What affects us affects cats
Peppermint, an essential oil, is a deterrent to skunks, raccoons, some rodents and squirrels but it is toxic and dangerous to domestic cats. If it is absorbed or ingested by a cat it is metabolised by the liver. Domestic cats lack some liver enzymes which could process peppermint oil. The cat’s liver and central …
Is cereal okay for cats? The answer must be, yes, provided there are no raisons or chocolate and the milk is lactose free! And not much is eaten.
Something as innocuous as air fresheners may be harming our domestic cat companions. More research is needed.
He’s just so greedy. He just scrounges for food like a dog, and when I’ve fed him he’s still hungry. He’ll go through the bins like he’s never been fed in his life. He does it all the time. This is Greedy Cat, a temporary replacement for Grumpy Cat, RIP. His real name is …
It is believed that caracals are eating rats which populate the vineyards of Cape Town. The vineyards don’t use rat poison but they host businesses such as hotels and restaurants which do use it.
In the USA, there are some insects that are more likely to sting a cat. The domestic cat is naturally curious and a predator. Wild cats (the domestic cat ancestor) sometimes feed on insects so we can see that there is a real potential for an outdoor domestic cat to be stung by a …
If the list of components of this litter are listed on the container please read it and tell me if there is perlite in there. – please leave a comment, thanks. I have asked a direct, straightforward question in the title because of a comment written by Barbara Morrissey recently. Her comment is below: …
This story is about parrots in San Francisco being poisoned over very many years. However, the story is much wider than that because researchers don’t know where or how the parrots are ingesting bromethalin, a rat poison, and therefore its presence endangers other animals including, notably, feral, stray and outside domestic cats. Bromethalin is …
