I have shared my life with two cats for many years. Living in a small house where the litter box has no place to go too far off the beaten path, keeping the cat box clean as a whistle sometimes seems like a never ending chore. The last thing anyone wants is for guests to ...
As national awareness of a global ecological crisis is being risen, cat-and-dog-owners are looking for more and more ways to raise green pets. While composting your cat’s litter isn’t likely to turn him a freakish shade of olive-drab, this step-by-step guide can help reduce your cat’s ecological paw-print by disposing of his waste in a ...
Ah the joys of puppyhood and being a new puppy owner. Tails wag, little tongues lick you with happiness, and little bodies leave pee and poop all over your house. The first few weeks can be tough, I speak from recent experience. You and your puppy are getting to know each other, the puppy is ...
When I was a little kid, I vaguely remember a kitten we had. After my mother caught it climbing her sheer curtains leaving them full of pulls, kitty became an outdoor cat. Declawing housecats is an option that many vets offer to pet owners who want to avoid their curtains and furniture being ripped to ...
When Alley first came into my life, I became a first time cat owner. I never thought about a cat having tapeworms. But apparently they can, as I came to realize about a year ago. There are both visible and non-visible signs of tapeworms in cats, which I’ll cover later. But if, like me, you ...
FUS, or Feline Urological Syndrome, is a catch-all umbrella term for a variety of extremely common ailments, including urinary tract infections, kidney stones and bladder inflammation in cats. Although it can lead to urinary blockages in male cats– a life-threatening condition that can kill a cat in as little as twelve hours– cystitis and urinary ...
Do you have a kitten that you are trying to train to use a litter box? Do you seem to be losing the battle with the kitten and the litter box? If so, what could you possibly be doing wrong? There are at least six different things that you could be doing wrong that is ...
