Ten days of madness

rabies , you won’t soon forget it. Rabies, sometimes called hydrophobia, is a swift-moving disease of the nervous system. Normally it is tra...

Smelly and “light”

smell and taste both become less acute. Many older adults lose their appetite because they just don’t derive as much pleasure from the tast...

Stoned cats

Cats share with humans the tendency to get kidney and bladder stones—uroliths is the technical term and they are not pleasant. Male cats are...

Taking the cat’s pulse

It is fairly easy to take your cat’s pulse, as long as you remember that the wrist isn’t the right spot. The best pulse spot on the cat is t...

Airtight only

good news, but the bad news is that those supplements can literally evaporate into the air. For that reason , unused food ought to be tight...

The great high-jumpers, fleas

eggs nearly anywhere, including in carpeting and air ducts, and they reproduce very fast. Their bloodsucking can cause health problems (s...

The old food switcheroo

creatures of habit (as are humans), and yet they need variety in their diet, so owners are sometimes in the awkward position of having to c...