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One of the dreaded moments for a cat owner — kitty misses the box. Cats are naturally fastidious creatures and will bury their waste...
I had an apostrophe catastrophe today. Does the play belong to the cat? How many cats? How much play? Play is an important part...
If you haven’t experienced the lovely sensation of a furball cuddled against you on a chilly night or the soothing vibration of a cat purring,...
I’ve wanted to be a veterinarian since I was a child. I was the kid who hand-fed orphaned robin fledglings until they could fly. I...
Did you know that we see high blood pressure in cats? Why do we worry about it? Just like in people, high blood pressure...
There is research showing that cats living outside kill birds and small mammals. There are some bird researchers who firmly believe cats have led to species extinctions and...
If you have questions about how to look after your cat, or just ‘is this normal’, I have a few suggestions. Hopefully you have...
FIP – Feline Infectious Peritonitis. If you mention this term to someone who works with cats, you’ll see a person with a hopeless look on...
One of the things that determines where and how you might find your lost cat is kitty’s friendliness factor. There is research ongoing about...
The research also gave us some clues about how your individual cat may react when she’s suddenly out in the big world alone. For...
This is Ruby. She’s not my first black cat. She’s my first black cat who came as a tiny kitten. We actually got her because...
The research we talked about last week also found that a physical search increased the likelihood that your lost cat gets found. And 75%...
Here’s one of the findings from that research: About 33% of cats are returned to their home within 7 days, 56% within two months,...
Research has been done on lost cats and how to found them. The most recent paper was published last November in animals journal. These studies are...
Manny got used to the cast, but only had his Elizabethan collar (cone) off when there was someone watching him. He was comfortable, and appreciated...
“Pets are our seat belts on the emotional roller coaster of life–they can be trusted, they keep us safe, and they sure do smooth out...
Dear Dennis, You reached the ripe old age of 18. And then you started to change. You’d been on medication for your thyroid and...
Dear Dennis, As you got older, you started to need more medications. First came the thyroid medication, which was a pill you took quite happily...