Found a live cam pointed at Himalayan cat w/kittens

Copy and paste this into your browser for a huge dose of cuteness! 

http://www.marestare.com/masada.php

(This is from that same site that does the live foal cams, but these folks have it pointed at their cat with kittens for a change of pace!) 

• Found a live cam pointed at Himalayan cat w/kittens - Hayseed
  • AWW thanks for putting that up I love cats but son's allergic - GamerMom

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I have a dilemma.  I am an animal lover and have something I cannot come to a conclusion about.  At a restaurant where I eat lunch every Friday with a friend of mine, I have noticed a young male kitty hanging around outside looking for food.  This past week he ran up to my friend and rubbed her legs and quietly meowed.  I purposely did not try to pet him because I knew I would get attached and ignored him.  Well, ever since then I find myself thinking about him and wanting to rescue him.  Meanwhile, I already have 4 inside cats (2 rescues, 2 Maine Coons) and hubby really does not want another cat in the house because a few years ago I promised we would  never have more than 4 (had up to 5 at one point previously).  I actually have a huge screened deck he could stay on indefinitely because I do not believe in letting cats run loose for their own safety.  I could provide plenty of food, a warm place to sleep, and veterinary care.  At some point I would even probably work him into our household, but I just cannot do it at the moment.  Just not sure I would be doing right by that kitty because I am sure he would be upset and confused for a good while as to where he was and what was going on, but is that better than being hungry and cold?  I know there are lots of animal lovers out there.  What does everyone think?? 

after I found HUGE holes in the walkway between my house and barn.  I thought they were just little mice stealing grain, but then I spotted one and it was a HONKIN RAT!  My poor olderly cat was out there with me at the time and saw it, and he hissed at it and ran away! 

I asked for advice on what to do at a local agricultural board, because I have other animals and didn't want to use poison and conventional traps weren't working.  They advised putting a large pale of water out with some seeds floating in it, figuring the rats would go for the seeds and end up drowning.  That was a no-go because the water just froze up solid.  I wound up reluctantly going with Decon because I just can't have my house destroyed.  I haven't had seen any more rats or evidence of them stealing grain, so I'm guessing they have died.  The guy at the grain store promised me the rats would not die in the building and stink the joint up, rather they would crawl off and die outside.  I don't know if I believe that, as it is still winter here and decomposition would be holding off until it warms up.  We'll see, but at least the destruction has been halted.

Good luck and I too say have no mercy, because you just don't need them destroying hour house or causing a spark chewing wires and burnin' the place down.  It is war!   

  (How un-PC is this emoticon?!)

Nestle chocolate (like chocolate milk)

Neopolitan ice cream

nachos (don't know how much kiddies will like those though)

I googled posttubal ligation syndrome and found this info...hope it helps.  I have heard some doctors refer to posttubal syndrome when talking about a patient's heavy menses after a TL...just something to think about.  I wasn't aware of this when I had mine 8 years ago, but boy believe me, if I had known, there's no way I would have had it done...

A study in Britain followed 374 posttubal patients and found that 43% had subsequent
gynecological treatment for such conditions as heavy menstrual bleeding, menstrual
disturbances requiring hormonal treatments, cervical erosion, ovarian tumors, and
recanalization of the fallopian tubes requiring a second operation.

Another British study of tubal ligation found a 40% increase in menstrual blood loss;
26% of the group experienced increased menstrual pain. Women who had used the Pill
before their tubal ligation reported more of these complaints than other patients.

xx

I jumped the gun - and you already found it - Gibran's On Love.  I loved The Prophet back in the late 60s, early 70s.....especially on children...that begins something like this....but it's all I remember....(I can look this one up too) and made me a better parent in the 80s-90s...and right through today.......

Your children are not your children

They come through you, not from you.

You are the bows, they are the arrows.......

Seizures are scary to witness, but sometimes I think they're worse on us than the dogs (unless of course they're having a prolonged, life-threatening seizure). 

