Author: Nomi Berger
Are Your Feeding Habits Hurting Your Cat?
While felines can be finicky about the food they eat, responsible owners can both improve their pets’ nutritional intake and prevent them from joining the estimated 58 percent of American […]
When Kitty Sheds Her Winter Coat
Does spring announce its arrival by the unusual amount of cat hair covering your home? As your kitty trades her heavy winter coat for a light summer one by shedding – […]
Toilet Paper as a Toy?
Does your cat play constantly and contentedly with toilet paper? Does she unroll it sheet by sheet from its cardboard tube, bat it around, drag it from room to room […]
Paws Down for Plastic Bowls
While plastic bowls are cheap, their cost to your cat can be high! Dangerous as food and water bowls, plastics scratch and the bowls’ porous surfaces trap bacteria that thrive on […]
Pussycats and Purrs
For those pondering the how and why of that phenomenon known as purring, numerous theories abound. As for how: Most experts now believe that purrs are created by the laryngeal and […]
Colds in Cats
Can cats catch colds? Paws-itively! The culprits behind a cold, or upper respiratory infection (URI), are bacteria or viruses, sometimes both, and its symptoms can include sniffling, sneezing, coughing, a runny […]
Marijuana Toxicity in Cats
Due to the increased availability of both medical and recreational marijuana, as well as its use in foods, pills, oils and tinctures, marijuana is more accessible than ever before. It’s […]
Six Preventable Cat Accidents
The best way for your kitty to live all nine of her lives, happily and healthily, is through the prevention of needless accidents. Being hit by a car: Even if yours […]
Caution: Cats and Essential Oils
For years, certain essential oils were considered safe for cats and were often recommended for use in treating everything from stress and ear mite infestations to upper respiratory problems. But recently, […]
The Hazards of Hypothermia
Every winter, cats die due to being left outside in the cold. That they have fur does NOT ensure their ability to survive out of doors for any length of […]