How Good A Cat Owner Are You?
What is wrong with the title to this post? If you can’t see anything wrong with it, you are not what I would consider to be in the top rank of cat caretakers. The answer is in the last sentence. … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: cat caretaking
Living in a Multicat Household: How to Maintain Peace and Harmony
Do you share your heart and home with a clowder of kitties? Does your feline community get along well most of the time, or do you have a few feisty furry family members who are constantly picking fights with their … Continue reading →
Father Shoots Dog And Himself At Son’s Graveside
I don’t think it is morally correct to kill a dog or any pet for that matter before committing suicide. I have the greatest of sympathy for this father who had lost his son in a car accident. The father, … Continue reading →
Rock Climbing Cat. Good or Bad?
Millie was adopted by Craig, a keen mountaineer, when she was a kitten. She had been abandoned by her previous owners. She was about to be euthanised because the shelter did not have the resources to bottle feed her. Then … Continue reading →
Example: Wrong People Looking After Cats
Here is a live and current example of how, if we are honest, the wrong people can end up looking after domestic cats. Quality of cat care really depends of the quality of the person. Three years ago, a woman … Continue reading →
Difference in Attitude The Reason Why Americans Keep Their Cats Inside
Summary: The reason why Americans like to keep their cats inside is mainly because of a difference in approach (attitude) to cat caretaking (cat ownership) and nothing to do with hazards etc.. Why is there such a difference of opinion … Continue reading →
What Companion Animals are Considered Low Maintenance Pets?
The other day I received an email from a supposed pet care expert with information that was so misleading that I could hardly believe my eyes. It appears that some of these “experts” in the field make the claim that … Continue reading →
Living with Wild Cat Hybrids
What is it like to live with a wild cat hybrid? How difficult is it? What are the consequences including the wider consequences? Do they behave as Carole Baskin says, namely in a way which makes it impossible to enjoy … Continue reading →
PoC Ten Commandments
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This article was inspired by Dee, who wrote on another article: ‘Which POC commandment number should we make? Support only small, local, or individual charities? Right under #1? Thou shalt not declaw?’ Thousands of years ago … Continue reading →
Coyote crawled under fence of my yard and took my cats
By Dixie Drake My Maine Coon went missing on 12-22-13. Boots, my Maine Coon, and Sweetie Pie, my other cat both went missing at the same time. It was at noon and they were both in my front yard. I … Continue reading →