News about cats and dogs
Cats are generally excellent mothers. We often come across heartwarming stories of queens fostering the kittens of other cats or even the young of other species. Typically when cats give birth, you need not worry about the kittens. You only have to take care of the mother and she instinctively takes care of the little […]
Andrew Demetrius was an 8-week old seal point Siamese kitten when he came to live with us. Well actually, we picked him out of a litter of kittens. We met the father of Andy, but not the mother. Bad mistake! The father was easy going and good natured, apparently, the mother was not as nice and therefore […]
The first kitten, late in the evening was stillborn the second was a male and was fine. The morning arrived and we rushed down to our vet’s office with the mother cat trying to deliver kitten number three. The third kitten was much larger and was stuck. Shortly after arriving at the vet’s office he […]
Cute little puppy comes to reside at your place of residence, no problem here. You are so much bigger than the pup. But the puppy has a different trend of thought. He is now in a new pack and if he works it right, it will now be his pack! Dogs are pack animals and one […]
Obtaining a cat should be really not big deal. That is the way it was for the first ten years when having acquired a free beautiful furry white alley cat. Did not know much about the care of cats, although I had cats in my parent’s home, as a kid you just enjoy them. With […]
After the sudden death of our oldest Siamese cat, Maggie had become very distraught. A month and a half later and things were getting worse. She was losing weight and it was becoming very noticeable. We had to pursue at getting her a cat. Siamese kittens are hard to find in February. The breeder where […]
Maggie, our Siamese cat woke up one morning very disorientated and was walking into furniture and looked a little bewildered. She seemed quite lost. The day before I noticed she had walked into the side of the floor fan. I thought she was just concentrating on where she was going and got clumsy, sort of […]
Retinal degeneration and eventual blindness. Last month I wrote about Maggie our cat that had just recently been diagnosed with retinal degeneration. She has had days that have been quite sad. I feel sorry for her little nose as she bangs into furniture and doorways. There are days when she has become adjusted and manoeuvres […]