In May 2017, a popular cat food was withdrawn from the Australian market after fears it was making cats seriously ill with symptoms of thiamine deficiency.This wasn’t an isolated case. In recent years, several commercial cat food have been recalled worldwide due to insufficient levels of thiamine. Let’s explore what thiamine is, why it matters so much for cats, and how …
Permethrin Poisoning in Cats: What You Need to Know
Permethrin and pyrethrum are insecticides that help control parasites, such as fleas and ticks. Sadly, there have been many instances of permethrin poisoning in cats, often by cat owners who have unintentionally poisoned their cat by applying their dog’s spot-on flea treatment. Unlike dogs, cats lack the enzyme needed to detox products containing permethrin or pyrethrum. …
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Steps to Solving Cat Behavioural Issues
Imagine it’s the school holidays, but you have to work. You leave the kids home alone. . . but the TV’s broken, they’re too young to read, and you’ve locked most of their toys away. When you come home would you expect them to be perched like little angels on the sofa, hands folded in their laps, without a hair out of place? No! Of course not. You’d be lucky if the …
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Teach Your Child to Respect Cats
Kids have a lot to learn about the world around them. Unfortunately, during this exploratory phase, it’s not unusual for collateral damage to happen such as sandwiches posted into the DVD player, teddy swimming in the toilet. . . you get the picture. But when the object under investigation happens to be a cat, someone (two or four-legged) could get hurt. It’s a child’s …
Least Adopted Cats: Which Cats Have the Lowest Adoption Rates?
While cats are among the most popular pets, not all of them have an equal opportunity to find a forever home. Some cats tend to be overlooked, leaving them waiting longer in shelters. These least adopted cats often face biases or misconceptions, but they can be just as loyal and loving as any other cat. By understanding why this happens, we can help give these overlooked …
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Reasons Why Cats Lick You
Does your cat lick you? Being licked by your cat is a bitter-sweet experience. On the one paw, it’s nice to think the cat loves you, but on the other it’s uncomfortable. . . to say the least! Indeed, there’s a deal of difference between the sandpaper roughness of a cat’s tongue and the velvet smoothness of her coat. Ironic then that it’s her tongue that keeps the coat silky, …
Helping your Timid Cat Survive House Guests
How does your timid cat feel about house guests? Cats are creatures of habit; after all it takes dedication to squeeze all those cat naps into the day. Even a confident, sociable cat may be less than thrilled by the arrival of guests coming to stay. But if that cat is timid or anxious, the inconvenience of visitors is akin to having their world turned upside down. Think …
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Pet Medicine Safety: Storage and Disposal
How much thought do you spare for the safe storage and use of pet medicines? You wouldn’t be the first person to leave the childproof lid off your cat’s meds and keep the open bottle on the countertop. But this invites problems on so many levels. There are veterinary poison advice lines and these are a first point of contact when a pet has been poisoned. They also keep …
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Is Your Cat Bored? 10 Ways to Prevent Boredom
How can you tell if your cat is bored? After all, she sleeps all day. . . Actually, it’s not as difficult as you might think to tell if a cat is bored. There are lots of clues when you know what to look for. In cats, boredom usually manifests itself as ‘trouble’, either to you, other cats, or the individual themselves. What do we mean by that? Here are seven …
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How Smart Are Cats? A Guide to Feline Intelligence
“Of course cats are smarter than we are… otherwise we’d be the ones stuck at home on the sofa while they ran the household.” But jokes aside, cat lovers often ask the big question: how smart are cats really? The truth is, feline intelligence is complex, fascinating, and sometimes a little puzzling. In this guide, we’ll explore cat intelligence from every …
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