by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jan 31, 2021 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat has just been to the vet and the typical diagnosis for a cat of her advanced age. I’ve been through cats with hyperthyroidism before, one went untreated at 16 years old one received radio iodine treatment at 12...
by JaneA Kelley | Oct 25, 2020 | In Loving Memory, Paws and Effect news
Y’all, it’s been a hard year, but the last few months have been especially hard for me. First, there’s the one-two punch of a global pandemic and an impulsive and unstable fascist president’s lies, stochastic terrorism, and corruption, not to...
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Aug 23, 2020 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We are getting a kitten this month and it will be our very first one. We have lived with adult cats before. Reading online, we increasingly get the sense that just having one kitten is not ideal for the kitten’s...
by JaneA Kelley | Jul 5, 2020 | Cat Health, Cats and People
I had to take Thomas to the vet this week because he was coughing. However, because my regular vet was sick that day, I saw another one of the doctors at my clinic. I felt fine with that, because I’ve seen several doctors at the clinic and I know they’re...
by The Paws and Effect Gang | May 31, 2020 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My kitty won’t drink water; bottled, filtered, warm, tepid, cool, from any type of bowl. Also not broth (even homemade, no seasoning), not clam juice, only sometimes milk, warm please. I have to sneak water by teaspoons...