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 [...]
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, [...]
I live in what is probably the plastic surgery capital of the world, Los Angeles California. People seek perfection and sometimes go way overboard in the process if you ask me. This has to do with the demands of Hollywood, if you want to be a star you have to look the part. It is [...]
Pets On A Budget!
Last year I went grocery shopping and as I went up the pet isle to get my cat food I remember seeing a small crowd in front of the canned goods shelf. By crowd, I mean two obviously senior citizens. They were standing right in front of the brand I always [...]
As in most crisis, it seems that the most vulnerable amongst us suffer the most. The foreclosure crisis has been devastating, not only for humans but for their pets as well. Last year I started to notice more stray dogs than I had seen in quite a while, I knew something was up.
After some investigation [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been seeing a lot of advertising on television regarding heartworms in dogs in particular, cats can get them too. While I don’t live in the part of the country where this is a big problem, many other people do and so this blog answers the question, “What are heartworms?”
Heartworms are a difficult-to-treat and potentially [...]
Cat Salad
Cat owners love to see our cats happy. If you have an indoor cat as I do, we give them toys, cat trees to climb on and even tunnels to hide in. We give them good food to thrive on and catnip to get a little nutty with. A few years ago I was [...]
Are Hairballs normal?
The first time you see or hear your cat bring up a hairball can be scary if you’ve never witnessed it before. They seem to be putting their whole body into these spasms while you stand there feeling pretty helpless. I don’t know why, but it seems to happen in the worse place [...]