Re: A couple of pictures I took of Tomi today

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
Tomi boy is gorgeous! C & J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I took these pictures today of my little Tomi boy: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Fyrwulf/DSCF0053.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Fyrwulf/DSCF0037.jpg And here is an older pic of Tomi and Kisa

RE: Ages please

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
My Pippin tested positive at 6 weeks of age on the ELISA test. Five months later we had her retested using the IFA test; she tested negative. She is the reason I joined this group. :) My other three kitties, Tigger (14 years), Taylor (14 years) and Bob (8 years) are negative for FeLV (they ar

Re: Cassandra and Brunello Please add to the ClS :(

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
Bless you Sherry and all that you do for these babies. They are in my prayers. I am sorry you lost Cassandra and Brunello. Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Ok now that I have stopped crying for the moment,let me ask that these sweet angels be added to the list. Cassandra beautiful

Re: OT: Pregnant Feral Kitty....Questions

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
I can see both sides of the issue. However, being the softy that I am, I would have trouble aborting the kits. My Tigger and Taylor are the offspring of a feral mom. I guess that's why I feel the way I do. Good luck with the little girl Terrie and let us know how it goes. Gina [EMA

Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of you considering purchasing one

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
How neat! I'd love to have one of those. Sounds like you got a really good deal. Gina wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey guys, Just wanted to let you guys know that Roombie (our new Roomba Sage for pet owners) went on it's maiden voyage this morning. The kitties were somewhat alarme

Re: OT: To shelter owners/volunteers-your opinion needed on site visit for Maltese shelter

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
We have a four cat limit in our county. :( Gina Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I think pet limit laws are archaic and silly and should be abolished. But that's beside the point. What if the city code were 6 dogs and 5 cats and tomorrow they changed it to 3 dogs and 2

Re: sweet kitty in sw Michigan/Who has the cat now?

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
My Taylor is black with a little splash of white on her chest and tummy. She has such beautiful shiny fur! Too bad people are either superstitious or over look them. Gina TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i can post her to the michigan rescue lists if someone can get me more

Re: Well, it looks like i'm going to lose Tomi :(

2007-04-16 Thread Gina WN
Tomi is in my prayers. I hope by some miracle he'll pull through. Gina C & J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I took Tomi to the vet today to have his PCV rechecked. He's been lethargic again lately. The PCV has gone down to 11 from 17 in the last week and a half. I just don't

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
Sounds like what I did. I got one with glycol (sic) so I could do the garage too. Good luck. Mine makes me feel considerably saferespecially when Dixie is here alone. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

Re: OT: To shelter owners/volunteers-your opinion needed on sitevisit for Maltese shelter

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
That is exactly what the City of Louisville (KY) did. They just passed a law limiting the number of outside dogs to 3 unless you have over a 1/2 acre yard (rare). I really don't know what people are going to do because there was no clause to grandfather larger dog families in.

Re: Stitch - Questions!

2007-04-16 Thread elizabeth trent
Only if it was "Toxipoo" brand ;-) elizabeth On 4/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mine like the merrick, but prefer certain flavors. Favs are Grammy's Pot Pie and Southern Delight. They seem to NOT like the Turducken as much... but then would I like something with the word

Re: Stitch - Questions!

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
I wonder if they thought about that when they added turkey to duck??? If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men wh

Re: Stitch - Questions!

2007-04-16 Thread Joe Reil
The other thing with the Merrick's is, at least among the 6 or 7 flavors they had available at my pet store, about half of them contained some sort of shellfish (Crab, Crawfish or Lobster). My wife is severely allergic to shellfish and we don't bring any into the house, so that ruled out about hal

RE: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of youconsideringpurchasing one

2007-04-16 Thread Melissa Lind
Marylyn, I have this rubber spongy thing that my friend gave me. They're cheap, and I love it! It's grayish black and kind of shaped like a rectangle, but with a curved inner part for you to grip. I think she got it from Drs. Foster and Smith, but I'm not really sure. But, this thing takes the fur

RE: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs--off topic now

2007-04-16 Thread Melissa Lind
I can't afford a fire suppression system, but I plan to have everything hooked on power strips. Did you know that if you only use a microwave less than seven minutes each day, its clock requires more power than the microwave itself?! Based upon a family of four, if you'd plug most appliances into p

