How do air fresheners affect domestic cats in the home?
Something as innocuous as air fresheners may be harming our domestic cat companions. More research is needed.
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Lock cats in the home in the UK says parks expert
Tony Duckett, the conservation officer for Royal Parks in London, who is in charge of Regent Park’s rare birds, says that pet cats in the UK should not be allowed to roam freely because they kill 500,000 birds weekly. In Britain we say that the UK follows the USA on cultural trends so perhaps …
Is it cruel to keep a cat inside?
People thinking about adopting a cat might ask themselves if it’s cruel to keep a cat inside? I feel an obligation to try and answer it. However, you can’t answer the question in simple, clear terms because it depends on many variables and if you asked the question 100 years ago they’d think you …
How much does letting domestic cats go outside affect wildlife conservation?
There are many cat owners, some of whom are my online friends, who strongly support keeping cats inside all the time. This article is not a criticism of them because I understand the motivation to keep cats inside. It is meant to be a fairly cold, scientific discussion about cats and conservation as at …
Why would anyone let their cat go outside? Yesterday my cat was killed while crossing a street
Why would anyone let their cat or kitten go outside? The question points at a failure in domestic cat ownership. This really is a failure which needs to be addressed. There is a huge conflict in objectives for the concerned cat guardian. On the one hand he or she wants their cat to be …
Stoves, heaters, fireplaces, chimneys, candles, cigarettes, kerosene heaters can harm your cat
The things mentioned in the title are potential sources of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and a study in Taiwan found that high concentrations of these particles ‘was significantly associated with respiratory disease in cats, suggesting potentially harmful effects of indoor air pollutants on feline patients’. The classic image of a cat enjoying the …
Conditions and Diseases Linked to Indoor and Outdoor Cats
Confined cats live longer than cats allowed to roam freely outside but there are health issues directly associated with full-time indoor living. In the United States between 50 and 60 percent of domestic cats are kept indoors permanently while in the UK the figure is 2.5%. In a survey of UK cats, 8.4% were …
Connection between dry food and an increased risk of feline diabetes
People ask Dr Google: ‘does dry cat food cause diabetes?’. For me the answer can be found from two sources (1) a study published on 1st December 2016 ‘Environmental Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus in Cats‘ and (2) a book written by a veterinarian entitled ‘Your Cat’ by Elizabeth M Hodgkins DVM. There was …
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