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Get To Know Your Cat
When we experience sickness in our bodies, we can simply tell someone that there is something drastically wrong and that individual will find a way to get us to a doctor. Pets can’t do that, but watching them can tell you lots of things, that is why owners ought to train [...]

A Few Precautions

Keeping your cat safe and healthy at all times should be one of your major concerns, and this can be even more difficult around the holidays. There are a number of special considerations you must make for regarding cat safety around the holidays. Your vet can give you more specific instructions, but here [...]

What You Need to Watch For
When we experience pain in our bodies, we can easily tell someone that there is something wrong and that person will be able to bring you to the hospital. Pets cannot do that but watching them can tell you a lot of things which is why owners should practice cat [...]

Facts About The Importance Of Your Dog’s  Oral Health

The first time I took my dog to the Vet to have her teeth cleaned, which my vet strongly advocated, they gave me a very long tooth brush and tooth paste! I thought they were crazy, there was no way my dog was going to let me [...]

Are Vaccinations Necessary?

When I got my first puppy off we went to my veterinarian to get her shots.  Getting puppy vaccinations was a given for me. I kept up with them religiously over the years and never really gave it much thought. However, as my indoor cat has gotten older I have begun to wonder, [...]

Five Top Pet Health Insurance Plans

It doesn’t matter if you have already decided to purchase health insurance for the family pet or if you are still researching. When you are comparing the quote of one health insurance quote to another remember that the base dollar amount is not the only number you have to consider. [...]

Health for your Aging Cat
Age is just a number, right? A human who is 60 years old may act like a young adult, while another human the same age may act like he or she is on their deathbed! Believe it or not, cats are the same! Your pet may act like a kitten for [...]

When I got my first cat Martin Luther Kitty, I swore that I’d feed him cat food only; no people food which might make him a finicky cat! I believed then, and still do that good quality commercial pet foods provide all the nutrients he would need to have a healthy diet. A lot of [...]

We’re really into the kitten season this time of year. Many people have taken a look into a sweet little kittens face and fallen in love, that’s what happened to me. You want to have your new kitty for many, many years to come and I always vote on the side of prevention. The best [...]

Oh Those Aching Joints!

This morning I went for my usual walk, the weather is overcast and it looks like it just might rain. Maybe it is the damp weather but my knees were really aching, it must be the osteoarthritis! Thanks to the marvels of modern veterinary medicine, our pets, just like us are living [...]