are with you and Spanky!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Ginger, I had to go back to your entry of Jan 21st to refresh my mind as to what the problem is. My heart goes out to you. It is just the hardest thing when our furbabies aren't doing well. You are being a wonderful 'mommy' to him and he appreciates it, I know.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Hugs and kisses for all the kitties who aren't feeling well! I hope and pray for their recovery. Gosh, I love cats so much that we have way too many of them. It's hard to keep the outdoor kitties outside, too, when the weather is cold . . . or rainy . . . or too hot . . . well, you get the point. My 11-yr-old son is the WORST about feeling sorry for the outside cats and letting them in.

Anyone have an explanation for why my cat Tori just hates Tommy, who is supposed to stay outside? She growls at him and intimidates him when he tries to sneak past her to get to my son's bedroom.

And why doesn't Leonard learn that he CAN'T catch birds through a pane of glass? He crashes repeatedly into the kitchen window trying to get birds that have come to the windowsill to eat their bird seed in peace and quiet! It's so funny to see him with his ears pinned back to his head like he's stalking prey and about to catch it! I will have to see if we can snap a photo of Leonard on the hunt. He's hilarious.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Tori has become obese. Her belly and the upper parts of her hind legs have almost no hair, and her belly almost drags the floor when she walks. What would cause hair loss in these rather odd places? She doesn't really overeat, I almost never give the cats canned food any more, and Tor-Tor doesn't really like table food. She does, however, love chocolate and any type of snack chip.

Hmm, she may be a carbohydrate addict like her mother. This picture shows a bit of her flabby belly.

ToriFatBelly

Sia
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03-11-2002

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Angel in December:
Stool1

Sia
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03-11-2002

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
That was cute. This is cuter:
Stool2

Sia
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03-11-2002

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
And this is stomping material:
Stool3

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 11:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
How cute Sia!
That Stomping picture is enough to make ME purrr! Tori looks like a sweetie too.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
He's a ham. In fact, I think all my cats understand the concept of "posing" for the camera. They're fun to live with.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, March 14, 2008 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
(((Ginger)))

Sia, love the pics! My Oreo had tummy hair loss at times. She had been overweight but continued to have a larger tummy her last few years, even when she was underweight. (She lost a few lbs quickly and was found to have a thyroid problem, put on med. so was safe but never gained the weight back.) She used to lay on a covered heating pad in the colder mos. in her igloo with her sister who never had the tummy hair loss. The vet thought it was maybe from the heating pad.

My newly adopted boys are not quite as well behaved as when we got them 2 weeks ago. I guess they relaxed some of their good manners! They are still very good with us, (perfect, no bad habits involving claws and our skin!) but have fought some with each other. They still play and comfort each other at times of stress though.

Unfortunately, DaVinci (who looks a lot like Giles up above!) has had 3 vet appts. in the past two weeks. He was limping. The next day it was a different paw. He also had a fever. He's been on antibiotics (I never knew a cat could actually be pilled so easily! We are lucky!). Now he has an eye infection. But he is feeling so much better and is not so skittish and is more active. He has also gained some weight! The vet said he should be about 12 lb., he is up over 10 now! That's 1.5 lb gain in less than 2 wks!

The shelter paperwork said Jack at 12 lb was overweight. (He has am ample tummy too, not as big as Oreo's was, but it's there. And he looks just like Oreo did!) He is now under 12 lb and that's good too! He is smart too! He figured out very quickly that if I am dragging something around our kitchen island, that instead of just following it, he can go the other way to intercept! He also sits up on his hind legs like a bear! He does that cute little chirp too. The vet says he is very young, 1 or 2. (He didn't have an exam, just a meet-the-vet and weigh in.)

She thinks DaVinci is 3-5. I thought maybe he was closer to 5 because he doesn't play as much as Jack, but then I remembered that Cashmere at age 19 was still extremely physically active up til her passing on, so, I guess personality has a lot to do with it too.

I'm in the process of combining the first cat food I bought to Evo now. DaVinci's dandruff is almost all gone! Poor guy didn't groom himself much when he was sick, so, his coat looks much better now.

Jack had been sick too for about 2 days. I didn't take him in but watched him. He spent all of one day not playing at all. I was afraid both cats caught something from our dog. While it is still a mystery, the vet said sometimes cats get sickish about 2 wks.(?) (can't remember now exactly what she said) after their vacs.

I hope they stay healthy for awhile now!

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Found a stray kitty on my back porch last week (had seen her around before) - she was pregnant and injured. My local vet wasn't available so I took her to my old vet near work. Vet thinks she may have been hit by a car. I've no idea how she got to my porch though, if that were the case - kitty super will to survive, I guess.