RE: A couple of pictures I took of Tomi today

2007-04-16 Thread cindy reasoner
Tomi is so beautiful! The one of him with Kisa is just so adorable. I will be praying for both of you. Cindy Reasoner --- Diane Rosenfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beautiful! My best vibes to Tomi. > > Diane R. > > _ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >

Re: Fires in the home/Update on Jax cats and dogs

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
I have a pretty intense fear of my house catching fire, mainly because my pets are defenseless against it. It's good to know there are things I can do in the future to help cut down on the chances of fire. Thanks for the tips guys! :) Wendy --- Sally Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a

To Marylyn: Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of you consideringpurchasing one

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
Hey Marylyn, I have this sponge thing I bought that's specifically sold to get pet hair off of upholstry. It works fabulous. I think you can get it at Petsmart or Petco. It wasn't very expensive, but I can't remember the name. Let me know if you find it. :) Wendy --- Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTEC

more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread TenHouseCats
www.howl911.com -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892

Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of you considering purchasing one

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
It's performed great, but as far as how much it holds, I haven't opened it yet to clean it out. I need to remember to do that tonight. It's a small thing, but bigger than I thought it would be-at least 1 ft. in diamter. I will try to remember to let you know after I take a look. Mine are sheddi

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Nina
Okay, now I'm really scared. I went to look up the Natural Balance website ingredients list of venison & fresh green pea dry formula for cats and as I suspected, there is no wheat gluten listed! What the Hell gives?? I haven't checked the other dog/cat formulas being questioned yet. Thanks

Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those ofyouconsideringpurchasing one

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
Thanks. I'll see what I can find. It sounds great. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who

RE: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Is there a list somewhere which tells us what products they have so far tested and which products have passed not just the one did not pass -- _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TenHouseCats Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 1:10 PM To: FeLVTalk; [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread TenHouseCats
i don't know, hideyo--i just know that that site is one of, if not the most, up-to-date site, and has links to just about everything that's come out so far. you might just have to wander through it and see if there's someplace with that info--unless someone else has found it? MC On 4/16/07, Hide

RE: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
It seems not making sense - they only tell you what not to give, but they don't tell you what to give as it's proven safe - as long as you don't know what's been tested, you will always have to wonder if the products you are using is the next one on line.. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ma

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread TenHouseCats
i think that's the whole point--because they really don't know what the cause of the problem was the wheat gluten is SUSPECTED and the melamine is SUSPECTED but they didn't announce the final results of what poisoned the spinach from last summer until the early days of the pet-food rec

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Nina
It seems to me that you could feed all the info of every recalled product into a data base program, (facilities where produced/ingredients from the same source/etc), and start to get some sort of correlations that we could actually use to figure out what/which products/companies have tainted so

Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of you consideringpurchasing one

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
Brewer's yeast works great for shedding dogs..it has been a while since I tried it on a cat. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you

To Nina: Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
I don't know Nina. I'm wondering the same thing. My friend this weekend just bought the Natural Balance (duck) for her dog that has allergies. He wolfed the first few nuggets down that she gave him. I saw the recall today and called her right away to let her know to keep an eye out. There is n

RE: To Nina: Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
How about all purina products - since they are a major distributor, you would think they checked all their products already? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:56 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject:

RE: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
It's not just as simple as comparing ingredients when you're talking about this many companies. They have to compare all of the following: each ingredient, from which company each came from, and then for each individual ingredient, they need a list of ingredients that made that ingredient, and whi

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Nina
The death and sickness of what we are dealing with is a the real nightmare. We've already been surprised about how few factories/companies/suppliers are truly involved in the making of our processed pet foods. It can be done. I don't know how long it would take to track this sort of data bas

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread Marylyn
Easy..Nodoable..Yes. Especially with computers and what is at stake. They just don't want to up the information and/or admit how long this has been going on or whatever else.. (my opinion). Yes, it is a nightmare for them but much more of a night terror for those of us

Fwd: ACT NOW: FDA Forbidding AllAlternative HealthCare

2007-04-16 Thread Lance
This was sent to me by Ember's homeopathic vet. It may be of interest to some of you. Lance Begin forwarded message: I am sending this on, to those of you who may be inclined to be activists. If you value your ability to make rational decisions in your own health care, or wish to

finally, the homemade-cat-food chat transcript

2007-04-16 Thread TenHouseCats
but if you're looking for quick fixes, one-size-fits-all, it's not here. this talks about the basics of nutrition and how to make sure you meet each cat's individual needs. http://www.cathobbyist.com/articles/HomemadeDietsForCats.html -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The D

Could VO help an asymptomatic FeLV+ cat?

