What affects us affects cats
by Michael (London, UK) This is not my cat – ingrown nail – nice photo and cat – photo by caitlinburke (Flickr) It is time for me to trim cat claws. I am ashamed to admit that my old lady cat has an ingrown cat claw. This happened because I became distracted and sloppy …
by Michael A recent news story reminds us of the possibility of thiamine deficiency in cats. Thiamine is vitamin B1 and is also called thiamin. Pet food manufacturer Diamond Pet Foods in Washington, USA, has had to recall bags of its cat food because they did not contain enough thiamine. Thiamine is damaged by …
by Alla Zinatullina (Scranton, PA, USA) I got my cat, Shmoo, from a friend. The mamma cat refused to feed Shmoo; maybe because he was the runt of the litter or maybe because she simply did not like him. Shmoo was 4 weeks old and fit in my palm. Shmoo was the first pet …
by Michael (London, UK) Nala – declawed cat A vet tech who is painfully honest tells us that she can recognise the smell the blood of a declawed cat. She can recognizes the smell of a range of operations but declawing causes a lot of blood to flow and the cat tears at the …
by Joni (Pomona, MO) My “little” Rebel came into my life on the fourth of July 2008. I had rescued his mom about seven days before that. Having no idea she was pregnant I set her up in a kennel in my bathroom wormed her etc an just figured she was eating so much …
The cat’s nose Photo by polandeze (Flickr) – original photo Introduction Structure Sniff Additional organ Introduction to the cat’s nose Smells (a chemical sense7), odors, call them what you like are important to a cat. A cat has an excellent sense of smell. At close range a cat uses smell over sight, in my experience, …
Totally white cats are more likely to be born deaf. This is because the development of the hearing mechanism is defective due to the presence of the gene that causes the cat to be white. Sometimes deafness is in one ear. A cat does not have to be completely white to be deaf in, …
by Michael (London, UK) Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid – Wikimedia Commons file – user:Benjah-bmm27 Taurine deficiency in cats is associated with several clinical anomalies. I have several pages on HCM (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, a heart disease) in Bengal cats, in which a diet deficient in taurine is said to possibly be a contributing factor. Although …
