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Brush Your Cat
2008-04-03 12:07:00
Cat Grooming – Keep Your Cat Looking Great Cats do not like to be dirty. Most cats spend a good part of their day licking their paws and face. Whether this is for cleaning purposes or is simply pleasurable to the cat is hard to say but whatever the cat's motivation it does keep them clean. But cat's can't get rid of all their loose hair and if you don't want it all over your furnishings you need to groom him regularly. Grooming isn't just for cleanliness though. Without brushing, a lot of this hair will be swallowed. Since hair is not digestible, it often forms hairballs in the cat's stomach and will either be coughed up, maybe on your carpet, or it will cause a blockage in his intestinal tract. In addition, its an opportunity to check for fleas and ticks.
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Cat Ringworm
2008-04-03 03:11:00
Alfie has had ringworm. I don't know where it came from but most likely one of the mice or rats he catches on his evening prowls. It started with a crusty patch that I noticed when I was stroking him. A little while later I found he had lost some fur and developed a red inflamed looking area in the same area. As I am an ex nurse I was pretty sure I that this was ringworm. To be sure I did some research online and found a very useful article here: Feline Ringworm Looking at the images I could see that he had the type of ringworm that cats catch from mice and rats. He is a great rodent catcher so now I know where he caught his ringworm.

My Cat Missed Me!
2008-02-23 00:00:00
Well I am back home again in New Zealand from England and what a journey that is! Whenever I go there I vow never to do that trip again until I can afford to travel Business class! It is 13,000 miles to the UK from here and that meant several long plane journeys: First a ...

Video How to Give Your Cat Medication
2008-02-12 21:52:00
Ever struggled to give your cat his/her medication? Cats are pretty good at spitting it right back out again aren’t they? Well I have found a site that will show you exactly how to tackle this. They also have heaps of other advice and help for cat owners. The video is from The Battersea ...
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Missing My Cat
2008-02-03 00:36:00
I haven’t written here for a while because I have been away with little access to a computer. I travelled from New Zealand to England and was on one flight from Auckland to Heathrow for 26 hours. Add to that 2 hours domestic flight plus a 5 hour airport wait before the big one. ...
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Feeding Your Cat
2008-01-15 00:50:00
Did you know that cats like to nibble on their food and if left to their own devices will have little meals throughout the day? Most people including me are used to feeding their cats two meals a day. But results of feeding studies show that given the choice cats will eat up to 20 times during a 24 hour period. It has been suggested that since a mouse, a cat's natural prey, gives about 10% of a cat's energy needs this would require them to catch and eat several times a day.
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Cat Talk
2008-01-10 11:09:00
I was loaned a book during the Christmas break called “The Cat Whisperer or The Secret of How to Talk to Your Cat” by Claire Bessant. If you haven’t read it you should, you can pick it up at Amazon.com for less than $10 . Its full of stuff I didn’t know about my ...

My Christmas Cat
2007-12-25 10:52:00
Here in New Zealand, where it is summertime, we had a beautiful Christmas Day. We opened our presents outside and Alfie sat and watched us. I hope you all had  a lovely Christmas. Our best wishes to you for a sucessful and happy 2008 (with no cat-astrophes!) Share This Tags: Cat Pictures

Cats Protect Rare Birds
2007-12-14 11:28:00
I keep on reading about the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) going on about how cats must be imprisoned to protect birds. I have mentioned this but will do so again. Keeping cats inside to save birds isn't necessarily going to work. "The cats were suppressing the rat numbers, so the removal of the cats allowed rat numbers to increase, and as rat numbers increased ... they [hunted] petrels more heavily," said Mr Rayner.
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Cats are Breaking The Law in Chicago!
2007-12-06 07:17:00
Story by Maude Standis A little known Chicago law makes it illegal to own outdoor cats. I was unaware of this until the other day when I opened my front door and a cop spied my mean street cat prancing up the stairs for his breakfast. “Miss?” the cop asked. “Is that you cat?” At first I ...
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