What affects us affects cats
This photograph is heartbreaking: a sweet yet sad photo of kittens curled up together outside awaiting their fate. It sums up the vulnerability of kittens born outside without human care and without their mother. I don’t know where their mother is or what happened to her but this photograph was taken by the neighbor …
Are cat containment devices based upon delivering a mild electric shock to a cat if he crosses a wire cruel or acceptable? The UK government is debating whether this system should be banned.
Drug poisoning in cats normally means the poisoning of house cats by human medication, usually therapeutic drugs in the form of pills, which are either given to the cat by the cat’s owner or the cat has played with a pill and ingested it.
I’m surprised that people ask the question, “Is it safe for cats to smoke marijuana?” Patently it is unsafe. Come on, there are stories on the Internet and in the newspapers about people who smoke marijuana suffering mental health problems as a result. In addition, there are websites about mental health which tell us …
A scientific study shows that the levels of phosphorus in commercially prepared cat food (particularly in wet cat food) contains an average five times the amount required to keep cats healthy and because of this it can have a detrimental effect upon kidney function. Cat owners are becoming aware of this. I can tell …
Here are ten things to know about the Sphynx; a rare purebred cat with an unusual, hairless appearance. Potential adopters should do their research because there are some important differences to take into account before adopting.
As I understand it, the raison d’être of catsmatter.org is (a) the introduction of a law which makes it obligatory for drivers to report road traffic accidents (RTAs) involving cats to the authorities and (b) to make it mandatory for all councils to scan for a microchip every cat found by the roadside having …
It has been found that household products such as deodorants derived from petroleum give off volatile organic compounds which degrade to create PM2.5 particles, a known air pollutant, which can affect lung capacity in humans and therefore cats.
