A Michael Broad Blog
We don’t see pet dander and we don’t see the other airborne particles and pollutants in the air in our homes. Dander flies around homes and settles on furniture. It carries the cat allergen Fel D1. As humans interpret their world visually, this lack of visual recognition can lead to us being complacent about …
NEWS AND OPINION: Being an animal advocate, I like to see this. I know a lot of people won’t. They’ll think that it is mad and just plain disruptive but I love it. It seems that this was a very well organised, highly visible protest as when one of the protestors is hustled off …
Is the question relevant to our lives? People ask it nonetheless. But frankly it is almost irrelevant. However, exceedingly rarely some cat owners do lick their cat and an avowed and self-declared crazy cat lady does it all the time because she wants to behave like a true mother cat caring for her newborn …
Google does not help me in answering the question in the title. I’ll have to work it out. Although the question may have occurred to many people. Sinusitis is one of the most common health complaints leading to a physician visit in the United States. It’ll be the same in many Western, Asian and …
These answers concern removing waterproof lipstick from lips. It is the same thing as removing it from the forehead of a cat in terms of process, effectiveness and gentleness. What One option for a non-toxic waterproof lipstick remover is to use coconut oil. Coconut oil is a natural and safe ingredient that can effectively …
Here are 17 facts about the microbiota resident on the skin of domestic cats. It might surprise people to know that there is a multitude of microorganisms including bacteria and fungi on a cat’s skin called ‘skin microbiota’ creating a ‘skin microbiome’. It is similar to the way that cats and humans have a …
Sphynx cats tend to throw up some strange photographs. One I published years ago showed the webbed feet of cats. The hairless cat’s lack of fur reveals more clearly the domestic cat’s anatomy to us. We see things we would not normally see. In this instance we see a lot of loose skin attached …
Do tabby cats have striped skin? The answer is no but it is an interesting question and it is quite a difficult question to fully answer in my opinion. You won’t find the answer in books but you will find an answer on the internet but it might not be the correct one. I …
