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Dietary Needs of Senior Cats
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Feeding your cat a species-appropriate diet is the most important thing you can do for her lifelong health. You can’t control your cat’s genetics, but you can control what you feed. While cat food manufacturers would have you believe that different feline lifestages require different diets, the truth is that a cat’s dietary needs don’t change all that much over the course of her life.Continue Reading
Review: The Zen of Cat
This website, as well as the two books of the same title, are all about learning from our cats, so The Zen of Cat: An A-Z of Japanese Feline Philosophy was a natural fit for a review. In her book, Carla Francis shares facts and stories about Japan, Zen philosophy, and of course, cats.Continue Reading
Sunday Quotes: One Small Thought
Review: Tumbledown Manor
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Helen Brown has written several books about the cats in her life , each of them wonderful. There were Cleo, Jonah, and Bono, and I recently reviewed her latest book, Mickey: The Cat Who Raised Me, about her childhood cat. When I like an author, I tend to look back to make sure I haven’t missed any of their books. I was delighted to come across Tumbledown Manor, a 2016 novel about a woman who buys a dilapidated house in Australia. Even though this is not a cat book, it does feature a cat.Continue Reading
A Guide to Making Medical Decisions for Your Cat
There is no one right answer when it comes to making medical decisions for your cats.
Advances in veterinary medicine make it possible to treat medical conditions in cats that would have been a death sentence in the past. From chemotherapy to kidney transplants, cats can now receive pretty much the same level of medical care as humans (and sometimes, probably even better care.) But just because these treatments are available doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right for each cat.Continue Reading
An Important Message to Our Subscribers
Before I get into the technical stuff, let me first extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for being part of our Purrs of Wisdom community by subscribing to our updates via email. Allegra and I love you!
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Sunday Quotes: Choose Joy
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Review: Weather Menders: A Climate Change Time Travel Novel
I’m sure we all have these special books: the ones that stay with us long after we finish them. The ones that we read again and again. The ones that we tell everyone about. Weather Menders: A Climate Change Time Travel Novel is one of those books for me.
I read it for the first time six years ago. I’ve re-read it at least three more times since then. And every time, I love it a little bit more.Continue Reading
AAFP Releases Intercat Tension Guidelines
Tension between multiple cats in a household can occur at any time. Most commonly, it happens when a new cat has been added to the household, but it can also occur between cats who have previously co-existed peacefully. The Intercat Tension Guidelines: Recognition, Prevention and Management, just released by the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) provide comprehensive resources to veterinary professionals to help clients prevent and manage these situations.Continue Reading
Sunday Quotes: Uncertainty
