Expert Advice on Cat Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle.
Cats have a unique intelligence that often goes underappreciated. Canine cognition has been widely studied, but until recently, most knowledge about how cats think comes from anecdotes shared by cat parents. New research, however, shows cats possess high intelligence and demonstrate it in numerous ways. Continue Reading
This post about Allegra’s special toy was first published six years ago, but I just had to revisit it after I found her like this in the middle of the living room floor the other night:Continue Reading
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Do you have a skittish cat who hides under the bed when something scares her? A cat’s natural instinct, when faced with something unknown, is to keep her distance and figure out whether this new thing is safe. For many cats, that means hiding under the bed.Continue Reading
Guest post by Rita Atkins
On a cold November day, 2001, in a parking garage in Oklahoma City, my husband and I became the forever family of a pint-sized Maine Coon mix with a jumbo-sized anger management problem.Continue Reading
It’s been almost a whole month since I got to write something on here. I guess Mom has been so busy writing her own stuff, she hasn’t made room for me! This doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy myself. Keeping my sister in line is just about a full time job, and I still have to take care of Mom, too. It’s a wonder I find time to nap and play with all of that going on.
And speaking of playing – something really interesting, and fun, has been happening with that here. A couple of weeks ago, Mom was on the phone with this man she calls the Cat Daddy. She asked him a lot of questions about something called My Cat From Hell.
I know what that is! It’s something that happens on the big screen in our living room. I started watching it with Ruby the other night, but I had to leave the room. It was just too frustrating for me. Some of the cats on that show are so upset with their humans, it got me all upset, too. Of course, Ruby wasn’t bothered by any of it. In fact, she practically stuck her nose into that Cat Daddy man’s face!Continue Reading
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I worked in various veterinary clinics for over twelve years, and during those years, I met some pretty amazing cats and dogs. The memories of some of these animals, as well as the lessons they taught, have stuck with me over the years, and I thought it was time to share some of their stories. I’m calling the series “Adventures in Veterinary Medicine,” because for me, that’s what my journey in this wonderful profession was – a never-ending adventure. No two days were ever alike, just like no two animals were ever the same. In this first installment in our Adventures in Veterinary Medicine series, meet Beast.Continue Reading