DIY Pet Treat Jar — Repurposed Plastic Container
I try to be green whenever possible. I recycle, compost and try to reuse whatever I can. When I have an especially cool and useful-seeming plastic or glass container, it makes me crazy to put it in the recycle bin. So I have a collection of glass and plastic containers…
Cat Whiskers — 12 Interesting Facts
When you marvel at a blind cat whizzing around the room, avoiding all obstacles, you can give the cat’s whiskers the credit. Some people mistakenly think that cat whiskers are like human hair but this is not the case. Here are 12 interesting facts about whiskers. Facts About Cat Whiskers…
Dangers of Dry Food – Part 2 – How It’s Made
In Part 1 of Dangers of Dry Food, I told you about some of the main ingredients in dry food — the “meals.” They might be a named meat meal like chicken or turkey, a by-product meal or the hodge-podge of ingredients in meat and bone meal, each one less desirable…
Dangers of Dry Food – Part 1 – Ingredients
As a cat parent and animal lover who wants the best for all pets, I am passionate about sharing the importance of a species appropriate diet. Dogs and cats are both carnivores and require high amounts of protein in their diets. Dogs can eat some vegetables and fruits in their diets but cats lack…
Jackson Galaxy on Spay/Neuter
This is an excellent, short video by Jackson Galaxy on spaying and neutering your pets. He answers all the basic questions: Will my cat gain weight if spayed/neutered? What are the health risks of NOT spaying/neutering? Isn’t the surgery too invasive? But I want my cat to have just one…
Therapy Cats
I have followed Sparkle the Designer Cat for some time now and was so sad to hear that she was so very sick. I fear that as of this writing, she is no longer with us. She wrote a couple of posts in anticipation of this, including one introducing her “replacement” gift…