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I caught this guy in flight as he was guarding "his" hummingbird feeder.
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Cats are so wise.
Technorati Tags: Cat Pictures, Pets, Learning from Nature.
One-year-old Emily was accidently shipped to France in a container without food or water, but she survived the three-week journey and is "thinner but in healthy form":An identification collar with a veterinarian's US telephone number allowed them to trace the hapless animal and contact its owners in the town of Appleton.After a 30-day quarantine, Emily will be sent back home. Hopefully, kitty quarantine is a better place than the filthy French jails."They were crazy with joy. They thought they'd lost her after an absence of nearly a month," one of the workers, Joelle de Becker, told AFP.
Vets say cigarette smoke, human dandruff and dusty houses can all contribute to breathing problems in the family cat. About one in 200 felines suffers from asthma, compared with one in 12 adults.Obligatory Blogger Cat Pic in a Cat-related Post:As in the human form, it can be worsened by trigger particles such as dust that inflame the airways and make breathing difficult. Symptoms include coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.
