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[19 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Insight Into Meowing, Cat Talking and Caterwauling

Cats can be such persnickety creatures. Do you ever get the feeling that they just sort of put up with us humans? Sometimes, their behavior lends itself to certain status roles – cat as the royalty and humans as the court jester or servant. So when they start meowing, we are supposed to automatically know what they want! A cat’s meowing; cat calling or caterwauling can have countless meanings, sometimes more than one at the same time. All this vocalizing is the cat’s way of communicating or talking with us. …

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[10 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Top 5 Cat Ailments To Beware Of

As a cat owner, your first responsibility is to keep your pet healthy. However, even with balanced nutrition and a good amount of love and attention, cats can still get sick. Learn about the most common ailments that affect cats so you can try to prevent them or cure them quickly with the proper medical care when you first spot the symptoms.
Fleas
Although cats and dogs can live with fleas, flea infestations should be controlled for several reasons. The most common flea, the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) may carry the Dipylidium …

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[28 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
A Leopard Cat: A Suprise Visitor To My Backyard

Walking up the drive after an early morning walk, my husband and I were alerted to a lot of yowling and general cat bad language from our backyard. We hurried to see what was going on and found that a black cat we have always discouraged from our backyard because it systematically catches and tortures dozens of birds, especially babies, had cornered a beautiful leopard cat up against the back wooden fence and under a privet hedge.
My husband threw a pebble at the black cat and after a final yowl …

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[25 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Pioneering Surgery Puts Cat Back On His Feet

Oscar the cat can put a collision with a combine harvester behind him as custom-made implants provide new back paws. Oscar may not be better than he was before – not faster, not stronger – but he is, indisputably, more bionic.
The cat, who took a nap in a sunny field unaware of the combine harvester steaming towards his hind paws, is back on his feet thanks to a world-first operation and state-of-the-art bioengineering.
His new kitten heels were designed with custom-made implants, which “peg” the ankle to the foot and mimic …

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[22 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Your Kitten’s Life: The First Year

In the first year of life, kittens develop at a rapid rate, both physically and socially. Learn about the major milestones in their development, and how you can help the process along.
First Six Weeks
For the first week of life, kittens live only to process food and gain nutrients. Their eye and ear canals will not yet be open, and the mother cat will take care of all their needs. By the end of week two, their eyes will be completely open. Throughout this week and the next, their senses of …

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[22 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]

Learn The Cat Training Secrets The Experts Don’t Want You To Know! Most people believe that apart from litter-box training, there’s not much training you can involve yourself in with a cat. Nothing could be further from the truth; cats are intelligent animals and when approached in the right way are extremely receptive to training.
Click on the link below to see exactly what I mean
Cat Training Secrets