Mangy mites

You may know that mange is a skin disease, but did you know it’s caused by mites? Mites are not insects, but are tiny members of the Arachni...

Dry, but not really

If you place dry cat food on a paper towel and leave it there a while, you’ll find later that the paper towel has absorbed moisture. “Dry” fo...

Endo- and ecto-

creatures are harmless; some are extremely harmful. And some are just irritating. One thing is certain for the cat owner: no matter how h...

No, they aren’t drunk

head . In more severe cases the cat’s balance may be so off that she will lie down and roll around. The syndrome resembles tipsiness—or dr...

The water-urine connection

One reason that cat urine has such a powerful odor is that it is highly concentrated—a lot of waste matter in a relatively tiny amount of wa...

Egyptian mau

sound cats made, just as if today we were to refer to cats as “meows.” There exists today a breed called the Egyptian mau, which may be (bu...

Serious protein

kitten food are correct: kittens do have different dietary needs than adult cats. Specifically, a kitten needs one and a half times the prot...