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Disgusted!

Well meowmy just spent over an hour removing the "Say No to Nutro" photos from our pages, replacing the cat clock widget that quit working because of the changes and removing the cursors we had that no longer worked and despite updating all of our pages the darn cat toys are still on top of our backgrounds-which are almost non-existent because of the wider text box which is no longer necessary since the ads were graciously removed from our pages. We are having a hard time having fun here anymore, so many of our friends are no longer here, we only hear from them on facebook or through our meowmy's personal e-mail. I still want to be here everyday for the groups I am active in and what little paw-mail we get, but that is it. Guess everyone else is feeling the same way, it's sad. But I guess some feel it is time to move on and we like a few others have joined another site, not planning on leaving here just haven't had much reason to be here much. Catster as we once knew it is gone.

Awful Language!!!!

The Cat's Meow has gotten some very rank replies to it, I hope they are deleted soon. The language and nature of the replies is horrifying. I did not know that non-members could leave comments, on most websites you have to be a member to comment and some even restrict that privilege for those who have been members for a week or more. Perhaps that is something that might be a good idea here also?

WARNING VERY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Cats Meow

CATSTER VIRUS WARNING!!!

My AVG virus protection has blocked me from entering several Catster pages over the last couple of days. It is not the same pages every time so I am thinking it is some of the random ads. The message say "AVG has blocked access to this page due to a detected virus that may harm your computer" so please every one who does not have virus protection-get some before it is too late!

AVG free download here.

Found a New Place to Play!

No I'm not leaving Catster, not right now anyway, we have too many friends here. But many are thinking of leaving and then what would be the point of staying?

Found a new place to play! Petizen.com

Just joined last night and got friend request before meowmy got my page done, so we are still working on my page. Have added my meowmy Wanda too, but not the others yet.
We have also joined the Say NO to Nutro group here on Catster, if anyone else is interested here is the link to that:
Say No to Nutro!!!!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

I do not like the new homepage at all! It is sloppy and ill designed. All of the things I check each day were conveniently located right down the center of the old homepage with click-able links right there. We knew who our gifts belonged to without having to click on each one. The daily diary picks and friends updates were easy to get to without having to open up a pop-up box. We have a group tab on the menu bar, so why do we need a list on our homepage, a useless list at that, the groups we administrate for is not even on top, and I do not need to know what forum I posted to last, if it is important I remember! And what is with all the white? I know when you go to buy a car, sheet tin and paint it is cheaper and that is what it looks like to me-CHEAP!Does the guy who redesigned all of this mess even use Catster on a daily basis? Did it get thrown together on his lunch hour? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! In all fairness there is ONE thing out of all of this that is better, the green is gone, at this point I would love to see it again along with my old homepage. I am not against change as long as it is better, this is NOT!!!!

Great Sadness

Yesterday I learned of the loss a true friend, Alfie (Sir Alfred). Actually he was much more than a friend, he was like a brother to me. We ran a group together, paw-mailed each other about everything and we had so much in common. He has always been there for me, even when I didn't ask, he just knew to be there. I am very sad for his meowmy, his friends and for me, we will all miss him terribly. I know in my heart he is now with his beloved brother Wally whom he loved so much and that is of some comfort.
But still I feel lost, there are just no words good enough to describe what he and his family mean to us. Meowmy has cried most of the day, me too. Please go by his page and spend a few moments remembering him and say a prayer for his dear family.

What's Up with This Disgusting Photo Catster?????????

The "In Vet Blogs" is featuring a story about FDA pet food recalls, okay so that is a good thing, but what is with that photo? Is that cat supposed to be passed out sick or dead in his plate of food? This picture infurriates me! Sensationalism is not necessary here! We all know the horrors of tainted food and it's not like there isn't a zillion other photos that could have been used, that would not be so offensive. If any of us posted a photo like that we would be getting our paws slapped in a hurry, has Catster forgotten children come here? That photo is unsuitable in my opinion, I hope it is removed soon.

Google ad on Kidney Disease in Cats

I recently clicked on one of the Google ads featured here on Catster for Kidney Disease in Cats. It is promoting books by Michael Dole on natural care. It had a rather disgusting photo, detail of which I will spare you. I attempted to e-mail him at the address about the ad and guess what-the e-mail came back as undeliverable! So I googled him and there are others who have had the same problem, some have even sent him money and never received anything in return and they can't contact him either! Seems as if he has a lot of ads out there concerning various illness in dogs and cats and simply just rewords the same ad for each illness. So buyer beware!

Sad

I am a little saddened today. Why? Well I'm gonna tell you. Now don't get me wrong I LOVE Catster, it's been a source of comfort and has given me the wonderful gift of many treasured friends, but I am disappointed in them right now.
The World's Coolest Pet Contest main voting period was over 5 weeks ago and all of us voted our hearts out for our pals and tried to make it a success. BTW, congrats to all of the winners.
But back to the reason for my dismay. Many of my pals are not plus members and cannot afford zealies, they feel bad because they can't repay all of the gifts given to them during the year and were planning on gifting back with their earned zealies for Christmas. Well the zealies are not here yet and it is almost Christmas.
Okay, so I am a big boy and I realize Catster is a business designed to make money and giving the free zealies out now would drastically cut their Christmas profits, but it would've been the NICE thing to do.
Fortunately I can afford zealies, but I am feeling really bad for those who can't and are disappointed not having any for Christmas. I'm sure they feel like they got lumps of coal in their stockings from Catster.