Nutritional Counseling for Pets

Nutritional Counseling for Pets

Choosing a nutrient rich diet designed to meet your pet’s changing needs over the course of her lifetime plays a key role in your pet’s health and longevity. But that’s easy, right? The pet store shelves are overflowing with foods proclaiming to be perfect for your pooch or top-notch for your tabby. It might surprise […]

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A Closer Look at New Year’s Pet Safety

A Closer Look at New Year’s Pet Safety

Due to the prevalence of holiday-related pet emergencies, a significant emphasis must be placed on prevention. The weeks between Halloween and Valentine’s Day are full of potential hazards to our pets, and incidents peak around New Year’s Eve. It’s not just the food, drinks, noise, and weather, but the combination of all potential dangers can […]

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Do You Have a Happy Cat?

Do You Have a Happy Cat?

Cat lovers everywhere strive relentlessly to find ways to please their fluffy friends. From cardboard boxes to feather teasers, catios to window perches, walking on a harness to playing laser tag, modern cats enjoy the finer things in life. But what truly makes a cat feel good is a day-to-day sense of wellbeing. In other […]

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How Can You Tell If Your Cat Is Sick?

How Can You Tell If Your Cat Is Sick?

Cats are highly skilled at masking any signs of illness or injury, so if you happen to notice something is “off” with your feline it’s more than likely that there is.  Unfortunately, by the time symptoms become obvious, a cat’s illness may be untreatable or prohibitively expensive without guarantees of success. Training your eye to […]

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Help, My Cat Has Dry Skin! 

Help, My Cat Has Dry Skin! 

Of all their prominent features, it is perhaps their fluffy, yet silky and soft fur coat that has us fawning over our cats the most. A cat’s fur coat is more than beautiful, however, it’s also a powerful indicator of general health and wellness. If your cat has dry skin, however, it can make their […]

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Kidney Disease in Cats 

Kidney Disease in Cats 

Chronic kidney disease in cats occurs when renal function progressively diminishes over time. This situation happens when the kidneys cannot function adequately and will progressively lead to kidney failure at a later stage.  This condition may spell panic when a loving cat owner gets the diagnosis. However, with the proper supports, many cats continue to […]

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Good News! We’re Hard-Wired to be Successful at Kitten Care 

Good News! We’re Hard-Wired to be Successful at Kitten Care 

The ancestors of present day domestic cats, aka felis silvestris, strategically deduced that living alongside people was highly beneficial to their species’ survival. After all, our own ancestors were more than willing to feed and shelter adorable, delightful, furry friends who conveniently reduced the rodent population.  But just because cats and people are a purr-fect […]

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Feeling Out the Facts About Whisker Fatigue

Feeling Out the Facts About Whisker Fatigue

The more you start to learn about cats and their behavior, the more it becomes apparent that we essentially have little lions in our home. Indeed, many of the things that they do are rooted in the same origins as their wild family members. The more we learn about our fierce little housemates, the more […]

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