Pets - 6 September 2007

Some jerks in my street moved out and left their cat behind. I noticed when she started begging for food and was sleeping on furniture dumped on the street (probably her ex-owner's). So I started feeding her and put friendly "is this your cat?" notices in the neighbours' letterboxes. Got no reply after a few days, then saw she was badly scratched from fights and took her. When I felt her body I realised how anorexic she was under all her fluffy fur. Looks like she would've been a huge glorious fluff-ball once, but has become mangy, matted & skinny from neglect.

Took her to the shelter for a check up and they said they can't take her for another week. So I'm keeping her temporarily at my mother's, treating her wounds and trying to get her healthy and nice looking. She's loving the attention and is a real cuddly sweetie. We can't keep her though.

In the week that I have her I want to make her look super healthy so she'll have a better chance of rehoming. What should I feed her? :)

2007-09-06 02:35:44 · 16 answers · asked by Camperdown T 4 in Cats

Tiddles my cat always runs in front of the car when you pull up on the drive way and you have to be careful, is there a way to train her not to do this?

2007-09-06 02:23:12 · 8 answers · asked by Sporadic 4 in Cats

2007-09-06 02:10:08 · 25 answers · asked by Faith K 1 in Dogs

the 2 older babies being much bigger than the new one suffocated him because i just checked on the new baby and he is dead. there are 2 eggs left in there waiting to hatch, how can i prevent this from happening again, should i just start feeding the 2 big guys? (i have handfed before)

2007-09-06 01:58:13 · 9 answers · asked by lola7737 5 in Birds

He's a 10 week old Lab. He does very well in his crate. I take him out at midnight and again at 4AM. He'll sleep untill about 5AM when he just starts barking like mad. I think he's hungry, but I don't want him to expect me to feed him at 5AM every morning. I've tried feeding him later in the evening, but it doesn't seem to be working. Any suggestions?

2007-09-06 01:48:58 · 9 answers · asked by Seth T 2 in Dogs

I ran out of litter the the day before yesterday, and I couldn't get hold of the same type again, so I used a different litter. Since then, she hasn't even used it, but I'm almost certain she hasn't gone to the toilet anywhere else. I'm really worried now, what can I do?

2007-09-06 01:37:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

2007-09-06 01:36:39 · 17 answers · asked by janis160 1 in Dogs

I really really love my dog...you have no idea
but he is so stupid and always doin things that freaks me out
plus i have anger problems
what should i do with my DOG...i know i need to see a shrink for that anger thing

2007-09-06 01:32:47 · 22 answers · asked by Wolfscar 1 in Dogs

My cat has a urinary track infection. It is a 'relapse' from last time- it seems he has been cursed with them.
He is going to the vets later on today but not for several hours we can't take him.
He started showing small symptoms of feeling 'uncomfortable' yesterday and this morning we found pee all over the house in small little drops, pretty much scattered around the whole house.
I've been with cats my whole life, we know the procedure that the vet will carry out.
However- My question is: Is there anything I can do, home remedies etc that can make him feel better besides little pats on the head? Or is it best to just let us wait it out until he can go to the vet later today?

2007-09-06 01:19:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I was walking in my cow pasture, and found a BIG brown baby bird on the ground, I think it might be a baby hawk, but I couldent find and nests around so I left it. After I had fed all the bulls, cows and calfs, (wich took about an hour, dragging all the hay bales out to feed all 38 dairy cows) I went back to see if the birds mother had gotten her baby- and she haddednt. I put on three pairs of rubber gloves from the house, and put the bird in a cardboard box, and put the box in a dark place. I've just searched on google "Baby Hawks" And there was a picture that was baisicaly the same as my baby bird, I think it's hungry too... What should I do!!

2007-09-06 01:15:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Birds

My partner and I have a 5 month old male kitten and have just found out that his mother has had another litter. We have been offered one of her new kittens and are undecided as to whether this would be a good idea. Our kitten would be 7 months old and neutered by the time we got the new one.

I would like to have another kitten/cat at some stage but was not expecting to be faced with the decision yet! I am wondering whether it would be best to introduce a new kitten whilst the one I already have is still young and whether they are more likely to get on than if we wait until he is older?

We also have an adult cat who we adopted when she was approximately 18 months old. She absolutely hated the kitten and has not yet come to terms with him. Do you think having another kitten would double this problem for her or do you think if we have one kitten she hates it would not make a difference to have two?

Any advice? I would hate to upset my cat further or upset my kitten as well!

2007-09-06 01:13:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

2007-09-06 01:07:32 · 21 answers · asked by lovepets 6 in Dogs

2007-09-06 01:04:00 · 14 answers · asked by Sluugy 5 in Dogs

My cat is a large 8yrs old house cat. She always gets wind that you want to put her in the box when it's time for a Vet visit & runs under the furniture & will freak out when you try to pick her up. Any suggestions. I have an appt for her at 4pm today. Thanks, Roseann

2007-09-06 01:01:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

Just heard on the news that a police officer in Arizonia left Bandit in a cruiser from 9am to 10pm. WTF
To me there is no punishment good enough for this @$$ !!!

2007-09-06 00:59:42 · 40 answers · asked by ® 7 in Dogs

any suggestions?

2007-09-06 00:34:59 · 26 answers · asked by ericfaul2003 4 in Dogs

not oly do i think it will look nice but fish tend to have very good dark colors when in this type of tank. they tend to go lighter in color in a tank with white gravel. but on the other hand it will probably be hard to see debree and waste on the floor of the tank. also might be a problem if i feed them some tubifex worms. the uneaten worms will fall and burrow in the gravel and since theyre also balck i dont think ill ever find them again. so what do you aquarium owners think, black gravel?

2007-09-06 00:28:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

the feeder fish are those small minnow things that they sell for food to bigger fish(in case anyone didnt know) i plan on adding one or two to my 10 gal tank. i dont want to use(kill) guppies or mollies because thats probably what the tank is going to be for anyway. so are feeder fish ok? will they eat small goldish pellets that we have? will they survive long enough? if i need smaller food ill just crush the goldfish pellets. i mean the managers of the pet store must SOMEHOW keep these fish alive right, so they must feed them. my only worry is if feeder fish are perfect, then will they eat to stay alive? or will they die after a day or two. thank you people

2007-09-06 00:24:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

Do you agree with these ?

Anyone had bad experience with them ?

Does your cat mind wearing them ?

How does it affect their scratching?

2007-09-06 00:16:56 · 7 answers · asked by Plums 1 in Cats

let me know what u think about Great Danes do u think that they are great dogs or do u dislike them

2007-09-06 00:05:12 · 14 answers · asked by schultzie2000 4 in Dogs