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Posted: 04-04-08 15:57pm


aw, that is so cute. i wish my cats were still kittens, they are just beasts now... i think they all weigh at least 15 lbs, one if them cannot even clean himself because he is so fat

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Posted: 04-04-08 16:18pm


Awww. Fat cats can be hilarious. Feeny (tabby) is getting pretty fat, especially for only JUST turning one. When we first got Taco (ragdoll) he couldn't fit in the litter box because he couldn't get his little body up over the edge so I had to run out and buy a new one. He is so small that he still struggles getting up on the couch so he claws at it and falls over and sits and meows until you pick him up so he can romp around on it.

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Posted: 04-04-08 16:25pm


that is so funny, my cats are 12 so they got fat with age. Actually, the really fat one is differtn his stomach is as hard as a rock. My mom thinks it is because he likes to eat strings and thinga like that.

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Posted: 04-07-08 12:37pm


Be careful with strings. They can get wrapped up in the stomach and/or intestine and cause huge problems (emergency expensive vet visit, ahhh). My grandma's kitty got a string wrapped around his belly from swallowing it and almost died. It was really scary!!!

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Posted: 04-07-08 17:25pm


we try everything to keep them away from him, he always finds them no matter where we hid them or he just finds somehting else to eat, we have tried everything to make him stop.

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Posted: 04-11-08 16:58pm


Poor Taco got sick to his belly (diarrhea). Since he is still so small he had a rough time covering it up in his box and stepped in it...flung it on himself...and many other things. He needed a bath. He looks so sad/mad!! I felt terrible. Afterwards he was cold and shaking so I made a tent out of the heating pad on low and he snuggled under it like a blanket on my chest. After he was fully dry, he was still all snuggly and sleepy on me. Poor precious boy. He feels much better now thankfully.

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Posted: 04-11-08 17:04pm


that is so cute. My cats (like every other cats) hate water,but onlyu if they are forced into it. i swear one of them looks like she is going to have a heart attack everytime I try to give her a bath. She cries so loud and hisses and tries to run away. That same cat used to actually get in the shower with me when she was younger, she would drink the water but she didnt care about getting wet

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Posted: 04-11-08 20:28pm


That's adorable.. One of my kittens almost a cat she's not 1 yet loves it when we get ice from the ice maker. Whenever we put the glass to the get ice to come out she hears it and comes running sliding on the floor. WE can push the lever and have crushed ice fall all over and she is in heaven. Chasing it all over the place all the while she is covered in little pieces that dripped out. Now she is stretching up to reach the lever herself!!! One of these nights we are going to wake up to the sound of the ice spitting out all over. They also love drinking water right out the faucet, it's hilarius. Her brother is just as cute. He likes to play with a plastic ball, we throw it and he hits across the room, then chases it picks it in his mouth and drops it near us to do this routine over and over until one of tires out.

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Posted: 04-12-08 12:49pm


Awe he's soooo cute!

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Posted: 04-21-08 12:38pm


does anyone know any Westie breeders? Maybe specifically around the michigan area (or at least not across the country from there) I want to get one this summer but i cannot find a good breeder to get one from. Or what other kinds of dogs are good for a college student? Not too big of a dog.

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Hot Spots and Misc. Skin issues! Posted: 04-22-08 17:37pm


Do any of your furbabies have hot spots, skin allergies, or other skin problems? Our springer, Daisy has never had any problems, but Boudreaux, our rottie mix, has servere problems that come and go. When we first found him (about a year ago) he was bald from the waist down, we assumed due to fleas. After a bath, flea treatments, however the problem seemed to go away. Then about a month later we noticed a lot of itching and biting on the rump area, took him to the vet who said minor allergies, gave him a cortisone shot, and after a day once again he was fine. Well we have been going through this cycle about once every 2 months. He's fine for a while and then he will start itching and biting to the point of breaking the skin, go to the vet and get another shot, but it never last. He also treat him with Benadryl, and hydrocortisone cream. I feel som bad for him and hate to continue subjecting him to shots, so do y'all have any suggestions?

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Posted: 04-22-08 17:47pm


Forgot to mention the following.....he's on Nutro Natural choice, we also give him carrot sticks, brown rice, occasional cheese, and of course he will get a table scrap every once in a while, however when he have tried altering his diet it made no difference in his skin problems. He also goes to the groomer for a bath and conditioning treatment every two weeks, and I wash his bedding once a week. I consider my house to be pretty clean, we have hardwood which is swept and mopped once a week, and the rugs I do have down are vacumed once a week. Thanks so much for any suggestions!

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Posted: 04-22-08 17:56pm


I do not know if they make this for cats, but my dachshund had the same exact thing. I felt so sorry for her. She would scratch and bite continually, until sometimes she would bleed. I found an all natural food "Nutro Ultra". It is GREAT! After a couple of days, no more biting and scratching. It took a couple of weeks before her coat started looking better. She has been on this food approximatley 3 months now and her coat is shiny and she looks very healthy, and we all sleep better! lol She would keep us up, scratching all night. Hopefully, they make a cat food similar to this - it has been great for us. We also have a 17 year old dachshund, who had to be put on prescription food. As she got older, she developed food allergies and pancreatitis. The vet told us she would have to be on this food the rest of her life. She was on the prescription food for 2 years. I took a chance, after I saw what the Nutro Ultra did for our 1 year old, and she is tolerating it very well, no diarrhea, no throwing up, no skin irritations, etc. She looks GREAT for 17 1/2 years old and more importantly, I can tell she feels a lot better.

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Posted: 04-22-08 19:14pm


Have you check with a pet store? I know they sell some kind of spray to put on animals bald areas. I've seen how this stuff works, my friend's cat had a big bald spot and used this spray. Her cat also has allergies and is allergic to herself. She also required steroid injections. I'll try to get the name of it, if I cannot get the name of it try to call a pet supply store about it.

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Posted: 04-22-08 21:06pm

coliejo wrote:

does anyone know any Westie breeders? Maybe specifically around the michigan area (or at least not across the country from there) I want to get one this summer but i cannot find a good breeder to get one from.

Or what other kinds of dogs are good for a college student? Not too big of a dog.

how bout a shih-tzu or a maltese? if you want a good westie breeder id just google westie breeders/michigan

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Posted: 04-22-08 21:27pm


i have never thought about those kinds of dogs, a friend of mine just told me her mom has a chihuahua for sale that is so cute. I am going to look more into those dogs thogh, thanks!

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Posted: 04-22-08 21:32pm


here are some pics of the dog my friend has that i am really considering...

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Posted: 04-23-08 00:26am


no problem---both are low to no shedding and hypoallergenic---peeve is both those.

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Posted: 04-23-08 08:23am


wow I didnt know that what he was and he is adorable!

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Posted: 04-23-08 12:12pm


yeah there are dogs that are like peeve---my friend has one cause she is allergic to dogs---i dont think im allergic to dogs but id rather have that than one that my friends can be allergic to

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