The Daily Cat: Health Care Cat Health Care on a Budget By Elizabeth Wasserman for The Daily Cat During the economic meltdown, families are looking to cut expenses, including their pets’ health care costs. But Arden Moore, editor of Tufts University’s Catnip magazine and author of Happy Cat, Happy You (Storey Press 2008), learned firsthand …
As cat lovers, we all know that cats are attracted to computers…a LOT. Until I got my flat screen, this was Coco’s favorite perch: That was all well and good until that computer died in what I sadly call the crash of 2011. Just a couple of weeks before the holidays, the computer (a Mac) …
As cat lovers, we all know how difficult it is to take many cats into the veterinarian’s office, even if your cat isn’t ill. Many, like our cat Linus, above, seem to get super-cat strength the moment they see that carrier. I know in our home, we’re trying to make the cat carrier just another …
We didn’t realize that May was Pet Cancer Awareness Month, spreading awareness about this leading cause of death in cats and dogs. Recognizing the signs of cancer in your cat can be difficult because they can be so very stoic and give little sign that there’s any problem. Years ago, our cat KitKat had a …
Lists, lists, we love lists! This one just came out from petMD listing the top five cat breeds for families with children: The Birman: A social cat, the Birman loves to love his human family. Not a stereotypical “scaredy-cat,” this breed will run up and greet new guests in your home rather than hide in …
Recently we had a question on our Facebook page from a reader asking about how to feed one cat a particular diet without the other cat eating the special diet. We have the same situation in our home. Felix, seen above, is on a special urinary diet while Linus, Coco, and Inca are not. It’s …
How green are your habits when it comes to your cat? With Earth Day just hours away, our thoughts turn to how we can lessen our impact on the planet…not only for ourselves but for our pets. petMD.com has just released a list of seven ways you can help the environment…and your pets, too! Reduce: …
We know from firsthand experience that switching cat foods isn’t always a popular move with our four-legged family members. Our cats, like many, can be downright finicky when it comes to their food and like to have for dinner what they had for breakfast, not just that day but every day in recent memory. But …