Animal shelter “specials”

kittens are much more appealing than adult cats, and, sadly, an adult cat at an animal shelter is more likely to end up being euthanized th...

Just call him Saki

The British writer Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916) wrote his many clever short stories under the pen name Saki. Among Saki’s stories is “To...

The shelter alternative (cheap and compassionate)

If you want a purebred cat, with the papers to prove it, your only choices are catteries or pet shops. If you don’t care about the purity of...

The bad news about skin cancer

white cats, especially those with blue eyes. The danger of skin cancers is their ability to spread to other organs, usually the lymph nod...

Feline sunburn

The vet calls it by the fancy name actinic dermatitis, but let’s call it what it is: sunburn. Most cats won’t burn, but the ones most likely...

Impulse cats

pet store, so they buy on impulse, take her home, then discover they know nothing whatsoever about taking care of the creature. Happily, mo...

Frozen cat

pain and numbness but in more severe cases leads to tissue death. It happens most often to the ears and nose, the areas least likely to b...