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Winning Ways to Cut Down your Kitty’s Hairballs
Chances are, if you own a cat, you have witnessed your cat coughing up a hairball. It’s as awful of an experience for your cat to go through, as it is to watch. You’ve seen it happen enough times that you know exactly when your cat’s hairballs are coming out. First, you hear the hacking noises. Next, you notice the yellow spots on your carpet. Not too long after, you notice the hairball.
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Toxoplasmosis – What is It and Should You Be Worried for your Family?
Many cat owners have been unfortunate as to contract toxoplasmosis, a disease that can be contracted through cats. All cat owners should be aware of this disease, how it can affect the entire family, and how it can be prevented. Being educated about the disease is the best way to protect yourself and your family from its affects.
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The Pros and Cons of Declawing your Family Feline
Declawing is a very controversial issue among cat owners and cat lovers. There are those that believe that declawing a cat is wrong under any circumstances. The opponents of declawing believe that there is always another option that can be chosen. On the other hand, there are many people who believe that declawing is harmless. That it does not harm the cat.
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The Lowdown on the Top Five Diseases in Cats
Since cats are, in most cases, life-long friends to humans, you have to give time to taking proper care of your cats. This means not only feeding them well, playing with them and providing a safe home for them, but also taking proper health care into consideration. You wouldn’t do any less for your child—from dental care to skin care—so don’t be surprised that the same market and expectations also exist for cats.
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The Litter Box Lowdown – How to Get your Cat to Use It
There are many considerations to be made when it comes to getting a new kitten in your house to use the litter box; while this, in and of itself, is trouble enough, there’s also the disconcerting experience of having a cat that has used a given litter box without problems for 4 years in your house suddenly choosing to relieve himself on the dining room carpet instead of using said litter box.
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The Deal with Catnip – Why Felines Just Go Loopy Over It
Catnip is found inside many toys made specifically for cats, and many cat owners notice that their cat’s reaction to these toys is absolutely different from their cat’s reaction to toys that do not have catnip inside. Many believe that catnip is some crazy cat attractor developed by vets or by scientists in a chemistry lab because, indeed, cats are just crazy about catnip. Some cats get so crazy over catnip that they will stop at virtually nothing to get to the coveted spot where they know those toys are stored.
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Six Secrets to Living Harmoniously with your Bossy Cat
You might be surprised to find out that not all people have trouble living with cats. Yes, they are a lot more independent than other animals, but that doesn’t have to mean that your house has to be dominated by your cat’s rude behavior and your own sour attitude that comes about in response to your cat’s unbearable behavior.
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Scheduling your Kitten’s Vaccinations – Are They Really That Important?
A new kitten can bring extreme joy, happiness, and playfulness to the life of an owner. There is nothing cuter than a little furball running around and exploring the world and possibly getting into mild mischief! However, there are protocols that must be followed in order to ensure the health and safety of your new feline companion. These include proper grooming, proper diet, and most importantly, timely vaccinations.
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Say Cheese – How to Keep your Cat’s Teeth Healthy
Maybe the idea of oral hygiene for animals just seems a little too odd to be true, but the reality is that, just like humans, cats need to have their teeth cleaned and monitored both by their owners and by the vet. Perhaps in the future there will be specialized dentists for animals?! Although the idea is a slightly bizarre one, if you think about it purely in rational terms, it makes perfect sense that all the food that cats ingest will result in bacteria in the mouth in basically the same way in cats as it does in humans.
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Listen Up! Proper Ear Care for your Kitty
Ear care for cats is something to think about for the entire life of your cat, or for the entire amount of time for which a cat is with you. However, do remember that special attention should be paid to older cats and cats who show some sign of problems in the ears. Although ear diseases are more common in dogs than in cats, proper attention should always be paid to both dogs and cats.
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Interpretation Tips for your Cat’s Many Meows and Purrs
Most cat owners, at some point in time, have wondered what the cat means when he meows. Sometimes it seems that your cat will purr out of nowhere. Other times, you can’t get him to make a single sound. If humans were able to understand cat’s meows, there no telling the things that would be heard. Even though you might not be able to interpret your cat’s sounds in the same way another cat would, there are some general ways that you can tell what your cat is saying.
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Helpful Hints for Nursing your Cat through a Urinary Infection
If you have a cat, chances are you’ve had an experience with hairballs. When your cat starts hacking and you notice yellow spot on the carpet, you already know what time it is. Hairballs are just as much annoying for the cat to cough up as they are for you to clean up. It is an unpleasant experience for the both of you. In some cases, hairballs have been known to cause death among cats.
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Gum Disease in Cats – It’s More Common than You Think
Although animals are not as likely to show physical signs of pain (and of course, they can not open their mouths and complain to us like our kids do), but that doesn’t mean that they are not suffering from diseases that not only put their health at risk, but also that, most likely, make their daily lives more painful.
