What affects us affects cats
WOMEN take twice as long to seek medical care for themselves as they do for their pets, a study shows….. The study indicates that women think of others before they think of themselves. I suppose it also indicates that women have a tender caring relationship with their pets. Of course this is not always …
If you want to start a cat rescue shelter in Maryland, USA, there is no evaluation process. You simply fill in a form. No one checks your history and whether you have a track record in the cat rescue business which might warn the authorities that you are unsuited to the task of running …
A cat weighing 4 kg or about 9 pounds needs to drink a minimum of 150 mL of water per day to meet his fluid needs. This is equal to 0.634 cups; a bit over half a cup. How much water do lions drink? Why is my cat not drinking? A wet food diet …
In a UK study, factors which may predispose cats to road traffic accidents were assessed. Over 100 cats that had been in a road traffic accident were compared with a control population of 794 cats that had never been in an RTA. Cats involved in RTAs tended to be younger, male and non-pedigree. 46% …
You can feel a cat’s pulse in two places. The first is by feeling the femoral artery in the cat’s groin. You feel along the inside of the cat’s thigh. You press with your fingers to locate the pulsation. Feel along the inside of the thigh where the leg and body join. The other …
Yes, cats can very definitely get ingrown nails. Pretty much all you can do is to (a) remove that part of the claw which has penetrated the paw pad and (b) make sure that there is no infection in the pad and that no infection takes hold and (c) prevent it happening again by …
This is another heartwarming cat story. It is also a story which, I believe, promotes the image of the police force. We can tend to have an image of the police as being our masters rather than our servants. The image of the police force in the public eye can be worse than it …
This is such a sweet, tender and caring email from a 12-year-old girl to her veterinarian after her cat took a few sips from her strawberry milk drink. I think it’s wonderful. Her parents should be proud. It shows real concern for the welfare of her cat. I wonder how many children or parents …
