Category: Pet health
Paula Gregg’s 2019 Blogging Calendar and Planner is a must for any cat lover
Paula Gregg’s 2019 Blogging Calendar and Planner is a must for any cat lover – whether a blogger or not. Filled with tons of tips every cat owner should have, it features some of the best of the best in the cat writing/blogging world, with photo collages of cats from bloggers across the globe. Each…
How many cats can come about from one cat? Take pause before throwing out the numbers
How many cats can come about from one cat in 7 years? Can it really be 420,000 kittens? The numbers are exponential, but one needs to take pause when throwing out these numbers because they may not be valid. While it’s important to shock people into understanding how explosive pet overpopulation is, it’s also a…
Sanitary Butt Trim keeps do-do out of kitty’s bum
Check out the litter boxes in Modern Cat Furniture at Tuft + Paw by clicking on the image below. Litter box issues are unique for long-haired cats While covered boxes keep the poop out of sight, they are intimidating for the cats. Paws has 2 covered boxes, and 3 uncovered. However, 2 of…
FIP research hopeful
FIP research hopeful FIP research hopeful that within the next 10 years feline infectious peritonitis, FIP, will no longer be a death sentence for cats. For many of us this is fantastic news because the loss of a young cat can be devastating. The Paws family lost our beloved Tubby to FIP almost 10 years…
Millennials outnumber Baby Boomers as owning most pets
Millennials outnumber Baby Boomers as owning most pets Cats aren’t just for older people, they’re for everyone, and the Millennials (Generation Y) now outnumber the Baby Boomers as pet owners. Thirty-five percent of all pets are owned by Millennials. With this change, pets are now going everywhere, and doing everything that their owners do. That…
Cat Trees and Scratching Posts make life easier for me and my cats
Pet Hacks: Cat Trees and Scratching Posts make life easier for me and my cats Pet Hacks: Things to make life easier for me and my cats. At Paws for Reflection, we couldn’t live without cat trees and scratching posts. Today, we are joining a host of pawsome bloggers participating in the Pet Blogger Challenge…
Acupuncture can perform miracles on your cat
Acupuncture can perform miracles on your cat If you don’t believe it, read on because Pink Collar has turned back the clock on her arthritis about a year. With four treatments, this 17-year-old feline is in much less pain, more alert, walking upstairs, and holding her own with her four male kitty housemates. Earlier this…
Kitties get bored! Views of the outside can entertain them
Kitties get bored! Views of the outside can entertain them. How many times do we hear our friends say, I’m bored. Or better yet, when you were a kid, can you remember saying, ‘I’m bored’. This human sure can remember saying that endless times, and I sooooo wish, I had time to be bored, now.…
Are your cats giving up partying or napping for Lent?
Are your cats giving up partying or napping for Lent? We cats at the Paws household plan to have one big partying bash on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) before getting ready for some super-duper napping during Lent. And we wanted to share our plans with the many feline families participating in this Sunday Selfie Blog…
Feline Arthritis, a silent epidemic, affects 80 to 90% of senior cats
Feline Arthritis, a silent epidemic, affects most senior cats Feline arthritis, a silent epidemic, affects 80 to 90%t of all senior cats, and 33% of cats of all ages. It’s painful, causes decreased mobility, and can be debilitating. Things that were once easy and second nature become difficult, if not impossible to do. Our Pink…
