I was dead asleep in the middle of an extra-warm summer night in 2010. My husband ran up the stairs hollering, "Sweetie, we have a problem!" I bolted upright, thinking our house was on fire. "The painters took the screen off the window in your office and never put it back," he said. "Gracie, Oscar, …
Our Cats Escaped into the Night — and One Stayed Away Two Whole Weeks Read More »
The feline leukemia virus, or FeLV, is a serious and incurable disease that suppresses the immune system and makes cats susceptible to a wide variety of diseases and symptoms. While FeLV-positive cats do face additional challenges, the disease is not always a death sentence, and many cats do go on to live long, happy lives. …
Cats with Feline Leukemia Have a House of Dreams in Oregon Read More »
Elise and Yasmin are two color-happy animal enthusiasts who also happen to have an interest in making jewelry. Together, they are Paws and Effect, an Australia-based jewelry biz that creates eye-catching, pet-inspired accessories to brighten up any outfit. The ladies believe that “no jacket or shirt should be without a brooch, and no neck without …
Paws and Effect Makes Colorful, Eye-Catching Kitty Bling Read More »
Ever since we wrote about Colonel Meow — and his large fluffiness, furrowed brows, and pathological fear of hairballs — we’ve been noticing a certain phenomenon on the Internet. Beyond Henri’s languishing existentialism, there appears to be some cats who outright disdainfully disapprove of, well, everything, and they are suddenly getting some attention. Maybe it’s …
My cats’ lives have always included music. In fact, I named my first cats Sin├®ad O’Kitty and Siouxsie Mew, after two of my favorite singers, Sin├®ad O’Connor (who also happened to be my first celebrity crush) and Siouxsie Sioux of the punk band Siouxsie & the Banshees. Part of the reason they got those names …
Cat butler Lesly Newman knew there could only be one kitty to blame when her laundry began turning up items that were clearly not her own — like men’s boxers. Like everything else that her kitty cat burglar, Denis the Menace, has taken from neighbors, Lesly added the boxers to her growing collection of items …
This Cat Burglar Will Steal Your Heart (and Everything Else) Read More »
The now infamous story of the accidentally euthanized cat in Massachusetts first splashed across my computer screen on Monday morning. Soon it was all over the Internet. A cat named Lady was taken to a veterinary office in Massachusetts for a bath. The owner’s son, who delivered the cat, signed what he thought was a …
A Cat Goes in for a Flea Bath But Is Euthanized Instead Read More »
