Staff at a Scottish shelter were surprised when a tortie kitten handed in to them turned out to be a rarity – a boy! Harry is 12 weeks old who displays all the tortie-tude you’d expect from one with his colouring. 99.9% of tortoiseshell cats are female and so Harry really is a rare baby. It…
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Do you know why most domestic cats instinctively avoid drinking from a water bowl next to their food? Read more and find out …
This simple over the counter medication is used frequently by people managing pain, but did you know that the drug is highly toxic to cats, with just one tablet causing death in some cases? It is worth remembering to never give cats or dogs human medication as they can react very differently to How are…
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It was one of those “What would you do?” moments. A Tierrasanta pet owner watched a coyote snatch her cat. So in the darkness she chased the coyote down.
This mother cat has adopted this baby squirrel. The squirrel had fallen out of a tree and the woman of the house tried to feed it with an eyedropper. When that didn’t work, she remembered that she had a cat who was nursing some kittens. She placed the squirrel with the mother cat and the…
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The Guinness World Records association recognizes the largest cat alive based on the separate categories of length and height, meaning there can technically be two cats that qualify as the world’s largest house cat, though both titles have at various times been held by a single cat. According to the Guinness World Records, as of…
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There’s no doubt that cats love us as much as we love them. People who haven’t been blessed with furry feline love have a difficult time believing this because kitties show affection very differently than people or dogs do.
Millie was born with tetralogy of fallot, a heart condition with serious defects. Not only was she tiny compared to normal cats her age, but the vet’s opinion was that, “she wasn’t going to make it.” For her size, surgery wasn’t the best option for Millie. Instead, she was given tiny doses of atenolol, a…
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1. Keep your pets inside the house: many people keep their pets in their garden, but in this case it is easier for them to stay inside the house as rumours are muffled and they will also feel safe; 2. Keep windows and doors closed and have the TV sound on, this will help keeping a normal environment…
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The heart-warming true story of a little boy and the cat that changed his life. Julia’s nine-year-old son George was autistic. Quiet and withdrawn, he appeared lost in his own world.