My friend, Trisha, recently went through what she likes to call her ‘year of darkness.’ One tumultuous divorce, an ailing parent back East and three older pets nearing their end. Trisha clung to her chardonnay as Paul, her fifteen year old calico, jumped into her lap, dusting her black pants with a fresh layer of […]
Black cats have long been burdened by superstition. Most of Western Europe and North America still cling to the antiquated, Puritanical belief that black cats are bad luck. But is this the case for all cultures? Hardly! In fact, in Ireland, quite the opposite is true. And, since everyone’s gonna be Irish come March 17th, […]
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 […]
Having trouble choosing a cat name? During my brief and tumultuous experience with art school (I know), I used to volunteer at PAWS Adoption Center in Olde City, Philadelphia, where I gained experience naming cats. I chose to do this instead of socialize with what were probably a group of okay people in retrospect, and […]
Everyone knows about dog affection, but what about cat affection? Everyone who’s ever been in the presence of a dog for more than 30 seconds knows how they reciprocate affection, and you’d be pretty hard-pressed to find a dog-owner who stares listlessly out the window wondering to himself, “does Captain Puddles get it? I mean, […]
While no new cat parent wants to imagine their cat under a surgeon’s scalpel, being a responsible pet owner means making sure our cats don’t add to the overpopulation problem. For most of us, the question isn’t whether we’ll get our cat fixed, it’s when. Should we get them spayed or neutered as tiny kittens, […]
