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9 / 2 / 2010

my cat is really sick, we took him to the vet yesterday & they gave him some antibiotics, they punctured the extra skin & put water underneath it & gave him a shot to bring his fever down but today it got worse and he is burning up he wont eat or drink either all [...]

3 Answers  |  Asked By: kitty7248   81


Cat Health
9 / 1 / 2010

In my words what i can remember cats live system is: 1 human year = 18 cat years 10 human years = 50 cat years 20= human years= 96 cats years

3 Answers  |  Asked By: Krzysztof7260   56


Cat Health
9 / 1 / 2010

What should I do about my kittens sore eyes. I found her and she’s very young, not young enough to be away from her mother. I dont know what to do.

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Fifteen years ago, on the day I picked up my first cat at the local shelter, the volunteer on duty handed me a paper grocery bag full of pet supplies. “Here are some free samples,” she said, tossing the sack into the back of my car. “There’s some good stuff in there.” When I got home [...]

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9 / 20 / 2008

[This is the second part of a 2-part series. Find the first article here .] When organizations dealing with urban feral cat colonies engage in Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) programs, they still must deal with already existing kittens, as well as those who are born more quickly than a TNR program can keep up with. That’s why rescue [...]

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Feral kittens, lurking on the street, hungry, fleeing human contact. To adopt such a ragged, half-wild cat would surely be madness. Yet many people are doing just that, to deal with feline overpopulation in cities. This was why I adopted my own feral kittens, Peaches (pictured left) and Pan (below, left), seven years ago. Urban centers [...]

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