Crazy Kats

When your pet has feline UTI, it is quite difficult to recognize the disease. But when your cat has had UTI before, you might worry about a re-occurrence. Your pet can only keep on meowing but you will never understand what she is saying to you. You may not even spot urine crystals. Thankfully, you can test your cat's waste easily, without having to spend a lot of money for it, and you can do it right at home. Even if you are not a veterinarian or if you have no formal training to do this, you can easily get wind of the whole testing process.  Read more... (426 words, 19 images, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Not all cats respond to change great at first. Some will adapt right away whereas others require a little bit of time in order to make the change. Adding a new cat to the mix can be a stressful situation for any of your existing cats. You need to realize this in advance and do what you can to make the transition a little easier. Many cat owners find that the easiest way to accomplish this is to put the new cat into their own area for a few days so it can become used to its surrounding without being bombarded by other cats that have sonority in the home.Make sure you are spending time with both the new cat and your other cats. Make sure that your new cat has access to food, water, and a litter box in the room they are in.  Read more... (571 words, 19 images, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

Experts in cat care are often asked what to do when their cat is sleeping in the litter box. This may be an off-and-on again problem faced by many cat owners. A possible reason for the cat sleeping in the litter box could be that it is intimidated by other cats and feels safe in the litter box. On the other hand, it may also be due to a medical problem which results in the cat urinating outside the litter box, and may require it to be spayed, which should prevent such deviant behavior. A Complete Veterinarian Checkup Is Called For It may be necessary to get the cat checked by a veterinarian who can check out a urine analysis as well as perform a general examination. Another possible remedy would be to keep the cat away from other cats and to check whether this helps in solving the problem of the cat sleeping in the litter box. A cat with such a problem may be suffering from traumatic stress disorder and should be praised as well as comforted to make her feel safe and secure and prevent it from taking to deviant behavioral patterns. Normally, the cat likes to use her litter box, though changes in the cat’s litter box behavior such as the cat sleeping in the litter box can almost always be traced to medical conditions, stress or a thing that she dislikes about the litter box. It would help to place the litter box in a pleasant location that provides her easy access, and is removed from noisy or high-traffic areas. It should also not be within reach of a dog or a baby. Cats, most notably elderly or handicapped cats, prefer to have more than one litter box. To get rid of the cat sleeping in the litter box habit, play with her daily and ensure that she has convenient scratching posts for her use. She should be encouraged to sleep in a comfortable place where she may sleep undisturbed, and she should also be given a cat tree to climb as well as a small family of partially hidden catnip mice for her to discover. In other words, it is recommended to accommodate her natural curiosity and to strive for a harmonious household. It is also necessary to get to know the eating, drinking as well as bathroom habits of the cat so that the cat owner is alert of any changes. In any case, it is necessary that the litter box not be placed close to the cat’s sleeping and eating areas, though it should be easily accessible.
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This article is not a debate about the pros and cons of the removal of a cat's claws (declawing). This article concludes that there are no pros to this issue and comes out firmly against the procedure.

Declawing a cat is illegal in many countries and officially deemed to be inhumane in others. Why then do some people still consider getting their cat declawed?

A major reason could be misunderstanding exactly what declawing is. The procedure does not just mean removing your cat's nails, it involves cutting off each of the animal's front toes at the front joint, that is the bone, ligaments and tendons. This is amputation.  Read more... (816 words, 19 images, estimated 3:16 mins reading time)