She had a dislocated hip and fractured pelvis plus some bleeding from the nose. Dr. S asked me how much I wanted to do and I asked if she thought the kitty had a chance. Dr. S did so they put her hip back in and said cage rest for her pelvis to heal.

After working on her hip kitty seemed to be aborting kittens but with her broken pelvis vet worried she couldn't pass them. So they operated and spayed her at the same time. Kittens were already gone and her uterus had bad bruises and abrasions. Kitty was at the vet office from Tuesday 'til Friday. I took her to my mom's because she lives a lot closer to Dr. S's office and I need to take her back to get the stitches out. Going to visit her after work today - mom says she's doing well. Keep your fingers crossed for her.

The vet bill was big, not as big as I feared but still...how do these animals always find me?! There's two other strays who come by too - Charlie's a regular, and black cat who shows up from time to time.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
God is smiling down on you, Cala.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Calamity what a wonderful thing to do for this poor cat! Will you be able to keep her?? a

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Sweet Calamity! Maybe there's positive vibes emanating from your home that hurting pets can instinctively sense? Best wishes the little girl furbaby heals fast and that you can find her the best home possible!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
(((Calamity))) for being so great to rescue that poor hurting kitty and being so nice to all the others. They just know.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Kit's doing great - thanks for your good thoughts! That gif is sooooo cute! I've never figured out how to work them though. The animated ones, I mean.

Already have three cats myself so I hope to find her a home but if I can't, I guess I'll have four kitties. Oh boy , lol. It's so easy to get attached to them.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, March 24, 2008 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Kitty had a check-up today. She's doing so well!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, March 24, 2008 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Calamity, excellent news, you are wonderful to take in this little princess! How about some pictures?

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, March 24, 2008 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
I'll try to post one in the next couple days!

Sia
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03-11-2002

Friday, March 28, 2008 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Calamity, I hope your new kitty is doing much better. Bless you for taking care of her and getting her to the vet. She'd have died without your intervention. Cats just instinctively find homes inhabited by cat-people. It's a gift they have that allows them to survive. Does Miss Kitty have a name? I'm sorry that she lost her kittens. Praying for your new fur-baby.
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Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
We're in trouble with baby Sheena here. Colossus wants to buy her a pearl collar to wear with her black cocktail dress, and insists that she needs a different collar for every occasion. Sigh. She's doing EXTREMELY well, she's put on a few pounds since we brought her in and is really thriving. She's also ordering Max and Eightball around. Eightball just ignores her when she rears back and swats him in the face. Max skulks off and keeps trying to be her friend. Both boys have become a bit insecure and needy since she got here, and they have actually gotten in one real fight that I know about (they NEVER fight). Here are some pictures:



pusspawsup

PussPuss doing what cats do best.

prettypuss

Helping Dad with his paperwork.

BabyEightball

This is Baby Eightball when we adopted him last Fall.

ShinyEightball

This is Baby Eightball now. He's about 15 lbs and still growing. Basically he's part panther or something. And the sweetest cat you will ever meet.

CloseupEightball

Here's his closeup.

BadMax

Here's what a bad kitty looks like. Max helping himself to leftover salmon. What you can't see is Eightball behind him, every bit as culpable. I had to laugh when I caught them in the act (right before I put them in timeout).

EmoSheena

Here is Baby Sheena a day or two after we brought her home. You can't tell, but her fur is in tatters and she's starved down to bones.

CosmoSheena

Here's Baby Sheena now, she's put on a couple of pounds, her fur is glowing and she's actually starting to behave like a kitten. Up until recently all she would do is eat and sleep. We're extremely pleased with her progress, she's a good little kitty and I hope we find her a wonderful home before Colossus decides he can't part with her LOL.

Holly
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06-19-2005

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Wow, Eightball's fur is SO shiny!! Do you use something special on him to make it shine like that? Is that 4 cats you have now, Goddess? LOL--you're really turning into the Cat Lady, aren't you?

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
No, that's actually just his natural sheen, Holly. He eats Iams indoor kitty food and gets some treat food here or there, but that's it. We've started using a fish-oil supplement with Sheena because much of her fur had fallen out with malnutrition and her skin was dry and flaking, and that supplement seems to be working she is starting to shine like Eightball.

And yes, Colossus actually sent an email to our family members this morning with these pictures announcing that we are officially the weird cat people next door and beyond help. As if they didn't already know LOL.

Holly
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06-19-2005

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
LOL at the "weird cat people". I have two and would love to have more, but mine are indoors and I can't imagine the litterbox problems any more would cause. I just can't believe the gloss on that boy. Awesome!!