Helping Your Cat Lose Weight

Summer is just around the corner so we know what that means for all of us: swimsuit season! As we all look at the scale (and let’s don’t even talk about the mirror!) and wonder why we overindulged so much this winter, we also need to take a look at our cat’s figure. Is your Read the Rest…

Enriching Your Cat’s Life with a Catio

As our regular readers know, we live in coyote country. We hear them every evening when they come down into the valley for water and for hunting. No one in our area has outdoor cats. But many of our readers don’t know that we’re also surrounded by a protected bird preserve. In fact, some of Read the Rest…

Giving Medicine to Your Cat

I am going to be the first to admit that I haven’t always had an easy time giving medicine to our cats. It’s not from lack of experience; through the years we’ve had many cats who’ve been on daily medication. Some have been easier to pill than others. Elaine, our sweeter than sweet black and Read the Rest…

Keeping Cats Safe During the Holidays

Today our friends over at PetCareRx.com have a great infographic about pet holiday safety that we wanted to share with you! We’re about to start putting up our holiday decorations…and we always take special precautions to keep our cats safe around the tree and trimmings. And please don’t forget to enter our giveaway to win Read the Rest…

Pet ‘Net: Budgeting for Cat Adoption

Today we’re joining in Pet ‘Net 12 Adoption Event 2012! Be sure to check out the other posts in this campaign and enter to win $5,000 for your favorite shelter, too! You’re searching for your next feline family member but you’re torn between the shelter cat, the free kitten available from your neighbor, and the Read the Rest…

Decoding Cat Behavior

Today we have a special guest post from Steve Dale, certified behaviorist, author and host of “Steve Dale’s Pet World” radio show, with answers for common questions about feline quirks. Cats are known as mysterious creatures. While some of the things they do can be puzzling at times, you don’t have to be a super Read the Rest…

Worms and Your Cat

Worms. Nobody like to talk about them, much less think about them, but they’re definitely a part of life with cats and kittens. Worms, however, can plague both indoor and outdoor cats and even still-nursing kittens. One of the most common ways for cats to become infected with worms is through fleas. Through the cat’s Read the Rest…

Cat Health Care on a Budget

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 Read the Rest…

5 Reasons to Keep Your Cat Indoors

The Daily Cat: Safety Five Reasons to Keep Your Cat Indoors By Darcy Lockman for The Daily Cat When cat owner Bethany Hart, 35, of Farmington, Mich., moved to a new home last year, she decided to let her curious tabby cat Cleo explore the landscape. “I thought he would circle the house and come Read the Rest…

Cat-Proofing Your Computer

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) Read the Rest…

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