Re: Off topic, but why does my cat do this?

2005-11-30 Thread Lora
Jenn, LOL. Our Baby Mason does this! :) Only he prefers plastic milk jug rings. Late at night (or early in the morning, depending on how you look at it) he walks through the entire house, room to room, meowing to himself with this stupid ring in his mouth. Neither are any of the other cats

Re: Sigh...

2005-11-30 Thread Lora
Patti, Even though we have never actually corresponded on the list before personally, I just wanted to let you know that I ALWAYS make a point to read your posts. (Been reading your FeLVTALK posts for three (3) years now.) Despite all of bitterness, burn-out, or ranting that you may do, I

Re: medicating Brooklyn

2005-11-30 Thread TenHouseCats
one of my bengal friends, who's on daily heart meds, SWEARS by the 3-fishy-flavor compounding flavor--he's nowhere near as fond of the other choices and i can't believe i was a catmom for more than 15 years before someone taught me about scruffing wonder how much of his attitude is his

Re: Saying Goodbye

2005-11-30 Thread TenHouseCats
allie, i couldn't even respond to this when i first read it yesterday. thank you for so much--for your eloquence, for your compassion, for your deep understanding of how important it is to gift our furcompanions with a gentle passing when their time has come. and for the knowing that the greatest

Garfunkle

2005-11-30 Thread Gloria Lane
Hideyo, I am so sorry for your loss. You had such a strong tie to Garfunkle. I know your love will help light his way home. I understand - Gloria On Nov 28, 2005, at 11:50 AM, Hideyo Yamamoto wrote: ... This morning, he crossed the bridge to his new and a better life.. life without

OT: Interesting Paper about Vaccines and the problems they can cause

2005-11-30 Thread Belinda Sauro
Thought this was an interesting read: http://www.itsfortheanimals.com/DODDS-CHG-VACC-PROTOCOLS.HTM -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service

Re: Saying Goodbye

2005-11-30 Thread Sharon Siders
Allie,I'm so sorry you must part with Lola, but you must do what is best for her. Hugs,SharonAllie Deaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I took Lola in to get re-evaluated, regarless of the fact that she has been going downhill fast. The results of the second test and bloodpanel were

Re: euthanizing kitties for bathroom habits

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Sandy, your story made me angry too. That poor kitty. I am so glad that we have angels watching over us and a God to pray to because we humans can really make a mess of things. It's a good thing there is something better after life here because it can get very depressing. I don't even watch

Re: euthanizing kitties for bathroom habits

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
wendy wrote: anymore because it's SO depressing!!! Your story made me consider the elderly. When our parents or aunts and uncles or whoever we care about get elderly, and have accidents or begin to become disoriented or get terminal cancer or some other terminal ailment, we don't give up on

Re: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 10, Issue 242

2005-11-30 Thread veggiepugs
LOL MaryChristine- You are too funny. You know us New Yawkas. LOL. Actually they just put up a sign as you leave Brooklyn, heading towards the Verrezanno bridge that says Now Leaving Brooklyn...Fugghetaboutit LOL. My boyfriend actually named him. We spent a lot of time in Brooklyn in the

Re: Saying Goodbye

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Allie, I am so sorry that Lola is in such dire straits. You are probably making the right decision about helping her over the bridge, even though it's such a hard decision to make. But especially if she is suffering, then you are doing the right thing. I will keep you and Lola in my prayers.

euthanizing kitties for bathroom habits

2005-11-30 Thread Lomaxturtle
This makes me very sick too. I had no idea how common this was - humans are the cruelest beings to ever walk the planet. Is it any wonder we prefer the company of our animals. Bad toilet habits can be due to many things as we know - people should be required to take a basic animal healthcare

Re: Saying Goodbye

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Sherry, What a wonderful tribute as well to Maizee Grace to help out other kitties just like her!!! You guys are amazing :) Wendy __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

RE: euthanizing kitties for bathroom habits

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Absolutely, I wish these people who kill animals for such reasons be punished - I need justice for all kitties and doggies who have been killed for these reasons. If you guys remember, my neighbor abandoned the kitty to wild, Squeekie who kept peeing outside of the litter box after she was being

Seperating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
I need a bit of advise... Right now I have two kitties, Rosie (15 y/o, mom was a stray, she's lived with me all her life, FIV+), and Chief (formerly TeeCee renamed while I was on vacation and adopted by my dad, FELV+ Intact male). Rosie hasn't handled Chief's addition to the household well,

RE: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
I guess, I have a little bit concern regarding mixing FIV positive with FeLV positive together even if they got along well.. both of their immune system is compromised already, and there is a greater chance of your 15 yr old baby is going to get FeLK from Chief - is there any way to keep them

Re: euthanizing/Now vet horror stories

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The greedy, in-it-for-the-money, no compassion vet. I had one vet kill, purposely KILL one of my old cats. She was ailing with cancer, but was otherwise healthy and happy. She had gained weight since her diagnosis, her eating, drinking, sleeping, etc... She was

OT - broken femur ball removal

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Hi guys, I know we've been really bad about OT stuff lately, but I was hoping I could sneak another way OT question in. An associate of my husband was away on his honeymoon and returned home to find his cat injured. His post is copied below. Don't ask me who was watching the cat etc., I

Re: Off topic, but why does my cat do this?

