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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
