What affects us affects cats
Introduction In early 2025, several U.S. pet food companies initiated recalls of raw cat food products due to concerns over contamination with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1, commonly known as bird flu. These recalls were prompted by confirmed cases of the virus in domestic cats, some of which resulted in fatalities. The incidents …
An anonymous UK vet recently claimed that they have to earn more per pet patient. It was reported on the BBC evening news. It caught my eye but is in alignment with many earlier reports on the vet business in the UK which has allegedly tended to become greedier thanks to corporate buyouts of …
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The news media have consistently mispresented the 6 all-female passengers on the Blue Origin spacecraft that went into space and returned in 11 minutes as ‘crew’. This is simply untrue and a form of wokeism and diversity signalling. Please can we have more plain-speaking truth? The word ‘crew’ means people operating and piloting the …
This is a question-and-answer session with AI on the indoor/outdoor debate in the context of the cat’s age. Question: When a cat caretaker is deciding whether their cat should be a full-time indoor cat or an indoor/outdoor cat they might factor in their cat’s age? Absolutely — a cat’s age is a key factor …
Occasionally, my cat likes to reach out with his right forepaw and touch my face while he is lying next to me when I am in bed. It is an act of deep friendliness and ‘connection’ between two sentient beings of different species. Domestic cats do like to touch and be in contact with …
I have walked to the corner shop every morning at 06:30 for years (my cat accompanies me!) and have seen a startling development: almost zero traffic on Mondays and Fridays and even Tuesdays. Wednesday has become day one of the week for many workers and Thursday is day five! 😎 Obviously some of this …
Allowing your cat to sleep on your lap for long periods can have both positive and negative health implications for the caregiver. Let’s break it down. Far from me to even suggest that there might be some negatives to ‘lap catting’ but I think it is fair and useful to look at it in …
