What affects us affects cats
A recent story in online news media about a female Sphynx cat that was bred to exhaustion in giving birth to around 90 kittens and making their owner about £140,000, drew me into doing research about kidney disease in Sphynx cats because the report says that if a breeder over-breeds a cat, they can …
The Grand Strand Humane Society is an open admission animal shelter which takes in animals from Myrtle Beach, a city on the east coast of the USA. News media (Myrtle Beach SC News) has reported what I would call an uproar among people connected to the shelter and perhaps to a certain extent within …
Summary: Mephedrone has the street name ‘Meow Meow’ because on November 1, 2009 a Wikipedia author added the name “Meow” to the entry for mephedrone at the top of the list of alternative street names for the drug (I explain why below). The tabloid journalists picked up on the Wikipedia entry and the name …
Yes, domestic cats can overdose on veterinary and human medications for a number of reasons. Accidental ingestion of veterinary bills and pills for humans are a common cause of poisoning in companion animals including cats. This may happen when a veterinary medical product is flavoured to encourage a cat to ingest it causing the …
Homeopathy is a controversial treatment for ailments in people. It can also be used as a treatment for companion animals. A lot of people think that it is mumbo-jumbo. Scientists tend to think this. Professional people don’t see the science in it, and I expect many veterinarians reject it. I have a scientific bent. …
It is my belief that a lot of cat abuse crime is carried out by young men who have mental health issues. They require treatment as much as they do punishment. Mental health treatment diversion may reduce crime among young men in general. I believe that the outdoor cat, either domestic or stray, is …
There is an unusual and surprising connection between the coronavirus which is labelled Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2, and FIP. Both are scary illnesses or can be. They can both kill to devastating effect. They are both coronaviruses but that is not the connection I want to write about. There is a similarity in the alternative …
The Sun newspaper online reports that there is talk about using a rare and experimental drug for cats called RetroMAD1 on humans who have contracted the coronavirus (Covid-19) infection. Retromad1 is used to treat cats who have FIV, FeLV and FIP. There are or were some good reports on it back in 2015 (click …
