Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone is in the NYC area and has a good veterinarian to recommend. I recently adopted two cute tuxedo cats, ages 2 and 4, with FIV. They're in great health now, but I want to get acquainted with a vet before I *need* one. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

M.

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7 TDK icons + 1 Batman Begins

  

Right this way!

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x-posted to kittypix

My family...







<3s

'Kay, so I'm sure SOME of you out there are Batman:TAS fans, and are familiar with Christmas with the Joker. Some searching around and I was able to find our Heath!Joker's Christmas. :D

( Christmas with the Joker )

Ho ho ho, ye merry cityfolk.

So as part of my Christmas, I'm going to give my much-abused DSLR a cleaning and tuning (and maybe a few part replacements). My question to you, Boston, is where is your favorite place to get a Nikon D50 fixed up?

Merry Christmas to all, and good tidings for all men (and women). Have a great holiday, and try to abstain from flamewars. Spend time with family, friends, and be joyous!

Well, I got what I wished for, a 12 hour shift from Xmas Eve until Xmas morning, 6 PM to 6 AM.  Rang up 226 customers; about a week's worth for me in one night--and most in the first eight hours.  After that it was recovering the store and condensing what was left of Christmas (a LOT!  And I fear it is going to be a pain to pack away).   I hope we get to markdown and shed a great deal of it because it is just too damn much--a lot more than I packed away last year.

Anyway, I had fun with the customers, wore a pair of the antlers and told them I was wearing them because my horns didn't work.  Most thought it was adorable--lol!  Imaging anything a 47 year-old (as of December 23rd) considered adorable...

I considered offering a prize to the 100th caller asking if we were open Christmas Day (we're a 24/7 store), and finally just added that little addendum to the standard call greeting, to which I got many-a-"oh, thank you!" *click*.  My store manager enjoyed it and thougnht it was a good idea too when he called in the morning to see if I was still alive working conscious okay.

Well, I pulled it off and still have a short rest day before going in tonight at 8 PM (grabbing four more Xmas hours), then my schedule eases up a bit next week (though I still got New Years Eve/morning to work for more delicious and nutricious bonus dough).

Well, we finally got the tree up on the 22nd. A little late, but we're thinking of waiting 'til Christmas Eve next year, like our folks used to. Anyway....we finally got the top, middle, and bottom hooked up so the lights all lit and the tree turned, and we looked in and our baby Petunia was on a lowe branch, riding the "merry-go-round we had just set up, obviously just for her pleasure. We stopped the spinning, and once the ornaments were all on, she found her way to the top, stopping at different levels to bat at an antique ornament or two.

Lilibet is having just as much fun trying to guess what's in the packages, and when she gets tired of guessing, she tries to open them.

Bobo has even come out of the boys' room to lie under the piano bench, just so he can see the lights.

Katy and the dog don't care....they don't celebrate the holiday (though we get them gifts anyway) because they are pagans. Christmas to them just means candy and table scraps to try and steal (and they do, those pagans!)

Merry Christmas to all creatures! Even the human ones.

Merry Christmas cat lovers!



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What would one call a tabby cat that looks similar to a siamese, but isn't? What would that coloration be? Would it be a cream tabby? Or a lynx-point tabby? I've Googled just about everything under the sun, but I'm not getting the answers I want.

I really love the colors, and I've been looking for pictures, and I've seen bunches of tabbies that look like this, but I don't know what it is.



oh, and Merry Christmas <3

Hello all -

The husband and I are going to be relocating to Boston in a few months and we're currently scoping out neighborhoods. Here's the question: we were very seriously thinking about east boston until we realized that it's connected to boston proper by a very un-bicycle-friendly tunnel. Taking a bicycle across the blue line during rush hour is not allowed, right? So at certain times of day, we're not going to be able to get bicycles out that neighborhood, unless there is some ped bridge or other workaround that I'm missing. Anybody know the area and have any insight?

Does anyone know any good tea-shops in China town? Some place where I can score a few grams of aged Oolong or Pu-Erh? Preferably from a withered old man who barely speaks English, with a single eye.

Also, are there any decent cigar shops/tobacconist shops in the financial district area?

thx

Hey b0st0n. How's it hanging?

