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A SCHOOLTEACHER FRIEND who lived with her cat and dog in a little house she had built on the outskirts of a Westchester town telephoned me in great distress. “Bill has gone insane,” she said. Bill was her twelve-year-old cat, one of the most sensible and poised individuals I ever had the privilege of knowing.… Continue reading Disease of the Nerves and Brain

WORMS ARE NOT GOOD THINGS for cats to have inside them, but I do believe they are less harmful, by and large, than are some of the remedies used to expel them. The mistaken notion that all kittens have worms and must be wormed as a matter of routine has brought a great deal of… Continue reading Worms and Hair Balls

DIGESTIVE AILMENTS MAKE A long story, for they extend all the way from the teeth to the anus, from pyorrhea to rectal abscesses, from stomatitis, or sore mouth, to colitis. They make up the greater part of the cat cases at animal clinics, and for this we cat-owners ought to take shame to ourselves, because… Continue reading Troubles of the Digestive Tract

OF ALL THE DISEASES THAT afflict our cats, these three are the least curable, the most to be dreaded: distemper, tuberculosis, and infectious enteritis. Feline distemper is different in some ways from canine distemper, and though it is very contagious among cats, it is said that dogs do not catch it from them. Puppies have… Continue reading Distemper, Tuberculosis, and Infectious Enteritis

Cats are such unobtrusive creatures that never, except perhaps in ancient Egypt, have they had the honor that is due them. Yet consider what they do for us. They kill the rats and mice that would destroy our food, our clothes, our libraries, and our homes; and what does it matter if, as their critics… Continue reading The Adaptability of the Cat

Cats are such unobtrusive creatures that never, except perhaps in ancient Egypt, have they had the honor that is due them. Yet consider what they do for us. They kill the rats and mice that would destroy our food, our clothes, our libraries, and our homes; and what does it matter if, as their critics… Continue reading The Adaptability of the Cat