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The repercussions of scruffing cats can be detrimental and damaging to relationships, behavior, and even their physical health. According to the ASPCA’s Manager of Applied Research, Natasha Drain, “Scruffing a cat, where you firmly grasp the skin at the top of the neck or base of the head, can cause some cats to become defensive . . . → Read More: Why I Don’t Carry Fluffs By The Scruff (Scruffing Cats Only When Medically Necessary) 
I recently said my final goodbye to Nuageux (JoJo), my first hospice foster kitty. The loving and gentle Dr Blair Burggren of Peaceful Transitions helped ease JoJo into his final sleep on May 26th. It was only then that I was able to kiss JoJo’s cheeks and toes. (He allowed only kisses on his head . . . → Read More: Nuageux’s Peaceful Transition (Hospice Cat Update) Hi. Our names are Arya and Meera and we’re looking for our forever home. Do you know a family who would like to adopt 2 playful, affectionate, social, and gregarious sister kitties? Someone abandoned us on the Chehalis-Western Trail when we were tiny kittens. Fortunately someone rescued us and took us to a foster home. . . . → Read More: Arya And Meera Need A Forever Home Urinary stones are clusters of mineral crystals in the urinary tract. They’re often called bladder stones because 85% of dog and cat urinary stones are in the bladder. Veterinarians and researchers also refer to them as uroliths or cystic calculi. Struvite stones. Photo courtesy of Joel Mills. Jump to: Causes of urinary stones || . . . → Read More: Urinary Block Busters (Treating Urinary/Bladder Stones) If your cats like catnip but the messy flakes annoy you, give catnip pellets a try. Catnip pellets are just dry flakes that have been compressed into potent pellets. Balls made from compressed catnip have been around for ages and for some reason those don’t hold my cats’ interest the way the smaller pellets do. . . . → Read More: Mess-less In A Bottle (Catnip Pellets vs Flakes) |
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