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7 Things To Know About Living With A Tripod Cat

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…hind leg as a kitten. The family who had her previously didn’t realize she had broken her leg, and by the time they took her to the vet, the leg…

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Is Your Cat’s Litter Box Stressing Him Out?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…is critical. A 17-pound Maine Coon should not have to squeeze into a kitten-size pan. A large, clear, under-the-bed type of storage box is often recommended for its roominess. Pulitzer…

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Living With a Fraidy Cat: Tips From the Field

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…and kittens. Her award-winning column on cats ran for seven years in three newspapers and can still be read on www.catalystforcats.org. She is an award-winning photographer and winner of the…

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Experts, Cat Lovers Gather for FIP Symposium

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Reading Time: 5 minutes…me that Ringo, our new kitty, likely had feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP. I was stunned. “How can this happen to me?” We had only recently lost a cat, Ricky,…

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How Cats Hear, See, and Feel

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Reading Time: 4 minutes…have touch receptors on their skin, paws, and the whisker follicles. Touch is the earliest sense developed in kittens. In fact, it develops about five weeks before a kitten is…

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Cats Life at Home

Why Do Cats Have Vertical Pupils? The Hunt’s the Thing

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…was nine lives ago way back when I was in high school. That changed three years ago when my sister rescued a tiny, tailless, longhaired black kitten who was malnourished…

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Conquer Your Cat’s Fear of the Big, Bad Vacuum

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Reading Time: 4 minutes…in kittenhood as a part of the socialization process. In contrast to Mollie, Sofiya, my Russian Blue, isn’t bothered at all by the vacuum; she had positive exposure to one…

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Is Your Pet Your Valentine? Here’s How You Can Tell

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Reading Time: 9 minutes…is that the canine brain is wired to build bonds with other species, including humans. You may have experienced this when your dog adopts a kitten or a lost baby…

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Fostering Tiny Felines is Fun and Rewarding

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Reading Time: 2 minutesReading Time: 2 minutesWant to save a cat’s life with only a short-term commitment? Consider fostering a litter of kittens. In summer, shelters are overrun with kittens, often with multiple…

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The Latest on When to Spay or Neuter Your Pet

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…important, because kittens reach reproductive age very early in life, sometimes even before they are five months old. In a time when kittens are the most vulnerable animals in shelters…