What affects us affects cats
American pedigree, purebred cats knock Russian cats into a cocked hat! In other words, there are more American pedigree cats than Russian pedigree cats and, in addition, the American cat breeds are more popular than the Russian cats. That is my overall assessment. Both countries have quite an active cat fancy (the breeding and showing …
Do you have a vacuum cleaner that is specifically engineered for pet owners? Do you have a favorite vacuum cleaner which you believe is the most effective for picking up cat hairs? The vacuum cleaner manufacturers like to think that a cat owner needs a specialist machine that is particularly powerful to remove deep …
This is a hellish and British cat story. It is an important story and it is a long and complicated one. I cannot recite the entirety of the story because it is too complicated and too involved but I can summarise the most important points (in my opinion) in order to satisfy internet readers …
A new law has been proposed for Florida, USA which concerns how animal shelters in the state deal with decisions regarding the euthanasia of rescue animals under their care. Florida State Senator Joseph Abruzzo has presented a bill which has been called the “Animal Rescue Act” (nice name, incidentally) which, as far as I …
The goat is not stupid! A lot of people think the goat is stupid but they are wrong. Some people believe that the cat is dumb. This short article has been written to simply reinforce modern thinking that animals are not “dumb creatures” as some people still believe them to be. I hope, therefore, …
Elvis was doomed to die young! The Bengal cat is not doomed to die young. However, some Bengal cats carry a genetically inherited trait that gives them a predisposition to a heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Research on one of Elvis Presley’s hair strands that was saved by his barber and which was …
It can be extremely frustrating for a kitty guardian when their cat starts acting “weird”; especially when there is no apparent reason for their bizarre behavior. Several years ago, our white Oriental Shorthair began exhibiting some rather odd, compulsive behaviors which were very puzzling for my husband Marty and me. We started watching him …
This plea for help is on a forum about cats. The owner of the cat was concerned because, on her desk, she had a customized computer and her papers. She had a fan on her desk as well. She was concerned that her male cat would knock these items off her desk when he …
