A Michael Broad Blog
I have consistently said that cat guardians should respect their cat companion as a feline but treat them as a member of the human family. I think that is the right combination but it does lend itself towards anthropomorphising your cat. However, I don’t think this is a bad thing necessarily. The experts say …
Here is a neat test: would you go over to a pond that your cat might drink from, scoop up some water from it with a glass and drink it? If your answer is no (and I expect that it is) you can’t allow your cat to drink from it either. This test is …
The San Antonio Express-News has a letter from a visitor which discusses a kitten living in Houston with her owner who had an extremely small stub of a tail. The kitten had trouble controlling her urinary flow. The kitten was seen by a veterinarian who she said that cats with vestigial tails have bladder …
Paris is a rescue cat with a sweet personality who is unfortunately deaf and has a persistent respiratory health issue which needs $5,000 of medical treatment before she is adoptable.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to pet owners and veterinarians warning of potential neurological problems associated with Isoxazoline flea and tick products. The approved drugs involved are Bravecto, Credelio, Nexgard and Simparica. The warning was issued on the chance animals may experience adverse reactions, including muscle tremors, ataxia, and seizures (which …
I realise that I am hammering away at the same old problem but we have to because change is needed and it’s not happening. I feel sorry for the cat of course. The coat is far too long for the cat to maintain. It requires human intervention regularly. The coat on this particular modern …
In a sentence, cat vaccinations stimulate the making of antibodies specific to a certain germ and these antibodies are part of the immune system which destroys the germ. Some terms used I think we need to look at some the words used in describing how cat vaccinations work. “Pathogens” is a biological term which …
Lately it seems that it’s been getting a lot more difficult for me to grasp the fact that it’s been almost fourteen years since we welcomed Dr. Hush Puppy and Sir Hubble Pinkerton, our two amazing, beautiful four month-old Oriental Shorthair kittens into our family. It often feels that it was just yesterday that …