2007-04-16 Thread Lance
Hello all, I'm sorry that I haven't been posting any lately. I've seen some sad news, and my heart goes out to all who have lost feline friends in the last few weeks. I have a question that will be hard to answer. Really, I'm looking for thoughts and opinions, since I don't think we know

Re: finally, the homemade-cat-food chat transcript

2007-04-16 Thread elizabeth trent
Thank you for this, Mary Christine. elizabeth On 4/16/07, TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but if you're looking for quick fixes, one-size-fits-all, it's not here. this talks about the basics of nutrition and how to make sure you meet each cat's individual needs. http://www.cathob

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
Thus the effects of a global economy...things were so much simpler when we weren't buying over 75% of our goods from overseas. I think it's dangerous to our very existence to set up our national economy in this manner. Here's to buying U.S. made only!!! And I will not be buying anything Chinese

Re: more recalls

2007-04-16 Thread elizabeth trent
I'm of the Milton Friedman school of thought so I couldn't disagree more...the free market forces will take care of themselves - as they are doing now. That being said...as a free market capitalist who votes with their dollars...I vote not to buy from China. elizabeth On 4/16/07, wendy <[EMAIL

Camilla and Spencer

2007-04-16 Thread Sherry DeHaan
We are in great need of prayers and good thoughts for these two wonderful babies. Camilla has gone down hill fast and is anemic,she is also one of Dr. Jens all time fav kitties. Spencer has the same thing that Diesel just lost his battle to.But his isn't as bad it is only swollen on one side

Re: Camilla and Spencer

2007-04-16 Thread elizabeth trent
Saying prayers for these two dear ones, Sherry. elizabeth On 4/16/07, Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We are in great need of prayers and good thoughts for these two wonderful babies. Camilla has gone down hill fast and is anemic,she is also one of Dr. Jens all time fav kitties. Spen

Re: Camilla and Spencer

2007-04-16 Thread TenHouseCats
GLOW to all.. On 4/16/07, elizabeth trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Saying prayers for these two dear ones, Sherry. elizabeth On 4/16/07, Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are in great need of prayers and good thoughts for these two > wonderful babies. > Camilla has gone

Re: Camilla and Spencer

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
Prayers going out for both Camilla and Spencer. :) Wendy --- Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are in great need of prayers and good thoughts > for these two wonderful babies. > Camilla has gone down hill fast and is anemic,she > is also one of Dr. Jens all time fav kitties. > Sp

Re: Stitch - Questions!

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
LOLOLOL!!! No, I don't think I'd like the dandelions... Glad Stitch is enjoying Merrick! :) Wendy --- Joe Reil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > > > I have seen several times on two different kitty > > 'sites' that some cats don't like Merrick, so > don't > > be > > surprised if Stit

Re: Stitch - Questions!

2007-04-16 Thread wendy
lololol...you guys are so damn funny!!! thanks for the laugh. turducken cracks me up! --- Joe Reil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The other thing with the Merrick's is, at least > among > the 6 or 7 flavors they had available at my pet > store, > about half of them contained some sort of shellf

Re: Camilla and Spencer

2007-04-16 Thread C & J
Sending prayers for Camilla and Spencer. I'm hoping they are able to pull through this. It is so hard, especially when a favorite kitty becomes ill. Cassandra. - Original Message - From: Sherry DeHaan To: Felvtalk Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: Camilla and Sp

Re: finally, the homemade-cat-food chat transcript

2007-04-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
Having just shared my dinner -- frozen turkey divan with alfredo sauce and parmesan -- with Little Sister Fuzzy Toes, it occurs to me that it might not be that difficult for SOME cats to avoid commercial catfood. A good vitamin/mineral supplement and whatever I'm having should work. elizabeth

Too many cats? Never! I say.

2007-04-16 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
When I moved in to care for my mother a bit ago she said, oh, my Lord! We can't tell people we have so many cats! (We had seven together.) So I said, when people ask, you tell them that you have four and when they ask me I'll tell them that I have three. And nobody will remember anyway!