What affects us affects cats
By Elisa Black-Taylor Does your cat ever look up at you with disappointment in his eyes? Do you ever do things that displeases your cat or not do things that would please your cat? Over the past few years, my daughter Laura and I have experienced a few disappointed expressions. Do You Expect Me …
There is little chance of improving cat welfare if the public and the authorities don’t know or understand what the problems are. A lot of what is going wrong with respect to the cat welfare continues because it happens under the radar. People are either ill-informed of unaware. This leads to an unintended acceptance, …
You go to the circus and watch the tigers perform their usual tricks (note: I don’t like that bit of the story). You decide that you need to go to the toilet and while you are out having a wee, an announcement is made in the circus ring that a tiger has escaped. You …
There are three things in a bathroom that a cat likes… (a) you (b) your scents and (c) for some cats: water. I’ll deal with the first one last. Despite the endless discussions about how cats dislike water, lots of cats like it. Some cats actually join their human in the shower and some …
It is interesting to read about veterinary cat care 1900 – 113 years ago. If it could be said that care for our cats as cat owners has not necessarily improved a great deal over this period of time, veterinary standards certainly have, thanks to science. To put things into context the British veterinary …
We shouldn’t watch animal cruelty videos. Why? Firstly, I’d like to say that there are lots of animal cruelty videos on YouTube. They don’t just have to be animal cruelty videos. There are many other videos that are not strictly about animal cruelty. They are very sad videos of cats and dogs that are …
My cat, Charlie, likes to hold my hand as a sign of affection. Does your cat do something that you consider to be a sign of affection other than rubbing against you and licking you? This is a bit of fun with a tiny dash of seriousness to ponder on. Without any training, my …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Forgive me for being a bit long-winded as I explain the Controlled Substances Act and the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2013. These are two bits of U.S. veterinary legislation aimed at our pets, both now and in the future. It concerns mostly at home vet care and mobile vet clinics. …
