[FIRST THINGS FIRST: if your cat is having what appears to be an asthma attack, TAKE YOUR CAT TO THE VET. Read this article later. Feline asthma attacks can be deadly, and you need a professional opinion on your cat’s condition.] Asthma – it’s the worst, right? No, seriously, it’s the worst. Asthma is a […]
Twice I’ve lost cats. The first time was only a few weeks after I’d moved to Philadelphia, and while I was at work my cat Spike managed to knock a window screen loose and fell to the ground and vanished. I had to go to a family funeral and was worried sick, but when we […]
I met my cat Dachi five summers ago, when he was a six months old stray cat residing in an abandoned lot, most of which was engulfed with overgrown foliage. One brisk night, I was leaving my friend’s house when I saw Dachi on the sidewalk outside; He was limping. His paw was bleeding and […]
My work week begins when my fuzzy alarm clock, aka Angus, decides it’s time to wake, which is approximately four a.m. I’ve learned to sleep through the head butts, howling and mad dashes from one end of the apartment to the other, but the truly annoying part is that he settles down about fifteen minutes […]
Ahh Halloween… A time for carving pumpk- “Hey Dachi get down from there!” Yes, Halloween is a time for warm apple cid- “Sorrel get out of the fake spider web!” Let us try this once more. Halloween, a time for- “Kale do not bite that!” So, your cats are convinced that they are interior decorators? […]
There’s a lot of responsibilities behind being an adult cat owner: making sure there’s food in the bowl, routinely changing the cat box, giving the feline a name that is neither cliché nor a reminder of the kid from gym class that collected his belly lint (stay off the couch, Ralph). Between the responsibilities of […]