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Great Tips to Curb that Clawing in your Kitty
Cats naturally get the urge to scratch on things. It’s part of their innate nature. They scratch because they want to mark their territory. They scratch to keep their claws sharp. Finally, they scratch whenever they stretch their muscles. Even though humans might not understand it, cats have perfectly good reasons for scratching. No matter how natural it is for cats to scratch, it is just as unnatural for you to have your furniture scratched up.
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Five Fun Ways to Entertain your Cat
Have you ever noticed that your cat(s) walk(s) away from the toys you playfully offer with a disdainful look, but are all too ready to play with that ribbon hanging off the chair (or your favorite skirt) and the needles in your pin cushion? Not only is this frustrating for us; it is also dangerous for our cats because ingesting any of these things can be very harmful to your cat.
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Don’t Get Ticked – Tips on Avoiding or Treating your Kitty for Ticks
Ridding your pets and home of ticks can be a pesky job once an infestation occurs; it is for this reason that a little bit of prevention can go a long way. A female tick lays 100 eggs at a time, so the last thing you want is a tick laying eggs inside your home or somewhere very close by entrances to your house. Ticks are waiting in the grass, just watching and waiting for something warm (blooded) to walk by, and when something does (either you or your pet), they jump right on.
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Cat Fight! Why They Fight and Owner Tips to Break It Up
Cat fights can be a total nightmare for owners of multiple cats. Cats have their reasons for fighting. Some of these reasons are similar to the reasons that humans have disputes. Knowing these reasons can help you determine how to prevent your cats from fighting in the future.
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Avoid the Fat Cat – Delectable and Healthy Treats for your Furry Feline
Obesity is the number one nutritional problem in cats. It isn’t natural for cats to be overweight. If your cat is overweight it can lead to many other serious medial problems. Obesity in cats has been known to cause lameness, diabetes, and even death in cats. The best thing you can do for your cat is prevent from him from ever becoming obese. If you notice your cat has started putting on a little weight, there are some things you can do to help your cat lose a little bit of weight.
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Are You a Cat Person? Several Ways You Can Tell
There is an ensuing debate among cat lovers and log lovers over which animal is the best. Of course each side holds their position that their respective feline and canine friends is better than the opponent. Of course, there are those who are neutral and undecided about either cats or dogs.
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A Rundown on the Most Popular Houseplants that are Toxic to your Cat
Cats love to chew on plants, many cats love to anyway, and since we humans love to put greenery and flowers throughout our houses to brighten things up and make it seem a little less like we’re indoors, we have to think about keeping our cats safe. Most dogs eat grass occasionally, but won’t usually chew on houseplants. Additionally, your dog is not very likely to jump up onto the kitchen table and start gnawing on that vase of tulips as a centerpiece, but your cat just might spring up there.
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If you are looking for a rare, distinctive looking longhair cat, then you may want to take a close look at the Turkish Van. This cat breed is also known as the swimming cat, since the Van, unlike other cats, actually enjoys taking a leisurely swim. With their love of water, it is no wonder that these cats are named after the Lake Van region of Turkey, which is where the breed originated.
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Is The Turkish Angora Right For You?
If you want a longhair cat breed that is as intelligent as it is beautiful, you may want to take a look at the beautiful Turkish Angora. This breed is one of the oldest cat breeds, originating in the fourteen hundreds in Turkey. For some time, cat fanciers thought that the Angora was extinct, since imported cats had been bred so frequently to Persians to improve the Persian coat that Angoras in other countries died out. Luckily, Turkey was more careful to preserve this ancient breed. At first, this country refused to part with any Angoras. However, finally Turkey agreed to sell a few cats and some pure Turkish Angoras were imported to Europe and America after World War II.
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Many people are under the mistaken impression that cats are arrogant, moody creatures that will ignore their owners' attempts to train them. They think that cats could obey and choose not to. Although cats do ignore commands because they don't feel like doing what their owners ask, sometimes they are not obeying because they simply do not understand.
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If you just can't decide whether you want a Burmese cat or a Siamese cat, then you may want to consider a cat that is the descendant of both of these wonderful breeds, the Tonkinese. The Tonkinese cat breed was officially created in the nineteen sixties in North America when a Burmese cat was crossed with a Siamese. However, for many years before the breed was created, cat fanciers crossed the two breeds unofficially.
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If you've always had a secret longing to own that charming little alien in the ET movie, you will probably fall in love with the Sphynx cat breed. This cat's wrinkly small face, huge ears, and enormous eyes definitely give it a very similar appearance. When you add in its whisker free appearance and a coat so fine that the Sphynx appears to be bald, it is no wonder that this unusual little cat breed gets plenty of attention at cat shows.
