Charity with caution

Cat owners are generally charitable toward all cats, but there are situations where this can lead to trouble. One situation that is potentia...

The rabies race

dogs . With less fear of rabid cats (and perhaps less community concern for cats in general), cases of rabid dogs declined while cases of ra...

Dog food, yes, but not regularly

food . Probably one incentive to do this is that dog food is generally cheaper than cat food. While it won’t hurt the cat to eat dog food no...

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...