How wonderful , I would definatly send this story and photos to Cornell http://www.nestwatch.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=577 , It would be a great story to put on the Cornell nestwatch site. May even want to send to Birds and Blooms mag, they love these stories and we are talking about an unusual nesting in flowers!! I think you get some kind of compensation if B&B uses your story. www.birdsandblooms.com keep us up dated!

Heather, the subject of inflammatory breast cancer came up during a discussion with my endocrinologist one year. She is very firmly convinced that the more women know about their bodies, the more proactive they can be in taking charge of their own health. It was sort of along the lines of 'and another thing that many women haven't heard' type of topic...And I do pass this kind of information on to family and friends but that's a very small group compared to women nationwide. She also believes very strongly in the importance of listening to your own inner sense, and not allowing yourself to ever be brushed off with your concerns by a doctor not taking a worry seriously. That when something is wrong, if you aren't burying it in the back of your mind somewhere, but paying attention to what your body is telling you, you can be treated sooner and more easily for many things, including cancer. It sounds like that is just what you did, so you must fall into that group of very bright and informed women that my doctor would like us all to be. Please stay well!

Elly-there has been nothing out of the ordinary going on in my home.No kids here,no other pets that haven't always been here,same litter after trying different ones that didn't make any difference.I tried confining her,no luck there either.Tried Nature's miracle,washed everything I could that she has peed on but she goes right back and pees again.If I put litter boxes in every spot she has peed on they would be lining the walls and on the furniture in every room!LOL We keep the doors to the bedrooms closed and DH normally closes his at night but left it open the night she peed on his bed because it was hot in there. Livvysmom-,I really don't think the Cat Attract litter would help.She uses the litter box ALL the time for pooping,just not all the time for peeing.I do confine her to my bedroom,bathroom and computer room at night and part of the day(they are all connected).Her litter box is in the computer room which is the only feasable place for it.She pees under my bed and in the bathtub at night or if she is confined to those rooms during the day.If I close her up in the computer room she howls and scratches on and under the door all night.She has even pulled up the carpet under the bathroom door because I locked her in there one night!I have even tried taking her water up at night thinking if she doesn't drink water she won't pee.WRONG!!!!LOL I am in the same position as your sister.I can't afford to replace furniture and carpet and as bad as I hate to I may have no other recourse but to put her down.I thought about trying to find her another home but who else would want the problem? I will call the vet Monday and ask about the antibiotics. Anyway,thanks everyone for all the advice and keep the suggestions coming if you have more.......Lillie

Our Cardinals bring us such pleasure. We've noticed the male always appears first, maybe to ck if it's safe enough for her to come. Pairs seem very devoted to each other -the male offers his female tidbits of ??? when she first joins him, looks kinda' like they're kissing. I read they are groundfeeders, and ours must be or like what they find on our lawn a whole lot. It's not unusual to see 4-6 males at a time near flowerbed around two large trees close to the front porch...but if a female drops in her 'mate' chases the other males away. They prefer birdbath in back over ones in front and side yard-perhaps because trees are closer to it. Year before last we had the pleasure of watching a pair build a nest in a very large wreath on one wall of our covered patio. It had bright colored thread woven in & bits of dryer lint tucked in to line it, our contribution decorate the nursery. When two eggs appeared we could hardly wait for the babes to appear! Then very early one morning our Doxie simply would not stop barking or come away from the top step to the entrance near the nest. I went out to see what he was having such a fit over and a snake was coiled up, hiding behind behind a potted plant in the corner! A neighbor came and killed it for me (I was too chicken.) The #&!@$ thing had swallowed both eggs, giving me four MORE reasons to hate snakes -two for the poor parents who were so confused and upset and two for the babies to be. Attempting to save the eggs the man who killed it chopped egg sections out, but they were already broken. They've raided our bluebirds houses too and as far as we're concerned, the only good snake is a dead one.