Tag: Cat rescue
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…
Cat News Friday: From i-Mac cat beds to pedigreed Burmese cats making a comeback and more
Pedigreed Burmese cats making a comeback in their home country. Cats are less expensive than dogs, at least for the first year. A Californian cat took an unexpected trip after finding a snug spot to snooze in a neighbor’s car, and was found some 200 miles away, thanks to a microchip. And the debate over…
Brush still gun shy 10 years after getting lost at Westchester Cat Show
It may have been almost ten years ago when Brush escaped out the back door at the Westchester Cat Show, but he still remembers that horrendous experience and even now is still gun shy, never quite recovering 100 percent from his two-week long nightmare that almost killed him. It was a horrendous tale for him…
Microchips, responsible pet ownership
Low cost microchip clinics are springing up around the country. Owners should take heed – these are not GPS units with batteries that can tell you where Fido or Fluffy are at any given moment (proven controversial for pet health at best). A microchip may give some assurance for finding your lost pet, but it…
Spay/Neuter will prevent explosive cat overpopulation
March is Kitten Season It’s March, and kitten season is upon us. With longer and warmer days, cats and dogs instinctively start to mate and the cycle continues through fall and sometimes into the winter. The result: a lot of new kitties and pups, so many that thousands end up in shelters, or given away…
Moo Kitty Finds A Home, a story of an older cat’s faith to once again find a forever home
Life was gooood. As a matter of fact it was GRRRRREAT…. until Moo Kitty’s mom died and went to heaven, and once the contents of the house were packed up and trucked away, Moo Kitty was carried out the door and placed next to the trash cans. “The people left without a backwards glance, he…
Ask If The Cat Feral or a Stray Before Taking Action
The cat has been hanging around outside for a few weeks. You haven’t seem him before. He seems hungry but isn’t beaten up. He looks healthy, but you need to ask yourself, is the cat a stray, or is it feral. There’s a big difference in the next steps you take because feral cats are…
