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: 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

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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