Feline immunodeficiency virus: The diagnosis used to strike terror into the hearts of cat caretakers as they imagined their feline friends living tortured and short lives, constantly ill or in pain. But as understanding of the disease and treatment techniques have evolved, FIV-positive cats are living longer, healthier lives. There’s lots of good information available …
Whats better than one cat? Two cats! What’s better than two cats? Three cats! What’s better than three cats? Four cats! We could go on. As long as you can care for and love multiple cats, we don’t disagree with having as many as possible. But let’s say you can’t have that many cats. Artist …
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My cat Agnes has always been strong-willed. When I took her to the vet as an 8-week-old kitten, she made her opinions on getting shots very clear. She was opposed, and she wriggled her tiny kitten body out of the hands of the vet tech and jumped across the room. "She’s quick," said the vet …
I love music, and I nearly always have it playing in the background when I’m at home or in the car. I’m also known to grab a cat and break into impromptu kitchen dancing. Don’t you? Because I expose my cats to a variety of music, why wouldn’t they begin developing their own taste in …
I’ve talked — er, sung — about feline balding (alopecia) before with “Why Does My Kitty Appear to Be Going Bald?” — but the fact that this kitty has self-directed aggression makes me think this is a behavioral and possibly neurological issue. If your vet has ruled out allergies and fleas, stress or hyperesthesia could …
If you visited Room 1 at the Homeless Animal Rescue Team shelter in Cumberland, ME, you’d probably have no idea that some people used to call it the feral cat room. A white longhair girl would come touch your hand with her nose, while a giant marmalade boy would prostrate himself at your feet, purring …
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