Safe Travels!
You have to take your cat to the vet’s office, so you put her in her carrier, place it on the back seat, and...
Is Your Cat Sleeping Too Much?
A number of our clients have expressed concern that their cat sleeps too much. They worry all that sleep means their pet’s health is...
6 Cat Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know…
A house cat is genetically 95.6 percent tiger.
Cats can run up to about 30 miles per hour (but only over short distances).
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How Long Can a Cat Live?
Imagine getting a cat when you’re 20 and having the pet until you’re 52. That’s just what happened to Michelle Heritage of Exeter, England....
Halloween Costume for Kitty?
Very soon youre going to start seeing adorable pictures of cats in costumes popping up on Facebook, Instagram, and elsewhere. We understand the appeal. But the appeal is really for people, not cats, so were not big fans of dressing up your pet. Along with objecting to having something pulled over their heads and wrapped around their necks, a lot of cats simply are afraid of being dressed in a costume. Some will even stop moving when dressed; they crouch down and freeze in place because they dont know what theyre supposed to do or how theyre supposed to move about. Why put a cat through that severe stress?
Dear Doctor: Feral cats indoors?
Q. Why does my cat stare at me and then slowly blink and look away? Is she showing disdain, or boredom with me?
Judah Jensen
Cleveland,...
Dear Doctor: What’s with the blinking?
Q. Why does my cat stare at me and then slowly blink and look away? Is she showing disdain, or boredom with me?
Judah Jensen
Cleveland,...
5 Cat Facts That Aren’t
You know the cat doesn’t really have anyone’s tongue, nor does it have nine lives. (Leave it to a line in Shakespeare’s Romeo and...
Even Indoor Cats Should Be Microchipped
House cats can and do get out, which is why the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) says that it “strongly” advocates the permanent...
About That “Extra” Pad On Each of Your Cat’s Front Paws
In back of the small pads on the bottoms of your cat’s front toes, and also well behind the larger pad that sits just...
Cats More Likely Than Dogs to Survive a Snake Bite
Here’s another reason cats have nine lives while dogs have only one: they are up to twice as likely to survive a snakebite. Researchers...
Have You Bought Your Cat a Toy Lately?
You attached a feather to a string for your cat to chase as you dragged it along the floor, but she didn’t go for...