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
That's so very cute! What a doll-baby! It sounds like Miss is bringing you fresh sock kill for you to learn how to hunt! I think that's so adorable. Have you tried playing with some of the smaller objects she brings? She's probably a good fetcher. Momma ferals, I guess house cats may do it

Re: medicating Brooklyn

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Hey Rebecca, I am glad you are feeling more confident about giving Brooklyn his meds. Good for you for sticking it out and being persistent! Good luck giving him his meds and I hope that it gets easier really fast! Tell Brooklyn we said Meow, meow. That means You're welcome. lol. :) Wendy

Re: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
Hideyo Yamamoto wrote: I guess, I have a little bit concern regarding mixing FIV positive with FeLV positive together even if they got along well.. I tried total seperation when we first got Chief. Rosie lived in my room, had seperate food, water, and litter. But, she wasn't happy locked

Re: Off topic, but why does my cat do this?

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Lora, Take the milk ring from him and roll it on the floor. My guess is he'll run after it, retrieve it, and bring it back to you for more play! You may need to encourage him to bring it back the first few times. My Ursula loves those dumb rings too. Nina Lora wrote: Jenn, LOL. Our

RE: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Oh... I am so sorry that you are torn... well.. one thing I can suggest is that do the introduction process start all over again. It will take a while, but it's very doable.. I have two cats who wanted to kill each other, (literally, one of the bigger one goes to a throat of a smaller one to

Re: medicating Brooklyn

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Another hint for flavor compounding... Banana. I don't know why banana works so well to cut bitterness, but it does. It's not a flavor that I would have every associated with cats, but it does work. Nina TenHouseCats wrote: one of my bengal friends, who's on daily heart meds, SWEARS by

Re: Saying Goodbye

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Allie, I'm so sorry about your baby Lola. Words fail me, it's so very hard to lose them. Please try to take some comfort in the fact you gave her a warm and loving home. She had someone to care for her and to care about, in that you were both blessed. Bless you for helping others, and for

Steph/grandmas

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
OMG Steph! What a horrible thing for your aunt to do? Has she lost her marbles? Is she always that way, or was it her reacting to her mother's death? People do strange things when they are in emotional distress. Like you, I was very close with my grandmother. We lived next door to her my

Re: Off topic, but why does my cat do this?

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Cricket used to play fetch with his toy. It was some feathers attached to the end of a plastic stick. He would bring it to me and I would throw it and he would bring it back. If I tried to use it like a tickler, like normal kitties like, he wasn't interested in it. Only fetching and also

Re: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Steph, I like Hideyo's idea of the screen door. Could you put one on your bedroom door? That way poor lonely Chief might not feel so isolated. I'd also rig him a wonderful cozy bed right by the door. You'd be able to talk to him through the screen door too. I understand not wanting to alienate

RE: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Yep. I have a screen door everywhere in the house, as I constantly introducing new kitties from time to time, some are permanently installed, and others are just standing their (leaving the main sold door open and just stick the screen door on and hold it by chair or something) they can

Re: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
Nina, I've been running interference between these two since last December! Chief moved in three nights after my Alphie passed... I think part of it with Rosie is that she wasn't ready for another kitty in the household, and maybe she views him as taking Alphie from her? I let her see Alphie

RE: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Well.. any stress is the biggest enemy when coming to the immune compromising virus disease like FIV and FeLV --- I recommend that the priority will be minimizing the stress for both kitties - if he is chasing her, I really think that he should not be freely interacting with Rosie - I will be

Re: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
Hideyo Yamamoto wrote: chasing her, I really think that he should not be freely interacting with Rosie - I will be very concerned about her since she is a senior cat in addition to FIV baby.. Darn! I wanted some easy solution, but I think seperation is my only solution given her age and her

RE: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
I personally recommend that you wait to get the third one at this point,, it's too stressful for Rosie.. it might work out and it might not - and if it did not, you will have a more headache than you do now.. I think, you might want to keep separating two with screen door for now.. I want to

RE: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
You can perhaps take a turn every day who gets the entire house (except one that the other stays) --- I have a friend who does it, and works well) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steph E Caldwell Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:05 AM

Re: Steph/grandmas

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
wendy wrote: OMG Steph! What a horrible thing for your aunt to do? Has she lost her marbles? Is she always that way, or was it her reacting to her mother's death? People do strange things when they are in emotional distress. No she was always a heartless you-know-what. She told my

A feel good story

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
I thought we could all use a little warmth right now... We picked up my brother and his girlfriend Jill from the airport yesterday. They had been in Europe. Jill went in early August for a semester abroad in the Netherlands, and since the semester only lasts a few months there, and my brother

Re: Separating the kitty household

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Hmm... Rosie's failing health, and the fact that you've tried to dissuade Chief from initiating play changes things. I'd suggest bringing in another fiv kid to interact with Chief, but that would probably upset Rosie... You talked about a hole behind the ironing board and it gave me an

