Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We have a 1-1/2 year old Siamese cat, Nahla. When she was a year old, she went in to the vet to be fixed, and during that, she had a complication and went into cardiac arrest. After two weeks in ICU, they determined she would be okay except for [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: ChaCha here with my big brother Tango. We adopted Mom about two years ago and live a rather spoiled life. Now Mom is thinking about fostering another feline! She says there are hundreds of babies that are not so lucky as us and we should share a room for [...]
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Dear Kitty Friends, I’m a Birman kitty who was rescued from going to the shelter by my Mom and Dad about 3 years ago. I got moved around a lot before Mom and Dad gave me a permanent home, so I’m naturally a little nervous and shy. Last year, Dad said we needed a dog. [...]
View Article cats and dogs, introducing dogs to cats, multi-pet households, stress
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I’m considering a move which would be the best thing for me financially, socially, and mental-healthyfully (you know what I mean). However, the one issue is cats. The new place has four neutered male cats; two are 14 years old and two are 8. They get along together very [...]
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Six days ago I returned home with a new feline housemate, and I promised to document the process of introducing Chrysanthemum — a.k.a. Chrysanthemum Kiss-Kiss Bobette Jellylorum Kelley — into my family. Because I knew Kiss-Kiss would be stressed from the five-hour road trip and finding herself in a new environment, I knew it was [...]
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