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Hippyt

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have never seen a cat with a hairlip!

Hippyt

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 06:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL,Pamy,You've put someone to work!

Pamy

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i will try 1 last time
closeup dopey

Pamy

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 07:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wahoo! It finally worked! Thanks Mod, wow ! you all are fast tonite!!

Halfunit

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<Halfunit gets in car and drives to California to steal Dopey and bring him to Ohio...>

Hippyt

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 07:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh,what a sweetie!!! He's adorable!Did you adopt him from the SPCA or such?
Also,the comforter on my bed is almost identical to the one in your pic!lol

Pamy

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 07:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A stray cat had kittens at our old house, she had 7, we named them all of the 7 dwarfs names(and of course ya know why Dopey got his name!) We got them all adopted but I had to keep Dopey, I didn't think anyone would take care of him like we would. The vet said along with his mouth/nose his brain didn't fully develop and he would be like a down syndrom child. He is the sweetest, funniest, most loving cat we have ever had.

Moondance

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG Pamy he is a Sweetie!!!

I have to stay off the board and get some work done but these cute pix keep getting posted!

Hippyt

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 08:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How sweet Pamy,You're a good egg for doing that!He's beautiful.

Hippyt

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 08:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh,Webkitty,Max was bringing his prey in the house regularly. Birds!! Yes that darling kitty kills birds,lizards,and finally mice!That was it! Live mice running through my living room!Scroll back to the pic of Max,she has a tiny bell attached to her collar now!No more varmits in the house!

Sia

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Use of the term "harelip" is no longer considered politically-correct. The cat has a cleft lip, but that in no way indicates that he is "retarded," (also no longer a preferred term) or mentally-delayed.

A cleft lip is the result of incomplete formation of the lip during his time in-utero, but it is not tied directly to the cat's intellectual level of functioning.

Please don't label such a cat as sub-normal, and don't lower your expectations for him because he has a minor defect.

Rissa

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 06:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hope I do this right. LOL Just had to show off our newest baby: ** } **. He made immediate friends with our 2 1/2 yr old Havanese dog but is still getting the cold shoulder from our 1 yr old cat. Actually the older cat is doing a lot of hissing, howling and then running. LOL Will take a couple days for the household to settle down again.

Nopers, photo too big. Will play with it. LOL

Rissa

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 06:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Won't let me edit in a second photo, here he is:

TANNER

We are having a 'discussion' over names. I hate animal names.... Rover, Spot, etc. We are evenly split over Tanner or Tiger (guess which one I DON'T want? LOL) at this point. I figure if I say Tanner enough times and maybe hang it in banner form over the house that they will give up and submit to me. {G}

Babyruth

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 06:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ooooooooooh! What a little cutie!!! :)

Juju2bigdog

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 07:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rissa, that is an extremely cute kitten. It looks like it should be named Juju.

Pamy

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 07:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rissa...ooohhh! I just want to cuddle that baby!!!

Sia...he doesn't just have a hairlip/cleftlip, his brain did not fully develop, we took him to the vet when he was a few months old because I was afraid he had Parkinson's disease(we had a kitten a year earlier that died from that and Dopey was showing some of the same signs)

Hippyt

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Golly Rissa! You're kitty is precious!How tiny!

Webkitty

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Pamy! Dopey has the kindess, sweetest eyes! I love him!

Rissa, your kitty is soooo tiny! Is is a girl? How bout Ginger for a name?

Hippy, yep, a bell will do it everytime!


China is still fasinated with her new kitty box. She was upstairs on the bed with me this morning, and P was down here going in it. As soon as she heard the rake go off, she perked up like a bird dog on the hunt. She raced downstairs to watch the "action". She didn't hop in this time, but let out the funniest mews the whole time. It still smells nice in here
This is very frustrating not to be able to post pics, I am starting to dream about electronics.
Off to the digital camera thread.......

Halfunit

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<C'mon Dopey. Get in the car. Pamy won't notice I took you for at least a couple of hours. By then we'll be across the state line.>

Webkitty - Glad to hear MsChina has settled down a bit with the rakes! And that P is using the new box! That's wonderful!!

Jeep

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Love all the photos! It's been a long time since I've been in the general discussion thread, but I thought someone here might be able to help me.

I have a 15 year old cat that has been the picture of health up until about 6 mos ago. Then she started with diarreah. It's gotten progressively worse and now she is just skin and bones.....barely 5 lbs. It breaks my heart. I feel like I'm watching her starve to death, but she eats well.

The vet has been no help. Thyroid & parasite tests came back negative. In fact, we've had them done several times just to make sure. Tried the standard "cat pepto-bismol" as well as prednisone with no help. Thought it might be a food alergy (after all these years?) so I am cooking her chicken, liver, turkey, tuna and salmon and sometimes add rice or eggs. She eats it all, but it still doesn't help. I am now trying an anitbacterial medicine, but it's really a last resort. We have no more ideas.

She doesn't seem to be in pain, just weak. I would really appreciate any ideas I could give the vet or try myself. My brain is fried.

"Birdie" (short for Roberta) is the oldest of our 4 cats. She's always been the smallest and is the most quiet. The other three are VERY healthy and BIG......10 to 19 lbs each!

Pamy

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Half! I can picture you out front coaxing my Dopey into your car!!! LOL

Halfunit

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gosh Jeep, I hate to say it, but I'm stumped. The fact that you had all those tests done and are cooking all that food (liver, yuck) for Birdie speaks volumes.

I hope someone else has some ideas.


<Dopey, you wanna drive? You can be like Toonces, the Driving Cat!!>

Babyruth

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jeep, I'm so sorry to hear about your "Birdie". I'm wondering if the vet has discussed the possibility of cancer as a diagnosis, maybe a gastrointestinal type. You and Birdie are in my thoughts (((((((((((Jeep and Birdie))))))))))))

Babyruth

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Toonces
I hope Dopey's license isn't suspended like Toonces' is...

Halfunit

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
S'ok Babyruth.. we've got the law on our side!

Now Dopey, ditch those tags - that's evidence! Put the pedal to the metal and let's gooooooo! D