I’m growing older. My knees ache sometimes, it’s much harder to lose weight, and don’t ask what happens when I sneeze. As humans age, our bodies change (and not in any good ways). Well, our feline companions experience many of the same age-related challenges that we do — but unlike us, they can’t verbalize it. […]
The first time I adopted a kitten from a shelter I was 17. It was early June, and the shelter was full to the brim with adorable kittens of all shapes and sizes. There were so many adorable balls of fluff it was hard to choose, but when I arrived at the very last cage […]
When I was growing up in New Mexico, fleas weren’t an issue. Something about the desert isn’t all that inhabitable for fleas. But once I moved East, fleas became a real issue. There weren’t that many treatments available way back then (hey, I’m old) and summer became a constant battle of flea baths and flea […]
Taking your cat to get its vaccinations sucks — for everyone involved. Cats obviously hate shots. They hate getting into the carrier. They hate traveling to the vet. They hate the smell of the vet clinic and the other animals in the lobby. They hate the vet tech that takes them out of their carrier. […]
I had a cat named Dylan a few years ago, and he was morbidly obese. He was a big, fat, white overweight cat with gray spots and he just loved food. Cat food, dog food, people food. Food from the trash. All of it. At the time I had nine cats (see: crazy cat lady […]
It can be challenging introducing two cats in your household. I have owned what some might consider to be a shocking number of cats. I’ve been cat crazy my whole life but my mother was allergic, so I didn’t have a cat until I moved out at 17. I adopted Spike — still my favorite […]
