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What to Do When Your Cat Has Anal Gland Inflammation
Every owner knows pets need baths, and most dog owners know about expressing the anal glands, but did you know some cats also need their anal glands expressed?
What to Do with Your Cat When You’re Away for the Holidays
When you travel for a holiday, your furry child has nowhere to go. Taking it home risks stress from the journey and environment change; a boarding facility risks infection; asking someone over to scoop litter worries you about personal property. All these make every owner dread holidays. This article shares common placement methods and precautions.
What Is Feline Leukemia (FeLV)?
Feline leukemia (FeLV) is a widespread, incurable retrovirus that suppresses the immune system and is a top cause of cat cancer (over 30%). It spreads by saliva, mother-to-kitten, blood, and shared litter; only prevention via vaccine and limiting exposure helps.
Why Can a Cat’s Barbed Tongue Tear Off Meat?
Alexis Noel, a researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was so fascinated by her cat Murphy's tongue that she decided to study it and build a model mimicking the tiny barbs. She scanned a cat tongue sample and 3D-printed it at 400% scale.
Do Cats Feel the Heat in Summer?
When summer arrives, many people think their cat is too hot and shave it completely to ward off the summer heat. Is this the right thing to do?
Things Cats Hate the Most
Loving a cat does not mean spoiling it endlessly. Cat-owner essentials: do you know what this cleverer-than-dogs creature hates? To grow closer to your cat, understand it fully, give it what it wants, and let it live happily.
Why Fewer People Are Keeping Yorkshire Terriers
Keeping a pet dog has become a fashionable pleasure, and the Yorkie is so cute and obedient - yet why are fewer people keeping them now?
How to Train a Siberian Husky
The Husky, or Siberian Husky, is an ancient breed from northeast Siberia and southern Greenland. Its name comes from its unique hoarse bark.
Feline Vitamin Deficiency Syndromes
Of the vitamins cats need, some are made by the body, some from food. Lack of a specific vitamin causes a specific deficiency syndrome; long ignored, it can be fatal.
Can Cats Get Diabetes?
Diabetes is a multi-cause metabolic disease marked by chronic high blood sugar, from defective insulin secretion causing disorder of carbs, fat, and protein metabolism.