Expert Advice on Cat Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle.
In The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life and Mortality, Karen Fine shares stories from her veterinary career, but this is no ordinary memoir. Dr. Fine is one of those truly gifted veterinarians that don’t just treat the pet, but also know how to take care of the human attached to each pet, especially during times of illness and loss.Continue Reading
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Welcome to our first Purrs of Wisdom Holiday Gift Guide – your one-stop shopping spot for all the cats and cat lovers on your holiday gift list! This year’s guide features our favorite products for cats and cat lovers. And even better: many of the companies featured are offering exclusive discounts to Purrs of Wisdom readers!
You’ll find gifts ranging from cat furniture to toys to art to products for your home as well as some gift ideas you may not have thought of. I can guarantee you that you’ll find something to delight every kitty and every cat lover in your life. And by buying these products, you’ll not only get some really wonderful gifts, you’ll also support small businesses, many of them run out of the owners’ homes.Continue Reading
Allegra and I would like to wish you and your kitties a safe and happy Halloween!
We’re offering tips on how to keep your kitties safe today (and some delicious treats for kitty!) here.
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When it comes to feeding your cat, the less processed her food is, the better it is for her health. A raw diet is the least processed of all feline diets, and raw feeding is becoming more and more mainstream as cat parents look for alternatives to highly processed pet foods. I’ve been feeding raw for the past ten years, and have seen all of my cats thrive on it. For the past six years, I’ve been feeding Darwin’s, and it has become a perennial favorite.Continue Reading
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I bet if cats had their say, they’d abolish Halloween. From a cat’s perspective, there’s not much to love about a holiday when strangers come knocking at your door, your humans dress up in weird outfits and scary looking masks, and some humans even try to put you in costumes. But cats don’t need to miss out on their own trick or treat fun, and Vitakraft has some yummy treats to help you get into the spirit.Continue Reading
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Travel, especially air travel, is stressful for cats and humans. For most cat parents, just the thought of having to take their cat on a plane provokes anxiety, but sometimes, air travel is unavoidable. We previously covered how to prepare yourself and your cat for air travel.
Choosing the right carrier is one of the key components of preparation.Continue Reading
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My Cat Spit McGee was first published in 1998. I hadn’t heard of this book until one of our followers mentioned it as her all-time favorite when I had asked in a Facebook post about which cat books people read again and again, and I was intrigued. In this book, Willie Morris, the author of My Dog Skip and self-proclaimed dog man shares the story of his unlikely friendship with a cat.Continue Reading
Congratulations, Service Cats US! You’re the winner of our PETLIBRO Dockstream Fountain giveaway.
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I love that this fountain has no cords so you can place it anywhere, and that it has a stainless steel water tray.Continue Reading
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I love seeing more and more cat product companies taking into account that their products do not just have to please cats, they also have to make the human happy. Because let’s face it, if you relegate that ugly piece of cat furniture into a part of your home that you rarely use, chances are your cat isn’t going to use it, either.Continue Reading