Thanks, Kirk...I remember when I was new it took me a while to find "conversations." Jeanne S.

GW has been shortening the length of their retained back posts. I had not known that. Still, no matter which GW forum one is on [and this happens on all of them], it would be nice for people to at least look through the FAQ first. [BTW, for any new folks, it's not that we don't WANT to answer questions, but it does get awful 'old' to repeated answer the same ones when the info is already there if a bit of research is done.] Now on the flip side Kev, if I did a search and received "872" threads, I have to admit ... I would not sit there and try to read throught them all first. By the time I finished that my hypothetical "phal" would have died. However that is also where folks would hopefully figure out that using more than one key word would narrow their search down considerably. Happy growing!

Lass, you gave great advice about her not buying the property with her boyfriend. I've seen friends split and leave the other holding the bag so to speak. Can you imagine what that house and property must have been like way back when? She will need alot of money and free labor I'm afraid to make it liveable again.

Opinions vary on the "gawdawful" vinyl wood planks - obviously some people don't like it or at least don't like the brands and installs they have seen. We have it, we love it - very easy to clean, wears like iron and it actually looks quite real. Yes, we can tell it's not real wood but real wood in addition to not being a good choice for your home also would have cost us 10x more, since I was able to install the vinyl plank myself. It was so inexpensive that some day we could replace it with real hardwood if we get the budget and want to. Around here if you expected anyone to deduct off the price of a home because you didn't like the type of flooring you'd be laughed off the lot. I hate carpet far far more than our vinyl plank floors but we didn't get a price cut because our home was carpeted when we bought it. We just ripped it out and put in the vinyl. But any future buyer who doesn't like it doesn't even have to bother pulling it out and disposing of it, It would be easy to carpet over or lay another floor directly over, so resale is not an issue. It is quite waterproof when installed with tight joints, the vinyl planks squish up against eachother and form a tight seam. We've spilled puddles of water in the kitchen and had stray ice cubes escape the dispenser to melt off in corner and be found later - no damage. To ensure waterproofing in your case, you can apply an adhesive or clear silicone to the edges of the planks as they are installed. I am sorry your kitty is stressed with the situation and I am glad to hear that you are committed to her despite the issues. Since you're certain it is behavioral (and hopefully that means you are feeding exclusively wet food to avoid idiopathic urinary tract disease which is associated with dry foods) Is there any way you can separate the cats in your home? You can also provide retreats - there are cat flaps activated by each cat's microchip number which can be used in interior doors to selectively exclude cats for example from scaredy-cat's litter and/or food area, strategically placed cat towers, getaway routes etc. Litter boxes in every room - that may sound unappealing but they can be disguised inside furniture, and better that there is a litter box in the room than the cat using the floor as the litter box! Also another medication to consider is amitriptyline - usually more effective for cats than prozac, and can be formulated in a transdermal ear cream dispensed in a felt tip pen from Wedgewood Pet Pharmacy, since many cats won't eat these pills in a pill pocket etc and pilling a cat daily doesn't exactly help with the stress situation!