With idiopathic epilepsy, I don't think the seizure causes them pain, and I seem to remember that a dog is more at risk of secondary injury (like falling and hitting their head, falling into a swimming pool, etc.) than from the actual seizure. 

I had a dog with idiopathic epilepsy.  She was a fiesty, gorgeous (okay, I'm biased!) dark red and white, blue-eyed Siberian Husky named "Cherokee."  I loved her, adored her, and pretty much catered to her every whim (and created a bit of a monster in the process, but I was happy to get to take care of her and spoil her in her old age).  She was funny, aloof, dignified, super smart, and, of course, mischievous.  Hubby and I still miss her terribly, and we still talk about her hilarious antics.  But I digress! 

She was 10-11 years old when I adopted her, and I got to have her for 5 years.  At first, she was only having a seizure about... twice a month.  We worked her up and decided to hold off on meds since the seizures were fairly infrequent.  But she pretty quickly started to have them more like... once a week, I think it was?  If I remember correctly, my vet said if they are having more than a certain number of seizures a week/month, it's best to but them on meds, so we put her on phenobarbital at that time, twice a day. 

The dose was a little too high at first, and it made her a little groggy and caused her to vomit.  We lowered the dose a bit, and she was fine - never had another seizure again.  Phenobarb is pretty inexpensive, but not w/o potential side effects to the liver.  At Cherokee's age, we didn't really worry about that, but maybe that's the reason your vet is taking a "wait and see" approach?  Your dog is young, so if she has to be on anti-seizure meds, it will likely be for the rest of her life.  Not that I'm trying to discourage you from meds, just saying maybe your vet is thinking about the side effects as a reason to maybe hold off as long as possible. 

I also have a Siberian Husky named Alexxa ("Alex" - sometimes pronouced "Owwhh-licks" ;o).  She's now 15 years old.  She started having seizures at about 1 year of age, but hers are very mild ("partial complex" I think they're called?)  She only has one about every 3 months or so, and all that happens is her head has a little tremor to it.  If you aren't looking right at her when it happens, you could be right next to her and not even know she's having a seizure.  She doesn't even seem to be aware anything is happening.  Vet said they might get worse over time, but they haven't, and she's never had to be on medicine for it. 

Epilepsy is hereditary in some breeds, but it can happend in any breed or mixed breed of dog.

Here are a couple paragraphs from this site:   http://www.asc-cockerspaniel.org/health/news03.asp

>>Epilepsy Treatment

If idiopathic epilepsy is diagnosed, a dog may be treated with anti-convulsant drugs such as phenobarbital or potassium (or sodium) bromide. Since neither of the drugs is without side effects, the veterinarian and owner might choose to wait until seizures become more frequent or prolonged before starting an epileptic dog on them.

Phenobarbital was more effective than bromide in eliminating and shortening the duration of seizures. Thus, for many dogs, phenobarbital may be the first choice for an anti-seizure medication. Though the study did not look at long-term effects of using either drug, phenobarbital can damage the liver with prolonged use. Also, phenobarbital more so than bromide interacts with many other drugs. For that reason, bromide might be a better first choice for older dogs or those on other drugs, Boothe says. >>

Sorry for the length of this.  (I simply must take any opportunity to talk about my dogs.  LOL)

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/OvarianCancer/wwwboard.html

I happened upon this after reading your post because I have a cyst on my cervix that has me wondering....  I found this forum, I don't know if it interests you, but I just thought I would put it across.  I wish you all the luck, and I'm sure you'll be fine with the medical technology we have today!  Take care and God Bless fellow MT. 

I was born in 1982 and was raised by my mom and FINALLY found my dad after years of searching. He lives in Houston. I don't want to just show up out of the blue and say dad, here I am. I have his address and phone number. Mom says that I shouldn't contact him, he walked out on her after I was born, but I want to know what he's like.

I guess he went to a lot of trouble to start a new life somewhere else, got remarried, had other kids. In all these years he hasn't made an effort to contact me, but I still want to meet him. I hear his wife doesn't want me around, but she can't stop me from seeing my dad. Still, I don't want to make any waves. What should I do.