“Blue light specials” among pedigreed cats

animal shelters across the country give cats away for free or for small adoption fees, but people still find themselves paying stiff prices...

Caught it at the gym, maybe?

warm , moist places like shower stalls, so it won’t surprise you that ringworm is most common in warm, humid climates. Ringworm fungus is ...

The New Testament disease

Feline leprosy is, thankfully, very rare among cats in the United States, although for some unknown reason it does crop up occasionally in ...

The cattery

disease to spread quickly through a group of cats confined in the same space.

Thin-skinned white cats

death from a flea bath. Some of the solutions used to kill fleas can kill the cat as well, even when veterinarians or their technicians give ...

“Hand raised”

catteries and other cat breeders advertise that their cats are “hand raised,” and what is true for parrots is true for kittens as well—kitt...

Granddad Darwin

The scientist Charles Darwin, famous for his theory of evolution, had a famous grandfather, Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), who was both scienti...