Pictures of my Kitties

2005-11-30 Thread Steph E Caldwell
I just stuck some photos up of Rosie, Alphie, and TeeCee/Chief http://photos.yahoo.com/stefffi_c album Kitties Steph

Re: Steph/grandmas

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Oh Steph, I hadn't been following this thread, I'm so sorry for all your heartache. This certainly is a bad month for you. Ours seems to be Feb. We're always losing someone, or having some catastrophic thing happen around that month. Take a deep breath, give yourself permission to be

Re: Pictures of my Kitties

2005-11-30 Thread Nina
Thanks for sharing pictures of your babies. Your Rosie looks like such a regal miss, like she knows she's important and doesn't appreciate it when others don't get that fact. Chief is so mischievous looking! I remember postings about TeeCee before, is this the same cat? I'm telling you

Re: Steph/grandmas

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Hey Steph, Don't apologize. I bet many here have been where you are feeling right now and have a compassion for you. It's so hard to believe that people can be like your aunt. I have no concept of how it's even possible to go through life with thoughts like that; of thoughts that I'm better

Re: Pictures of my Kitties

2005-11-30 Thread wendy
Love the pic of TeeCee licking his chops. That is hilarious! He looks like such a ham! They are all three beautiful! I wish I had all those trees where I live! I love trees! __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it

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2005-11-30 Thread Helene Hand
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2005-11-30 Thread wendy
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RE: Toilet training for Michelle UK

2005-11-30 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Hi Michelle---thanks for this info, which will help with my own problem (Tiger). My Q yesterday tho was prompted by an email from my sister in UK who writes a newspaper column and had received a letter from a reader with a litterbox prob. I wanted to be able to give my sister the name of a

Re: OT: Interesting Paper about Vaccines and the problems they can cause

2005-11-30 Thread Belinda Sauro
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2005-11-30 Thread Terri Brown
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RE: My dear Garfunkle's new departure

2005-11-30 Thread catatonya
Hideyo,I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you are doing ok with it. You are very right cherish the extra time you had with him and I truly think the fact that Ginger began eating is a gift from him. I don't know why we lose them when we do, but I always try to look for something good to come

RE: Postive and Negative Cats?

2005-11-30 Thread catatonya
I'm glad you saw that, Kerry! I'm behind on my email. I definitely meant NOT expose a kitten."MacKenzie, Kerry N." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would, however, knowingly expose a kitten, vaccinated or not. Tonya---just forbenefit of new members---you mean*not* expose, right. Kerry

Re: euthanizing kitties for bathroom habits

2005-11-30 Thread Dudes
Aw, Thank you Wendy. I did not tell you all that to toot my own horn, because I have made some mistakes in my life with animal companions that make me cringe to think about. But I do feel like more people need to be more understanding and patient with fuzzies, especially after they get a little

Re: Off topic, but why does my cat do this?

2005-11-30 Thread Dudes
Nina, you make me smile! I will be sure to watch carefully the next timewe are out stalking socks!Miss is a real sweetie,and shelovesfetching. She used to jump very acrobatically, but alas, her weight prohibits her from it now. Sandy That's so very cute! What a doll-baby! It sounds like

Re: Off topic, but why does my cat do this?

2005-11-30 Thread TenHouseCats
ya know, someplace in cyberspace there's a message board with a heading, OT--why does my human DO this? written by our cats. i'm not sure i want to see what odd things THEY comment upon -- MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892

Re: litter/Pills/and another good deal!

2005-11-30 Thread Dudes
Tonya, My friend has one, and callsit herHelen Keller because it can't see or hear, but it functions very well! That's not very P.C. , I know, but I thought it was funny. Her cats are also fascinated by it, and enjoy watching it. Sandy Also, I don't know if anyone else has one, but I

Re: litter/Pills/and another good deal!

2005-11-30 Thread TenHouseCats
thanks for sharing this--i've really wondered how these little critters work with fur and litter-crumbs i'm SURE the cats would love it. except, of course, for jess, the small-pony-of-a-coonie FIV--he was terrified of kittens! On 11/30/05, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using cat

Off topic, but I have a food question

2005-11-30 Thread Dudes
I know this is off topic too, but i have a food question which I need help with. Ok, so I took y'all's advice and got some better food for the cats, mainly so Cotton gets the best chance at being well. I had no idea there was super premium food for cats that was human grade, but I

Re: Off topic, but I have a food question

2005-11-30 Thread felv
I would just feed them what they like. Mine LOVE the Innova EVO, they like the California natural chicken and rice even better. They also loved the Eukanuba, which is what I fed before I found the Innova. I would not feed Pro Plan, personally, unless they have recently changed the

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2005-11-30 Thread felv
Here is the link to go to to join the OFF TOPIC list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/felvot/ If you are already a member at any Yahoo service, you can sign up with your existing yahoo ID, just let me know who you are, so I can connect your yahooID with you name on this list, because I made it