A wildlife refuge has made a plea to cat owner’s to keep their cats in at night to prevent these natural predators from harming small birds and animals. The founder of the Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Thorrington, Rosie Catford reports that casualties are particularly high at this time of year and she currently […]
There are numerous gimmicks out on the high street claiming to have understood the cat psyche enough to have designed a must-have piece of cat furniture that will enhance your feline friend’s life beyond measure. Hmmm….I’m not so sure that my cat Tikka is ever particularly impressed when I give in to the persuasive marketing […]
…helps the medicine go down. Oh if only it were that easy with your feline friend! Giving a cat medicine is an art but more often something of a struggle! Here are some top tips for making the process less painful for both you and your cat:
If the medication is in tablet or pill forms […]
Looking through the papers this Bank Holiday weekend I couldn’t help but shudder at the amount of attacks on cats that had been reported. Following on from the recent RSPCA report questioning whether we really are a nation of animal lovers, these stories will make you want to put your moggie under house arrest and […]
They have survived stray bullets and car bombs. One successfully made it over the border from Iraq to Kuwait after narrowly being killed by an improvised explosive device, and others have escaped by flying straight out of Baghdad.
This is not an excerpt from James Bond and these are not war refugees bravely fleeing a battle-zone, […]
Dr Christian Koch, 55, from Germany says he’s found a way to make diesel fuel cheaply out of dead cats.
The inventor, from Kleinhartmannsdorf, says he can produce diesel through the use of tyres, weeds and cat cadavers by heating them up to 300C and using a catalytic converter. Apparently the diesel that can be produced […]
What an amazing cat Oscar is!
He possess the uncanny ability to sense when a patient is about to die literally a couple of hours before they do and sits with them through their final hours; his presence is both comforting and soothing. Over his time at Steere House Nursing Home, Rhode Island, Oscar […]
Today, I feel ill. I haven’t written a thing all weekend because I’ve spent most of it with my head down a toilet. Today, I have managed
Persian
Known as the quietest and least active of all the breeds, the Persian is also commonly known as the ‘Lounge Lizard.’ Additionally, this breed is the most likely to accept other cats into the home, although still remains territorial in an outside environment.
A common health problem with this breed is kidney […]