Last week, I asked you for your advice on preparing for my sweet Kissy‘s upcoming amputation. You gave me lots of wonderful tips, and I felt very well prepared for the surgery and her postoperative recovery. On Monday, I brought her in for amputation. We did pre-anesthetic blood testing to make sure nothing was abnormal. …
A Sad Update on Kissy, My Cat Who Went in for an Amputation Read More »
A cat calendar and desk full of cat tchotchkes serve to alert everyone in the office of your cat-lady status, so why not go one step further and add kitties to your corporate attire? Loft has gone kitten crazy this winter with a whimsical feline-inspired print to liven up your career coordinates. The Smitten Kitten …
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With cat-like focus, these kittens watch a women’s tennis match, bobbing their heads back and forth as the tennis ball in question bounces from one racket to another, accompanied by some rather strange utterances and even screaming from the players — it must be a very intense match! The match gets so exciting that one …
Women’s Tennis Is Serious Business; Just Ask These Kittens Read More »
Here is a question I recently received about eosinophilic granulomas (known colloquially as rodent ulcers) in cats, and some resulting agression. Hello Dr. Barchas, My youngest cat, age three, has been treated for rodent ulcers since he was six months old. It’s been a real struggle to treat it. He gets Depo-Medrol injections every few …
A tiger is not a housecat, but housecats and tigers are related, so this video still counts. Bounding from couch cushion to couch cushion, this darling tiger cub reminds us an awful lot of our cats at home, who are capable of being entertained for hours with an errant scrap of cardboard. So if there’s …
A Tiger Cub Bounces on a Couch with a Brave Chihuahua Read More »
I’ve had my cat, Furball, for more than a decade. In that time, I’ve noticed certain things that dog people do that really irk my cat — and me, too. Don’t get me wrong. I like dogs and I love my dog-loving friends, but I do have one pet peeve: Please don’t treat my cat …
