Hope everyone and their fuzzy friends had a great holiday! I am just wondering if anyone knows what may have been wrong with my Tazz. He seemed like he was losing weight to me in his hindquarters, but I thought it was because of all the wrestling he's been doing with Critter. I have only had Tazz for a month. Anyway, I brought a new kit home on Saturday and he played with it. By Monday he seemed very listless and lethargic. Again I suspected stress. On Christmas Eve he looked really bad. He wasn't peeing at all so I considered bladder stones. Then he seemed not to be pooping either and his abdomen felt odd and lumpy so I thought blockage. He was projectile vomiting and crying. I gave him some hairball remedy -- no blockage (LOTS of no blockage!) -- but still no pee. I know I should have called a vet, but I live in a FFZ and it was Christmas Eve and I was totally broke. He wouldn't eat at all, and was barely able to open his eyes. I mixed Catsip(some milk treat for cats), pedialyte, Ferretvite and chicken baby food and fed him with a medicine syringe. He would eat some and then run away and paw his mouth and gag. I nursed him like that for three days and he gradually got better. He is now peeing and pooping normally, leaping onto counters, running around the house -- being a happy frit. (He still wants the milk stuff -- it's taurine fortified, lactose free and marketed as a daily treat for cats -- do you think it's okay?) SS Critter -- "Blankets, more blankets, more blankets" Tazzmo -- "If you can't jump, climb, if you can't climb, dig, If you can't dig, pout" Fearless Flying Fang -- "Too busy to talk!!!!" [Posted in FML issue 1797]