Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 8-month-old neutered male, Gus, has some seriously stinky silent poots. It seems he farts when startled, gets picked up, or jumps somewhere. He eats the same food as his 2-year-old neutered male buddy. Is there a product I can use to help with this? Or is the same [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a 3-month-old black beauty female who refuses to eat cat chow. She only eats canned food. I have an even dozen cats, and they all eat kibble (it’s a high-quality kibble) but her. She has plenty of teeth, so I’m pretty sure that’s not the problem. How can I get [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a three-year-old cat named Benny. I resuced him about a year ago and he is fitting in nicely. Recently he has taken up the habit of licking the faucet in the bath after somebody has taken a shower. I am worried that he will make himself sick doing this. Should [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a 7-year old Siamese mix cat who came to my house as a starving kitten. She was terified of humans, but hunger won out, and after many weeks she allowed me to pet her. I brought her inside where she has stayed since then. She only likes [...]
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Since we’re part of the crowd that amplified the rumor, we feel ethically obligated to set the record straight. When we responded to a letter from a reader who heard Ellen De Generes and Halo Pet Foods plan to introduce a line of vegan pet foods, we had no idea how much response we’d get [...]
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