Happy Anniversary Sealy!
By Elisa Black-Taylor This past weekend we celebrated Sealy’s one year rescue anniversary. He and 250 online friends joined us for a day of catnip and treats. It’s hard to believe he’s been with us a...
View ArticleVets Make Billions From Declawing Cats
Veterinarians in the USA make at least $2.16 billion ($2,160,000,000) in total from cat declawing. See Declawing Myths and Truths It is important to recognise that declawing cats is big business. It is...
View ArticleCat Food Marrakesh Style
This raw fish is food for a Moroccan cat. If this sweet looking white cat eats this raw fish all the time she’ll end up with brain damage and possibly some obscure disease. Raw fish should not be fed...
View ArticleCompassion is the First Requirement for a Veterinarian
The feline herpesvirus, which is commonplace, can blind cats. The same can happen to humans. I refer to that infectious agent, briefly below, but first we have to recognise that even the best qualified...
View ArticleUSA – Cats – Rabies. A discussion
If a cat has rabies blame people, not the cat. In the USA, people who like to criticize domestic, stray and feral cats often raise the topic of rabies. They say all domestic cats should be kept inside...
View ArticleMy Cat “Shrimp”
My Shrimpster is an unassuming red tabby. Rescued at five weeks, he had both upper and lower respiratory infections so severe, eyes glued shut, that he was left blind in his left eye and unable to...
View ArticleNewtown Therapy Cat Has Died
By Elisa Black-Taylor When I wrote the article about the tragic Newtown shooting back in December, it gave me a chance to get to know Robin Olson. Click this link to go to the story. Robin runs a...
View ArticleFree Feeding Cats
Free feeding cats is not a good thing. It results in a lack of control over how much your cat eats, which can lead to obesity, and it is a barrier to monitoring your cat’s health. An excellent example...
View ArticleCat Pimple?
Here is a picture of Charlie with what I have referred to as a cat pimple. It is not really that. It is a sore spot about 3 mm across in the area of his whisker pad. It seems to be … Continue reading →
View ArticleHitchhiking Cat Is Going Home
By Elisa Black-Taylor A lost cat named Mata Hairi will soon be reunited with her owner, more than ten months after becoming a lost cat, then a cross country hitchhiker. Her story began last September....
View ArticleCat With Missing Nose Gets Life-changing Operation
By Elisa Black-Taylor Nafas was only a year old when he was found last October, curled up under a car on a busy street in Tehran. A good Samaritan rescued the filthy cat, who had an infected mass and...
View ArticleUSA: Cat Illness, Trends and Statistics
This is a page that gives some clues as to cat health trends in the USA backed up by statistics. Banfield Pet Hospital is the world’s largest veterinary practice. It is an American business operating...
View ArticleRescue center left adopter with large veterinary bill
Ralph a rescue cat with gum disease An animal rescue center in Southern Ontario, Canada, told Pam that the cat she wanted to adopt was 8 months old and in good health. The good health report was...
View ArticleShelter Cats At Christmas. Let’s Think of Them
Photo by petsadviser.com (photo modified by Michael). In general, cats in conventional animal shelters are living through a stressful and hazardous time. It is probably the most hazardous and stressful...
View ArticleCompassion is the First Requirement for a Veterinarian
The feline herpesvirus, which is commonplace, can blind cats. The same can happen to humans. I refer to that infectious agent, briefly below, but first we have to recognise that even the best qualified...
View ArticleIs Royal Canin Cat Food in India of Poorer Quality?
By Ayesha Husna (in India) Recently, there was an article that Royal Canin had changed hands with ownership and that they have changed formulations of their products too. And this comes as a horrid...
View ArticleMy Mysterious Illness, by Walter
By Walter (with the help of Ruth aka Kattaddorra) I love my food but the other day I couldn’t fancy even a bite. The mammies (Babz and Ruth) got worried and said if I didn’t eat I’d have to go … please...
View ArticleMy cat is very ill. I have to talk about it
Charlie, my cat, is very ill. It is agony watching him. I am going back to the vet for the 5th time in about 3 weeks. He is on antibiotics but they are not working. In fact he has got … please continue...
View ArticleCat Sauna to clear nasal congestion due to bacterial infection
Does a water vapor session in your bathroom while you shower, or under a towel with a bowl of steaming water, really help to relieve the nasal congestion of a cat suffering from a bacterial and viral...
View ArticlePau d’Arco for Cats
Pau d’Arco is recommended as a home treatment for cats but how safe is it? For instance, it is occasionally recommended as a natural cure for cat ear infections. There is a trend towards home...
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