If it interests you, a radical mastectomy for cats cost around three grand. This would be in dollars or pounds and I am pretty sure that most European countries would charge something similar except for the Eastern European countries where … Continue reading →
by Susan Schreck President and Founder of Saving Southern Kitties June 8, 2018 Reality of my life today..and the rant I need to make or else I will end up quitting. I need to say it. Today I am so … Continue reading →
Apparently this happens quite a lot. It is disturbing. A volunteer run, 501c(3) non-profit rescue group called Furrever Grateful Rescue (FGR) used a terminally ill cat, Sandy, with eye cancer, for fundraising. In doing so the cat suffered unnecessarily. As … Continue reading →
This is a cat story which warms the heart. It shows us the better side of human nature which is something that we need to see to reinforce our belief in human nature. This little story is the opposite to … Continue reading →
White cats need sunscreen when in the sun (and there appears to be more sun than usual in places like California) but currently, there appears to be no safe sunscreen lotions for cats (unless someone can recommend one in a … Continue reading →
The Siamese cat is predisposed to getting adenocarcinomas of the small intestine. This is a certain type of cancer and in this case it affects the Siamese cat’s small intestine. Compared to domestic shorthair cats (non-purebred cats) the Siamese is … Continue reading →
White cats are far more likely to get skin cancer, in a sun-exposed site of their body, than other cats. In fact, over 13 times as likely. By skin cancer I am referring to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which is … Continue reading →
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Cat Smoking – photo by NoHoDamon (Flickr) Good morning everyone…Today I’d like to talk about a study conducted in 2002 concerning feline lymphoma and secondhand cigarette smoke. The information gathered back then by scientists at Tufts … Continue reading →
Photo by Deathwaves This is just a reminder that passive smoking affects pets as much as it does people. I find that this is rarely discussed but it is a form of animal abuse that goes on silently, almost invisibly, … Continue reading →
