When your cat comes home and is limping, how would you react? Are you preoccupied and will you run to the vet immediately? In most cases this might not be necessary and when you have some experience with cats who live outside, then you know that, sometimes, they climb up trees and then have a…
Fear is not a bad thing. It has helped humanity to survive. And if you meet a rattlesnake or a lion, to be in fear probably would be an adequate response, especially the automatic fear reaction: freeze, flee or fight, which is imprinted in humans as well as in most animals. The question I am…
ARRIVING IN PARADISE In the last blog-post I told you about Oli, the stray cat which appeared in my home, deadly ill, and I took him to the cat hospital. Today I want to show you the moment when he could leave the hospital and how he finally arrived in our paradise, our home which is called…
We know that early life experiences are shaping the later life of a human being. But is that valid also for a cat’s life? Pets are emotional beings, very much like their owners, and so why should their life be very much different from the emotional point of view? Today I want to talk about “Schneeweißchen” –…
You need to groom the fur of your cat You can do it yourself when you have the right tool for it. Normal scissors won’t work – unless you want your cat to look like a mixture between hippie and punk. Check out these 2 tools, you can order them directly on Amazon: The cat…
We women always want to lose weight and often try hard without succeeding. But what happens when a cat loses weight? When cats change their appearance, is it a threat to their health? My cat Trixi, 13 years old grandma loves to eat. She never fights for the first position on the plate but waits quietly…
Is grooming cats normal? I first heard about grooming cats of a student of mine whose fluffy cat one day looked tiny and more like a mouse than a cat. She cut its fur completely off because she believed it better for the cat in the Italian summer heat. I found it a little…
As much as we love our cats – sometimes they succeed to make us REALLY angry, don’t they? Our Trixi places her poop underneath the staircase, Kittie scratches the sofa and Sunny loves to sleep on my computer keyboard (writing his own articles – lol) What to do when you are really fed up with…
What cats think about us We cat owners like to watch our kitties and enjoy their movements and moods. We think about how they feel and want to do whatever is best for them. But have you aver thought about who YOU are from the perspective of your KITTYCAT? It is unbelievable, but THAT is…
Whan you decide to have a cat then, sooner or later, the question of neutering comes up. I will give you several examples which can answer the question, Why cats live a good life when you neuter them. Nature or care? To give you a little background of my experience: When I came to live…