Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts.

Blog topics

Urinary Block Busters (Treating Urinary/Bladder Stones)

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 ||Â . . . → Read More: Urinary Block Busters (Treating Urinary/Bladder Stones)

Share

Mess-less In A Bottle (Catnip Pellets vs Flakes)

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)

Share

The Old Man And The Pee Pads (Less Expensive Incontinence Pads)

Snicklefritz

Two of my older male cats urinated outside the box for the last few months of their lives. There’s a lot that can be done to figure out what’s causing this and deter cats if it’s behavioral. If there’s nothing that can be done to eliminate this issue, there are steps we can . . . → Read More: The Old Man And The Pee Pads (Less Expensive Incontinence Pads)

Share

Litter League (Litter Box Basics)

When people enter my home, I don’t want their noses to reveal that cats live here and I certainly don’t want their noses to lead them to the litter boxes. It’s easy to keep the house smelling fresh all the time and to make litter box scooping a breeze by following a few basic guidelines.

. . . → Read More: Litter League (Litter Box Basics)

Share

Evander Still Has Some Fight Left In Him (New Hospice Cat)

Meet Evander, the most recent Feline Friends foster cat to join my family. He’s another fellow who is probably here as one of my hospice foster kitties. He has his own very large, double-decker cage in my foster cat room. He and Nuageux are both comfortable in that room together. Initially he was only out . . . → Read More: Evander Still Has Some Fight Left In Him (New Hospice Cat)

Share