My Saffy has always veered toward the lazy side of the feline energy spectrum. I know most cats are known for their inertia, but Saffy is kind of the gold standard. Even as a young cat, she was more of a slug than a cat. That doesn’t mean we didn’t try to engage her in …
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the May/June issue of Catster print magazine. Click here to subscribe to Catster magazine. Did you know that animals can suffer from compulsive behaviors similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder in humans? In cats, this often manifests as something called “wool-sucking,” an oral compulsion that causes cats to obsessively chew, suck, or swallow …
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How do you feel about cat cafes these days? Enduringly cool concept or a little bit passé by now? While I heartily enjoy our feline friends, I won’t lie — hearing about a new cat cafe doesn’t excite me like it used to. Unless, say, it happens to add a twist to the idea of mixing up adoptable …
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Wolfie the Persian cat was born with a severe deformity. “He basically pulls his body around with his front legs,” says Linda Oroz, the South Florida woman whose family adopted him two years ago. Wolfie’s back legs are in a hard, straight position all the time, she says, and X-rays revealed they’re not connected to …
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