Category: Cats

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

Though science has established that cats have brains to be diseased, and we are learning that the word “fits” does not cover the range of their brain and nerve disorders, the fact that cats have brains to think with and do think with them is not very widely recognized. It is so easy to disparage… Continue reading Cat Care And Health – The Soul of the Cat

There is a good deal of confusion in the lay mind about the skin diseases to which cats are subject, and this is not strange, for there are several of them, some parasitic, some non-parasitic, some contagious, some non-contagious, and often the eruptions look pretty much the same to the inexperienced eye. It is unfortunate,… Continue reading Skin Disorders

There is no excuse for the owner when fleas appear on an indoor cat, unless they are brought in by some visiting cat or dog. For the flea is a creature of filth, and its eggs are usually deposited in dust and grime, in neglected chinks and corners. Cats that are below par, cats that… Continue reading Concerning Fleas and Other Pests

The cat’s eyes are its most remarkable feature; their luminous beauty and power of seeing in the darkness had much to do with the awe in which this animal was held by the early Egyptians and its prominence in witch lore and strange religions. The Egyptians believed that the cat’s phosphorescent eyes mirrored the sun’s… Continue reading Diseases of the Eyes

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