There is a huge financial burden, at up to $1.3 billion, which goes with the presence of rabies in the US, either privately or through insurance for the jabs you get as a precaution after you have been bitten by … Continue reading →
You should be concerned that your cat might have worms if he or she is an indoor/outdoor cat and enjoys hunting. That should be a heads up situation prompting you to be aware of the possibility of your cat having … Continue reading →
In an example of how predatory and aggressive seagulls can be, it is thought that an encounter between a domestic cat and a seagull ended up with the cat losing part of her tongue and undergoing a difficult operation to … Continue reading →
It is important for a shelter worker to understand the common carrier states of disease so they can best recognize disease and disinfect against disease causing pathogens. The end goal is to prevent an outbreak of disease which can be … Continue reading →
Frost (Frosty and The Frost as nicknames) is one of my favorite cats that we have ever taken in at the cat rescue during our one and 1/2 years of operation. I am a sucker for blue eyed cats in … Continue reading →
Nowadays we are all accustomed to the e-cigarette vaping device. The cartridges for the device contain nicotine which is very toxic to cats and other harmful chemicals. “A common ingredient in e-cigarettes, propylene glycol, can lead to red blood cell … Continue reading →
This is a pet subject of mine. You can’t see it, feel it or smell it but it is dangerous and it affects us and our cat companions. I have written about this before. However, a recent article on the … Continue reading →
The mascot at our rescue currently is Sir Hershey. Sir Hershey is a huge Ragdoll that we rescued from Saint Louis a few months ago. I was asked by a friend to pull him because we both believed that he … Continue reading →
The above video is of Hope – a kitten who seemingly had no chance of ever being able to live a full life. This was made possible by a grant given to us by the Ian Somerhalder Foundation which you … Continue reading →
There has been a long discussion on the internet about the reasons why domestic cats eat grass. Many years go, Dr Desmond Morris suggested that domestic cats ate grass to ingest folic acid in the grass to aid in digestion. … Continue reading →
