andrea on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Cats
Continue reading Questions Answered About Feline Heartworm Disease . . .
Heartworm disease affects many animals, even some humans. The worm itself is known as Dirofilario Immitus and can grow up to 14 inches in length. Because heartworms can’t spread from animal to animal, mosquitoes play the role of transmitter. It only takes one mosquito bite for your cat to contract heartworms.
admin on Mar 05 2010 | Filed under: Cats, Shopping 4 Pet Products
Meet Jazzmine, the adorable brown tabby cat I rescued from a local shelter. She’s just shy of ten months old and, like most kittens, she loves to claw at things.
Before I adopted her, I did a lot of research on the clawing vs. declawing debate, and ultimately decided against declawing her. Now I certainly don’t condemn folks who have their cats declawed, but my decision was simply a matter of personal conviction based on my research. So I’d definitely recommend you make an informed decision for you and your cat by learning more about onychectomy and discussing it with your vet.
I knew the trade off of not having her declawed was routine trips to either the vet or pet groomer to have her claws trimmed. I also knew, based on my friend’s experience with her own cats’ hatred of getting them trimmed, that this would be no walk in the park. One of the first times I took Jazzmine to the vet for her kitten vaccinations, I had my vet trim her claws. It took four – FOUR! – of us holding down a six-pound cat, and she had to be muzzled because she bit one of the vet’s assistants. And the screams . . . oh, the screams . . .
After this particularly harrowing and traumatic experience, I decided to look for other alternatives. I tried double-sided tape on her favorite places to scratch on my couch. She liked the double-sided tape, so that really didn’t fix the problem. I tried dousing her with water when I caught her in the act. She likes water, too. This was not going to be an easy task. Continue reading Soft Claws: Scratching the Surface . . .
andrea on Mar 04 2010 | Filed under: Cats, Dogs
Bringing home a new pet is a really big step. It can be both scary and exciting all at the same time. As a pet owner, you now have the responsibility of another little life.
Your new pet depends entirely on you to provide everything they’ll need. Here are five easy steps to help ensure that your new family member lives a long and happy and healthy life. Continue reading 5 Easy Steps to Keeping Your Pet Healthy . . .
admin on Jan 20 2010 | Filed under: Cats
Patriotic pet lovers can proudly call the Maine Coon a Native American breed. Maine Coons have an interesting back story, rife with inane speculation and possible connections to major events of world history.
Some have hypothesized that Maine Coons resulted from breeding a cat with a raccoon, but this is a genetic impossibility. Others have suggested that as Marie Antoinette was fleeing to America to escape seizure and beheading, her smugglers boarded her six cats with all her other belongings. Although she was eventually found, arrested, and beheaded, her longhaired cats made the trans-Atlantic journey to Maine, bred with American cats, and started a new breed altogether. Still others have argued that they came over much sooner, circa 11th century, on Viking ships, and the resemblance between Maine Coons and Norwegian Forest Cats adds some credibility to this theory. What is known for sure, however, is that these cats make great pets and companions. Continue reading The Massive Maine Coon Cat . . .
admin on Nov 03 2009 | Filed under: Cats, Dogs, Pet News
FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine Alerts Veterinarians About Problems with Vetsulin® to Treat Diabetes in Dogs and Cats
Nov 2, 2009: The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health are alerting veterinarians and pet owners that Vetsulin®, a porcine insulin zinc suspension used to treat diabetes in animals, may have varying amounts of crystalline zinc insulin in the formulation. Continue reading FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine Alerts Veterinarians About Problems with Vetsulin® . . .
admin on Nov 02 2009 | Filed under: Cats
October 20, 2009: The FDA is providing the following information from Premium Edge Pet Foods to alert pet owners of a voluntary recall of certain cat foods manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods for Premium Edge. The affected brands were found to contain an inadequate level of thiamine, which may cause clinical signs of thiamine deficiency in cats eating this food. Continue reading Voluntary Recall of Premium Edge Cat Food . . .
admin on Oct 27 2009 | Filed under: Cats, Dogs
by Jennifer Martiny
“Forsooth and alack, ’tis an awkward plight . . .” muttered Will, the English Mastiff as he tried to maneuver through the doorway and into the lobby after being stitched up. The difficulty caused by the slight sway and stagger from the anesthesia that hadn’t quite worn off was exacerbated by the giant plastic cone — Elizabethan collar — that encircled his head like a . . . well, like an Elizabethan collar. Continue reading Alternatives To The Dreaded Elizabethan Collar . . .
traci on Sep 28 2009 | Filed under: Cats
DERMAGIC INTRODUCES ‘PURR’FECT SOLUTION FOR FELINE SKIN IRRITATIONS
New DERMagic Feline Skin Rescue Lotion Offers Cats Fast and Effective Relief from Skin Irritations without Harsh Chemicals and Steroids
Does your cat constantly lick or scratch?
Does it have dermatitis or flea allergies?
You might want to give this new lotion a try. Created by organic chemist Dr. Adelia Ritchie… Continue reading Puurrfect Solution For Feline Skin Problems . . .
traci on Sep 25 2009 | Filed under: Animal Ethics, Cats, Dogs, On TV, Other Pets & Animals, Rabbits, Reptiles & Amphibians
Continue reading It's a Cruel, Cruel World on Rescue Ink Unleashed - Tonight at 10 . . .
What a “cruel, cruel world” animals live in. Pit bulls have a hard time in the Bronx, chickens are not city animals, and cats are not welcome at all houses. You’ll travel all over New York City, the Bronx, and even Rhode Island in It’s a Cruel, Cruel World, the first…
traci on Sep 21 2009 | Filed under: Animal Ethics, Cats, Dogs, On TV, Other Pets & Animals, Rabbits, Reptiles & Amphibians
MORE THAN 1,700 POUNDS OF MUSCLE. OVER 80 TATTOOS.
ONE UNLIKELY MISSION: TO RESCUE HELPLESS, ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS
Ride Along with Rescue Ink Friday at 10pm EST – They’re tough guys who aren’t afraid to go anywhere or confront anyone to save animals in danger . . . Continue reading Rescue Ink Unleashed Premieres Friday . . .
If you don’t like us from the way we look, we can’t help that. But if you’re not part of…
admin on Aug 27 2009 | Filed under: Cats, Dogs
Adopt-a-Pet.com launches “TwitterACritter” campaign with help from Kevin Nealon, Alyssa Milano, and others. Find out how you can help, too.
Adopt-a-Pet.com, North America’s largest non-profit pet adoption web service, announces the official launch of TwitterACritter, a new social media campaign that uses Twitter to spread the word about adoptable pets in shelters.
On the campaign web site, www.TwitterACritter.com, pet lovers can select one of… Continue reading Celebrities Create An Avalanche of Compassion Via Twitter . . .
admin on Aug 22 2009 | Filed under: Cats, Dogs
Simply by donating no longer gently worn to new shoes to ZAPP, spay and neuter surgeries are made possible to help control stray & indigent dog and cat overpopulation!
The Zero Additional Pup-ulation Project (ZAPP) announces a new initiative, Shoes for Spays, to raise funds for spaying and neutering in Baja. Funds are currently unavailable in… Continue reading ZAPP Launches Shoes for Spays Initiative . . .
