Years ago my Dad had a pharmacy and as a lover of animals, he kept a cat there. Terramycin (named for an antibiotic) wandered into the pharmacy one day and made it her home. Then we discovered she was pregnant. Terra, as we affectionately called her, soon gave birth to one little kitten whom we […]
While DDT sprayed on our growing food may be a thing of the past, we humans seem to have a knack for creating other toxins that harm our environment, our pets and other animals and ourselves. Unfortunately, many of these bad guys don’t rear their toxic properties until much damage is done. There is a […]
Sounds weird, but whisker fatigue is actually a condition that affects some cats. At the tip of each whisker there is a sensory organ called a proprioceptor. The proprioceptors send messages to the cat’s brain and nervous system. A cat’s whiskers are so sensitive that they can even register slight changes in air currents. Whiskers […]
