Can cold, rainy weather cause cystitis in cats?

Cold rainy weather outside

I was drawn into doing research on cold, rainy weather conditions possibly causing cystitis in cats including indoor cats. If the cause of cystitis is cold weather but the connection is not made, veterinarians would call it idiopathic cystitis (cystitis without a known cause). Today, on Yahoo! News there is an article about the …

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Karma and the treatment of cats and dogs (Philippines)

Manila community cat

Desiree Carlos, an author and an animal advocate living and working in the Philippines, has written an interesting and useful article for the Manila Standard website. It’s about karma, dogs and cats. In the Philippines there appears to be quite a high number of stray cats and dogs. And Desiree was taught by her …

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Noisy breathing and breathing difficulties in cats with relatively broad, short skulls

Nose position ratio

This is a short discussion on the connection between noisy breathing and difficulties in breathing due to the skull shape of domestic cats. This has been discussed quite a lot on the Internet, normally in reference to Persian and Exotic Shorthair cats, because it is these cats which have been selectively bred to have …

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Chinese car manufacturer creates funky retro EVs called Punk Cat and Ballet Cat

Ora EVs

ORA is a Chinese marque of electric car and plug-in hybrid owned by Great Wall Motors. They are based in Baoding, China and started operating in 2018. In addition to the two vehicles named in the title they have other vehicles with names incorporating the word “cat”. For example: the ORA Black Cat, ORA …

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“This cat is built Differently”

This cat is built differently

There are several things about this video which demand a comment 😁. The woman’s voice is mightily sexy and cute. It triggers something in my brain. Her voice is as cute as the cats. I don’t know if it is a real voice or digitally created. I have a feeling that it is the …

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Are the British to blame for Israel’s stray cat problem?

Feral cats Israel

It’s a well-known fact that there are an inordinate number of feral and stray cats in Israel. They are often semi-domesticated and therefore better described as community cats. Before I answer the question in the title, I have to touch on the question as to whether they are a genuine problem. In my view, …

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