There are a few things in life I do my best to avoid: Coachella-like crowds (L.A. has enough crop-topped hipster youths on uncontrolled substances to last a lifetime), asparagus, port-o-potties and unnecessary vet visits. While I’m able to steer clear of most of these, our annual slog to the vet is a necessary evil. One […]
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Shedding Dread: How To Keep Your Cat’s Furry Coat From Eating You Alive This Spring
With spring just around the corner, you may be anticipating the inevitable – hair all over everything. Cat’s shedding hair. On everything. Everything you love and cherish, covered in a not-so-thin film of, just, so much cat hair. I know that I, personally, am beginning to have war flashbacks to the time I was riding […]
Overweight Cat: Why Being A Fat Cat Isn’t Always A Good Thing
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 […]
Cat Death with Dignity : Knowing When to Put Your Cat Down.
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 […]
The Luck of the Irish Black Bog Cats
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, […]
Ask Carlos: My 14 Year Old Cat is Not Using Her CatGenie
Dear Carlos, My cat is 14 and we use the Catgenie cat box, but my cat is having bowel movements & sometime urine outside of the box at least 3-5 times a week. I can understand if she has to go while the box is cleaning itself, but that is not the case often. She […]