What affects us affects cats
by Marie (Chattanooga, TN) My husband and I are planning to retire to a liveaboard houseboat in a year and are considering the teacup cat as a pet. I would be interested in information for adoption or purchase. Marie Hi Marie… thanks for visiting and enquiring. I see the logic of thinking about adopting …
by Michael Emphatically we can say that cleaning cat ears routinely is not required or even a good idea. The general advice is leave them alone. See Cat Ear Size and Shape However, routinely checking cat ears for obvious signs of health problems is sensible. Classic ear problems are ear mites and abscesses (from …
by Cheryl (Michgan, USA) I disagree with your stance on declawing cats. My experience has been that those cat owners, including myself, who have their cats declawed keep their cats indoors and for the life of the cat. Unfortunately, many people that I know of kick the cats out of the house due to …
by Michael Extra thumbs – photo by fingle (Flickr) Selective declawing is a relatively rare procedure so I thought I would write a short post about it. There is no need to declaw the extra claw or whole toe in polydactyl cats where the exit toe is a thumb (mitten-toed) that may be off …
by Jo Anne (Roswell, NM) This is a true story that happened to me in 1991. We had a beautiful mixed breed orange cat named, Roger. He was HUGE. Roger weighed an impressive 32 pounds, was about 36 inches in length, and when standing on all fours was 24 inches tall. A perfect specimen …
by Ruth (England) Definition of double standards: A set of principles permitting greater opportunity or liberty to one than to another. Montage/poster by Ruth So in Dr Doublestandard’s clinic, a dog has the opportunity and liberty to keep his nails and have regular nail trims, but a cat doesn’t have the same opportunity and …
by Michael Cat drinking milk – Photo copyright pepozzo (Flickr) Lactose is the sugar in the milk of mammals. Kittens consume lactose as a source of carbohydrates through their mother’s milk (colostrum). After weaning the adult cat’s diet contains very little lactose. Most kittens can digest milk. However, some adult cats cannot digest milk …
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Mia is actually a senior cat Good morning readers. I have a serious situation going on at the moment and I’d like to ask your opinion on how you would handle this if it happened to you. Our young cat, recently adopted out, is actually a senior cat. As most …
