Cats
- 1. Before You Adopt a Cat
- 2. Cat Care Tips
- 3. Cat Health General
- 4. Cat Training and Behavior
- 5. Common Cat Behavior Problems
- 6. Common Cat Illnesses
- 7. Feral Cats
- 8. Kitten Development
- 9. Litterbox Training
- 10. Your Newly Adopted Cat
Before You Adopt a Cat
Thinking of Adopting a Cat?
You've made a wise choice: A cat is a lovable, charming pet that offers endless fun and entertainment.
Feline Coat Colors
Feline coat colors can be divided into two categories: deep colors and dilute colors.
Fun Facts About Cat Coats
The vast majority of cats in American homes and shelters fall into the domestic short, medium or long hair category.
Cat Care Tips
General Cat Care
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Benefits of Cat Massage
AhhhhTheres the rub . Lessons in the language of touch help owners and shelter volunteers speak fluent bark and meow.
Keeping Your Cat from Getting Bored
There is ample evidence that cats who spend their lives entirely indoors live much longer than their outdoor-only counterparts.
Living With More Than One Cat
When living with cats, how many is too many? Due to variations in feline social behavior, there is no one-size-fits-all answer.
9 Feline Myths
Myth: Cats steal the breath of babies. : Fact: Cats are heat-and comfort-seekers. Curling up next to a newborn in a crib meets both of these needs.
How to Choose a Cat Litter
You found your feline kindred spirit and he's coming home from the animal shelter tomorrow. Today is shopping day.
Cats Are Meticulous By Nature
When it comes to personal hygiene, cats are the epitome of cleanliness.
Keeping Your Cat Calm at Night
The Natural Behavior of Cats: Like most New Yorkers I keep late work hours, so when I arrive home the only thing on my mind is my fluffy pillow.
Should You Let Your Cat Go Outdoors?
Thanks to the creation and marketing of cat litter since the mid 1940s, more and more cats are staying in -- becoming indoors-only pets, that is.
Transitioning An Outdoor Cat To Indoors
Autumn is slowly making way for Old Man Winter, and your concern is steadily growing for the stray cat who settled into your backyard last summer.
Declawing Cats
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the ASPCA's Bergh Memorial Hospital encourage owners to seek alternatives to declawing.
Preventing Feline High-Rise Syndrome
One foot precisely placed in front of the other, displaying a balancing act rarely surpassed, Serafina navigates the narrow two-inch walkway high above th
Cat Health General
Tips for a Healthy Cat
An ASPCA Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital veterinarian offers advice to prevent the most common cat complaints. . -- Sneezing.
Flea Products Dangerous to Cats
Jenny rushes her cat Sasha to the emergency clinic. Sasha, who seemed fine a short time ago, just had a full-blown seizure.
Cat Training and Behavior
Surviving the Feline Teens
Surviving the Feline Teens . As your cat matures from kittenhood to adolescence, behavior once giggled over may now be seen as obnoxious.
Dealing With Nighttime Troublemakers
Certain cats believe that nighttime is the right time for making merry.
Keeping Cats Off Counters
Every morning Martha, a stately Maine coon mix, sashayed across the breakfast table and made a beeline for her favorite windowsill, shedding cat hair into
Wild Animals Killed by Cats
To find out more about the killing habits of cats in Britain, The Mammal Society carried out a survey of almost a thousand cats during the spring and sum
Keeping Cats Out of the Garden
Keeping Cats Out of the Garden. Keeping loose, stray or feral cats out of the garden is no easy task.
Preparing The Cat For A New Baby
Today, shelters are still visited by tearful mothers-to-be with cats in tow, who arrive after well-meaning relatives or old-school obstetricians have conv
Petfinder's Top Ten Tips for a Contented Cat
Play with Your Cat Playtime is essential for your cat, so make time to play with her every day.
Common Cat Behavior Problems
Resolving Feline Aggression Part I
As predators, cats are born fully armed with piercing teeth and four sets of razor-sharp claws.
Resolving Feline Aggression Part II
Two of the most dangerous types of feline aggression are fear/defensive aggression and redirected aggression.
Resolving Feline Aggression Part III
Part one of this series on cat-to-human biting and scratching covered play aggression, pain aggression and over-stimulation.
Marking
This Land is My Land. Lynn ushered me into the living room and offered me a seat on her sofa.
Scratching
They serve as hooks, crampons, switchblades and chisels. A cat's claws are the Swiss Army knife of the feline toolbox.
Common Cat Illnesses
Feline Upper Respiratory Infections
Feline Upper Respiratory : Infections. Runny eyes. Sneezing. Nasal discharge. Loss of appetite. Shelter workers all know the signs.
Feline Leukemia Virus
Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) is one of the most feared causes of disease in cats, being responsible for almost one-third of their cancer deaths.
Feline Panleukopenia Fact Sheet
From the May-June 2001 Issue . Feline Panleukopenia Fact Sheet. What is panleukopenia?.
Overactive Thyroid Disease in Cats
Overactive Thyroid Disease in Cats. In the early 1990s, a client came in with her 12-year-old male cat, Lester.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Cats
Elizabeth is a beautiful one-year-old cat. But although she is now the picture of health, it hasn't always been that way.
Coping with the Feline Leukemia Virus
Recently, a seven-month-old kitten who had suddenly stopped eating was brought in to see me at the ASPCA Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital.
Plague
In the year 2000, it seems strange to be writing about plague, a disease of antiquity that has periodically decimated the world's human population.
Feline Acne
Cats have small sebaceous glands associated with hair follicles and larger sebaceous glands on the head and tail. These glands secrete oils.
Feral Cats
How to Prevent Freezing Water
The ideal solution, though only plausible in secure circumstances, is an electrically heated water bowl.
Junkyard Cats
Junkyard Cats . Life in an Indiana junkyard was harsh enough for the 200 cats and kittens who lived there.
TNR - The Humane Alternative
TNR: The Humane Alternative: The nation is turning to trap/neuter/return to solve the feral cat problem-because it's ethical, and because it works.
Caring For Feral Cats
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Kitten Development
Kitten Development
UNDER CONSTRUCTION! . A kitten is not a small cat. A kitten is an infant; a cat under construction.
Litterbox Training
Litter Box Training
Malachy, a beautiful, three-year-old neutered Persian cat, was brought in to see me soon after our new Center for Behavioral Therapy opened.
Help! He's Not Using the Litterbox
Contrary to popular myth, Garfield wasn't born using a litter box, he was drawn that way! Cats do not come into this world 'knowing' how to use a litter b
Urinating Outside the Litterbox
Mrs. Green stormed into my exam room. One of the cats is urinating everywhere, including on my new Moroccan rug! Do something! This was a tall order.
Your Newly Adopted Cat
9 Ways to Welcome Home your New Cat
Congratulations! You have just begun a relationship that's bound to be filled with fun and affection.
How to Throw a Kitten Shower
For centuries, women in our culture have used bridal and baby showers as a way to celebrate the significant, life-altering events in one another's lives.
How to Choose a Scratching Post
The list of supplies one needs when adopting a new cat or kitten can be staggering.
Tips for Introducing Two Cats
Cat-to-Cat Introductions . A carefully planned introduction is everything.
More Tips for Introducing Two Cats
A carefully planned introduction is everything. Most cats do not readily accept a new member of the family; they need time to get used to the idea.
A Paean to the Cat
June is Adopt a Shelter Cat month, and in honor of the noble feline and all the he's and she's of the species that I've loved in my life, today's essay i
