What affects us affects cats
TNR – trap-neuter-return programs can help to prevent people getting rabies from cats. This might sound strange but please read on and see whether you agree or not. I have never thought about this before but a visitor writing a letter to the editor on the website syracuse.com states that feral cats which have …
This “cat catching a bat video”, which you can see below (no longer available – sorry), is amusing. What’s amusing about it is Nick Millerr’s complete panic about the whole thing although I don’t condone or like his attitude towards his cat for bringing in the bat as he calls her a “bitch”. This …
How safe is the rabies vaccine for cats? The answer is complicated but I will try and reduce it to a simple, sad story today. You have to be a bit cynical about cat vaccinations these days because the more you read about them the more you see the inherent dangers in them. The …
“How do you know if has rabies?” is probably a question asked at school and I think therefore it is worth answering as best I can in this article because sometimes cats are blamed for carrying diseases although there is a misconception here because they are relatively speaking very few incidences of cats transmitting …
Proof if it were needed that cats are amazingly athletic and natural acrobats (get the pun!). One little danger here is that bats are the main source of rabies in the USA so was it wise to expect or hope that his cat would catch this bat? Whatever, the cat took very little time …
Because there are dangers associated with vaccinations and particularly so with respect to the rabies vaccine (it appears), cat caretakers in association with their veterinarian have an obligation to minimize the risks. This page discusses the risks and how to minimize them. No vaccine, and it doesn’t matter whether the vaccine contains an adjuvant …
A stray cat is recovering after being shot by a police officer for suspicion of rabies, The Portland Press Herald reported September 4. Is this an overreaction or a sensible precaution? Similar events have happened before. Also see: police killing cats. Clark (named after Clark Kent, Superman’s alter ego) was shot August 20 by …
It’s catching on: the new cat craze. You call the police and tell them that you are locked in your bedroom because your cat has gone berserk and you’re terrified. Do you remember Lux, the vicious black-and-white Himalayan cat that went berserk and which Jackson Galaxy had trouble figuring out why? We have a new …
