How inconvenient is your cat? Or is parting just too painful?

A 2016 survey of pet owners in the USA indicated that pet owning was problematic to 80% of cat owners (and 75% of dog owners). Quite high numbers – and the reasons given seem to relate to convenience factors. Cleaning up, damage to furniture, shedding and odour were the big problems. Really? Like those things aren’t a problem in any relationship? But the biggest problem was the sadness […]

Are cats smart? Ever wonder how smart your cat really is? Answering the question “are cats smart” isn’t tricky, you just have to look at their family trees.

In the classic argument of cats versus dogs, dogs almost always come out on top in terms of intelligence. Dogs are members of the police force, they can be trained to help the disabled with all kinds of tasks, and cats — well cats rarely, if at all, take part in any […]

Why does my Cat vomit fur or food? One of the common causes is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).Diet and Nutrition are of increasing interest to cat owners (it has always totally fascinated cats!), and as we all move further from a “natural state”, new problems appear. The following is a small segment on a huge topic.

There is no getting away from the fact […]

Felis catus is in an interesting niche. Highly evolved as hypercarnivores and hunters of small prey, the original cat lived alone – you only share your mouse with your kitten after all.

However, they are also small enough to be prey themselves, so there is every chance that a cat slowed by sickness is going to be consumed by something further up […]

The good part of feline ownership revolves around the benefits that we get from living alongside them. They give us the warmth we need – mentally and physically!

There is always a downside to any relationship however, and living with a feline has a few. However, as living with people also has some challenges, it all needs to be kept in puurrrspective! Allergies and asthma from cat […]

Dr Kim says you CAN train a cat to do what it wants, when you want it to There are a couple of things you might want to discourage your cat from doing. If you use a bit of ‘cat psychology’, you might even find you get things YOUR way a bit more often! Here are a couple strategies that might save your roast.

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