If you’re like me, you know the frustration of coming home after a long day of work only to find your cat ripped down your curtains and had a “party” with the toilet paper roll. Isn’t owning a cat suppose to easy? You just leave food out for it, a litter box and they are [...]
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It is 4:00 AM, and you have been tossing and turning for hours, trying to get at least a few hours of sleep before getting up at 6:30 AM to go to work. After using the bathroom 5 times, watching multiple episodes of The Office on youtube and drinking a large bourbon, you finally drift [...]
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Medicating a cat isn’t always easy, but remaining calm is always the key to successful medicating!
Keep in mind that if your cat has a severe negative reaction to medicating, make sure to give them a break after a failed attempt. Continuing to try to medicate them when they are already frustrated and worked up will [...]
There has been a considerable backlash in the UK as Pet owners face a code of practice that gives them guidelines for how to treat their cats, dogs, and horses. Judging from some of the comments on the BBC website, they view these guidelines as patronizing and the result of a “nanny state”:
When you love your pets, it’s good to know you have a partner in safeguarding their health – your veterinarian. Now you can honor your favorite veterinarian through the “Thank Your Vet for a Healthy Pet®” contest, sponsored by Morris Animal Foundation (MAF), Hill’s Pet Nutrition and BowTie Inc., publishers of Veterinary Practice News, DOG FANCY and CAT FANCY magazines. The nationwide short-essay contest honors America’s veterinarians for their skill, dedication and commitment to ensuring that pets are healthier, happier and living longer.
If you need to buy a Christmas present for an angry neighbor who is tired of cats making a mess of his garden, and a traditional fence just wont cut it, then this product form Contech might be what you are looking for.
Catnip (also know as Catmint, Catnep, Catrup, Catswort, Field Balm, Field Wort, Nepeta cataria)
As cat owners know, some cats go crazy over catnip, while others could care less about it. It has actually been shown that up 30% of cats don’t respond to catnip, and kittens will not response to it until there are [...]
I find reading old books about cat health and cat care fascinating. For example, The cat; its points: and management in health and disease (1908), found via the Internet Archive. This book, besides the usual information about cat breeds, nutrition and cleaning, goes into great detail discussing building an outdoor cattery.
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Photo from Flickr user xeni (it’s actually a cake!)
In a previous post here on Take Care of Your Cat, At-A-Glance Cat Litter, Ashley covered the pros and cons of various types of cat litter. What also may interest some people are the environmental concerns of cat litter. From Slate’s Dirty Dogs and Carbon [...]
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