There are more Diamond Pet Food recalls due to suspected salmonella contamination at the Diamond Pet Food facility in Gascon, South Carolina. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) reports that several humans have come down with salmonella after handling pet foods. While the pet foods listed have been distributed to certain states, it is not […]
Cats (and dogs too)use every part of their bodies to communicate with us and each other, including their paws. Cats have sweat glands between their paw pads. When they scratch an object, they deposit pheromones from the scent glands, leaving lots of information about themselves that other cats can read. The sweat glands also prevent […]
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 […]
