Hi Sars —
Could you pass this on to Rodent? I work in animal rescue, and our
organization is affiliated with the Baraboo Guinea Pig Rescue. She has a
list of links to medical information and is easily …

Dear Sars:
About a year ago, I began experiencing several episodes of what I’ll call existential depression (that’s my fancy term for it, anyway). Bypassing the rather uninteresting details of these episodes, the upshot is that …

Dear Sars,
I had two cats. Callie, 11, Anya 1. Sweeties, but they never really
caught onto the getting-along thing. They had their areas and stayed
out of reach, and after a few months, I had no cat …

Dear Sars,
One of my cats has died. It was traumatic, and a really big shock, and in the end I had to agree to let him be put to sleep. He had a blockage in …

I’ve totally been there with “Burning.” I’ve plotted my dramatic and
righteous escape from journalism hell countless times. When I took my most
recent promotion to Associate Editor, the gal that was there before me left
a card …

Dear Sars,
Like you, I’ve got a cat that I love very much, Frisky. Most of the time
she lives at home with my parents, since I can’t keep a cat in my dorm, but
she’s still my …

Dear Sars,
I’ve enjoyed your tales of Hobey and Little Joe, as well as your excellent cat-related advice, so I decided to get your take on my own feline difficulties. Apologies in advance for the length …

Dear Sars,
About six weeks ago, my very elderly and very wonderful cat died. She had a
long and fairly happy life (18 years of it), even if the beginning wasn’t
too wonderful. She was an orphaned kitten …

Hey Sarah —
I just moved to a new town. My landlady is living upstairs from me,
and she seems very nice, if a bit odd. Anyway, there are two porches
on the house, upstairs and down. Hers …

Dear Sarah,
Love your site. Love the cat stories. I wish the Vine had been around when I was 15. This is not really a major issue, just one of those things that annoys me a …