Sadie a Turkish Van cat loses leg in Syrian war and gets a prosthetic one in Turkey

Sadie lost her leg in Syria

The video says it all really but I’ll add some words. First up; Sadie looks like a Turkish Van, she really does. She was injured like so many humans in the ghastly Syrian conflict. Her left hind leg was hit by shrapnel. It withered and had to be amputated. How did a cat get …

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Homeless kitten’s heartwarming physical transformation will warm your heart

A TRAGIC kitten was living a terrible life abandoned on the busy streets of Istanbul, Turkey, with pedestrians ignoring her because of her unpleasant looks. This poor kitten. What a life she had. Lost and almost certain to die young. How superb is the person who saved her. I have immense admiration for her …

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Veterinarians Who Don’t Declaw Cats

Saturday 28th May 2016 — This is large list of North American veterinarians who do not declaw cats. It should be comprehensive but I can’t verify that. It looks comprehensive. I have simply and slightly naughtily lifted the list from another website (source at base of page) in the interests of cats and cat …

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“Angry Vets” Challenge Recommendations That Veterinarians Are Taught to Give Their Patients

Angry Vets is a website written, managed and run by a couple of male veterinarians, Dr Robert Foley and Dr Michael Ferber. I love what they have to say and so will many other cat caretakers/guardians. They challenge the status quo by which I mean they challenge what is happening generally in the veterinary …

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Why isn’t Integrative/Holistic Veterinary Medicine More Widely Accepted?

Holistic veterinary medicine

Integrative veterinary care is the integral ingredient in treating the whole animal. The focus in an Integrative practice is to treat both the animal’s body and mind, using a combination of conventional medicine with a variety of alternative therapies. Today there are many cat guardians who are seeking this more integrative approach to their …

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Making Routine Veterinary Care for Cats Easier for Kitties and their Guardians

Cats at a veterinarian

Routine veterinary visits for cats are one of the most essential parts of feline care. This said, however, in an article published in Veterinary Practice News, according to a study done by Bayer HealthCare and the American Association of Feline Practitioners, fifty percent of American cats don’t receive regular veterinary care. Most kitty guardians …

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How do you know your veterinarian is trustworthy? What are your criteria?

I think it’s extremely bizarre when we lose confidence in a particular service provider we have been using – such as an automobile mechanic- or even a dry cleaner. We generally have no problem severing that relationship and moving on to one that we do trust. However, when it comes to our feelings about …

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