Feeding By Food Puzzle
You do your best to make sure your cat is pampered and enjoying the good life. But you may be overlooking her innate prey...
Nail Trimming Made Easier
Some cats don’t like to be handled, especially around their paws, so their owners avoid regular nail trimming. That can spell trouble not only...
When Your Cat Needs to Drink More Water — But Won’t
Most of the time you don’t need to worry about whether your cat is drinking enough water. Setting out a bowl for her is...
Car Sickness
House cats rarely ride in the car — usually just for veterinary visits. But when they do, as many as half suffer from some...
Ear Cleaning: Avoid It
There are lots of things we should be doing routinely to take care of our cats’ health, but cleaning their ears is not one...
During the Dog Days of Summer, Cats Fall from Windows
Veterinary practices report that during the summer months, they see significantly more cats who have injured themselves falling out of windows. These emergencies occur...
By A Whisker
Pop quiz!True or false? Whiskers are hairs.A cat has 6, 10, or 12 whiskers on either side of her nose.True or false? The human...
As American as Baseball and…Cats?
It was the bottom of the eighth between the Colorado Rockies and the L.A. Dodgers when a long-haired grey cat darted onto Denver’s Coors...
Have You Installed a Catio Yet?
It has been only about 10 years since the word “catio” came into use to describe a cat-sized screened-in patio that lets feline pets...
Can Catnip Ward Off Mosquitoes, Too?
Cats don’t just roll over and rub against catnip for the high, a new study suggests. Chemicals in catnip called iridoids also appear to...
Hairballs Are Nothing to Worry About — Usually
A cat is never comfortable during the momentary hacking, gagging, and retching it takes to cough up a hairball. Nor is it comfortable to...
What to Expect When Your Cat Is Expecting
Breeders, people who have taken in a stray who has not been spayed, and those who tend to feral cat colonies may all find...
