A Michael Broad Blog
How to buy a kitten is about doing due diligence and being sensible. With more online sales there are more scammers. You can end up with a nightmare scenario of a cat you love but which is unhealthy because she was created in a kitten mill. Health is the priority as far as I …
This article on how to buy a Bengal cat covers some of the things that I would do if I were buying a Bengal cat. This is a very popular cat breed and there are very many breeders particularly in the United States. And nearly all of them are going to be good. But …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SINGAPORE: CatSmart is a five-store chain of pet outlets in Singapore. As well as the usual pet store supplies, they sell purebred cats (claimed). When you buy a purebred cat from them you have to telephone or email but you can visit the store to have a look at the cats, or …
My research indicates that the rules regarding burying your pet in the USA may well come down to the specific requirements of the city in which you live. I’d check with the city administrators. I’d certainly start there. For instance, the rules regarding Los Angeles and Chicago is that it is illegal to bury …
This is extraordinary. It is also a con and treating companion animals as cars or some other factory made ‘product’. It is about buying a pet on what in the UK we call “hire-purchase” – a form of leasing. It is the way you buy cars. I had no idea that you could lease …
The glib answer is that you shouldn’t buy a pedigree cat. This is because there are many superb random bred cats available and they are cheap or free on adoption. And they are more robust because their gene pool is vast compared to the narrow gene pools of many pedigree cats. However, keeping a …
I was listening the radio this morning at 4 am, as I usually do because I wake up early these days, and the presenter, Christo, was discussing karma with listeners who were phoning-in giving their views. When an intelligent young man, Terry, spoke about his cat – meow – my ears pricked up. A …
Tasmania has adopted a very honest approach to “cat shelters”. They call them “cat management facilities”. That does sound a bit dark and mysterious but it is a much better name because the word “shelter” is often wholly inappropriate as cats are often not sheltered at these places. Cat management facilities are part of …
