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Tips for a Happy Cat

April 1, 2011
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You always want your loved ones to be happy but if your precious one is a cat, it makes keeping it happy difficult because you don’t know how! A happy companion will keep you happy too and who wouldn’t want that. While cats have physical needs, you need to fulfill their psychological needs as well [...]

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Ear Mites in Cats – A Complete Guide

January 21, 2011
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Primarily the most common cause of ear infection, ear mites are spider-like parasites that cause a lot of irritation and inflammation in cats. They find their abode in the warm, damp places of the body, preferably the ears (yes they might exist on other parts of a cat’s body), where the flow of air is [...]

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Food Allergies in Cats – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Guide

December 25, 2010
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Food allergies are not very common occurrences in cats. However, they can drive your little fellows scratching crazy their bodies. Although rare, it is responsible for almost 60% of all origins of itching and scratching. The tricky part is that allergies take months or even years sometimes to actually become apparent. Food allergy is basically [...]

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Obesity in Cats – Causes and How to Effectively Manage Extra Weight

December 18, 2010
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Obesity and above normal weight in cats is very common with 40% of the total cats in the US being obese. It can be linked to a lot of serious problems e.g. diabetes, hepatic lipidosis, heart disease and arthritis. Thus, a cat’s diet must be monitored and obese cats should be gradually made to eat [...]

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Hypoallergenic Cats – Causes and Tips for Care

December 17, 2010
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Around 10% people tend to have cat allergies that are a reaction to the presence of cats, especially cat hair, which causes certain allergies. “Hypo-” means to be less than normal and “allergenic” means to cause allergy. Thus, hypoallergenic would mean less likely to cause allergy. A hypoallergenic cat, on the hand, is a cat [...]

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How to Take Care of Orphaned / Stray / Homeless Cats

November 14, 2010
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You may come across a mother-less kitten sometime but you don’t know how to take care of it or how to feed it. Well this is where you can depend on our expertise! This article covers all aspects of taking care of kittens whose mothers may have died or are trapped somewhere, rejected its kittens [...]

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How to Maintain Cat LitterBox

October 30, 2010
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Taking care of your own health and your cat’s hygiene is very important and one of the most important steps to achieve it is to keep your cat’s litter box clean. It not only assures good bathroom habits for your cat but also keeps your house free of litter box odor and litter-related germs.
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How to Find Best Beds for Your Cats

October 3, 2010
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You know you need to buy your cat a bed when you find her sleeping on your favorite piece of furniture or your bath robe. Cats sleep wherever they feel more comfortable and cozy. They also leave a lot of hair everywhere they sleep which can be a menace. Thus, to avoid that and assuring [...]

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Cat Neutering and Cat Spraying – Some Facts

September 30, 2010
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Many people do not want their cats to breed or they do not want to deal with behaviors associated with sexual maturity and finding the right mate for their cat, thus they opt for neutering or spaying their cats. If you own a female cat then it is not easy looking after a litter of [...]

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Cat Aggression – Tips to handle the Aggressive Cat

September 12, 2010
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After the inappropriate elimination and spraying, cat owners are most concerned with aggression when it comes to behavioral problems in cats. Cats can be aggressive towards other household cats for various reasons and sometimes their aggression can be directed towards the owners as well. It is necessary to find out the reason behind the aggressive [...]

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Catnip – How it Works and Affects Cats?

September 7, 2010
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So most of us cat owners know what catnip is and how most cats go crazy just to have a sniff of it. And the stunts that they pull just to get a chance to rub with this herb are all worth seeing. Most of us think that catnip is perfectly safe for our cat [...]

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Cat Whiskers – Complete Info

August 12, 2010
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Cat whiskers are also knows as tactile hair or vibrissae. Vibrissae are presents in almost all mammals and play a similar role. Cats have whiskers in multiple locations and they are used for various purposes as well. The whiskers are thicker than the normal cat hair and are rooted more deeply into the skin and [...]

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Cat Spraying – A Foul Smelling Problem

August 10, 2010
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People used to tell me that household with cat have particular smell and I never understood what they meant by this statement but now I fully understand and would like to shed some light on this subject.
Urine marking or spraying can become quite a problem for people who keep their cats indoors. Although all cats [...]

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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Cats

August 10, 2010
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My friend’s female cat developed Urinary tract infection and it was difficult to see the small creature go through such pain and after a course of antibiotics and a change in diet recommended by the doctor, the cat finally got well but the fear that it might develop the infection again keeps the owner on [...]

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Declawing – Its not the Last Resort!

August 10, 2010
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My friend introduced a female kitten to a household with an older female and male cat. The older female cat started having severe territorial issues and was not ready to accept the new member. The owners were always on guard to make sure that the two did not come into direct contact but a few [...]

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