What affects us affects cats
by Priscilla Miller (Maltby Washington) On Wednesday, October 27 I was visiting a friend at a lumber yard in Washington state. I had brought my dog and he was running around the yard as we visited. My friend said “he must be chasing cats because we have a lot of wild cats and some …
by Michael (London, UK) This is a short post on the hazard that recliner chairs pose to kittens and cats. I am particularly concerned for kittens because they are able to crawl into smaller spaces. The idea for the post came from Elisa’s article on cat accidents that can happen in the home. Recliner …
Plants poisonous to cats is something that all people, who live with cats, should at least me aware of. I have compiled two lists from separate sources. The first is from the well known and excellent book, Cat Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook 4th edition pages 18 to 20 and by Drs Carlson and Giffin, …
by Claudette (Etobicoke,Ont .Canada) I had the pleasure of owning a British Shorthair Cat for 4 years. He was a real gentleman and very smart as well. I have lost my cat to cancer, after switching my cat litter to clumping litter. My cat died 3 month after I switched to this new cat …
by Michael (London, UK) It is really time, in fact beyond time, when something should be done about bloody car antifreeze. It does not have to be poisonous to cats. It is easy to make it non toxic antifreeze (to cats and dogs). So why the hell isn’t it happening? You can see that …
Photo by eskimo_jo (Flickr) Making antifreeze unpalatable to cats would save many thousands of cat’s lives and prevent hundreds of crimes. News on the subject of cats contain on at least a weekly basis one incident of antifreeze poisoning. These poisoning are either accidental or deliberate and they most often kill the cat, period. …
House plants safe for cats is the opposite to house plants toxic to cats, obviously. I have built a page about plants poisonous to cats in general. Today, 17th Nov. 2010, I thought that it would be easier for visitors if I simply listed a short selection of popular house plants that we know …
by Briana Jackson (Valdosta, Georgia, USA) I got a new kitten. One of my other kittens found her on our backyard porch. We finally got her in the house but we don’t know where or who she came from. She has a big bloated or swollen belly and she has a red anus and …