Anybody know of any comedy clubs w/ amateur/open mic nights? I lost a bet D:

Thank you~!

It's Christmas morning here in Australia! Wish you all a wonderful and safe Christmas. I'm now going to go salvage what's left of my Christmas tree after the kittens have been at it! :-D



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Seven-year-old caught ploughing in Germany - Yahoo! News

See, the government hates competition. How dare that boy show that the private sector is more efficient than the government at providing essential services!

:)

Quick question. My cat Oedipus has had this third eyelid showing a lot lately, covering about 1/3 of his eye. And not just after waking up or being sleepy. He's eating and drinking and playing and being normal besides that, but it's just something I've never seen before with him or any of my other cats.

Any input? Could something be wrong?

This is kind of a shot in the dark, but does anyone know whether any Boston area gyms are open tomorrow, even if they have limited hours? Not everyone celebrates Christmas, but we basically all have the day off and I've love to get in a workout. :)

Just a little something I made for you all. <3



I hope you like it. (:

I am really surprised that we sold the last of our adult-sized Snuggie stock yesterday. We sold some of the kid-sized ones, too, but still have some of those left.

I am not surprised, however, that we have a crap ton of those pet Snuggies left. What were they thinking, really?

Anyway... I'm heading off to work. Not looking forward to it, but we at least have more people there tonight than the one cashier/one supervisor we usually have on weeknights...!

Good luck, everyone!

Hey guys,

Last year I made a trip to NYC to see TDK in IMAX for the first time and from there went to 421 Broome Street to leave a flower bouquet and prayers for Heath and his loved ones.


I would like to know if anyone else is making the trip this year?

And for those who cannot but would love to leave a card, a little poem, a note, or a little written prayer directed towards Heath but don't have the right schedule and chance to go to NYC, well I would feel honored to carry it up to NYC and leave it securely by Heath's old entrance door for you guys.

You can send your written affections through e-mail or to my home address(I'll PM you my address if you wanna send it to me that way) if you want and I'll deliver it for you when I go up on Jan. 22nd.


ALSO, QUICK EDIT.

I'LL BE ACCEPTING LETTERS/NOTES/POEMS/PRAYERS FOR HEATH THROUGH MY E-MAIL ( itoshii1@comcast.net ) AND TO HOME ADDRESS (PM through lj) UNTIL January 21st. I'LL BE GOING TO NYC BRIGHT AND EARLY TO SET UP OUR LITTLE MEMORIAL AND TO WATCH A NUMBER OF MOVIES THAT DAY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE HEATH'S LAST FILM.

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My three year old cat, Loaf, sometimes has these coughing fits that make me concerned. When she's done coughing, she has a scratchy voice like she has a lot of mucus in her throat. My first cat pretty much never coughed up a hairball, so I don't know what a hairball cough sounds like. In case that's what this coughing is, I brush her daily and feed her a variety of hairball treats/foods to help keep it in control. She has coughed up a couple of pretty big hairballs since I got her, but never when I'm looking.

Loaf does have some health issues. My vet theorizes that when she was a kitten she got sick and was never treated, and ended up with damaged nasal passages. So she's got a lot of snot (which is clear colored and runny, so no infection), and she sneezes sometimes and sprays it everywhere! I have only had her for a year, so I don't know her history before that time. I don't yet have an air filter/purifier, but I do have a humidifier that I keep running 24/7 in my one bedroom apartment since it's very dry here with the heat running. Plus she loves to hang out with me in the bathroom when I shower, and she gets a nice long steam bath.

Loaf is otherwise very healthy. She's extremely energetic, has a healthy appetite, uses the litter box regularly with few problems. She has had some behavioral issues with the litter box in the past when I'm away for more than a few days, but hasn't had a UTI or anything. She's an indoor cat only, and has no contact with other animals.

But from a little research, I found out about feline asthma. Loaf will be having her yearly vet exam in a couple of months, so I'm going to ask more about this cough at that visit. I have been trying to catch her coughing on video so that I can show my vet the noise she makes to get a more accurate idea of what's going on. And I finally did! So I thought I'd post it here to see if anyone knows if this is hairball cough, asthma cough, or something else. I want to be able to ask the right questions and provide the right info to my vet when I take Loaf in. I will show my vet this video when I take her in as well. =)

My cat sleeps like this most of the time. My mom is still channeling the 80s and has a water bed, and one of the cats poked a hole in it.. it was an easy fix but she was no pleased.

