For those of you who understand how you're supposed to clip cats nails, but just can't for the life of you manage to do it on your cat as he or she seems to hate getting his or her nails cut, this article is for you. On my last article on how to give medicine to cats, I received not one, but two commenters, Jean and Olivia, who requested an …
How to Give Medicine to a Cat (Liquid or Solid): 6 Easy Tricks
I received an email today from a concerned pet parent, Lizzie, who's got two 5-month-old kittens in need of taking oral medication for deworming for the next week. The issue? Pretty obvious as I'm sure you all could guess - even if you hadn't read the title of this post: these cats really don't want to take the medication. All this led to a …
Hot Weather? How to Cool Cats Down in the Summer (Indoors & Outdoors)
I've learned a thing or two about keeping cats cool this summer, making sure overheating wasn't a problem with both short hairs and long hairs under my care. Nothing like heatwaves in an already hot climate to teach you a trick or two. Luckily, we've had our hottest days for the summer this year. I'm glad they've passed, as we had a long spell - …
Is It Ok to Leave a Cat in a Cage All Day or at Night? (+Alternative Solutions)
There's quite a wide variety of situations you could be in with a cat that might lead you to feel caging a cat for prolonged periods of time is a potentially viable solution to your problem. Off the top of my head, I can quite honestly think of many very different reasons you might think to place a cat in a cage all day, all night, or for long …
Do Cats Curse? Some Think So; What Do You Think?
If you're wondering whether cats curse, you could be wondering about cursing in one (or two!) of two distinct ways, since the word itself has two different meanings: 1. A solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.2. An offensive word or phrase used to express anger or …
I Got a Second Cat & Now My My Old Cat Pees Everywhere
Yesterday, on my article about why cats pee on people, I received a comment from Tiffany, who shared her story about a 12 year old cat who 6 months ago stopped peeing in the litter box every time she went to the bathroom, and peed on her, but also seemed to pee everywhere else as well. It wasn't the typical comment, and because of her …
Why Do Cats Like Milk If It’s Bad for Them? Here’s the Answer
There are quite a lot of people who grew up offering milk to local stray and feral cats they wanted to take care of, or even to their own cats at home. This could be because we wanted to help keep cats well fed, and since we know milk has important nutrients contained within it - calcium, protein, iodine, potassium, phosphorus, as well as …