Monthly Archives: July 2011

Don’t Be a Victim of Feline High-Rise Syndrome

I once lived on the third floor of a brownstone, and one down I looked across the street only to see a young black-and-white cat on a window ledge obscured from time to time by a fluttering curtain. I got … Continue reading

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Zora: Adventures: Subcutaneous Hydration for Chronic Renal Failure (CRF)

She had been losing weight for about a month, and I thought it might be a thyroid condition, so off we went to her veterinarian, Dr. Linda Jacobson. Unfortunately, it wasn’t her thyroid but her kidneys. Her prescription? Subcutaneous hydration, … Continue reading

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Question: Who Could Love a Slug?

Answer: Only it’s mother. I have such a strong visceral and uncontrollable reaction when I see a slug that it has become disturbing to me, animal lover that I am. I have to say, though, that I’ve never done anything … Continue reading

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Going My Way?

Gary Oliver’s 20-year-old African spurred thigh tortoise gives this little chihuahua a lift. What’s a Spurred Thigh Tortoise? Also known as the African spurred tortoise, is the third largest species of tortoise in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and … Continue reading

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