( Lucien )

I am the human of Spooky, aka 'Mister Cranky'. He is on the third day of 'kitty Prozac', so we shall see how it goes. Yes, they really give actual Prozac, albeit a small dose to kittehs.

I will keep you updated and let you all know if his behavior gets better with time. I know my GF hopes so! ( I do, too!) : )

Happy Holidays, folks, where ever you may be!

My brother found a little kitty in the ceiling at his work. Since he couldn't keep her, he gave her to me. The only problem is that I have two kitties. I've been keeping new cat and old cats in different parts of the house for the most part. However, when new kitty sneaks into old kitties domain, it's all hisses and growls.

I'm looking for co-mingling tips. I don't want to keep them separate forever!

Just wanted to wish everyone here a Merry Christmas!  

I hope Santa brings you everything you want :-)

And, if you're working Christmas Eve or Christmas day, may you be blessed with pleasant, easygoing customers. :-)

Dearest Dexter,
While I appreciate you wanting to cuddle with me in bed, as it has been so long since we moved, we have an issue we need to discuss. The timing of your cuddle sessions are not very appropriate to my schedule. As you know, I am usually gone all day at work but come home at a reasonable hour and always have time for couch cuddles. I normally don't go to bed until around midnight, maybe earlier some nights and while I am settling down to sleep would be an excellent time for snuggles. An inappropriate time is after I have gone to sleep, such as 3 a.m. or 5 a.m., which you seem to have become accustomed to. Again, I really appreciate your effort to start up the snuggling habit like when it was just you and I, but it's causing me to be exhausted during the day. You wake me up for 10 minutes of cuddling then run off to who knows where only to come back two or three hours later for more. You know I love you and will put up with this because you're too cute to turn down, but please consider changing your cuddling times.

Love,
Momma

I've got the flu -- no word on whether its the regular or oinkbarf variety -- and I'm incredibly paranoid about giving it to Buster (icon kitty!) I barely want to breathe in his direction much less worry about his habits of trying to stick his face up my nose and licking my cheek and/or chin.

Good evening. I am just a new cat owner with a little pound kitten I introduced into my home last week. Her name is Nyx and she was brought into the pound by a woman who lied and said she was 4 months old, but a visit to the vet revealed she was only 6 weeks old when we brought her home.

Nyx is emaciated and came to us with fleas, tapeworms and coccidia. She has been medicated and is well on her way to being a much healthier kitten. ♥



Nyx won't drink water. My guess is because she doesn't know what it is or that she needs it. I am giving her wet food for now, but I'd like to get her interested in her water. She hasn't had any since she came home. One friend suggested a bottle - does anyone have any other thoughts or ideas? TIA.

I don't THINK I missed a similar post, but if I did, I apologize.

What's for Christmas for the kitties? My furry, unmanageable beast is getting a new collar and a few toys. Any pics? Do you wrap cat gifts? Do they go under the tree? Do your dogs get gifts if you have them?

So, I am out of state visiting my family with my 5 year old cat 5 month old kitten. Since we got here my kitten has had diarreha. Twice in 2 hours. Should I take her to the vet? Is one even going to be open. She is sitting next to me now, and her stomach is gurgling. I feel horrible and am really worried. Plus she now smells like poop. Suggestions on that, or all of the above? Thanks!

The CatGenie rated #44 on Gizmodo's Top 50 Worst Gadget Gallery.

http://gizmodo.com/5431759/worst-gadgets-gallery/gallery/44

I thought about picking up one of these once but the number of cats that allow me to live with them made it unfeasible.

Anybody get the CatGenie and what was your experience?

Their review:
CatGenie:
The CatGenie really does grant three wishes, assuming those wishes are:
1. For a litter box that does all the cleaning for me automatically!
2. For that automated litter box to be a gigantic, slow, smelly, expensive, power-sucking monstrosity.
3. Intense buyer's remorse.

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I came home from a short vacation to a package from my (not so) secret santa!

Harley was very pleased with her new toys and is currently passed out from playing with them. Harley and I both say thank you to12daysofrain  :)


 
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