Category: Advice/How-To

Why Hand Wrestling Cats isn’t a Good Idea

Do you ever hand wrestle with your cat? Rub her belly until she curls around your hand, for instance, or tickle her hind legs until […]

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FIV in Cats – Symptoms and Treatment

There is a certain disease that cats can get that’s very similar to HIV in humans. In fact, it’s so similar it’s called feline immunodeficiency […]

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Smoking Harms Cats, Too – What Can You Do?

Do you smoke? We know that smoking causes cancer, and that secondhand smoke is harmful, particularly to children. Did you know that smoking harms cats, […]

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How to Relieve Your Cat’s Dry Skin in Winter

Winter dry skin doesn’t just affect us. It can also affect our pets. Cats can suffer from winter itch just as easily as we can […]

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Cats in Winter: Keeping them Warm, Dry, and Safe

This article is republished from my column on Examiner.com, with minor alterations It’s November, which means, for us in the northern hemisphere, the approach of […]

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Why do Cats Knock Stuff off of Tables?

There are memes and cartoons circulating the Internet that show cats are jerks, because they like to knock stuff off of everything. Tables, shelves, bars; […]

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What you Should Tell your Pet Sitter Before You Leave Town

This article is republished from my column on Examiner.com, with minor alterations So you’re going to travel, but you can’t take your cats with you. […]

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