What affects us affects cats
If your cat has been badly injured and is unconscious don’t presume he is dead. This could happen to anyone but it appears to happen very rarely. But do we know how rarely? Bart, a black-and-white cat was hit by a car in Tampa, USA. His owner buried him. Bart had appeared lifeless. “Appeared” …
It is an anomaly that in England, Wales and Northern Ireland there is a requirement to report an accident involving an animal which is not in the vehicle provided the animal is one of the following: horse, cattle (e.g. cows), ass, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog. Cats are not listed and it is …
Smart phones! You gotta love them or hate them. This said, today there is an application for smart phones that may be able to save a kitty’s life. Sharing our homes with a cat can often resemble living with a toddler. Since cats and young children are inordinately curious, playful and mischievous; to prevent …
By Mary Lou Conton My beloved 10 year old, 18 lb Cairn Terrier, Harley, who grew up around Recliner Lift chairs (riser recliner chairs) somehow got swept under my mothers lift chair August 15, 2014 and was crushed to death. I am devastated, my mother is as well. This picture shows the style of …
By Ruth We had a tragedy in our street this weekend. A young cat was trapped in the small gap at the top of a tilting window, she must have been trying to get out of the house and it cost her her life. We first noticed an RSPCA Inspector knocking at the front …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This story was reported in our local newspaper ‘The Northern Echo’ today: Darlington Pensioner’s Vet Bill A frail pensioner has been left with a huge bill after an out-of-hours vet treated her cat when its tail jammed in a stair lift. Firefighters who dismantled the stair lift at Maisie Wilkinson’s …
By Ark on the Edge Tarquin came into us from local vet after being hit by a car and fracturing his pelvis. He has been on 6 weeks cage rest and at only 11 months has missed a lot of his kittenhood. He is so loving and trusting and loves to play and have …
By Barbara My cat Millie is 13 years old. We hadn’t seen her for about 2 1/2 days and assumed she got herself stuck in some neighbor’s garage or something. This morning we found her laying in our yard under a lilac bush. When she got up she seemed to be staggering and felt …
