Grooming Your Cat Cats are famous for taking care of their own grooming, without needing encouragement from anyone else. Getting involved in your cat’s grooming, however, helps to strengthen the bond between you and provides a chance to check for any signs of ill health. Most cats get used to grooming – and enjoy it. [...]

Great Gifts For Cat Lovers Personal pet preferences and safety concerns should be considered first when selecting presents for both pets and people who love them. There are a lot of great gifts that you may give to cat lovers, though photo frames are among the commonest. Pic frames are very inexpensive, and make a [...]

Giving Your Cat A Pill Most cat owners have been faced with giving their cat a pill. Giving a cat a tablet may be a incubus. No cat wishes something stuffed down his throat, and he will fight you tooth and nail to prevent it. While most cats are small in size, you’d be quite [...]

Dealing With Cat Allergies Like all allergic reactions, pet allergies are the result of an immune system reaction to a harmless substance; in this case, the reaction is to the proteins in pets’ dander (dead skin flakes) and possibly saliva and urine (it depends on the breed). Unlike other airborne allergens that come from unwanted [...]

Curing Bad Cat Breath What greater joy exists than a pet that is so happy to see you that they bowl you over licking you to death? Unfortunately the experience becomes somewhat less joyous when the pet is stricken with a horrible case of halitosis or bad breath, as it is more commonly known. A [...]

Common Meanings Of Cat Behavior Before you can tackle behavior problems, you need to know a little bit about cat behavior and what your cat is trying to tell you. There are so many fascinating ways that cats communicate with each other. Some of their methods are so subtle that we humans are not sensitive [...]

Common Health Problems Of Cats There are many feline health problems, some more common than others. Some problems are easily preventable, while others are hereditary. Common cat health problems range from simple inconveniences to life-threatening accidents and illnesses If you’re new to having a cat, you possibly surprised to find that health problems are a [...]

Cats Bonding With Their Owners We all know someone who we think is slightly ‘over-the-top’ in the way they behave towards their cat (not counting ourselves of course!) but it is usually harmless fun that gives pleasure to both the cat and the owner. There are a lot of experts out there who say that [...]

Cats And Ring Worm Ringworm is a skin disease caused by a fungus (plural: fungi). Because the lesions are often circular, ringworm was once thought to be caused by a worm curling up in the tissue. Ringworm has nothing to do with any type of worm. Ringworm is a really basic form of skin disease [...]

Cats And Feline Diabetes Diabetes mellitus, or “sugar” diabetes, is a common disorder in cats and dogs, caused by the inability of the hormone insulin to properly balance blood sugar (glucose) levels. Glucose is processed by the body into energy. After food is digested, glucose enters the blood stream — in a healthy body, insulin [...]