Michael Broad
This is Catsters’ version of four puzzling cat behaviors explained. The four selected are: Using paws to eat and drink Burying and covering food Pulling a stinky face The tail wiggle or quiver Using paws to eat and drink This is still somewhat of mystery but it is put down to various reason including: …
A lady’s cat had diarrhoea and bladder problems that hadn’t responded well to conventional veterinary medicine. She tried Tinkle Tonic (a cute name when you think about it): Tinkle Tonic is a great product. It has herbs to sooth the cat’s bladder, etc. I would take a male to the vet immediately because a …
This is a visual puzzle from what I consider to be the image section of the Reddit website (imgur). This photo of a cat going up or down stairs seems to have baffled many people which is why the title asks the question: “Is this cat moving up or down the stairs?”. I set …
This is the story of Magnus, a lion cub. He was an abused lion cub. There are many. Lions are bred for commercial purposes such a photo-shoots and canned hunting. Magnus was born in captivity. Soon after he was born he was separated from his mother. He was abused as a tourist attraction at …
In the USA, the name of the pet food provides a hidden message to the consumer about the quality of the product. I say ‘hidden message’ because you have to swot up the pages on “Brand and Product Names” in the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) book of animal feed/pet food regulations to …
Ibuprofen (Advil®, Motrin®) is the most common human medication ingested by pets in the USA. There are probably two main reasons: It is one of the most common human pain killers. There are a lot of pills lying around and… Some brands of Ibuprofen have a sweet outer coating. This must make the pill …
Cat seizures caused by clicking sounds or other sharp sounds appears to be linked to old age which may indicate a change in brain function brought about by old age as the cause. Further, although unlikely, there may also be an underlying condition such as toxoplasmosis which is present in about 45% of all …
It is called a “correct(ional) approach to animal sheltering”. I like that. This is an animal shelter within the medium security Dixon Correctional Institute, run by a prison warden and staffed by some of the prisoners. It has been running since 2010. I like the term: “correctional institute” but I wonder how much correcting …
