ALL RESPIRATORY DISEASES OF course cause disturbances of one sort or another in the breathing. In some of them respiration is quickened, in others it is labored and heavy. Abnormally fast breathing may of course result from other causes-from excitement, or fear, or exertion-but that is temporary. If you note that your cat in its… Continue reading More about Respiratory Disease
Colds and What They Lead To
A CAT WITH A COLD IN THE head is just as uncomfortable as you are when you have the snuffles; and you have the solace of a handkerchief, while even the most intelligent cat can never be taught to blow its nose. Colds are sometimes called nasal catarrh, or coryza, or rhinitis, but by… Continue reading Colds and What They Lead To
Things an Indoor Cat Needs
Put the rubber mouse away; Pick the spools up from the floor. What was velvet-shod and gay Will not need them any more. THIS VERSE IN A POEM ABOUT a dead kitten, which looked out at me in some forgotten time from the corner of a newspaper, has always stayed in my mind. It says… Continue reading Things an Indoor Cat Needs
On Grooming a Cat
A WOMAN BROUGHT A PERSIAN cat into an animal hospital. The cat’s hair was long, thick, and fine, the result of generations of breeding in which the fancier’s object had been to produce, among other points, just this perfection of coat. Yet the coat was tangled and full of cots, hard lumps of hair so… Continue reading On Grooming a Cat
The Right Feeding Of Cats
Advocates of right feeding for cats are sometimes confronted by this difficulty, that some cats, like some people, appear to thrive on food that has hardly anyproper nutriment at all. Just as a debutante will put in a strenuous day of social engagements on a breakfast of orange juice and a luncheon of black coffee… Continue reading The Right Feeding Of Cats
Keeping Your Cat Well
Re-word the old saying to read “Lack of care killed a cat,” and you have a reasonably accurate explanation for most cat ailments. The larger part of cat illnesses can be avoided by proper care and diet. In a sense, there is no need for your cat to be ill unless an accident occurs, or… Continue reading Keeping Your Cat Well
Care And Grooming Of Cats
If kitty preens as it purrs, it will be a more pleasing and a healthier cat. So, encourage vanity in your pet. Brush it. Make a fuss over it. This attention raises your cat’s sense of importance and induces it to give you effectual co-operation in grooming. You will be proud of your clean, neat… Continue reading Care And Grooming Of Cats
Choosing A Kitten
Choosing a kitten for a pet is a question that often settles itself when some cat family youngster comes to your door, unbidden, and meows to be let inside. But whether a young cat adopts you, or you procure one by purchase from a reliable dealer, there are rules you should follow to determine whether… Continue reading Choosing A Kitten
The Character Of The Cat
The cat is man’s associate; never his unquestioning friend as the dog is. Cat pets are true individuals in a household. It is a droll fact that throughout a lifetime of companionship a cat reserves the right to think and to act independently, and will be devoted only so long as its owner acts in… Continue reading The Character Of The Cat
The Case of the Homeless Cat
When I think of homeless cats sad little pictures pass one after another through my mind. A scrawny mother cat lying on the edge of a filthy snowbank in an alley, hugging a kitten up to her breasts with her arm. The kitten is dead, but she will not believe it. She licks the wet… Continue reading The Case of the Homeless Cat