by The Paws and Effect Gang | Apr 15, 2018 | Cat Health, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My daughter’s cat had kittens by my boyfriend’s daughter’s cat, and we kept the one male kitten since the kittens’ father sadly died shortly afterwards. I wasn’t financially able to spay the mom cat at that stage,... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | May 7, 2017 | Cat Health, Cat Rescue, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I was away for a year and returned to find out that my tenants had been feeding three young cats on my back porch. One is extremely scrawny and tiny–probably weighs 4 pounds–and is extremely pregnant. I got all... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Apr 23, 2017 | Cat Behavior, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I’m really worried about my cat. His behavior when it comes to bed time is extremely strange. I have had my kitten for about a month now. I found him outside and he was skin and bones, so I decided to keep him. Louie... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Apr 9, 2017 | Cat Health, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: There is a colony of feral cats near where I live. We put food out to try and help hem. They will all come and eat but won’t stay or be petted. I think they prefer their life outdoors. One fairly young female became... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Oct 9, 2016 | Cat Health, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I took in this tiny kitten that was left outside at a hospital and now I’m lost on how to raise her, or him. The kitten is still very tiny and very skinny, you can feel most of the bones in her little body! She has quite a... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Aug 7, 2016 | Cat Health, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Hi. A mother cat recently abandoned one of her kittens. She’s only 3-4 weeks old. I brought her inside, cleaned her one eye with warm water (it was closed shut). I bought special kitten milk, made her a little liter...
JaneA Kelley is a punk rock cat mom and award-winning blogger. She is a regular columnist for Catster Magazine, and she and the Paws and Effect Gang share a home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.